W>ere you at the 2020 Lexington Chamber of Commerce Business Lexpo last Thursday, at River Bluff High?

This annual event was a different due to the corona virus. All safety precautions were carried out, temperatures were taken as you entered and masks were a must.

Among those there were Otis Rawl-Chamber CEO, Sondra Gettys, Melanie Sandor, Adam DeLoache, Connor Watkins, Congressman Joe Wilson, Butch Wallace, Mary Fetchel, Cindy Harris, JoDee Douda, Scott Adams, Shirley Towne, Craig Caldwell, Anne Reynolds, Romy Nos, Bill Lesesne, Lee Pitcovich, O’Neal Staples, Sandy Paavel, David Beatty, Scott Boyer, Ted McGee, Keith Stover, Cathy Schrowang, Angelle LaBordethe upcoming Chamber CEO, John Banks, Michelle Chapman, Joanne Brady, Lindsey Miles, Chuck McCurry, Amy Dubois and Jeff Howle and Richard Kyzer.

A virtual chamber breakfast July 14 featured speaker Major General Van McCarty.

MISSION LEXINGTON reports school may look different due to the virus but they are ready to help. Each year children pack their backpacks filled with items on their class list. Donations can be dropped off at the back door, Monday - Thursday, 10 am - 1 pm. If you want to donate and need a barrel, check the most needed items list and fill out a barrel request form online at missionlexingtonsc.org/hostadrive.

LEXINGTON UNITED Methodist Church has 2 new pastors. Senior Pastor Kim Eanes comes here from Cheraw and Associate Pastor Jim Rogers from Winnsboro. We welcome them both to Lexington.

STAN HITE sends The Chronicle a big thank you. His July 4 BBQ was a complete sell out within 2½ hours. Everything was sold but the kitchen sink. LOL.

Anne Bull reports 18 rising senior ladies from SC will arrive July 23 for training in public speaking, interviewing, being your best and other inspirational activities. They will enjoy a Western BBQ at Town Hall, a visit to the zoo and Statehouse, ballgame, rehearsal time and luau. The girls will come back to Lexington in the fall to compete in the Distinguished Young Women contest. The winner will compete in Mobile, AL.Vicki Hudson is state director. Local families will host the ladies and assist Vicki through the week.

ANGELA HALFACRE says reading helps her cope with staying home. She recommends you read “Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes, “When Crickets Cry” by Charles Martin. “Midnight At The Blackbird Café” by Heather Webber, “On Ocean Boulevard” by Mary Alice Monroe, The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Michele Richardson and “The Yellow Bird Sings” by Jennifer Rodney.

LAST WEEK the names of Blake and Amy Cathey were inadvertently missed as to their participation in the Golden Hills neighborhood July 4th parade.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Pat Clemens, Mary Cochran, Greg Moore, Nancy Taylor, Jennifer Yakimo, Kathy Dixon, Caroline Adams, Mary Bell, David Hipp, Ginger Smith, Dino Teppara, Larry Stroud, Nitsa Trifos-Isola, Bev Gunter, Linda Smith, Cecilia McLendon, Dawn Jacobs, Alicia Wingard, Margaret Barfield, Karen Parrish, Marie Sona, Richard Kerr, Debbie Hester, Terry Lowery, Paulette Shealy, Stephen Cox, Kim Hill, Brittany Lee, Spencer Prond-Ruppert, Jane Sloan, Michele Amick, Ansley Cato, Janet Loftis, Brianna Harker, Cindy Konduros, Janie Neeley and Ron Teal.