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  • Kershaw health center to close

    Jesef Williams
    jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
    Lancaster County residents are sure to be affected by the closing of two public health facilities in the area.
    S.C. Department of Heath and Environmental Control announced Thursday, Sept. 20, that the Kershaw Health Center and the Great Falls Health Center will both close at the end of the year.
    Services at the Kershaw center, located at 3855 Fork Hill Road, will be consolidated into the main Lancaster County Public Heath Department at 1833 Pageland Highway, Lancaster, according to a DHEC media release.

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  • Moore gets high marks from school board

    Reece Murphy
    rmurphy@thelancasternews.com
    Lancaster County School District board members are happy with Superintendent Dr. Gene Moore, according to the results of this year’s evaluation.
    School board chairman Bobby Parker commended Moore on behalf of the board during the board’s monthly meeting Tuesday, Sept. 18.

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  • LCEDC raise irks council member

    The acceptance of funds to cover a pay raise for the county’s economic development president did not sit well with one county official this week. 

    In an e-mail to his fellow council members, sent on Wednesday, Sept. 19, Lancaster County Councilman Larry Honeycutt expressed displeasure with a 10 percent pay hike for Lancaster County Economic Development Corp. President Keith Tunnell.

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  • Look Who’s Cooking 2012

    On paper, the group that Evelyn Springs leads each fall during the annual Walk for Autism at Charlotte Motor Speedway is called Mailk’s Team, in honor of her grandson, who was diagnosed with the disorder at age 2.

    But at the upcoming “Lancaster Cooks 2012 – Look Who’s Cooking” fundraising banquet at the Fairway Room set for Sept. 25, Springs said it’s obvious who the real team is. She said it's the 200-plus people who attend the annual event.

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  • Heath Springs council adopts new pay ordinance

    HEATH SPRINGS – No show. No pay.

    That’s the new expectation in Heath Springs as a new ordinance comes on the books regarding meeting attendance.

    On Tuesday, Sept. 18, Town Council unanimously approved final reading of an ordinance that withholds a councilman or councilwoman’s pay if he or she misses a regular monthly meeting.

    All five council members attended Tuesday’s meeting.

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  • Springs Memorial earns national recognition

    For two consecutive years, Springs Memorial Hospital has received a coveted national recognition.

    The Lancaster hospital was named one of the United States’ top performers of key quality measures by The Joint Commission – the leading accreditor of health-care organizations in America.

    SMH is one of 620 hospitals nationwide to earn the distinction in performance benchmarks, according to a media release issued Wednesday, Sept. 19.

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  • State treasurer’s forum teaches financial fraud prevention

    S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis visited Sun City Carolina Lakes on Monday, Sept. 17, as part of his financial literacy tour aimed at teaching residents ways to protect themselves from identity theft and financial fraud.

    The Carolina Lakes stop of the Safe, Smart and Secure tour was the first of four statewide stops for the event sponsored by Loftis, MasterCard and the AARP.

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  • Pineville police assist deputies in traffic stop

    What began as a routine traffic stop in Pineville, N.C., earlier this month ended with a Charlotte man jailed here on drug charges.

    Colin David Graham, 29, of Charlotte, was charged Sept. 9 with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and public drunk, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report.

    Graham was arrested shortly after a traffic stop by a Pineville police officer in the 1000 block of Harrisburg Road for failure to maintain his lane of travel. 

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  • Man arrested for threatening woman with knife

    After a brief scuffle with officers, a Lancaster man was arrested on charges of threatening a woman with a steak knife.

    Michael Calvertis Chavis Sr., 50, of 110 S. Hughes St., was arrested Sept. 9 and charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report. 

    Police responded to a home on South Hughes Street shortly before 11 p.m. about a report of a man threatening people with a knife, the report said. 

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  • Business After Hours is Thursday

    Lancaster County                   Chamber of Commerce
    The  Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce’s next Business After Hours is 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at The Eye and Laser Center, 1240 Colonial Commons, Lancaster.
    Business After Hours is a get-acquainted reception, mixing business and

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