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William Ferguson pleaded passionately with County Council on Monday night to keep the county’s blue laws intact.

Ferguson, a Lancaster resident, spoke of his father who operated his own business for years, and despite never opening on Sundays, still had enough money to feed his eight children. He said this was proof that business owners and the county can function without repealing the blue laws.

“If a man does not have enough business from six days a week, he need not have a seventh,” Ferguson said.  

County Council wants a share of the $787 billion that was approved in the economic stimulus bill recently signed by President Barack Obama.

Council is reviewing an extensive list of projects, including public buildings, roads and utility improvements.

Called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the bill allocates money for several items, including funds for infrastructure investment, tax relief and grants for state and local governments.

The bill was passed by Congress on Feb. 13 and signed into law by Obama on Feb. 19.

Big Thursday Inc. of Lancaster is producing big bucks for college-bound Lancaster County students headed to the University of South Carolina at Lancaster or Clemson University.

Big Thursday Inc. of Lancaster, which annually raises scholarship funds for county students attending USCL and Clemson, presented record checks Monday in the Carole Ray Dowling Center at USCL.

A Lancaster man told sheriff’s deputies that he was robbed at gunpoint in his home on Sunday.

According to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the Drew Drive resident told deputies that three men kicked in the front door of his home while he was eating dinner with his girlfriend about 8:35 p.m. The couple’s two children and their friend were in a bedroom listening to music, the report said.