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GENERAL NEWS PHOTOGENERAL NEWS PHOTOWeekly Over 6,000 Division

THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACEThe Fort Jackson LeaderSusanne Kappler34th Infantry Regiment, points in the direction of ‘down range’


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACEThe Fort Jackson LeaderSusanne KapplerThe boundless playground


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACETribune-TimesGwinn DavisHundreds of people packed Church for the funeral of Nicole Kingsborough

GENERAL NEWS PHOTOGENERAL NEWS PHOTOWeekly 2/3 Times Division

THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACEThe Summerville Journal SceneStefan RogenmoserWaits in anticipation during the fi nal round of the spelling bee


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACEThe Summerville Journal SceneLeslie CantuA man fi shes off the pier


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACEThe Hartsville MessengerArdie ArvidsonTherapy dog

FEATURE PHOTOFEATURE PHOTOWeekly Under 6,000 Division

THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACENews-ChronicleRichard KellyStaying cool from the heat by riding a tube at Lake Secession


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACEThe StarBill BengtsonWhoa! Luke Hardy dodges a carbonated blast


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACECoastal ObserverTanya AckermanD. J. King interviews his grandmother Jean Crouch during the Red Carpet Roll Out

FEATURE PHOTOFEATURE PHOTOWeekly Over 6,000 Division

HONORABLE MENTIONHONORABLE MENTIONThe Boiling Springs SentryWilliam BuchheitLincoln Rhodan and Riley Carias had a big time at the Rally for Recovery


THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACETribune-TimesGwinn DavisDonnie Ray cools off as he works


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACETribune-TimesGwinn DavisAmanda Buchanan enjoys the snow


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACETribune-TimesGwinn DavisFun in the snow

FEATURE PHOTOFEATURE PHOTOWeekly 2/3 Times Division

HONORABLE MENTIONHONORABLE MENTIONThe Gaff ney LedgerJoe L. Hughes IISneak-Up Dance


THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACEThe News & ReporterHolly HindmanFather and son at tractor show


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACEThe Summerville Journal SceneLeslie CantuThe National Anthem during the ribbon cutting ceremony


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACEThe News & ReporterTravis JenkinsRefl ecting on the fallen

SPORTS AC TION PHOTOSPORTS AC TION PHOTOWeekly Under 6,000 Division

HONORABLE MENTIONHONORABLE MENTIONUnion County NewsPete CochranATV Dump


HONORABLE MENTIONHONORABLE MENTIONThe StarMike AdamsStephen Hammond fi nds the hole and plows ahead


HONORABLE MENTIONHONORABLE MENTIONThe Woodruff NewsTrenton BrockPITSTOP


THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACECoastal ObserverTanya AckermanBoyd Brown comes off his board


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACEThe Eagle-RecordDoug RogersHanhan @ Woodland


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACEUnion County NewsPete CochranIntense Pitcher

SPORTS AC TION PHOTOSPORTS AC TION PHOTOWeekly Over 6,000 Division

THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACETribune-TimesGwinn DavisHillcrest’s Brittney Washington and Britney Holliday battle for the ball


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACETribune-TimesGwinn DavisMann’s Brady Hegwood collides with Mauldin’s Ramon Osuna


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACEThe Greer CitizenMandy FergusonGreer’s LeBrian Shifl et rises toward the rim

SPORTS AC TION PHOTOSPORTS AC TION PHOTOWeekly 2/3 Times Division

HONORABLE MENTIONHONORABLE MENTIONThe Summerville Journal SceneRoger LeeBattle for the ball


THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACEThe Dillon HeraldJohnnie DanielsSummerville Defeats Colleton County


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACEThe News & ReporterTravis JenkinsLittle League ball


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACEThe News & ReporterTravis JenkinsGoat Roping

SPORTS FEATURE PHOTOSPORTS FEATURE PHOTOWeekly Under 6,000 Division

THIRD PLACE (TIE)THIRD PLACE (TIE)News-ChronicleDebbie RogersAndrew “Rudy” Cox (24) Celebrates a Bear win with Joe TerBeek


THIRD PLACE (TIE)THIRD PLACE (TIE)The Berkeley IndependentDan BrownLeAnna Morrison displays the medals


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACEMyrtle Beach HeraldAmanda KelleyMyrtle Beach senior Hart Zwing hugs Aristen Baku after the Seahawks lost 2-1


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACEUnion County NewsPete CochranLittle Batter Focus

SPORTS FEATURE PHOTOSPORTS FEATURE PHOTOWeekly Over 6,000 Division

HONORABLE MENTIONHONORABLE MENTIONTribune-TimesGwinn Davis

Despite losing the goggles Holly Tree races to the fi nish line


THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACETribune-TimesGwinn DavisMauldin’s Lexi Stewart admires her Gold Medal


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACETribune-TimesGwinn DavisRiver Walk’s Stephen Johnson reacts to winning Gold


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACECarolina Forest ChronicleMichael SmithPost game pep talk

SPORTS FEATURE PHOTOSPORTS FEATURE PHOTOWeekly 2/3 Times Division

THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACEThe Press &StandardBrantley StricklandCoach Trippe’s night


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACEThe Summerville Journal SceneRoger LeeCamper Alex Quinton sends a shot into the net


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACEThe News & ReporterTrenton BrockWaiting for victory

PERSONALIT Y PHOTOGRAPH PERSONALIT Y PHOTOGRAPH OR PORTRAITOR PORTRAIT

Weekly Under 6,000 Division

THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACECoastal ObserverTanya AckermanRoy Gilbert makes guitars out of cigar boxes, cookie tins and silverware chests



SECOND PLACESECOND PLACECoastal ObserverTanya AckermanMildred Point, 99



FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACEThe Manning TimesJason LesleyPie in the face


Weekly Over 6,000 Division

HONORABLE MENTIONHONORABLE MENTIONCharleston City PaperAdam ChandlerButcher Frank Marvin poses as he prepares to close the doors of Marvin’s Meats for good



THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACETribune-TimesGwinn DavisMauldin All-State standout Dana Landers is congratulated with kisses



SECOND PLACESECOND PLACETribune-TimesGwinn DavisRiley Carter works with the balloon crew



FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACETribune-TimesGwinn DavisAmerican Indian, “Mother Earth”


Weekly 2/3 Times Division

THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACEThe Lancaster NewsAaron MorrisonChase Gordon takes Terry Dearing for a “spin”



SECOND PLACESECOND PLACEThe Summerville Journal SceneStefan RogenmoserSuperintendent Joe Pye is humbled as he receives a standing ovation at the Teacher of the Year dinner



FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACEThe Summerville Journal SceneStefan RogenmoserChildren’s author Helen Lester plays kazoo

PHOTO SERIES OR PHOTO STORYPHOTO SERIES OR PHOTO STORYWeekly Under 6,000 Division

THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACEThe Manning TimesVic MacDonaldLaurence Manning Academy football players


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACEThe StarMike AdamsGUMC Bolvia Run


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACECoastal ObserverTanya AckermanMud Bowl

PHOTO SERIES OR PHOTO STORYPHOTO SERIES OR PHOTO STORYWeekly Over 6,000 Division

THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACEThe Fort Jackson LeaderSusanne KapplerSoldiers with Company B, 187th Ordnance Battalion


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACECarolina Forest ChronicleMichael Smith1st annual Krispy Kreme 5K and 10K challenge


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACEThe Moultrie NewsVickey BoydWando Marching Band

PHOTO SERIES OR PHOTO STORYPHOTO SERIES OR PHOTO STORYWeekly 2/3 Times Division

THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACEThe News & ReporterTrenton BrockGreat Falls wins state


SECOND PLACESECOND PLACEThe News & ReporterHolly HindmanRichburg Fall festival


FIRST PLACEFIRST PLACEThe News & ReporterNancy ParsonsRodeo

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TEN YEARS: Happy birthday to Gabriella Rose Wingard who was born September 11,2001. She

is the daughter of E. David and Adelle Wingard and attends New Providence Elementary

School. Her granddaddy Roberts (Bob) attended the Old Providence School. She is the granddaughter of Ruth Wingard and the late Ernest R. Wingard Jr. of Lexington and also the late B.F. and Clara S. Har-rison of Clinton.

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Former White Knoll Middle School students Tanya Gates (left) and Damaris Collier hold the South Carolina Remembers banner at Ground Zero in New York Sept. 11, 2009. Lexington County residents in atten-dance include Tina Ocasio, WKMS Teacher Claudia Moose, SC Remem-bers Committee (SCRC) Member Lt. JJ Jones, SCRC Member and

Lexington County School District One Retired Assistant Superintendent Joyce Carter, SCRC Member and Irmo Fire Chief Mike Sonefeld, Dama-ris’ mother Denise Collier, Laura Jones, Joe and Candy Alaimo, Damaris’ father Dale Collier, and SCRC Chairman Dan Hennigan. A special 9-11 Remembrance report is inside this issue.

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Chapin High School cheerleaders ride in the Chapin Labor Day Festival Parade Monday morning. More photos from the event, pages A8, D-4.

A full gallery is online at www.LexingtonChronicle.com and click on the Big Blue Button on the righthand side of the home page.

BY JERRY [email protected]

Ted McGee was excited.Four friends have come forward

to donate $250,000 to help him buy two large brick homes in Lexington for the Chris Myers Children’s Place.

The donation will buy one of the houses.

McGee is looking for a major do-nor to buy the other house and 14 acres surrounding the houses.

The donors are Ron Hoover and

his wife Linda and Ron’s brother Ted and his wife Joanne.

The two brothers operate Hoover Metal Buildings.

“Lexington County has been good to us,” Ron Hoover said. “We want-ed to give back to the community.

“Seeing these homeless children is terribly sad. They’re our future.”

The brothers saw the problems children face when they built Sa-maritan’s Well, a shelter for abused women and their children in Lex-

ington.The Chris Myers Children’s Place

is named for the late son of 11th Circuit Solicitor Donnie Myers.

Like Samaritan’s Well, the Chil-dren’s Place will be operated by Christ Central Ministries, a volun-teer organization founded by former businessman Jimmy Jones.

“I am excited to visit the various mission stations and see the recipi-ents of ‘hope’ and ‘help’ through the army of volunteers,” Jones said.

The problems begin for the chil-dren when their mothers go home and back into the situations that put them in Samaritan’s Well to begin with, McGee said.

McGee, who founded the S.C. Christian Chamber of Commerce with Jones, said the churches need to become more involved.

“There’s so much the faith com-munity can do,” he said.

“They need to teach mothers how to be mothers.”

Major donors helping to build Children’s Place

2011 ELECTION: Filing for most county muncipali-ties has ended. See who is running and who is not, Page A5.

BLOCK PARTY: FA parade and block party will take place on Hendrix Street in Lexington Satur-day. Parade: 10 a.m. Block party: Noon - 10 p.m.

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BY MATT MONTGOMERY AND AMANDA KELLEYTHE HERALD

Thousands of runners are flocking to the GrandStrand to race in the annual Bi-Lo Myrtle BeachMarathon Saturday.

Last year’s race was canceled after four inches ofsnow fell overnight, creating what officials said wereunsafe conditions for volunteers and city workers toset up.

But most runners hit the streets anyway after themorning sun melted the white fluff into puddles.

“There were people that still said, ‘To heck with it.We came to run and we’re going to run,’” marathondirector Shaun Walsh said.

Weather is uncontrollable, Walsh said, but manyof last year’s runners came from much colder placesand the snowy situation was familiar.

So they ran anyway.“For the most part, runners are a hardy bunch,”

Walsh said. “Those that come have sacrificed timeand effort just to be fit enough to run. They’ve alsospent good money to be able to come to the event.”

Weather doesn’t appear to be a problem this year.As of press time, the National Weather Service wasforecasting sunny skies for the race with a high of 65degrees.

There are a few changes to the race this year, in-cluding a new route, Walsh said.

The route is actually the same one that was sup-posed to be used last year, but because of the can-cellation it was never officially unveiled.

The track showcases some of the best parts ofMyrtle Beach.

Runners will travel along Kings Highway, Ocean

Boulevard and Grissom Parkway, finishing at BB&TCoastal Field.

It also takes runners through the Market Com-mon shopping district, which Walsh hopes will in-crease business in the city.

Online registration for the half-marathon (13.1-mile run) is full with all 3,850 slots spoken for.

There is still some room left in the 26.2-milemarathon, and runners can register at the expo,which runs from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. today at theMyrtle Beach Convention Center.

The day before the race kicks off, there is also a 5Krace sponsored by RBC Bank as well as the Ripley’sFamily Fun Run, which is a mile-long coursearound Broadway at the Beach.

There is still room for runners in the 5K, and en-trance to the race costs $50 at the expo. For the fam-ily fun run, there is no limit to the number of run-ners and the cost is $15 per person.

Overall, Walsh expects about 10,000 people willparticipate in the event.

A post-race party will be held at the House ofBlues on Saturday. That event is open to the generalpublic. While it’s of no additional cost to race partici-pants,

See MARATHON, Page 2A

Schedule of eventsFriday, Feb. 18• Runner’s Expo, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.• Ripley’s Aquarium Family Fun Run, 5:30 - 6 p.m.• RBC Bank 5K, 7 - 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19• BI-LO Marathon, 6:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.• Dasani Half Marathon, 6:30 - 10:30 a.m.• House of Blues post-race party, 5 - 7 p.m.

Runner’s ExpoWhere - Myrtle Beach Convention Center, 2101N. Oak St., Myrtle BeachMore info - Expo is free and open to the public.Call (843) 236-2714 or visit mbmarathon.com.

BY CHARLES D. PERRYTHE HERALD

A second Target store is beingplanned for the Myrtle Beacharea, Horry County officialssaid, but it’s unclear when thestore will be built.

County staff recently ap-proved a master plan for a Tar-get near the intersection of S.C.544 and U.S. 17 Bypass, saidJanet Carter, the county’s plan-ning director.

The site is close to the AtlantaBread Company and BobEvans restaurants.

“Of course, there will be otherretail entities coming on boardat a later date,” she said. “But forright now, that’s the only storethat I’m aware of.”

The Minneapolis-based re-tail giant operates in 49 stateswith 1,752 stores, including oneon Seaboard Street in MyrtleBeach.

Target spokeswoman SarahVan Nevel said the companydoesn’t plan to open any storesin South Carolina this year, butshe said that doesn’t mean it’snot planning to later.

“We have information aboutstores actually opening in 2011but nothing past that,” she said.

Carter said the owner of thesite being eyed by Target isMEPNJ Limited Partnership.

Earlier this month, the coun-ty transferred Sayebrook Park-way, the road Atlanta BreadCompany faces, back toMEPNJ, the original landowner.

Carter said MEPNJ is plan-ning to create its own internalproperty owners associationthat would be responsible formaintaining the road.

As for what’s next, Carter saidthat once the property is trans-ferred to Target, building planswould likely be submitted tothe county.

A representative for the prop-erty owner told county leaderslate last year that the companyhopes to close on the project inMarch.

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overblownBY AMANDA KELLEYTHE HERALD

Mike Frederick insists hedoesn’t want to kill anyone.

He just wants his officers tobe safe.

That, the Surfside policechief said, is why he wrote a

memo he calls a “manifesto,”which outlines some tips forofficers, including an old CIAsaying: “Be polite, be profes-sional, but have a plan to killeveryone you meet.”

Frederick’s manifesto —and particularly that line —hasn’t settled well with sometown residents.

“I do not agree with ChiefFrederick’s manifesto,” Surf-side’s Tom Dodge said duringa recent council meeting.

Councilwoman Vicki Blairsaid the wording didn’t both-er her initially, but she grew

concerned after several resi-dents complained.

She eventually asked thatthe line be removed from thechief’s memo.

“I am the daughter of a re-tired police officer,” Blair said.“So I understood what ChiefFrederick meant — always beprepared.

“They put their lives at riskand on the line every day inpotentially dangerous situa-tions, but … there are somepeople here who take thingsliterally that would think, ‘Ohmy gosh! We have officers out

there ready to kill people.’”Frederick thinks the criti-

cism about the document hasbeen overblown.

He calls his memo a how-to-guide, and he said he’ssent similar tips to employeesunder his supervision for thelast 20 years.

The advice in the letter, hesaid, has been given to himover the years and helpedhim survive in the militaryand on multiple police de-partments.

He even served on a count-er-terrorism task force with a

federal agency.“We never want to kill peo-

ple,” Frederick said. “That’sjust nuts. The point was that ifthe CIA can be nice to people,then the Surfside Beach PDcan certainly be nice.”

“The off-hand reference toa very old cop/soldier jokewas simply a device,” he said.“An attempt to remind our of-ficers not to use the undeni-able danger and risk they faceevery day as an excuse to berude. Our officers here in

See MANIFESTO, Page 2A

Surfside police ‘manifesto’ makes some uneasy

A SECOND STORE?

FILE PHOTORegistrants are joined by

spectators as they run throughthe parking lot of BB&T Coastal

Field, where the 2010 MyrtleBeach Marathon would

have finished. Last year’s race was cancelled

due to inclement weather.

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THIRD PLACETHIRD PLACELaurens County Advertiser

By Daniel J. LauerStaff Writer

State and local officials areurging residents statewide topostpone plans for outdoor burn-ing. Dry conditions and highwinds have caused fires to spreadrapidly, prompting the SouthCarolina Forestry Commission toissue a Red Flag Fire AlertMonday for counties in the PeeDee region.

While the Upstate was notunder an alert, Monday still sawLaurens County fire crewsresponding to various fires toprovide mutual aid in FountainInn and Enoree. They battled theblazes in sustained winds of 18mph gusting to 33 mph recordedat the Laurens County Airport.Crews also responded for mutualaid in Abbeville on Tuesdayafternoon shortly after 3 p.m.

According to Laurens CountyFire Service coordinator GregLindley, brush fires have beencommon in recent weeks.

“We have been very busy withbrush fires,” he said. “We areurging anyone not to do any out-door burning at all until we getsome rain.”

Calls for mutual aid haverequested pumpers, engines,manpower and brush trucks. Thatleft the county scrambling toreplace depleted personnel andresources at the northern end ofLaurens County.

Lindley said conditions haveled to some “terrible fires” in thearea.

“Coming through the wintermonths, when we have any kindof dry spell with no rainfall, thatis when you have the chance fora good rash of brush fires,” hesaid. “Once spring hits and thegrass greens up, it kind of diesback down.”

Scott Hawkins with the SouthCarolina Forestry Commissionsaid that the agency had respond-ed to 226 fires statewide fromFeb. 1 to Feb. 17, the evening theRed Flag was issued. During thispast weekend alone, he reported,the commission responded to anestimated 221 additional fires.

When conditions do improve,people interested in burning yarddebris should call the ForestryCommission’s Laurens Countyline at 800-705-8611 to reportburning plans. Hawkins said theautomated message center willnotify callers of conditions andwhether it is safe to burn.

Lindley said that the only thingpeople can burn on their proper-ty is vegetative material, includ-ing tree limbs, brush and leaves.Manmade trash, including paperand bottles, is prohibited.

“You are not even supposed toburn construction debris, such as2-by-4’s,” Lindley said, addingthat the Department of Healthand Environmental Control(DHEC) can levy fines for illegalburning.

Hawkins said that it is also aviolation of state law to allow afire to escape. Basically, if yourfire escapes, you can be fined. Ifit damages property, you will beliable.

Fire officials: Hold offon any outdoor burning

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Ready to flyLaurens County Airportreadies for future growth

From Vic Parsells, a mechanic’sassistant at HammerheadAeronautical, located at theLaurens County Airport. Seepage 1B for a closer look into theairport’s past, present and future.

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Photo by Daniel J. LauerFATAL PLANE CRASH — LCSO Deputy Paul Page secures the scene of Saturday after-noon’s plane crash that killed pilot Robert Burdette. Neighbors said Burdette’s plane sound-ed “high pitched and shrill” before it crashed in the field.


A plane crash in Ware Shoalslate Saturday afternoon claimedthe life of the pilot who neigh-bors said could be seen flyingevery weekend when the weath-er was nice. Robert “Ronnie”Burdette, 69, died after his sin-gle-engine Cessna 150 crashedin a field located at 1441 MountBethel Road at 5:16 p.m.

Neighbors Judy Ridgewayand Dan Patterson both heardthe plane as it came in overhead.Ridgeway thought that Burdette

was having engine troublebecause it sounded “highpitched and shrill.”

“It (the engine) sounded likea crotch rocket motorcycle,”Patterson said.

Both said that Burdette hadhis own grass runway about amile away from the crash site.

“If the weather was good, youcould bank on him flyingSaturday or Sunday” or evenboth days, Patterson said.

The Laurens County Sheriff ’sOffice, along with LaurensCounty Fire crews, responded tothe scene. Both the National

Transportation Safety Board(NTSB) and the FederalAviation Administration (FAA)were on hand Sunday to investi-gate.

According to a LCSO inci-dent report, the plane initiallymade contact with the groundabout 95 yards from its finalresting place. The engine, withthe propeller still attached, wasfound about 100 yards awayfrom the plane’s final position.The plane itself spun or cart-wheeled before stopping upside

Plane crash kills Ware Shoals pilot


A single-vehicle accident inLaurens County early Mondaymorning left a Simpsonville mandead as he was reportedly goingto work at Norbord in Joanna.Garrett Peters, 38, was pro-nounced dead at the scene due toblunt force trauma to the headand body. He was wearing hisseat belt.

According to the S.C.Highway Patrol, Peters wasoperating a 2000 Toyota SUVand traveling east on I-26 whenhe lost control of the vehicle at6:53 a.m. as he was exiting atmile marker 60. Driving up theexit ramp to S.C. Highway 66(Whitmire Highway), Peterstraveled out of control off theleft side of the roadway, contin-ued out of control off the rightside and then swerved left again,causing the vehicle to beginoverturning. The speed limit onthe ramp is 40 mph, and theSCHP is further investigatingPeters’ estimated speed.

Laurens County coroner NickNichols said preliminary testsdo not indicate that drugs oralcohol are involved. However,the South Carolina LawEnforcement Division (SLED)will perform further toxicology.

This is the first fatal trafficaccident in Laurens County thisyear.

Simpsonvilleman killedin Mondaycar crash


The Laurens Commission ofPublic Works would like toremind everyone not to dump fats,oils and grease down their sink.This comes after the CPW tackleda major sewer blockage at theentrance of The Oaks ShoppingCenter on North Harper StreetTuesday afternoon of last week.

According to CPW assistantgeneral manager John Young, onelane of North Harper Street wasclosed after grease clogged up the

sewer. Crews worked for severalhours to clear debris from thesewer main, using a jettingmachine to target the blockagewith high-pressure water.

“Each commercial food entityis required to have a grease trap,”Young said, adding that the CPWwas not singling out any specificbusiness. “From time to time,they (the trap) might not getmaintained and problems canarise.”

The Department of Health andEnvironmental Control (DHEC)requires that restaurants have a

grease trap installed prior to open-ing. A report submitted by theCPW to DHEC regarding lastTuesday’s incident states thatapproximately 2,000 gallons ofwastewater was released down thestreet.

“In these situations, we are sup-posed to clean it up and then noti-fy DHEC,” Young said.

Young said that it has beenquite a while since a blockage ofthis magnitude was encountered.He said that on the residentialside, it used to be more of a prob-lem.

“Particularly after a holiday,when people dumped turkey fatdown the drain, we used to see it alot. It hasn’t been quite as bad inthe last couple of years.”

Commercial properties haven’tbeen much of a problem due tothe DHEC-required grease trap.And industries are closely moni-tored and subject to fines “if theygo outside the permit parame-ters.”

“We encourage folks to paymore attention to what they pourdown the drain in the future,”Young said.

Grease clogs sewer; CPW flushes it away

By Cory EngleStaff Writer

A Fountain Inn man whoturned himself in to police onSaturday after a 36-hour man-hunt is behind bars at theJohnson Detention Center facing23 charges ranging from tattoo-ing without a license to criminalsexual misconduct with a 15-year-old girl.

Charlton Eric Brown, 28, of259 Durbin Ridge Road,Fountain Inn, was taken into cus-tody at a gas station on HaywoodRoad in Greenville, after theLaurens County Sheriff’s Officesigned a warrant for his arrest oncharges of contributing to thedelinquency of a minor.

According to police reports, acomplainant called the LCSOand said that Brown had tattooedher 15-year-old daughter andsupplied her with alcohol whileshe was at his home during theweekend of Feb. 5.

A manhunt ensued as officersattempted to locate Brown. Inthe process of their investigation,officers uncovered allegationsthat he had also provided drugsto two other minors on the sameday and had tattooed at leastthree minors between the ages of14 and 16 since Dec. 17. Brownalso allegedly performed at least

10 tattoos without a license dat-ing back to Oct. 16.

“Everybody I ran into had tat-toos from him,” said Lt.Shannon Childress, who isinvestigating the case for theLCSO. “A lotof peopleknew him.This didn’tjust stop onhis street. Wewere inFountain Inn,Simpsonville,D u n c a n ,everywhere.We were allover theplace.”

O nSaturday, LCSO investigatorscontacted Brown’s mother inGreenville County. She in turnconvinced Brown to turn himselfin to police. Brown contacted theLCSO that evening and metthem at a location on HaywoodRoad where he surrenderedwithout incident.

Brown was transported to theJohnson Detention Center wherehe was booked and a $61,000bond was set. Brown is not eligi-ble to pay 10 percent due to thesexual misconduct charge. Heremained behind bars as ofTuesday afternoon.

Fountain Inn manarrested for illegaltatooing, criminalsexual misconduct

Charlton EricBrown

Photo by Daniel J. LauerSEWER SPILL CLEANUP — Danny Ray Butler (from left), Russell McColley and Blake Babb hose down a section of NorthHarper Street at The Oaks Shopping Center after a sewer main was clogged with grease. CPW personnel had to close a laneof the major road to deal with the blockage.

■ See Crash, page 12A


After strong storms, electricutility companies often work longhours to clean up and restorepower to customers left in thedark. But now many utilities aretaking a proactive approach tominimize the chances that over-grown limbs take down the lines.

“It (overgrown trees) poses ahazard from a power qualitystandpoint,” said Greg Ziegler,superintendent for the LaurensCommission of Public Works’electric department. “Also, condi-tions have to be right for it butyou can get electrocuted if a treebranch is touching a live wire andyou touch the tree as you walk by.

“No one likes the lights to beblinking if the trees are in thelines,” he added.

Initially, the electric linemendid the trimming work them-selves. Later, the LCPW usedcontractors to do the work butZiegler said that it didn’t seem tobe cost effective.

“And we were not getting thequality of work that we can get bydoing it ourselves.”


The Laurens County Waterand Sewer Commission workedfor almost four hours on Fridayto clean up a sewage spill causedwhen vandals stole manholecovers and blocked a sewageline near its pump station atWoodfield industrial park.

LCWSC Executive DirectorJeff Field said his office wasalerted to the problem when apump station alarm sounded atthe Clinton-Joanna WastewaterTreatment Plant.

Field said that, when crewsinvestigated, they discoveredthat three manhole covers hadbeen removed and someone hadthrown rocks and plant debrisinto the sewers, causing them tooverflow and dump approxi-mately 3,400 gallons of sewageinto a tributary of StoddardCreek.

By Judith BrownStaff Writer

The first and last owners ofWoods Edge Gifts had the samegoal in mind. For store founderMary Collins and Cathy Little,who has recently made the toughdecision to close this weekend,spending time with their smallchildren has been a priority intheir respective decisionsregarding Woods Edge Gifts.

For Collins, it was the perfectplan. When she opened the orig-inal Woods Edge in 1955, sheand her husband, Gordon, builtthe small gift shop right in theirown backyard on WoodlawnDrive in Laurens. It was aptlynamed, nestled into the pinetrees in the wooded area in theneighborhood between ToddAvenue and Academy and WestMain streets.

She could be in the store or inthe house, she said, because“even if I was in the house Icould see if anyone drove up.”

“I thought Laurens needed anice gift shop,” she said, and theability to raise her children,Steve, Carolyn and Peggy, whilestill making some extra moneyworked out well.

The store thrived there formore than four decades, drawingpeople within Laurens and evenout of town with its unusualarray of gifts.

“I made trips to Atlanta, NewYork and Dallas so I could find

new and different things,”Collins said, “and I had wonder-ful customers.”

Among her loyal customerswere businesses, includingLaurens Glass, which almostexclusively bought from her“Lalique” line of French glassitems for its clients. Her selec-tion included a variety of practi-

cal but unusual household items,including gourmet qualitykitchen ware otherwise unavail-able in the county, and it was aregular spot for brides to regis-ter.

“I registered there when I gotmarried 12 years ago,” Littlesaid, “and almost every present Igot, at least from friends here,came from Woods Edge.”

Little purchased the storefrom Mary Shannon Bell,Collins’ niece, who had takenover after Collins retired andwho made the move to theHistoric Courthouse Square forthe visibility it provided. WhenLittle bought the store fromBell, that was the tradition shewanted to continue.

Little admits that she was a bitnaive about the work and timeinvolved in running a retail busi-ness and hasn’t had the free timeshe thought she would havewhen she left her out-of-towncorporate job to be her ownboss. Then over a year ago, heroldest daughter, Canady, wasdiagnosed with WilliamsSyndrome, a genetic disorderwhich requires regular therapy


Citizens fed up with crime inwestern Laurens County gatheredat the Western Laurens FireDepartment on Indian MoundRoad Thursday night to voicetheir concerns to a panel of lawenforcement leaders, many leav-ing with a better understanding ofthe criminal justice system inSouth Carolina.

The meeting, organized byLaurens County Council memberJoe Wood and Greenwood CountyCouncil member Bob Jennings,gathered Sheriffs Ricky Chastainof Laurens County, Tony Davis ofGreenwood County and CharlesGoodwin of Abbeville County aswell as Eighth Circuit SolicitorJerry Peace to address the con-

cerns of citizens in and aroundWare Shoals.

“I feel likeI got a lot ofgood pointsout of it,”Wood said. “Ihope it’s thestart ofmaybe ameeting inG r e e n wo o dCounty and inA b b e v i l l eCounty. Methis a seriousproblem around here that leads toa lot of other crimes.”

Citizens came to the meetingwith a variety of issues. Somewere crime victims who felt thatjustice had not been served, oth-ers had concerns about the com-

plexities of living in a city thatencompasses three sheriff ’s juris-dictions.

“Because we’re in three coun-ties … we are a no-man’s land,”said Ware Shoals resident CindyAdams. “I have stopped my carbecause people were fighting inthe middle of the street but whenyou call 911, the first thing theyask is what county you’re in. Idon’t care what county it is.There’s got to be some way toapproach this that relies on plaincommon sense.”

Peace faced criticism fromsome citizens, such as DanPatrick who owns two plants inWare Shoals. He said his businesshas been vandalized at least sixtimes in the past year, costing himapproximately $500,000 in lostrevenue.

“We’ve got to stiffen thosepenalties on non-violent offend-ers,” Patrick said. “I don’t know ifthere’s a solution but there has tobe a better way.”

Peace explained that, if a defen-dant enters into a plea agreementwith his office, prosecutors willrecommend a sentence to thejudge. If, however, a defendantpleads guilty without enteringinto an agreement with his office,the sentence is left entirely up tothe judge.

“If they catch someone who’sstolen thousands of dollars inmaterial, they are not going to geta recommendation of probation orPTI (pre-trial intervention),”Peace told Patrick. “In your case,you wouldn’t see a recommenda-tion from my office for probationor PTI.”

Peace further explained that,just because a person is arrested,doesn’t mean his office will havea case strong enough to prose-cute.

“Just because someone has awarrant, doesn’t mean it’s a goodcase,” he said. “Once it gets to ouroffice, our assistant solicitorsevaluate the case and make adetermination if it’s a case we canprove beyond a reasonable doubt.

“My phone number is 864-993-0751,” Peace said. “If you everhave a question about a case, callme …. If you give me a name, Ican check on it. If we’ve donesomething wrong, we need toknow so we can correct the prob-lem before it becomes systemic.

“Usually you’ll find that there

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From Joyce Woods, owner of“N” Diva Zone. Woods, whospecializes in handcrafted andhand-selected jewelry, wasrecently manning a booth atthe “Comin’ Home to CrossHill” festival.

■ See Vandals, page 8A

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A vehicle accident Fridaymorning claimed the life of aWaterloo man after his vehiclewent off the road. Michael Lee“Pee Wee” Weathers, 32, of 473Relax Street, received fatalinjuries in the accident, whichoccurred at 9:38 a.m. on EasyRoad, about 1.5 miles south ofLaurens.

According to the S.C.Highway Patrol, Weathers wasoperating a full-size SUV andtraveling north on Easy Roadwhen he went off the left side ofthe road and struck an embank-ment. He was transported to theLaurens County Hospital emer-gency room and later taken byhelicopter to GreenvilleMemorial Hospital where hedied.

Laurens County Coroner NickNichols said Weathers’ vehiclecrashed head-on into a largerock pile. He was wearing hisseat belt and first respondershad to cut him out of the vehicle.According to Nichols, Weathersuffered major blunt force trau-ma to the head and was pro-nounced brain dead atGreenville Memorial. He latersuccumbed to his injuries andwas pronounced dead at 10:33Friday evening.

Waterlooman killedin vehicleaccident

Photo by Judith BrownLALIQUE — The founder of the original Woods Edge Giftsover 56 years ago, Mary Collins holds one of the French glassitems by the Lalique line, popular gifts when she opened in1955. The store survived more than four decades, a movedowntown, and even the recent economic downturn, but isnow set to close this weekend.

Community, leaders meet to discuss crime in Ware Shoals

Photo by Cory EngleOUR HEROES — Laurens County honored its own heroeson Saturday in Clinton when they were inducted at the sev-enth annual Hall of Heroes at Clinton High School. The daystarted at 11 a.m. with a parade down Broad Street to theDepot in downtown Clinton where a wreath ceremony washeld at the Veterans Memorial. At 5 p.m. the official Hall ofHeroes ceremony began in the CHS auditorium. This year21 veterans representing three military branches in fourwars were inducted. For additional photos visit The LaurensCounty Advertiser’s Facebook page.

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I registered therewhen I got married12 years ago, andalmost every presentI got, at least fromfriends here, camefrom Woods Edge.

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CouncilmanJoe Wood

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FORT MILL — Carol inasHealthCare System has won theseven-year battle to build the firsthospital in Fort Mill – but appealsfrom the losing sides could be onthe way, prolonging the fight.

S.C. regulators announcedSept. 9 that the company canbuild a 64-bed, $77.5 million hos-pital to be called Carolinas Med-ical Center-Fort Mill. CHS beatout Novant Health, which runsPresbyterian Hospital, and TenetHealthcare Corp., which runsPiedmont Medical Center in RockHill.

Experts say the state decisionbolsters CHS’s dominance in theCharlotte region, where it hasseven hospitals.

Throughout the Fort Mill hos-pi ta l debate, CHS of f ic ia ls

stressed their doctors and facili-ties were already the people’schoice to meet the medical needsof Tega Cay and Fort Mill. Last Fri-day, state health regulators withthe state Department of Healthand Environmental Control saidCarolinas HealthCare’s proposedhospital would best meet thecommunity’s needs, was finan-cially the soundest and wouldnot harm other providers in YorkCounty.

“All we want to do is to providelocal health care,” said ChrisHummer, president of CarolinasMedical Center-Pineville. CMC isalready providing care to 56 per-cent of the residents of northernYork County, according to its da-ta.

Officials with the two other ap-plicants – Piedmont Medical

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An artist’s rendering of what the new Carolinas MedicalCenter-Fort Mill could look like.

State picksCHS to buildtown hospital

By Michael [email protected]

FORT MILL — Nine thousandpounds of food might seem like alot, but not when you have hun-dreds of hungry mouths to feed.

The Fort Mill Care Center,which offers food and other as-sistance – from personal careitems to help paying utility bills –is in danger of running out ofsupplies. That 9,000 poundsdwindled to 8,000 in just a cou-ple of days last week. Mean-while, the Care Center helped arecord 350 families in August, upfrom 329 families the previousmonth.

That’s 1,123 Fort Mill Town-

ship residents, adults and chil-dren, who had nowhere else toturn last month. Jan Arnold,who oversees the center’s pantryoperations, is worried she can’tkeep up with the demand.

“I wouldn’t cry wolf,” Arnoldsaid last week, while volunteerswere busy filling shopping bagsfor clients, who use a checklist torequest specific items, such asgrits, eggs and diapers, orcanned tomatoes, powderedmilk, cereal and soap. Clientscan have orders filled once amonth.

“It’s getting critically low,”Arnold said.

Care Center low on food

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Volunteer Anne Marie May helps fill orders for Fort Mill CareCenter clients. The center is ’critically’ low on supplies.

FORT MILL — More than 100 peopleturned out Saturday for a “DogGoneGood Time,” helping the HumaneSociety of York County in the process.

The DogGone Good Time Festival atAnne Springs Close Greenway drewguests from Fort Mill, Indian Land,Greenville, Charlotte and other localeswith their pets for competitions, out-door activities and the opportunity tohelp the animal rescue organizationtoward its $200,000 goal for the new

shelter it moved into over the weekend.Currently, the group has more than$134,000 toward its goal – 67 percent ofthe needed figure.

“Every year it keeps getting betterand better,” said Marion Readett, one ofabout 20 Humane Society volunteersSaturday.

The new shelter at 8177 Regent Pkwyis better designed to accommodateanimals with bigger cages, air condi-tioning, improved sanitation and a

laundry room. It’s a big move, Readett said, for the

organization that averaged 287 dogsand 161 cats adopted out the past threeyears.

“It’s very animal-friendly and it’llhelp us to help our animals a lot bet-ter,” she said.

For more information, go to humane-societyofyorkcounty.org.

— John Marks

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Contestants compete in “musical chairs” Saturday, where dogs jump into hoops when the music stops, during a fundraiserfor Humane Society of York County. See more photos at www.fortmilltimes.com.

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TAILS, TONGUES AND TALENT: DogGone fest

By Jenny [email protected]

FORT MILL TOWNSHIP —Cupcrazed Cakery owner Heath-er McDonnell, along with assis-tant Debbie McDonnell, smokedthe competition on Food Net-work’s “Cupcake Wars” Sundaynight.

Literally. The pair battled three cupcake

bakers for $10,000 and thechance to serve cupcakes atcountry singer and actress Jen-nette McCurdy’s album releaseparty. One team was eliminatedafter each of three rounds of com-petition.

At the end of the hour-longshow, the Fort Mill residents,who are sisters-in-law, had takenhome the top prize.

The show didn’t go without afew hiccups, though, including akitchen fire that host Justin Will-man called “one of the biggest ac-

cidents ever” on the show. In round one of competition

the bakers had to incorporateunique ingredients into theircupcake creations, includingtheir choice of barbeque, friedchicken with mashed potatoes orgumbo.

“We’re choosing gumbo be-cause it will be the most difficult.We didn’t come here to lose,”Heather McDonnell said.

“Go big or go home,” she add-ed.

The cupcake incorporatedgumbo, corn and a savory frost-

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Heather McDonnell, owner ofCupcrazed Cakery in Fort Mill,was the winner in the seasonfinale of "Cupcake Wars."

By Jenny [email protected]

INDIAN LAND — It’s been al-most a year since Belair UnitedMethodist Church in IndianLand opened the doors to itsfood pantry, and it’s servingmore people than ever.

The pantry began in Oct. 2010,

opening only one day eachmonth and providing food, freeof charge, to Indian Land resi-dents in need. On the first daythe pantry opened, eight fami-lies were served. Recently, thepantry began opening its doorstwice monthly to meet the needsof more families.

Last week, the pantry served a

record 47 families – 150 people. Now, the pantry’s shelves are

nearly bare, and more peoplewill arrive Thursday, Sept. 15,hoping to pick up food to feedthem and their families.

“I knew there was a need; Iguess I just didn’t realize it wasthat widespread,” said ShirleyMauney, who helps oversee the

church’s food pantry. Mauney said many of the pan-

try’s customers are unemployedand some have only part time in-come. Others are elderly and onrestricted income, she said.

The pantry is set up to servepeople who live in Indian Land,

Belair food pantry staying busier than ever

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Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, the south tower starts to collapse assmoke billows from both buildings of the World Trade Center inNew York. The 10th anniversary of the attack is being remem-bered with events this weekend.

9-11then, nowBY STEFAN ROGENMOSERThe Journal Scene

Summerville resident A’delle Chellis, wasacross the street from the Pentagon in WashingtonD.C. on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

The hotel she stayed at is visible in some of thevideo footage from that day.

Chellis was about to leave for Summerville after

Summerville Baptist Church Saturday, Sept. 10 • 7 p.m.The Summerville Community Orchestra performs at 7 p.m on Sept.10 with the Charleston Symphony Spiritual Ensemble at SummervilleBaptist Church in a concert honoring Summerville's First Responders.Concert free, but ticket required. Tickets available at SummervilleTown Hall, George P. Seago Library, and Summerville Baptist Church.St. John the Beloved Catholic ChurchPrayer Service for PeaceSunday, Sept. 11 • 3 p.m.At the root of our need for healing is our need for peace, so clergyand musicians from several area churches will offer a Prayer Servicethat should last about 45 minutesLocation: 28 Sumter Ave.Freedom Hall at Pinewood Preparatory SchoolSunday, Sept. 11 • 4 p.m.9-11 remembrance “Resilience”9-11 Concert “We will never forget,” Summerville Community OrchestraLocation: 1114 Orangeburg RoadUnveiling of 9-11 Medallion Liberty Garden, a reception and tour atthe Liberty Garden and 9-11 Walk of Honor.

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Suspect in shooting gets $180k bondBY JIM TATUMThe Journal Scene

The man police say shot anotherman at a Summerville mobile homepark will stay in jail for a while.

A city judge set a surety bond of$180,000 during a bond hearingheld Sept. 1 for Shawn Maurice

Kitt, 22, of Summerville. Kitt facesseveral charges, including attempt-ed murder, possession of a firearmduring a violent crime, and posses-sion of a firearm by a person con-victed of a violent crime.

Police believe Kitt is the man whoshot Javon Lamont Washington, 29,as he sat in the passenger seat of a

car that was leaving the South MainMobile Home Park near GreenWave Boulevard in Summerville.The two apparently had beeninvolved in an earlier altercationduring which Kitt punchedWashington in the face, accordingto a Summerville Police incidentreport.

According to the report, two shotswere fired at the vehicle, strikingWashington. The person driving thecar, Heather Pringle then sped outof the mobile home park to a housetwo blocks away.

Washington was transported toMUSC for treatment of his wounds.

Kitt was arrested a few days later

in Orangeburg. Hewas transported toSummerville Sept.1 for a bond hear-ing and is currentlystill incarcerated inthe DorchesterCounty DetentionCenter. Kitt

Businesses, employees to see changesBY LESLIE CANTUThe Journal Scene

Every dollar makes a difference. That’sthe thinking behind a number of changesthat Summerville Town Council plans tomake to get the budget on track.

Members talked at a budget retreat inDorchester on Wednesday about policychanges that would affect employees andbusiness owners.

First up: garbage collection fees.Director of Administrative Services LisaWallace explained that residences, largebusinesses and “residential-commercial”businesses, generally mom-and-pop typestores, each pay $102 per roll-cart for trashcollection.

Except that the town’s contract withSuburban Disposal doesn’t cover trash col-lection for businesses that have large com-

mercial trash containers. And many of the“residential-commercial” businesses havetwo roll-carts but pay the fee for only one.

The discrepancy occurred over time asthe town changed plans piece by piece.The town justified charging the fee to largebusinesses by saying it would pick up bulkwaste when the businesses called.

But now that the town is getting a newgarbage collector, it could be time to cleanup the discrepancies by removing the feefrom businesses without roll-carts andensuring that businesses with roll-cartspay for each cart, Wallace said.

Council has discussed the problem in thepast but hasn’t acted, because it is politi-cal, Wallace said.

The fee could also change once the townfinalizes the contract with the newprovider. Although the town has been col-

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Summerville wants to clean up its trash collection fees. Businesses with roll-carts, likethose on the left, have been paying a single $102 fee even if they have two carts.Businesses with large commercial bins, like those on the right, have been paying the$102 even though the town provider doesn’t pick up their trash.

Town to clean up discrepancies in garbage pickup with new budget

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A shiny tiara, a cheerful smile and bright gray eyes.

That picture of Alyssah “Shirley” Totherow has most likely been a source of joy, but now yields mixed emotions

as family members mourn her loss. The 3-year-old Lancaster County girl

died Tuesday night after falling from a moving truck outside a Mangum Drive home, said Lancaster County Deputy Coroner Glen Crawford.

Shirley was taken to Springs Memo-rial Hospital, where she died at about

8:35 p.m., Crawford said. The 3-year-old’s family was moving

to a house and was driving a borrowed truck, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report. The truck was turned off, but the keys were still in the ignition.

One relative said he thought every-one was in the house. But Shirley

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Shirley Totherow, 3, jumped from a mov-ing truck and was hit by one of the front tires, accord-ing to a Sheriff’s Office report. She was taken to Springs Memorial Hospital, where she later died before she could be flown to another hospital.

Officials: Incident was accidental

Landfill axed?

Vote unanimous for changeChristopher Sardelli

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With a show of hands, Lancaster County Council members voted unani-mously Tuesday night on an ordinance that could hamper plans for a proposed solid waste landfill in the county.

Only minutes before the start of council’s meeting, copies of the last-minute ordinance circulated through the crowd of more than 150 residents who turned out for the meeting.

Seats were at a premium and quickly filled up as the room reached its maxi-mum occupancy for the second time in two weeks. Latecomers, many who were decked out in white as a sign of solidarity against a proposed landfill near S.C. 903, watched from the door-way of council chambers. In their hands, some people held glossy fliers, created by members of the Lancaster County Action Council, opposing the landfill.

Council had not originally planned any action on the landfill, but with mounting vocal opposition from resi-dents throughout the county, council-

decided to reverse a change it made several months ago in regards to land-fill buffers. The new ordinance, which council voted to approve at the begin-ning of its meeting, amends the coun-ty’s Unified Development Ordinance to change landfill buffers from 1,000 feet to 1 mile.

Under the county’s new requirement, landfills would not be allowed within 1 mile of residences and structures such as day-care centers, churches, schools, hospitals or publicly owned recreation-al parks.

The amendment comes only months after council changed the buffer to 1,000 feet in county ordinance 1073.

The new ordinance also states that the amendment can be used immedi-ately by the county’s Board of Zoning Appeals, even though ordinances usu-ally don’t become official until after approval of third reading. It also directs the planning department to hire a li-censed environmental engineer to de-termine a scientific reason for the buf-fer distance of 1 mile.

Once the vote was cast, Council re-ceived a standing ovation from many of the people in attendance.

In a rare deviation from the meeting, Council Chairwoman Kathy Sistare ex-plained the meaning behind the new ordinance before moving on.

“County Council based this on fur-ther investigation about the landfill and discussions with DHEC (S.C. De-partment of Health and Environmental Control) and looking at the Lee County landfill,” Sistare told the crowd. “Con-versation should have been taking

County reverses change

in landfill buffers

Sheriff identifies officers involved in shooting

Reece [email protected]

A witness to the shooting of a Lancaster man Monday night by sheriff’s deputies during a confrontation at a Lynwood Drive car wash said the victim appeared intoxicated, but calm until deputies arrived on the scene.

Meanwhile, the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the names of the deputies involved in the incident. They are Deputy Jera-mie MacKinson and Deputy Michael Kimbrell, said sheriff’s Maj. David Belk.

Chief Deputy Coroner Karla Deese identified the victim of the shooting as George Randall “Randy” Bowers, 56.

While law enforcement officials are still not commenting on the details of the shooting, an eyewitness report, confirmed in part by an sheriff’s office incident report released

Candidate forum on MondayRepublicans square off for Senate seat

Jesef Williams [email protected]

The public will have a chance to hear the Republican candidates for the open District 16 state Senate seat discuss key issues early next week. Those five candi-dates are slated to appear at a special forum that will be held Monday in-side the Bradley Building multipur-pose room at the University of South Carolina at Lan-caster.

Doors will open at 6 p.m., which will give time for candidates to in-teract with attend-ees. The forum will start at 6:30 p.m., said Dean Faile, president of

Deputies’ names revealed

Other forums The Lancaster TEA

Party and S.C. District 5 Patriots are holding a candidate forum from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in Stevens Hall at the Uni-versity of South Carolina at Lancaster.

The Young Republi-cans will hold a candidate debate at 7 p.m. Feb. 17 also in Stevens Hall at USCL.

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LEFT: Angie Hunter of Primus, and her son, Eli, 3, protest a proposed Waste Management landfill at Tuesday night’s crowded Lancaster County Council meeting.BELOW: Many people could not get into the cham-bers and had to stand in the hall-way.

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A county Board of Zoning Appeals meeting planned for Thursday night was canceled. Mike Griffin, of Griffin Brothers Enterprises, withdrew his application by e-mail on Thursday afternoon. A public hearing had been scheduled to hear comments on the expansion of Mining Road Landfill, off S.C. 903.

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Only hours after sitting alongside Lancaster County Council on Mon-day night, Deputy County Adminis-trator Jeff Naftal was relieved of his duties effective Tuesday.

Council Chairwoman Kathy Sis-tare confirmed the news Tuesday morn-ing. She said Naftal, who served as the county’s deputy ad-ministrator for just over a year, was no longer an employee of Lancaster Coun-ty.

“County Council just did not feel like Mr. Naftal was a good fit for Lancaster County,” Sistare said. “Jeff and Lancaster County were going in different directions. We didn’t feel like Mr. Naftal’s manage-ment style was a good fit.”

Sistare did not go into specifics about why Naftal was removed from the position.

Councilman Larry Honeycutt, who represents District 4, also con-firmed Naftal’s departure, but re-ferred all comments about the situ-ation to Sistare.

“We prefer to have her speak for council,” Honeycutt said.

In a three-sentence press release issued Tuesday afternoon, County Administrator Steve Willis also said Naftal was no longer employed by the county.

“Lancaster County is moving in another direction and there is no decision at this time on retaining the deputy administrator position,” Willis said in the release. “We have no additional comment as this is a personnel matter.”

In a follow-up interview with The Lancaster News on Tuesday after-noon, Willis said Naftal was re-moved from his position late Mon-day night.

“When council met in executive (closed) session last night, Jeff, (county attorney) Mike Ey and my-self were not invited,” Willis said Tuesday morning. “Usually we’re back there with them.”

A personnel matter was listed on Monday’s council agenda as one of

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Poverty impacts childrenJesef Williams

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If you see four children walk-ing around town, at least one of them is poor.

Though blunt and grim, that statement reflects statewide statistics released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in its 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book.

The annual study, sponsored in the state by the S.C. Budget and Control Board, examines the impact of economic condi-tions on the nation’s children. The data was released last month.

South Carolina ranks 45th in the United States for child well-being, according to the study’s

10 key indicators. The study finds that about 260,000 chil-dren in the state – one in every four – are living in poverty.

Baron Holmes, projects di-rector for KIDS COUNT South Carolina, said the study looked closely at unemployment and foreclosure figures, which he said are “startling.”

The study found that: ◆ 140,000 children in South

Carolina are in families with one or both parents unem-ployed. ◆ South Carolina had the

second-highest percent in the nation (6 percent) of children with all resident parents unem-

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Lancaster County terminated Deputy Administrator Jeff Naftal on Monday.

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Pot plants found in fireOfficers also find equipment used to make marijuana

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INDIAN LAND – A fire at an In-dian Land building exposed a mar-ijuana-growing operation last week.

The marijuana was found shortly after Lancaster County sheriff’s deputies responded Sept. 6 to a blaze at a building in the 100 block of Dogwood Trail.

When deputies arrived at 8:44 p.m., firefighters from the Indian Land, Pleasant Val-ley and Fort Mill fire departments were already on the scene putting out the fire, according to a sher-iff’s office incident report.

As they were investigating the scene, deputies spoke with a man who called 911 because he noticed heavy smoke in the area and didn’t know if anyone was inside the burning building.

Deputies eventually spoke with the building’s owner, Darwin Rossi, who said no one was inside the build-ing, though it used to be for rent.

Once the fire was put out, an in-cident commander with the Indian Land Fire Department told depu-ties the fire appeared to be electri-cal. He said while firefighters were inside the building, they noticed what appeared to be equipment commonly used in growing mari-juana, along with chemicals in the upper portion of the building, the report said.

Deputies went inside the build-ing and walked upstairs where the fire started, and noticed equipment commonly used for growing mari-juana, as well as several marijuana plants, the report said.

Rossi, 62, 126 Dogwood Trail, was later arrested and charged with growing and manufacturing mari-juana and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. The sheriff’s office is investigating the case and more charges could be possible.

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Todd Williams holds the microphone for his wife, April, at the 9/11 service at the Lancaster County Courthouse on Sunday. The Williamses are members of Fire Christian Fellowship. In the background are Bishop Altheresa Goode Howard and Jamesila Williams of the Master’s Ministry.

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Buford Middle School students prepare for viewing the parade of vehicles in the 9/11 pro-gram held at the school on Monday morning, Sept. 12.

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INDIAN LAND – Sorrow, thanks and memories of fear and disbelief occupied the hearts and minds of many as America paused over the past week to recog-nize the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Such remembrances and reflections could be seen right here at home.

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PCI Group officials and Lancaster County first responders stand at the company’s 9/11 memorial, which was unveiled Sunday. From left, are PCI Group President Chris Kropac Jr., EMS paramedic Louis Roman, former Pleasant Valley Fire Department Chief Paul Blackwelder, EMT Teresa Sims, paramedic Dustin Roberts, PCI Group Executive Vice President Skip Pawul, Lancaster County Fire Marshal Stephen Blackwelder and PVFD firefighter Joe Martas.

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Busy week for firefightersBy TREVOR BARATKOC-I (Camden, S.C.) staff [email protected]

Approximately 30 of the more than 300 fires statewide this weekend were in Ker-shaw County, according to Kershaw Coun-ty Fire Marshal Gene Faulkenberry.

“All the weather factors came into play -- the low humidity, the high winds, the dry conditions,” Faulkenberry said Tues-day. “It was a very busy weekend.”

Most of the fires were attributed to de-

bris burning or trees coming down on top of power lines, Faulkenberry said.

The largest fire, started Saturday af-ternoon by several children playing with a lighter, spread more than 40 acres from Hermitage Pond Road down to near Pine Tree Hill School. Most other fires con-sumed 10 acres or less, and hadn’t caused significant damage, according to Faulken-berry.

“Fortunately, we have a good crew here in Kershaw County,” Faulkenberry said. “We’ve been coordinating with two

or three other stations for most of the calls.”

Faulkenberry said he’s hoping for some rain later in the week, and he expects the humidity to increase, weakening the con-ducive fire conditions.

Weather.com lists a 70 percent chance of rain in Camden for Friday.

The fire conditions aren’t unique to Kershaw County. Lancaster had a week-end fire that spread more than 50 acres, Faulkenberry said.

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By ASHLEY LEWIS FORDC-I (Camden, S.C.) staff [email protected]

The Kershaw County Cham-ber of Commerce’s board of di-rectors unanimously agreed to join the Midstate Chambers Coalition at its Feb. 16 meeting. The board also voted to endorse the S.C. Chamber of Commerce’s Competitiveness Agenda.

Chip Galloway, chamber vice president of business and com-munity improvement, said the coalition is a “focused group” of chambers in 11 counties.

“Right now, no financial com-mitment is required to join,” said Galloway, “but what this co-alition does is address issues in the Midlands. We’ve got a state chamber that does it for the state -- but this is a little more specific for us.”

Chamber Vice President of Finance Dennis Stuber added that joining the coalition would open communication in the Mid-lands and be a good opportunity to “put our voices together and show a unified front.”

Before the board cast its votes on whether or not it would also endorse the state chamber’s competitiveness agenda, Vice President of Tourism Teri Teed said she was on board with all but one part of that agenda: port dredging in Charleston.

“Dredging that harbor would cause serious environmental problems,” she said. “As far as the rest of it, I’m on board, but I don’t support that part of the package.”

Stuber said port dredging in Charleston is critical because it would create more jobs for South Carolinians.

By MARTIN L. CAHNC-I (Camden, S.C.) associate [email protected]

One man was injured and an-other man arrested in an early Tuesday morning shooting on Chesnut Street in Camden.

Nakia Shelton Brunson, 19, of Kennedy Drive, Camden, was ar-rested at his home after a short chase. He is accused of shooting a 50-year-old man in the thigh during an altercation on the 800 block of Chesnut Street just be-fore 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Brunson has been charged with first de-gree assault, which under new sentencing guidelines covers both assault and battery with intent to kill and assault and

By KERI TODD BOYCEWWC editor

During a special Elgin Town Council meeting Thursday, coun-cilmen voted unanimously to raise the salaries for the mayor and council.

The mayor’s salary was in-creased from $2,400 annually to $3,600, which equals $100 more per month.

Individual council members’ salaries increased from $720 an-nually to $1,020.

The amended salaries will go into effect March 1 when Mayor-elect Brad Hanley and incoming council members Melissa Em-mons and Bubba Ernst take of-fice. A swearing-in ceremony for the new members will be held March 1 at 7 p.m. at Blaney Baptist Church gymnasium.

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“To construct an expanded multi-purpose recreational facility located as close to downtown Camden as pos-sible with partners to operate it.”

Replacing Rhame City Arena was the first of several major goals Cam-den City Council came up with during a recent five-hour strategic planning session. The session, held Thursday at Central Carolina Technical College’s (CCTC) I-20 campus, was led by Anna Berger and Bill Tomes of the University

of South Carolina’s Institute for Public Service and Policy Research. Berger and Tomes led council through a pro-cess of identifying council’s and the city’s strengths, weaknesses, opportu-nities and threats -- or SWOT.

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work session/regular meetingBy MARTIN L. CAHNC-I (Camden, S.C.) associate [email protected]

For the first time ever, a tape record-er rolled and Camden’s city clerk took notes during a Camden City Council

work session Sept. 8. City Manager Kevin Bronson made the decision to do so following inquiries by Councilman Willard Polk and the Chronicle-Inde-pendent as to whether the city was vio-lating the S.C. Freedom of Information Act by not recording work sessions.

While most of the Sept. 8 work ses-sion focused on the city’s proposed sports complex and whether it should be managed by the YMCA of Columbia,

council spent a good 30 to 45 minutes at the beginning of the meeting discussing the benefits and drawbacks of work ses-sions, the financial consequences of re-cording them and whether to continue holding work sessions.

“The privilege of a work session is that staff gets the time to see what your policy preferences are, give you brief-ings on different matters and listen to your instructions,” City Manager Kevin

Bronson told council.Bronson also said City Clerk Brenda

Davis would take minutes of the work session and they would be reflective of what council has seen in the past from regular council minutes.

“She will be present whenever there is a quorum present and record the minutes,” Bronson said.

He also addressed City Attorney Charles Cushman’s recent comments

about whether or not council should continue to utilize work sessions.

“My opinion is that we should do that,” Bronson said. “Given the way we use work sessions, perhaps we would all be well-served to evaluate the fre-quency, manner, time and content of fu-ture work sessions.”

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KershawHealth Springdale 5K at Sunset

Success times three for fundraiserMore than 250 runners and walkers

laced up their shoes for the third annual KershawHealth Springdale 5K at Sunset Aug. 20 at Springdale Race Course.

Organizers said it was the most suc-cessful installation of the event yet. Spon-sored by KershawHealth, the 5K Walk/Run is coordinated by the United Way of Kershaw County and benefits the United Way’s Health Care Council and its mission of improving the health of everyone in our community.

“KershawHealth is proud to sponsor this event, because we recognize that reg-ular exercise is such a vital part of good health. It’s wonderful to see the number of runners and walkers grow each year, and it was especially exciting to see how many children participated this time,” said Don-nie Weeks, KershawHealth president and chief executive officer.

The course is known as a challenging one,

both by avid runners and casual walkers. It is, noted Edwin Kohn, race coordinator and past chairman of the United Way’s Board of Directors, “one of the most unusual races in South Carolina. It’s very different from the usual road runs experienced runners par-ticipate in, but it’s also a course that casual runners and walkers can navigate. Every-one seems to have a terrific time.”

Participants came from across the state and were invited to include the whole fam-ily or to bring their dogs along for the walk. In all, more than 400 people attended, en-joying the live music, tailgate parties and cheering on the participants.

Fifteen year-old Jaz Greene of Murrells Inlet was the male overall winner, and Sharon Cole of Ridgeway was the female overall winner. Lily and Jack Joseph of Camden were the winners of the Kids’ Fun Run, sponsored by Fitness Zone of Lugoff.

“We’re encouraged by the support this

race receives every year, and excited by its growth. It’s great to have such a wonder-ful event that benefits the United Way and the work of our Health Care Council. We’re all working together to make a real dif-ference in the lives of people in Kershaw County,” said United Way President Don-nie Supplee.

The winners in each division are as fol-lows:

Male overall1 – Jaz Greene, Murrells, Inlet, 17:19; 2 – Ryan Plexico, Columbia. 3 – Anton Bodourov, Columbia.

Female overall 1 – Sharon Cole, Ridgeway, 22:21.2 – Susannah Cate, Columbia.3 – Stephanie Cox, Myrtle Beach.

There were plenty of cheers and pats on the back (above) for partici-pants in the third annual KershawHealth Springdale 5K at Sunset. More than 400 people attended, including more than 250 runners and walk-ers (below). The event benefits the United Way of Kershaw County’s Health Care Council and mission of improving community health.

A mystery of tombstonesGroup aims to build

reading as tool for life By ASHLEY LEWIS FORDC-I (Camden, S.C.) staff [email protected]

More than 15 years ago, Ker-shaw County Sheriff ’s Office deputies brought three tomb-stones to the Camden Archives and Museum, hoping the ar-chives director and staff could help find their origins.

One tombstone has since been placed in its proper cemetery in Chester County.

Mystery still surrounds the remaining two.

Archives Director Howard Branham said the tombstones now stand in Camden’s Quaker Cemetery. After years of search-ing statewide cemetery records,

census records, death certifi-cates and the Social Security death index, Branham said his staff still could not learn where the other two tombstones came from.

“It’s been a challenge … a mystery to solve. We have re-searched them a number of times, thoroughly trying to de-termine where those tombstones came from,” Branham said. “It’s sad that they have been moved, and that nobody knows anything about them. I’m sure they must have family somewhere wonder-ing what happened to them.”

Branham said it didn’t take long to set Doyle Audrey Horne’s

By MICHAEL ULMERC-I (Camden, S.C.) staff [email protected]

Kershaw County and Cam-den city councils designated September as National Literacy Month, and volunteers with the Kershaw County Literacy As-sociation (KCLA) hope the com-munity becomes more aware of the organization’s programs and goals.

Created in 1975, the group as-pires to teach individuals of all ages how to read. According to KCLA Executive Director Hope Robertson, about 23 percent of Kershaw County residents can-

not read or write, but reaching out to this population is some-times difficult due to the stigma associated with illiteracy.

“We know there are people out there that need us, but we just need to be more visible. A lot of people don’t know about us, un-fortunately,” Robertson said.

The organization has several programs aimed at improving literacy and getting involved in the community. For example, the “I-Read to Succeed” program in-corporates individuals through-out Kershaw County who tell literacy success stories.

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The Kershaw County Literacy Association accepted spe-cial proclamations from Camden City Council and Kershaw County Council earlier this month in recognition of Sep-tember as National Literacy Month. Camden Mayor Jeffrey Graham (front, center) displays the proclamation to literacy association board members (from left) Marilyn Kohn, Doris Wilhite, Paula Scarborough, Hope Robertson, Fair Ariail and Wanda Dixon. Standing at the rear are Camden City Council members Willard Polk, Walter Long and Alfred Mae Drake-ford.

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