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Council suspends HOPE’s rent
County Council voted Tuesday to suspend charitable organization HOPE in Lancaster’s rent payments.
The issue, brought to full council’s attention by Councilman Rudy Carter and County Administrator Steve Willis, has to do with rent payments HOPE was making on two buildings, the group’s permanent building and its temporary headquarters.
Council voted unanimously to suspend rent for the permanent location while the group is temporarily relocated.
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Kershaw begins work on town hall
KERSHAW – Town officials are happy about progress being made on the construction of a new town hall.
Town Administrator Tony Starnes said footings for the 6,000-square-foot building at 113 S. Hampton St, the town’s main drag, have been poured.
The building should be complete in about eight months.
“Surely, we hope to be in it by the end of the year,” Starnes said. “A lot of it depends on the weather.”
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MagicMasters to perform here Thursday
Those high-flying basketball dunks and fancy passes you see on TV are coming to Lancaster as part of a high-energy exhibition promised to thrill all in attendance.
The Harlem MagicMasters, who provide in-game entertainment similar to the Harlem Globetrotters, will be at Lancaster High School on Thursday to play against a team of community members. A halftime show will feature the local Tumble-N-Roll Elite All-Stars.
The game will begin at 7 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium.
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Council hears economic development plan
Several County Council members met Monday night to discuss the economic direction of the county.
The majority of council, board members of the Lancaster County Economic Development Corp. and other county officials met to discuss a strategic economic plan. Commissioned by the development corporation, the plan was developed by InSite Consulting of Greer.
InSite Consulting has previously worked with clients such as the Palmetto Economic Development Corp. and Duke Energy, and has helped attract or worked with Mercedes, Honda and Michelin.
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Golf cart joins sheriff’s fleet
INDIAN LAND – The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office’s newest vehicle is equipped with blue lights, siren and a radio, and emblazoned with a reflective sheriff’s badge.
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How will repeal of blue laws affect businesses?
Now that the blue laws that restricted retailers from selling many goods until after 1:30 p.m. on Sunday have been repealed here, businesses and organizations are wondering how it will affect them.
Ann Curtsinger, co-manager of Wal-Mart in Lancaster, said she’s not sure how the repeal will affect sales at her location.
“I don’t know how quickly it will create more jobs, it’s really hard to gauge,” she said.
In terms of increased sales, she expects there to be a delayed reaction as residents become adjusted to the new hours.
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See Lancaster now on Facebook, Twitter
See Lancaster, the nonprofit group responsible for marketing and promoting Lancaster County, has embraced the social media phenomenon by establishing itself on the popular Web sites, Facebook.com and Twitter.com.
The Web sites allow users to communicate with each other using status updates, a quick sentence explaining what the user is doing at any given moment. The sites have become extremely successful in the past few years, particularly with the increased speed of the Internet and the capability of downloading information onto cell phones.
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County won’t make up salary cuts of auditor, treasurer
County Council decided Tuesday not to move forward with a proposal to make up for state cuts in the county auditor and treasurer’s pay.
Councilman Larry Honeycutt made a motion to approve the measure, but no other council member seconded the motion, which means the measure didn’t make it to the table for a vote.
S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom informed county Auditor Cheryl Morgan and Treasurer R.E. “Dick” Rowell in December that the state would be reducing the supplement it pays to their salary in 2009.
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County doesn’t approve funds for auditor and treasurer
Lancaster County Council refused to approve funding for the county auditor and treasurer at Tuesday’s meeting. Council was to consider covering around four months of costs for state cuts the officials received in their salary supplements.
Councilman Larry Honeycutt made a motion to approve the measure, but no other council member seconded it and it subsequently failed.
For more information, see Friday's edition of The Lancaster News.
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Official apologizes for fire at old plant
Franklin Truesdale was performing maintenance on his vehicle Feb. 23 when smoke filled the air.
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