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  • County required to maintain Sun City roads

    County maintenance crews will eventually be seen patching streets in Sun City Carolina Lakes.

    There has been recent debate over what roads Lancaster County will accept for maintenance. County officials say the county has little money for road maintenance.

    County Administrator Steve Willis initially said the county would likely not accept Sun City Carolina Lakes' roads. He said the guard shack at the entrance to the community would have to be torn down, since the county doesn't accept roads in gated communities.

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  • USCL semester under way

    Talks of financial aid, credit hours and cheap text books dominate many conversations at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster campus.

    It's not hard to tell that a new school year is under way.

    The fall semester at USCL began Aug. 21. About a week into the term, students say they are getting used to being back in class once again.

    Sophomore Jeremy Wirth wants to earn at least a 3.75 grade point average this fall. His goal is to regain the LIFE Scholarship following his 2.6 GPA last year.

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  • Three Lancaster residents receive nominations for theater awards

    Three local residents have received nominations for the fifth annual Metrolina Theatre Association Awards.

    Debbie Jaillette, David Platts and Walt Adkins each received nominations for their work on The Community Playhouse of Lancaster County's production of "Children of Eden."

    Jaillette and Platts served as musical directors for the production and were each nominated for Outstanding Musical Director/Conductor.

    Adkins, who served on the technical crew, has been nominated for the Outstanding Lighting Design award.

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  • USCL getting less state funds

    The University of South Carolina at Lancaster is being penalized for increases in enrollment, Dean Dr. John Catalano says.

    Enrollment at the university could increase 10 to 15 percent this year when final figures come in October. Last year, enrollment increased 12 percent, and the year before that 22 percent.

    But the school receives less money from the state now than it did in 2001. In 2001, the school had 837 students and had a state appropriation of $2.9 million.

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  • Some Fort Lawn residents concerned about Thread Trail

    CHESTER – Some Fort Lawn area residents raised objections at a recent Chester County Council meeting to the Carolina Thread Trail, a plan for free recreational walking and biking trails that will connect 15 counties in North and South Carolina.

    Those objections have in part led to the announcement of a public forum set for 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Fort Lawn Community Center. The public is invited to attend and ask questions.

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  • City Council awards $48,000 in hospitality funds to groups

    Lancaster Dixie Baseball Inc. will receive the most money of any entity that applied for the city of Lancaster's hospitality tax grant funds.

    The city has awarded the local baseball group $13,400, a slice of about $48,000 to be allocated to six other groups for 2008-09.

    Andrew Jackson State Park could have gotten money for eight different projects through the grant, but Lancaster City Council decided against one of those items – a $2,000 septic system.

    Council's vote Tuesday was 5-0. Councilman Danny O'Brien was absent from the meeting.

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  • Gamble seeks 2nd school board term

    Lancaster County school board District 6 incumbent Margaret Gamble wants to continue several district initiatives if elected to another term.

    Gamble, 63, is completing her first term on the school board, but has held an elected seat before, serving two terms on Kershaw Town Council.

    If re-elected to the school board seat, Gamble said she looks forward to the continuation of projects already in place.

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  • Mining Road Landfill not charging to accept county courthouse debris

    KERSHAW – Mining Road Landfill in Kershaw is making a donation to the Lancaster County Courthouse by taking "donations" from the county.

    The landfill, a subsidiary of Griffin Brothers Companies in Cornelius, N.C., will accept construction debris from the reconstruction efforts of the courthouse for free, which was burned by an arsonist on Aug. 4. No one has been arrested yet for the arson.

    The landfill usually charges $18 a ton for debris.

    The landfill is run by Larry Griffin Sr. and his sons, Larry Jr. and Mike Griffin.

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  • District SAT scores remain steady in '08

    Average scores on this year's SAT college-entrance test are exactly the same as 2007 in the Lancaster County School District.

    The College Board, which provides the test, released results Tuesday.

    District seniors had an average composite score of 1,371 each of the last two years. The number of test takers in 2008 was 234, a drop from 313 the year before.

    Andrew Jackson High School had the highest composite score, 1,451, among the district's four high schools.

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  • Breaking News County under flood warning

    Lancaster County was under a flood warning Thursday afternoon.

    The warning was issued by the National Weather Service for the Catawba-Wateree River and Lake Wateree, effective from Thursday evening to Sunday morning.

    Moderate flooding was forecast, with the river rising above flood stage Thursday night and continuing to rise Friday.

    "That's simply because the water is flowing downstream, and Lake Wateree is the last lake in our chain," said Duke Energy spokesman Rick Jiran.

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