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Black Friday has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean shoppers no longer can find great deals next week at Dowling Hall.

The Anderson County Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Christmas Gala on Saturday night at Eagle Lake Convention Center.
The semi-formal event begins at 6, and includes dinner, live music, a cash bar and an awards ceremony. It will also feature a silent auction, a money tree and a “wine and diamonds” event.
Tickets are $25 for chamber members; $30 for non-members, and will be available at the door or by calling 839-5564.
Entertainment will be provided by musical group Nearly Nervous, which plays blues, reggae and rock.

An afternoon of hunting ended in tragedy Sunday night when the body of a hunter was found in his tree stand.
Marc W. Helton, 34, of Lexington died when his hunting rifle accidentally discharged, striking him in the neck.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Helton was hunting with a friend in the Lovers Leap area, a remote area in northern Anderson County located off Lanes Mill Road.
After climbing 20 feet into his tree stand, Helton was apparently using a rope to hoist his .30-30 rifle into the stand when it discharged.

When Janeen Lewis took her then-boyfriend/now-husband Jesse home to meet her parents for the first time, she never imagined that story would end up in a Chicken Soup for the Soul anthology titled “Family Matters.”