Our Business Calendar

*SC Mental Health Commission - April 2022*

Due to ongoing safety precautions related to COVID-19, the DMH Administration building is limiting visitors. In addition, DMH cannot accommodate the physical distancing necessary to resume in-person Commission meetings at this time.

Zoom registration is required to join the meeting. Contact Kim Ballentine via email no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2022 to request the login information.

*CareSouth Carolina And DHEC Announce A New Combined Location In Dillon County*

Through a collaborative effort, CareSouth Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (SC-DHEC) will be opening a new location in Dillon on May 10.

The office, located at 1016 Old Latta Hwy. in Dillon, S.C., will take over as the new location for both CareSouth Carolina–currently located at 207 E. Monroe Street–and SC-DHEC (Dillon County Health Department)–currently located at 201 W. Hampton St. The partnership will allow the two organizations to provide more convenient and accessible services to Dillon County.

*AI Of The Pee Dee Prehistory Lecture*

The Florence County Museum is proud to partner with the newly formed Archaeological Institute of the Pee Dee in hosting a series of lectures with focus on Pee Dee Prehistory. On March 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM, Dr. I. Randolph Daniel, Jr. will provide a lecture focusing on the Paleoindian and Early Archaic Periods.

Dr. I. Randolph Daniel, Jr., is Professor and Chair of the anthropology department at East Carolina University. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests include the archaeology of Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene hunter-gatherers in the Southeastern United States including how prehistoric foragers created stone tool technologies to solve their adaptive problems. Dr. Daniel is considered one of the foremost authorities on the Paleoindian and Early Archaic periods in the Southeastern United States.

*Registration Open for WeGOJA Foundation’s Annual African American Historic Preservation Conference, Awards Luncheon*
Registration is now open for the WeGOJA Foundation’s annual historic preservation conference and awards luncheon set for Wednesday-Thursday, April 20-21, in Columbia. The theme is “Historic Preservation: One Step Closer to Social Justice.”
The conference will begin with a 5:30 p.m. reception on Wednesday, April 20, at the African American Monument on the State House grounds. The conference and awards luncheon follows on Thursday at the South Carolina Archives and History Center at 8301 Parklane Road in Columbia.

*Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Relating To "Requirement For Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances And At Transportation Hubs" *

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently recommended that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extend its current requirement for mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs for one month, through April 18th. During that month, CDC is working with other government agencies to help inform a revised policy framework for when, and under what circumstances, masks should be required in the public transportation corridor going forward. CDC has stated that this revised framework will be based on the COVID-19 community levels, risk of new variants, national data, and the latest science. CDC will communicate any updates publicly to the approach to mask requirements based on the results of this science-based process.
Public transportation and transportation hubs are places where people across communities congregate, often for extended periods and in close quarters. The determination of the timeline and circumstances under which masks should be required in these settings should be guided by science, not politics.