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A half a dozen puppies run to Bailey Connor as she opens the gate to their pen and crouches down to pet them. Bailey, 14, volunteers at the animal shelter at least three days a week.

“I just love being around all the dogs, it brings a smile to my face,” she said.

The Second Chance Animal Shelter (formerly known as Clarendon County Animal Shelter) prides itself on being a no-kill place for dogs and cats. Since opening in the January 2007, the shelter has been called home by more than a hundred of these animals.

There are several things of importance occurring soon and we’ll take the opportunity this week to look at some of the issues that will impact fishermen and hunters.

First on the agenda is potential changes in fishing regulations.

While there have been several changes to fishing regulations that specifically impact local anglers on lakes Marion and Moultrie, particularly with striped bass, largemouth bass and blue catfish, other changes may also be on the way.

County Council concluded their last meeting with a balanced budget. In their previous meeting on May 10, the budget had reflected a deficit condition for the 2010/11 fiscal year. 

Total appropriations made for next year will be about $23 million. About $17.9 million will go to the county’s general operational budget and the rest will go towards special service districts such as the Clarendon County Fire Department, F.E. DuBose Career Center, Harvin Clarendon County Library and Clarendon Memorial Hospital.

In the last two weeks Alvin Michael Greene has become a national media sensation.

With much focus being devoted to his filing fee and his felony obscenity charges, we still don’t know his whole story or what he represents.

The Clarendon Citizensat down with Greene to attempt to get a better understanding of the first African-American nominated in South Carolina for the U.S. Senate, since the Reconstruction Era.

Emma Marshall “Aunt Pete” Boyce

“There was a lot of comfort in the fact that you could leave your children with her and know that they were in good hands,” said Brenda Keels, who had two kids who were raised by “Aunt Pete.”

On Monday, June 7, 2010, Emma Marshall “Aunt Pete” Boyce, 82, wife of Hazel Ethredge Boyce, died at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence.

Both the Manning and Summerton Rotary Clubs have awarded scholarships to deserving, college-bound high school seniors.

The Summerton Rotary Club awarded $1,000 grants to Briana Bennett of Scott’s Branch High School and Kathryn Masincupp of Clarendon Hall.
Bennett is the daughter of Davie and Sebrena Wells of Summerton. Bennett intends to attend South Carolina State University and study biology education.

Although he will never admit it, Corporal Carlos Rangel is a hero. He can’t fly and he doesn’t have any super powers, but he does have a gift that he uses to help others.

Rangel is the only law enforcement officer in Clarendon County who is fluent in Spanish. And he doesn’t take his gift for granted.

Besides being a regular man-in-blue for the Manning City Police Department, he serves as translator and essentially mediator between law enforcement officers and non-English speaking Hispanics.

Sumter attorney Theophilus Darius “Tod” Williams IV has announced his candidacy on the Republican ticket for Solicitor of the Third Judicial Circuit.
The office became open when current Solicitor Kelly Jackson announced his retirement at the end of this year.

With an ever-increasing criminal docket, Williams said part of his decision to run comes from a desire to provide a cost-effective service for the people of the Third Circuit.

Members of Clarendon County Council faced a full agenda Monday night as the second reading of the 2010-2011 budget and presentations by each of the three school districts could easily have made for a lengthy meeting.

Add to that public hearings on the budget and the proposed animal control ordinance and council members probably needed to have packed a lunch.

At its meeting on May 3, the Clarendon School District 2 Board of Trustees voted to accept Superintendent John Tindal’s recommendation that the District eliminate a total of eight elementary teaching positions at Manning Elementary School, Manning Primary School and Manning Early Childhood Center, according to a press release issued by CSD2 Board Chair Ceth Land.

There is perhaps no more precious natural resource in Clarendon County than Lake Marion.

It brings visitors (and their money) to our county for fishing, swimming, boating and other water recreation.

It has created some of the most prized real estate in the entire state for those relocating who want to be near its shores.

It is home for dozens of species that make up the lush flora and fauna that beautifies our area.

And if we are not careful, it could all go away.

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper’s Vector Management department will spray at locations around Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion at various times during the prime mosquito season.

In Clarendon County, the following Santee Cooper subdivisions will be serviced: Cantey Bay, Prince sections I-III, Francis Marion, Taw Caw, W.B. Davis, Gin Pond, West Wyboo, Rowland, White Oak sections I-III, Frierson, Clark, Davis, Church Branch and Wyboo.