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Today's News

  • How can Sanford lead nation when he can’t lead S.C.?

    When we elect our city and council government we pray they will look out for the community.

    We’re finding out just how much they care for what’s best for Lancaster.

    Gov. Mark Sanford could care less for us yet voters elected him. I didn’t because I knew he was against erecting a monument honoring law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Yet, there he was smiling at the dedication ceremony.

    He brought in pigs calling these things pork to run in our capital.

    Ask how much it costs to clean the pig poop off the marble floors.

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  • Oh Hippie Day!

    LAKE WATEREE – If the symbols for a 25th wedding anniversary are silver, green garnet and irises, those used in a 24th wedding anniversary have to be peace signs, beads, tie- dyed clothes, green toenail polish with purple polka dots and flower arrangements inevery color of the rainbow.

    Evidently after celebrating 24 years together, you renew your vows surrounded by family and friends sitting on blankets in the midst of ladybugs meandering through patches of clover.

    That’s just what Charlene and Jamye Easler did Saturday at their “hippie wedding.”

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  • It’s important to keep moving forward

    Something has bothered me for some time now. Our overburdened leadership seems to be a redundant inefficient bureaucracy.

    I understand, currently, it’s the best system in place. I’ve heard my elders, peers and veterans recount times when “getting it done” didn’t take six months. It happened right away. But with all the middlemen involved, what can you do?

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  • Woodhurst retires after 25 years in service

    After a military career that included stops in more than 80 countries in 25 years, Lancaster native Melinda Woodhurst recently decided to call it quits.

    In November, Woodhurst retired from the U.S. Army, in which she achieved the rank of colonel and most recently served as chief of staff for the Combined Arms Support Command at Fort Lee, Va.

    The support command handles logistical duties for the Army, such as selecting weaponry and determining where servicemen and women should be placed in the event of base consolidation.

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  • Mulvaney wants to cut $10 fee in HOA reform

    I’ve been getting a lot of calls and e-mails from folks recently about the proposed Homeowner’s Association Act.

    Since so many people in Indian Land live in subdivisions with homeowner’s associations (HOAs), I thought I’d take this opportunity to bring folks up to speed on this piece of legislation.

    The bill – known by its number, S.30 – proposes to create state regulation of HOAs, which are the kind of mini-governments that exist in most newer subdivisions.

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  • County won’t make up salary cuts of auditor, treasurer

    County Council decided Tuesday not to move forward with a proposal to make up for state cuts in the county auditor and treasurer’s pay.

    Councilman Larry Honeycutt made a motion to approve the measure, but no other council member seconded the motion, which means the measure didn’t make it to the table for a vote.

    S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom informed county Auditor Cheryl Morgan and Treasurer R.E. “Dick” Rowell in December that the state would be reducing the supplement it pays to their salary in 2009.

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  • County Council votes 6-1 to suspend blue laws

    With little discussion, Lancaster County Council voted Tuesday night to repeal the county’s blue laws for the next four years.

    Three residents spoke before council voted 6-1 to repeal the laws.  Councilman Jack Estridge dissented, as he had on first and second reading of the ordinance.

    This was final reading of the ordinance to suspend the blue laws through June 30, 2013.

    Estridge spoke once more before the vote. He said he realized, despite his objections, council would most likely repeal the laws.

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  • Harris Teeter to open

    INDIAN LAND – Seven years after Harris Teeter left Lancaster County, a new location is opening in Indian Land.

    Harris Teeter will celebrate its grand opening March 18 at the Carolina Commons shopping center off U.S. 521 at Sun City Carolina Lakes. The 48,000-square-foot store, which is larger than average, will feature a pharmacy and a Starbucks coffee shop.

    Harris Teeter had a store in Lancaster for many years, but it closed in February 2002. The store, located at 409 W. Meeting St., shut its doors after almost 40 years  due to declining sales.

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  • ZF Lemforder lays off almost 50

    A company that produces automotive suspension systems in Lancaster has laid off almost 50 of its employees.

    ZF Lemforder, located in the Lancaster Business Park, has laid off 47 employees. Those employees were not laid off all at once, but were phased out over the last two weeks.

    “We are, in fact, having a reduction in workforce,” confirmed Ranny Adams, regional human resources manager for ZF Industries.

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  • YouthBuild students build HOPE

    After just a month on the job, Byron Stevens has already assembled baseboards, laid brick, painted walls and installed crown molding. But he’s not your typical construction worker.

    Stevens is an 18-year-old student from Lancaster who is mastering skills for his future career.

    Stevens was hard at work recently backfilling, the process of shoveling and replacing dirt around recently laid brick to prevent moisture from seeping in.

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