Are you ready for spring? Many events are coming up and golf tournaments are among them.

Golf gained popularity during covid-19 as an outdoor sport with social distancing.

Registration is open for the Lexington Chamber of Commerce 31st Spring Golf Tournament Monday, May 17 at the Country Club of Lexington.

SHERI KIMBALL reports that the Lexington Woman’s Club’s 37th Annual Golf Tournament is March 29 at the Country Club of Lexington, Captain’s Choice $200 Shotgun Start at noon. Masks are required inside the clubhouse. Proceeds go to Lexington County Sheriff’s Foundation to buy protective vests and also Lexington 1 scholarships.

Contact Melisa McLeod 803-629-2222 or melisa@mcleodcare.com

THE 9TH ANNUAL Herb Festival is Saturday, April 10, 9 am – 3 pm, at the Lexington County Museum, sponsored by The Herb Bunch. Plants, food and baked goods will be for sale, a silent auction and more. Proceeds benefit their scholarship fund.

PLANNING to say “I do” this year? Weddings could return in a big way this year.

Due to covid, engaged couples postponed or cancelled the big event due to the risk of large gatherings. Wedding plans can be made easier with the new Venue Visits Tour Group’s tours on board a C&S luxury motor coach to 4 venues.

The venues featured cake designers, DJs, florists, caterers and wedding planners. Participants spoke 1-on-1 with vendors, and sampled hors d’oeuvres and drinks.

C&S Tours owner Sharla Savage said she came up with the concept in January.

“I decided to talk to several venues about it, and they were excited,” she said. “It came from trying to reinvent an opportunity to do something for the community.”

The 1st tour March 7 traveled to Stone-Bridge Gardens and Events, Historic Columbia’s Gardens, Stone River and The Haven.

The 2 March 21 included tours of Double Tree Columbia, Twelve Oak Estate, The Farm at Ridgeway and Rock Bottom Pond.

20 participants are allowed per bus, with a maximum of two buses per tour. Every one’s temperature was checked and masks were required. Tours were noon - 6 pm.

For more information on this new service, visit venue-visits. com.

LEX LIVE concerts at The Amphitheater begin April 8 with The Finessee Band, April 15 The Band of Oz, Sullivan Band April 22 .

THE LEXINGTON Wine Walk is 6 – 10 pm May 8, at the Icehouse Amphitheater. Tickets are $25 advance and $35 walk-in.

Lexington Market at the new pavilion is Saturdays, 9 am – 1 pm, May 22 – Sept. 25.

THE SHEPHERD’S Center sessions will be Sept. 23 – Oct. 28 at Lexington United Methodist Church. You can learn new skills, make new friends and enjoy lunch.

DONNA BUNDRICK Griffin tells us we must remain healthy. In preparing fruits and vegetables, remember the shorter the cooking time the fewer nutrients are lost.

Healthy ways to cook include stir-frying, steaming and grilling.

ANNE BULL reports that our longtime friends Vicki and Tom Hudson leave Lexington to start a new chapter of their lives in Florida. Vicki taught for here 31 years. She and Tom started the Junior Miss program nd Vicki served as state chairman 20 years.

Thank you Tom and Vicki for all you have given to our town over the years.

HERE’S A LITTLE humor from editor Jerry Bellune and columnist Erma Bombeck:

“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. Never have more children than you have car windows.”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Lewis Hite, Dennis Bolton, Ike Reynolds, Jonathan Strock, Conner Crumpton, Jack Jebaily, Joanna Taylor, William Stone, Emily Cox, Brooks Hamby, Abigail Burnett, Sheridan Perry, Quinton Strock, Charles Rice, Jennifer McInnis, David Kleinfelder, Peggy Moseley, Scott Yakimo, Rebecca Bingham, Cindy Harris, Hamp Caughman, Jr., Lila Knight, Patricia Rawl, Betty Younginer, Robert Schaeffer and Jolene Marchant.

Daisy Harman’s column is sponsoed by Riverbanks Press.