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  • Chance of snow flurries

    Don’t hold your breath, but it’s possible you may see a few snow flurries on Sunday night.

    According to the National Weather Service, there’s a chance of  “sprinkles and flurries.” The night will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 27 degrees.

    One thing’s for sure, it’s going to be cold today and tonight, with a high temperature of 31, and a low of 9 tonight. Saturday’s high will reach 37, with a low of 19.

    It will begin warming up Sunday, with highs in the mid to upper 40s through Wednesday, and lows in the 20s.

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  • Playhouse to hold auditions for roles in musical ‘Gypsy’

    If you’d like to sing and dance in the Community Playhouse of Lancaster County’s next production, you can audition Tuesday.

    The playhouse held auditions last week for “Gypsy,” but more actors are needed. Another audition will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster’s Stevens Auditorium, in Hubbard Hall.

    The show originally starred Ethel Merman in the lead role as Mama Rose. It is based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist.

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  • Retired officer dies in hospital

    A retired police officer who was shot in the eye last summer died early Saturday morning.

    Ray Knight, who worked for the Lancaster Police Department for 17 years before retiring in 2001, died at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

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  • Study suggests pay hikes for some county employees

    A pay grade study could help raise the salaries of some Lancaster County workers.

    As part of a compensation and pay classification study requested by the county, The Archer Co. found there are 84 county employees who are paid below the minimum pay grade levels.

    The employees are scattered across many different classifications in positions around the county. One example is a clerk in the auditor’s office who makes $1,600 below the recommended minimum salary in the study.       

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  • All-county band concert to make music next week

    A performance is slated for next week that will highlight the top middle and high school musicians in the area.

    The band directors throughout Lancaster County selected about 160 students to take part in the all-county band concert Jan. 31 at Lancaster High School’s auditorium.

    This is the first time in recent memory that the local school district is having such a performance, said Mathew Willis, band director at Indian Land High School.

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  • Chamber enlisting support to keep USCL open

    The Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce is seeking the support of the business community and all Lancaster County residents to express their concern and disapproval over Gov. Mark Sanford’s budget proposal to close the University of South Carolina at Lancaster campus over the next two years.

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  • Riding in style to the inauguration

    Freshly cooked meals and comfortable lodging will be readily available for many traveling via train to the upcoming inaugural events in Washington, D.C.

    Lancaster-based L&C Railway has turned two of its cars – the J. Pinckney Henderson and Hollywood Beach – into mobile luxury suites equipped with bedrooms, private washrooms and areas for dining and lounging.

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  • LHS band raising money for uniforms

    The Lancaster High School marching band is in need of new uniforms and needs your help to make that dream come true.

    Director John Rhodes said it will cost between $30,000 and $36,000 to buy new band uniforms that will replace their 14-year-old ones. Bands usually get new uniforms every five to eight years, Rhodes said.  

    The band’s booster club has organized several events to help raise the money.

    Here’s a run down of the upcoming events:

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  • Relay campaign garners regional, national awards

    Supporters of the county’s 2008 Relay for Life learned Monday night that their continued hard work has not gone unnoticed.

    In the kickoff meeting for the 2009 drive, volunteers learned that last year’s local campaign raised $264,000. The money helps fund American Cancer Society cancer research, and cancer awareness and wellness programs.

    For their efforts, the locals won three regional awards.

    One award was for 100 percent school participation throughout the county.

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  • Man, 62, found dead near van

    A 62-year-old man died of a heart attack after he pulled over on Camp Creek Road at S.C. 522 early Monday.

    Walter Ricky Steele was driving a 1992 Pontiac van when he went off the left side of the road about 5:10 a.m., said S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Jeff Gaskin.

    Steele was found outside of the van.

    Lancaster County Chief Deputy Coroner Karla Knight pronounced Steele dead at the scene. There was no damage to the vehicle.

    “He was probably experiencing major chest pains,” Knight said, and Steele pulled off the road.

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