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05/28/2026

PSA from Rebecca A. Bonnette, County Council District 3- Sandy Run

05/28/2026

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05/26/2026

Facts are facts!

05/10/2026

05/07/2026

Tonight in Santee!

05/04/2026

Senator Jeff Zell supports Rebecca Bonnette 🔔

To the voters of Calhoun County District 3:

I’m proud to endorse Rebecca Bonnette for Calhoun County Council District 3.

Serving in the Senate, I’ve seen how important it is to have leaders who are grounded in their community and willing to do the work and work with others to get things done, Rebecca has done exactly that. She’s a lifelong resident who knows our challenges, understands our people, and shares our values.

She’s focused on doing things the right way—growing our local economy responsibly, making sure law enforcement and first responders have what they need, and keeping county government transparent and accountable to you.

Rebecca works hard, she listens, and she shows up. That’s the kind of representation District 3 deserves.

I ask you to join me in supporting Rebecca Bonnette in the Republican primary on June 9, 2026. Let’s keep moving Calhoun County forward.

04/29/2026

Please join us in Santee on May 7, 2026 from 5pm-6pm for National Day of Prayer.

04/25/2026

Let me say this plain and simple—submission is not weakness, and I’m tired of watching the world pretend it is.

Somewhere along the way, culture started selling women the lie that in order to be strong, we’ve got to be loud, hardened, and unwilling to yield. But that’s not strength… that’s noise.

Submission was never about a woman shrinking herself—it was about a woman who is so grounded in truth, so confident in her calling, that she doesn’t have to fight for control to prove her worth.

Because real strength? Real strength is disciplined. It’s anchored.
It knows exactly when to stand firm and when to step back—and both take courage.

You want to talk about strength?

It’s the woman who can hold her tongue when everything in her wants to pop off. It’s the one who stands for what is right and just, even when it’s unpopular. It’s the wife who respects her husband’s leadership, not because she’s less than—but because she’s secure enough in who she is to walk in alignment, not competition.

And it’s the single woman who carries herself with that same dignity, knowing her value was never tied to a title.

Don’t get it twisted—submission doesn’t mean silence. It doesn’t mean agreeing with wrong. And it sure doesn’t mean losing your backbone.

It means you’ve got enough grace not to bulldoze…enough wisdom not to chase every argument…and enough grit to stand your ground without losing your softness.

That’s a different kind of power. The kind that doesn’t scream—but still gets heard.

So no, we’re not out here shrinking.
We’re standing—steady, grounded, and unshaken.

Sweet as tea.
Strong as steel.
And not one ounce of it weak.

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04/18/2026

Best of the best!

🐾 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 - 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 🐾

Back in September 2025, Sheriff Summers announced a partnership with 𝑫𝒓. 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒎𝒐𝒂𝒌 to provide veterinary services for our Animal Services Division, and since then, he has played a vital role in caring for our shelter dogs while also giving back to the community by hosting clinic days twice a month, offering spay, neuter, and other essential wellness services.🐶

✨“𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧. 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩, 𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙚, 𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙧𝙮, 𝙨𝙤 𝙄 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨.

𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙢 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢. 𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙬 𝙚𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚.

𝘼𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙄 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠. 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝-𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨, 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩.

𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙘𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙧, 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨’ 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮.” - 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐤✨

Dr. Smoak has truly become an invaluable part of our team, and we are grateful for the care, compassion, and expertise he brings to both our shelter and our community. 💙