Today's News

KERSHAW – The effort to raise money and volunteer labor for a planned children's park in Kershaw marches on.

More than $40,000 of the projected $97,000 cost of the park has been raised, but additional funds are sought and people are being asked to help work at the park site July1 through July 26.

Thirteen captains will lead the work and people who will cook meals for the volunteers over the five-day period.

"This will truly be a community-built park," said Beverly Timmons of the Kershaw Community Park Council.

County Council's budget talks are expected to continue Monday night.

Council has second reading of the 2008-09 budget on its agenda. It held a special meeting May 22 to discuss the proposed $30.2 million budget, which includes increases for new personnel for three new buildings – the Indian Land Library, the new recreation center in the Edenmoor subdivision and the Buford recreation center.

The Columbus Parker Track Club received 47 ribbons and qualified 10 athletes to compete in the Hershey state track meet on Saturday at Wando High School in Mt. Pleasant.An athlete had to place first or second in order to qualify.

Nine days from today when Lancaster Post 31 returns from its annual June week break, it hopes to get on track in American Legion baseball League V play.P-31, 3-4, is 0-2 in league play after a pair of home losses to Fort Mill and Clover this week.“The League V games are the ones which get you in the playoffs, so we really have to focus on what we have to do there,” said Lancaster P-31 second-year manager Rashad Cunningham.Post 31 dropped a 13-11 loss to Fort Mill in Post 43’s opener on Monday after Lancaster held a 9-1 lead.