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  • Lady Warriors hold off Red Devils

    GREAT FALLS - The Indian Land Lady Warriors might be young, but at this point in the Conference III-A basketball season, they're just as stunning.

    The IL girls improved to 2-0 in conference play, topping Great Falls in a split with the host Red Devils on Friday night.

    The Lady Warriors, who opened the conference season with a 48-46 road win over McBee High School on Tuesday night, downed the Lady Red Devils 48-45.

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  • Students' project benefits school

    KERSHAW - Thanks to a service learning project, teachers and students at Andrew Jackson Middle School can enjoy the outdoors while eating lunch or having class.

    About 20 students took on the task last semester of building eight picnic-style tables that now sit on a grassy area behind the school-s gymnasium. In the past, when a teacher wanted to have class outdoors, everyone usually had to sit on the ground.

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  • Bowles says there was no way to keep jobs here

    The Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce celebrated the legacy of Springs Industries at its annual meeting Thursday night.

    About 300 people attended the meeting, held at the Fairway Room of the Lancaster Golf Club. The theme for the evening was Thanks for the Memories.

    The chamber recognized its volunteer and small business of the year, and gave out a citizenship award. Silent and live auctions were also part of the fun.

    Bowles speaks

    But the draw of the evening was likely retired Springs Global's CEO Crandall Close Bowles, the evening's speaker.

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  • What you need to know to vote in presidential primaries

    The election season is cranking up.

    Lancaster County voters will have a chance to cast a ballot in either the Republican or Democratic presidential primaries in the state on Jan. 19 and Jan. 26, respectively.

    Saturday voting

    The two presidential primaries are being held on Saturdays.

    Voting for the Republican presidential primary will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Jan. 19.

    The Democratic primary will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Jan. 26.

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  • Signs may soon mark way to Indian Land

    INDIAN LAND - A Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce committee is looking into marking Indian Land with signs.

    The committee is part of the Indian Land Council of the chamber, and is led by longtime Indian Land resident Bennett Gunter.

    Gunter said the chamber has applied to the S.C. Department of Transportation for six green, rectangular highway signs that will identify Indian Land.

    "Every community in the county is marked except for Indian Land - some communities we haven-t even heard much about," Gunter said. "There should be something that identifies the community."

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  • Chief deputy wants sheriff's job

    Barry Faile says he has the experience and dedication to become Lancaster County's next sheriff.

    Faile, chief deputy for the sheriff's office, announced his candidacy for sheriff Thursday afternoon before a packed room at the Carole Ray Dowling Center at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.

    Most people had to stand as they listened to Faile discuss his qualifications and what his top priorities would be if elected.

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  • Kershaw signs contract for Streetscape III

    KERSHAW - The town of Kershaw and Henley Construction of Camden signed contracts on Thursday to have work start on the town's third Streetscape project later next month.

    Work is set to start by Feb. 25, and the project will take place between Richland and Church streets on Hampton Street, also considered Main Street by the town. It should be completed by July.

    Differing from prior Streetscape projects, this project will not include a decorative median in the two-lane street, said Kershaw Town Administrator Tony Starnes. No repaving will be done.

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  • 103-year-old Minnie Duncan says don't worry, be happy

    Minnie Duncan had her hair done and her birthday outfit on as if she were preparing to go out and celebrate in a major way. Cards, flowers and several balloons brightened up a room that was already gleaming with her joy.

    Duncan, a Kershaw native who now lives at the Lancaster Convalescent Center, turned 103 Tuesday. She said she's thankful to see another year.

    "I feel good," Duncan said as she looked at the birthday balloons that Convalescent staff had just delivered. "I got no pains about my body."

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  • Boogers don't like good grades

    All it takes is one good day to make up for a bunch of bad ones.

    It had been raining for several days and then freezing over during the nighttime. Water pipes were bursting all over town.

    Older homes – not built in the days of running water – had been updated with the plumbing running along the outside.

    During cold snaps, we had to "draw off" a supply before dark and then turn the water off.

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  • Many state, local seats up for election in 2008

    This is not just a year about electing a new president.

    Local candidate races are already heating up, with the announcements that state Sen. Greg Gregory, R-District 16, and Sheriff Johnny Cauthen, a Democrat, won't be running for re-election.

    Barry Faile, chief deputy at the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, is the first local candidate to throw his hat in the ring. He announced Thursday, two days after Cauthen announced his retirement plans, that he would be running as a Democrat in the local sheriff's race.

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