b'Special Note from PublisherThank You for Your PatienceIncaseyoudidnotknow,inearlyJune,therewasafireatIMARA. Wesufferedanextensivelossandmuchofwhatwehadwasdestroyedas aresultofthefireandtheasbestosthatwasdiscoveredwhentheceilings andwallswererippedapartfromthefire.PaulandIweredevastated. We purchased the building in downtown Columbia in 2007 and it was a place of manypreciousmemoriesthroughtheyears.Itwasalsowherewetapedthe IMARA TV show, so weve had to do a lot of soul searching deciding the best path forward. Thankfully, and most importantly, no one was in the building at the time of the fire.That was truly a blessing because no one was physically hurt, just the emotional stress of seeing so much of our work for the past 21 years lost. Weareworkingtogetthebuildingrebuiltfromtheinsideoutandweare determinedtocontinueourworkstartingwiththisnewedition.Wethank eachofyoufortheprayers,callsandtextmessageslettingusknowyou arerootingforusandprayingthatIMARArecovers.Wehavecometo believe that God places no more on us than we can bear and that with Him, nothing is impossible. Im pleased to announce that IMARAs FREE Health Empowerment Tour will be held this year in Eastover, Pinewood and Laurens. We will follow SC DHEC and CDC guidelines with masks, social distancing and limited seating.You can save your seat at the Tour by registering online at imarawoman.com. Again, we thank you for your support and patience as we move forward toward our new season.With four passages of the Palmetto Trail crossingthrough our county, Newberry is the perfect rest stop.STAY IN OUR DOWNTOWN HOTEL OR HISTORIC COLLEGE STREETDISTRICT BED AND BREAKFAST, NEWBERRY MANOR. ENJOY SHOPPINGAND DINING DOWNTOWN. EXPLORE THE ARTS OF NEWBERRY BYTAKING IN A SHOW AT THE NEWBERRY OPERA HOUSE AND EXPLORINGTHE ARTISAN SHOP OF THE NEWBERRY ARTS CENTER. LEARN ABOUTNEWBERRYS HISTORY AT THE NEWBERRY MUSEUM. ALL LOCATEDALONGSIDE THE NEWBERRY PASSAGE!Come and see us in the City of Friendly Folks!VisitNewberrySC.com'