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  • ‘Real daughter of Confederate hero’ dies at 98

    RICHBURG – Sallie Gibson Bankhead, who was honored in 2002 as a “Real Daughter of a Confederate Hero,” died Wednesday at age 98.

    Bankhead was believed to be the last living child of a Confederate soldier in South Carolina. It also fair to say she was one of the last surviving children of a Civil War veteran in the United States, though it’s not known how many more surviving children of Civil War veterans might be alive today.

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  • Local EMS one of first in S.C. to add ICE method

    Sudden cardiac arrest (no pulse and no breathing) is one of the leading causes of death in the nation.   

    More than half of the patients who suffer sudden cardiac arrest do so outside of a hospital. Nationwide the success rates of resuscitation from out of hospital cardiac arrest are in the single digits.

    This has led Lancaster County Emergency Medical Services to add the treatment procedure called “induced cooling by EMS,” or ICE, which involves reducing the body temperature of patients who are resuscitated from non-traumatic cardiac arrest.

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  • Ophthalmologists offer eye exams for as low as $1 to those without insurance

    Those without insurance will be able to get an eye exam at a low price and contribute to a good cause at the same time.

    The Eye & Laser Center in Lancaster has started its Sight Saver Eye Exams campaign, through which people who are uninsured can receive a complete dilated eye exam for as low as $1.

    The initiative started Monday and will run as long as the center believes residents need the help, said Dr. Malcolm Edwards, an ophthalmologist at the center.

    Edwards and the other three ophthalmologists will each see three patients per week on the plan.

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  • Furloughs at The Lancaster News

    Landmark Media Enterprises LLC, publisher of The Lancaster News, Carolina Gateway, The (Chester) News & Reporter and The Pageland Progressive Journal, announced Monday company-wide furloughs.

    Employees will be required to take a five-day unpaid furlough as a way to curb expenses in a national recession that has hit newspapers and their advertisers particularly hard.

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  • Want to participate in Kidney Walk?

    ROCK HILL – Learn about putting together a team for the tri-county Kidney Walk, which raises funds for kidney patients, at a luncheon slated for 11:30 a.m. Feb. 18 at Outback Steakhouse at 1319 River Run Court in Rock Hill.

    The Kidney Walk will be April 30 at Winthrop Lake at Winthrop University, with registration beginning at 5 p.m. and the walk starting at 6 p.m.

    The walk is sponsored by Nephrology Associates and Fresenius. 

    There are 30,000 people in York, Lancaster and Chester counties who have kidney disease.

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  • Crawford confirms returning Olympic medal

    Van Wyck native Shawn Crawford confirmed last week that he gave his Olympic silver medal to Churandy Martina, who finished second in the 200 meters, but was later disqualified for running out of his lane.

    It was reported in December that Crawford had returned the medal to Martina, who posted photos of himself with the medal on his Web site, but Crawford did not confirm it then.

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  • IL resident angry over burning trash

    INDIAN LAND – Charles McConnell has enjoyed living in his Indian Land home. But an increase in trash fires in his neighborhood has left him fired up.

    McConnell, who has lived at his Kohut Road home for more than 14 years, said the problems began about two years ago when residents in nearby rental trailers and owners of commercial lots began burning piles of trash. Walking around his neighborhood, he has seen residents from at least seven different homes burning trash on just his road alone.

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  • Schools ask for leeway in spending

    The local school district has joined the growing chorus of school districts in asking for leeway from the state in addressing budget shortfalls.

    The local school board passed a resolution last week that asks the General Assembly for program and spending flexibility.

    The vote was 6-0. Board member Janice Dabney was absent.

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  • Clerks cited in underage alcohol-buying sting

    Ten store clerks were cited for selling alcohol to minors after a sting by the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.

    According to sheriff’s office incident reports, officers used an 18-year-old to go into stores and try to buy alcohol on Jan. 24. The teenager was given marked money and sent into the stores.

    After the transactions, the teen turned the alcohol over to officers and the officers went into the stores to write tickets.

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  • Police reports – February 4, 2009

    According to Lancaster Police Department reports:

    – Someone apparently jimmied the front door lock to get inside a South York Street home between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Jan. 28. A TV valued at $1,350 was stolen from the home.

    – A Woodland Drive resident said someone broke into her home between 6 a.m. Jan. 18 and 9 p.m. Jan. 24. The woman told police the burglar took her son’s AK-47 machine gun, which was kept in a laundry basket under some clothing. She said some family members knew where the gun was kept.

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