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  • Diamond debut dandy for USCL baseball team

    For the University of South Carolina at Lancaster Lancers’ diamond debut, it was about as good as it gets.

    On a Friday the 13th high-noon showdown at the Lancaster High School baseball field, better known as Doomsday Corner, the Lancers dazzled on a spring-like day.

    The Lancers, facing Prince George’s Community College of Largo, Md., winged the Owls twice -  3-2 in a late-inning thriller and 10-0 in a six-inning blowout.

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  • Longtime, former auto dealer dies at 86

    A man who owned a Lancaster car dealership for almost 40 years died Sunday. He was 86.

    Robert “Sonny” Bowers was well known as the owner and operator of Sonny Bowers Dodge. He owned the business from 1966 until 2003, when he sold the dealership to David McKinney, who still runs the dealership.

    Bowers won the auto company’s Five Star Award 14 times.

    He was also president of the Dodge Dealer Ad Association and spent many years as a member of the board of deacons and Sunday school teacher for First ARP Church.

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  • Car hits tanning salon

    A car slammed through the front of Four Seasons Tanning Salon late Sunday night, causing extensive damage.

    The front end of the car crashed into the front door, then spun around. The rear of the car then crashed through the corner of the building, said Debra Gunn, an employee of the salon on Kershaw-Camden Highway for about four years.

    The driver must have been speeding to have hit the building with such force " twice, Gunn said.

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  • Red Cross hopes to collect 120 pints of blood at drive

    A new age group may now donate blood, and the local American Red Cross hopes they’ll come out to a blood drive at Lancaster High School on Saturday.

    The drive is being sponsored by LHS Civinettes group. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the LHS cafeteria.

    LHS students who are 16 may now donate blood with parental consent. Ages 17 and up do not require parental permission. Every donor must weigh at least 110 pounds.

    “We want them (teenagers) to start giving blood,” said Lancaster Red Cross director Gina Amato.

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  • Vandalism shows need for more officers
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  • Mother, son face burglary charges

    A mother and son from Lancaster have been charged with a burglary at Dixie Food Mart.

    Valerie Lynn Dunn, 36, and Ronnie James Dunn, 17, both of 411 Gills Creek Drive, have been charged with second-degree burglary.

    According to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the store owner reported that someone had taken a briefcase holding cash, tax documents and other items from the store. The store owner said the briefcase was in his office on Feb. 4 and he noticed it missing about noon Feb. 6.

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  • Sheriff's office to continue to police Kershaw

    KERSHAW – The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office will continue to provide law enforcement coverage for the town of Kershaw.

    Kershaw Town Council met Feb. 5 to discuss a contract with the sheriff’s office, which has provided law enforcement for the town since 2001 when the town police department was disbanded.

    Sheriff Barry Faile, Undersheriff David Belk and sheriff’s office attorney Tom Holland presented information to council members.

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  • Community Foundation awards $10,250 in grants to local agencies

    More than $10,000 was awarded in the first round of grants to benefit local service groups.

    In January, the Lancaster County Community Foundation announced that it had set up a special fund to assist nonprofit agencies in Lancaster County that offer aid to residents.

    Money for the fund was generated through donations from individuals, businesses and other groups in the community.

    The first cycle brought in $10,250, said Jodie Plyler, the foundation’s board chairwoman.

    Four groups applied for the funding during that cycle.

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  • Closing the Achievement Gap group to hold summit at USCL

    The Closing the Achievement Gap Committee will be sponsoring the 2009 Community Education Summit at 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Bundy Auditorium at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.

    The summit is open to parents, interested residents and youth groups. Admission is free.

    Award-winning author Dr. Mychal Wynn will be the keynote speaker. Wynn will speak about teaching, parenting, mentoring and what can done to help close the achievement disparities between whites and minority students.

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  • Finances focus of school board planning meet

    A measure to show support for a local university and ways to cut costs were some of the items Lancaster County School District officials discussed at their planning meeting, which was Feb. 6-7.

    The annual meeting allows school board members, the superintendent and other district level staff a chance to assess the current school year, review district procedures and plan for 2009-10.

    With the downward economy, budget talks naturally dominated portions of the meeting.

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