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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. not only dreamed about what he could do but he did it, said keynote speaker Omar Tyree at the eighth annual Community Scholarship Breakfast held Monday to honor the late civil rights leader.

Tyree, a New York Times best-selling author, spoke to an exuberant crowd of more than 200 people gathered at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster Bradley Arts and Sciences Building. He emphasized the importance of visualizing where you want to be in life and applying all that you’ve learned to get there.

Kathy Blackmon and her children, Madison, 11, and Hunter, 8, rode down the snowy banks of their yard on a sled on Dean Lane in the Rich Hill community.

With rosy cheeks, the three shook out their gloves and stomped their boots clean of snow before going into the house for breakfast, complete with hot cocoa.

According to Lancaster Police Department reports:

– A large capacity gas-powered concrete saw was reported stolen from a Gonzales Concrete Finishing truck at a West Barr Street home about 9:25 a.m. Jan. 11. The saw is valued at $1,000.

According to Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office reports:

– Fire destroyed a recreational vehicle parked at a storage unit on Old Bailes Road on Jan. 9.

The report said the owner was cleaning the RV and turning on the appliances when he noticed heavy smoke coming from the refrigerator area.

Employees from a nearby business rescued a man from an overturned gasoline tanker just before it exploded on Tuesday afternoon.

J.B. Burns, who works at Fastenal, a construction and industrial supply company, heard a crash outside the business and looked out to see the tanker flipped on its side. The crash happened at U.S. 521 and Twilight Road at 1:54 p.m., according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.

Burns told a coworker, Stephen Cudd, to call 911.