Photos from Tina Goddard
The sun was shining and everyone came out for the Festival of Roses at Edisto Memorial Gardens! The roses are exceptional this year. Located in: Orangeburg, SC
The 2008 holiday season in Orangeburg is in full swing!
Dr. Leo Twiggs, S.C. State professor emeritus and distinguished artist-in-residence at Claflin University was nominated to decorate a Christmas ornament for the tree at the White House for the state of South Carolina this past September! The White House sent a six-inch-round silver ornament to each artist to decorate. The design had to display a red, white and blue theme and represent the artist's state or region.
Twiggs design is of an American flag that flows around the ornament to form the letters "SC" on one side and a silhouette of the state painted in indigo blue with crescent moon and palmetto tree on the other. Some areas were left unpainted to reflect the lights from the tree.
In 2001 Twiggs also designed an ornament for the White House tree that was a miniature replica of the dilapidated Benjamin Mays House in Greenwood County. The ornament received national attention, and the Mays House was eventually moved to the city of Greenwood and restored. Way to GO!!
Orangeburg's Christmas parade was this past Sunday. A variety of participants were led by grand marshal Thomas B. Eklund, an Orangeburg resident who has dedicated his life to working with children and served as principal at Rivelon Elementary School and executive director of the Orangeburg Area Boys and Girls Club. Eklund was honored by the Kiwanis Club of Orangeburg as its 2005 Orangeburg Citizen of the Year. "A Storybook Christmas" was this year's theme and began at 3 p.m. Sunday, in downtown Orangeburg.
Don't forget to recycle your Christmas tree! The Grinding of the Greens is an annual event, with drop off points at solid waste collection sites located throughout the county and curbside pickup within the City limits.
www.JustCallTina.com to search for homes available within the Orangeburg market, or to contact your Relocation REALTOR...
2:00 - 4:00 PM
ERA Wilder Realty, Inc - Orangeburg Office Listings
ERA Wilder Realty in Orangeburg, SC will be offering you the opportunity to check what the local Real Estate market has to offer this Sunday!
Agents will be offering their homes for preview from 2-4 pm (check the Sunday paper for listings in the Home Showcase insert)...there will be plenty of choices or SEE THEM ALL!
I will have three homes available from my listing inventory...a new construction:
1181 Huntington at $209,900 is the best buy in the neighborhood! Seller will work with buyers to make this one work...has a fresh/clean interior; 2 car attached and a single detached garage w/workshop! Sunroom; formal DR; family room; new carpet, landscaping redone this week:
4628 Edgewood in Robin Hill Subdivision is the newest on the market...with open floor plan, Berber carpet; underground fence in backyard for pets; large deck; playhouse and 2.38 ac lot at $179,900 you can't go wrong:
Thursday afternoon brought City officials and guests to the 21 year old Edisto Memorial Gardens for the dedication of the new Noisette Rose Garden.
What has been called the "Rose of the South" is now at home in Orangeburg's Edisto Memorial Gardens. While Noisette roses are not easy to come by, 54 varieties of the ever-blooming rose can be enjoyed in the Orangeburg gardens, thanks to a joint project between the City of Orangeburg and the South Carolina Rose Society, along with the Garden Club of South Carolina.
Forty-four varieties, including Rose Moschata and Old Blush, are included in the rose bed. Ten other varieties are on wrought iron trellises, where they will grow as large as 30 feet tall.
"The Noisette rose is the only rose that originated in North America, and we are honored to feature her in our community.
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When we relocated from New England 18 years ago, I was terrified that a ferocious alligator or deadly swamp snake would claim my son Nathan.
He grew up loving snakes, frogs, and above all ALLIGATORS! I didn't ask questions when he and his friends would return from a hot, sweaty camp out in Santee. Some things a mother is just more comfortable not knowing about. He returned recently after a weekend in a tent, and since he is now over 18 - he certainly doesn't need Mommas permission when he wants to hang w/the guys. I simply kept quiet.
Then I saw this posted in the newspaper...
my son is now attending college in Cali and is facing creatures of a different sort these days, but I couldn't help but smile thinking about how he would have LOVED to have been in on this adventure. South Carolina is still teeming with all the excitement that nature has to offer.
It's what I count on to bring him home when he finishes his education.
After an entire day of patrolling, tracking, wrestling and shooting, some men from Elloree are still running on adrenaline after killing a 13.5-foot alligator at Stumphole Landing in the first days of South Carolina's first gator hunt since the 1960s.
After the Rose Festival in the spring, the Orangeburg County Fair offers the next best opportunity for area residents to gather after a long hot summer. Providing a great time to eat, play and catch up with what's new in the community.
Area businesses (your Neighborhood Realtor included) will be on hand to meet and greet in their respective booths, along with civic groups and local schools. My favorite section is always the art displays, and then the crafts and ribbon winners.
With corn dog, kiddie rides & games enjoyed on the midway in much the same way for much of the fair's traditional 98-year history, a new web site brings this nostalgic event up to date. We are ON-LINE!
The fair will run from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5 this year. Gates open on Monday at 5 pm w/regular admission prices (Adults $6, Children 6-12 $4, and under 6 free) and runs Tues - Sat 12:00 Noon to 10:30 pm. Parking is free, with additional discounts available throughout the week, visit www.orangeburgcountyfair.org for an updated schedule.
Don't forget (my personal favorite): Lunch at the Fair
Free Lunch Period Parking and Admission
Tuesday, September 30 through Friday, October 3, anyone desiring to eat lunch on the Fairgrounds will be admitted FREE - PROVIDED THAT THEY DRIVE IN AT THE LOWER GATE ON MAGNOLIA BETWEEN 12:00 NOON AND 2:00 P.M. Cars will be parked in a designated area and will be impounded and admission WILL BE CHARGED if not removed by 2:00 p.m.
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Orangeburg is home to the beautiful Edisto Memorial Gardens. Considering relocation? Just call Tina for a smooth real estate transition.
CENTURY 21 The Moore Group is Orangeburg's only real estate brokerage with full-time, full-service Sales Associates. With over 20 members on our team of associates and staff, we share the same goals of courteous, prompt and professional service. Our highly trained specialists meet the rapidly changing requirements of the real estate industry through continuous training, licensure, and education. Their professionalism and commitment are obvious from your first phone call or email to our office, through the successful completion of your transaction.
Tina Goddard has lived and worked in the Orangeburg community for over seventeen years with experience in the real estate industry for the last seven years. Working as an office administrator, relocation coordinator and now as a licensed Realtor she is fortunate to have a well rounded exposure to the real estate market in Orangeburg. Having raised three children in Orangeburg, all educated in the public school system, she can comfortably assist you and your family with your relocation and home finding needs. Since moving to Orangeburg she has been an active member/teacher of the Orangeburg church of Christ.
Tina is an ERA AccelERAtion Graduate - AccelERAtion is a 5 day training program that educates ERA associates how to better assist their buyers and sellers, pricing a home, preparing a home for sale, prospecting, negotiating contracts and implementing ERA's products and services. A graduate of ERA's Top Gun Academy and a Top Team member, she received extensive training that focused on understanding the special needs of home owners, how to shorten the average time it takes to sell a home, and new marketing ideas designed to help each property obtain the best price. While an agent for her former company ERA Wilder, Tina completed Train the Trainer, a certification program offered by the national ERA franchise. Certification in this field offers Tina had opportunity to teach the ERA AccelERAtion class for new agents as well as seasoned agents within ERA Wilder Realty. 
HOBBIES:
Tai Chi - (beginning Ba Gua Zhang - Chinese flat sword), karate, reading, crafts, basket making.
Having worked extensively in relocation as both a Relocation Director and a Coordinator Tina knows what clients are looking for when considering a new area for relocation. Don't hesitate to contact Tina with your questions about the Orangeburg community and any concerns about relocating you may have. Call (803) 308-4549 or email tinag46@gmail.com for a free relocation CD on Orangeburg County.
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