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Kershaw water-sewer deal should save the town $30K this year

Kershaw Town Council voted unanimously Monday night to change the way it pays for water and sewer services, a move expected to save the town about $30,000 a year.

The council approved a contract with Oliver Environmental in Ruby that will cost $127,750 per year. Oliver will provide the town a wastewater treatment director at a cost of $73,000 a year and a public utility and water distribution director at $54,750.

Jackets’ win over Lions earns votes in AA poll

Buford High’s 38-20 win over Lewisville had an impact on the Class A and Class AA state rankings for week three.
The Jackets forged a 25-6 halftime lead on the Lions last Wednesday night at home on the way to the 18-point win.
Buford, 2-0 on the season, received votes in balloting this week for the Class AA state poll.

Governor declares state of emergency

COLUMBIA – Gov. Henry McMaster issued a state of emergency for South Carolina at noon Wednesday as Hurricane Irma took aim at the east coast of Florida.

The latest National Weather Service data shows that the storm’s outer bands could start tracking northward into South Carolina’s Lowcountry near Beaufort and Jasper counties about 8 a.m. Monday.

Irma evacuee, 77, found safe after disappearance

A Hurricane Irma evacuee from Florida, waiting out the storm with family at Sun City Carolina Lakes, disappeared Thursday afternoon, prompting the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office to ask for the public's help in finding him.

The man, John D. DePasquale, 77, was located Thursday night and is safe and uninjured, sheriff's spokesman Doug Barfield said in a Friday morning release.

White recalls stadium opener as game of missed chances

Floyd White recalled the first game at Memorial Stadium as “the one that got away.”
White, an assistant coach to Barr Street High School head football coach W.C. Bill “Pap” Lewis, said he remembered the game on Aug. 31, 1967 for its squandered chances.
Barr Street, the then all-black high school in Lancaster prior to total integration, battled old rival Granard High School of Gaffney to a 12-all tie.

Pettits hold 50-year football connection

The Lancaster Memorial Stadium golden anniversary marks something new, the debut of new grass on the field – the newly installed FieldTurf.
For a Lancaster High father-son, it goes a little deeper – something old and something much younger.
The newly installed FieldTurf, replacing the 49-year natural surface on the Memorial Stadium field, takes center stage, but for father Adrian Pettit and son, Drew Pettit, it goes a little deeper than the surface.

LHS duo is trench tough

Lancaster High senior defensive linemen Blake Payne and Rodrick Johnson are in the “step-up” mode at this point in the Bruins’ season.
Payne, a two-year starter at defensive end, and Johnson, a four-year starter at tackle, had their roles enhanced with the loss of senior star Markees Watts with a season-ending ACL injury early in the Bruins’ opener with Indian Land.
Lancaster won the game, but lost the star defender, a two-time Region III-AAAA and Tri-County Coaches Association Defensive Player of the Year.

AJ Vols’ McKittrick, Hinson earn Tri-County Football Coaches honors

Two Andrew Jackson High School football players were saluted for their play in week two at the meeting of the Tri-County Football Coaches Association on Tuesday at the Towne Tavern Restaurant in Fort Mill.
The Volunteers’ Jamie Hinson and Dalton McKittrick were honored for their play in AJ’s 19-14 home loss to Providence Day of Charlotte last Thursday.
McKittrick was selected as the Class AAA-AA-A defensive lineman of the week with 10 tackles, including seven solos, and a sack.

Letter: No partisan hostility in my view of Trump

In a letter to the editor responding to my Aug. 18 column, Ronald Hopkins made an incorrect assumption. 

Mr. Hopkins doesn’t know me, so I’ll give him a pass on his assumption that I supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, and that I’m still nursing some bitterness over her loss. 

Letter: Right to postpone stormwater vote

My thanks to Lancaster County Council member Brian Carnes for insisting on delaying the third and final reading of the stormwater ordinance.

I consider it insulting that a 30-page document was handed to those who hadn't seen it just prior to the vote, and I consider that behavior thoughtless at best, unethical at worst.

I applaud council members Terry Graham, Jack Estridge and Larry Honeycutt for standing with Mr. Carnes. I regret that council members Charlene McGriff and Billy Mosteller chose not to support this obvious solution.