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KERSHAW – It was a flashback to the 18th century at Andrew Jackson Middle School on Friday.

There was a colonial joiner who constructed his own bed while a Revolutionary War soldier  demonstrated how to start a fire using flint and steel.

Goats roamed and a mule was available to plow the land and help plant seeds.

The University of South Carolina Upstate has selected Lancaster resident Bob Doster, an internationally acclaimed artist, as the featured sculptor for the 2008-09 season. His unique style of metal design ranges from the whimsical feel of free-floating steel in multi-colored tables and accent pieces to the distinction of monumental sculpture.

The Doster exhibition officially begins in April, where six pieces of his work will be showcased on the campus. An artist lecture and reception will be held in the fall.

A Lancaster woman sensed someone was following her while shopping in Wal-Mart on Monday evening. And when the man took a picture of her with his camera phone, she knew for sure that she was being targeted.

Guillermo Aquino Gutierrez, 23, of 210 W. Dunlap St., was charged Monday with harassment second degree and disorderly conduct.

The woman, who asked not be named, told The Lancaster News that Gutierrez had been walking near her and her two children while they were shopping inside the super center on S.C. 9 Bypass about 7:30 p.m.

A home with open beer cans, old food and human waste over the floor is a dangerous place for children, police say.

The parents who allowed their three children to live in those conditions have been charged a month after police discovered the conditions.

Robert Louis Bailey, 27, and Laura Ann Bailey, 23, of 310 Cedar St., were each charged Tuesday with three counts of unlawful conduct toward a child.

Lancaster police came to the Baileys' home on Feb. 8 after a driver saw their three young children - ages 4, 3 and 1 - playing in the middle of the road.