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February 4, 2012
CHS opens Wyboo EMS Base

Clarendon Health System’s new EMS Wyboo Base on Players Course Road officially opened its doors on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

 

 

Clarendon Health System’s new EMS Wyboo Base on Players Course Road officially opened its doors on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

February 4, 2012
Three elections within next 60 days

It’s definitely an election year in Clarendon County.

 

Prior to the June 12 primary, Clarendon County residents will be going to the polls to vote in three non-partisan elections: a school board election in Clarendon School District 3 and municipal elections in Manning and Summerton.

 

It’s definitely an election year in Clarendon County.

Prior to the June 12 primary, Clarendon County residents will be going to the polls to vote in three non-partisan elections: a school board election in Clarendon School District 3 and municipal elections in Manning and Summerton.

February 3, 2012
Ruritan Club backbone of T’ville for 60+ years

The inspiration for Turbeville Ruritan Club’s founding can be credited to a passerby from Walterboro. A stranger passing through the town in the early 50s, stopped to talk with the late Ray Coker and several other town residents on making improvements to the town, recollected Coker’s brother, Larry. At the time, the town didn’t have a water system or sidewalk. The man told the residents that to address their town’s issues, they should consider organizing a Ruritan Club.

 

The inspiration for Turbeville Ruritan Club’s founding can be credited to a passerby from Walterboro. A stranger passing through the town in the early 50s, stopped to talk with the late Ray Coker and several other town residents on making improvements to the town, recollected Coker’s brother, Larry. At the time, the town didn’t have a water system or sidewalk. The man told the residents that to address their town’s issues, they should consider organizing a Ruritan Club.

The Turbeville Ruritan Club was chartered in 1951.

February 3, 2012
Summerton wastewater problem nears end

Summerton’s wastewater line connection to Manning is expected to be completed in early spring of this year.

 

Summerton’s wastewater line connection to Manning is expected to be completed in early spring of this year.

As of Jan. 31, workers were laying pipeline on Oak Grove Church Road, less than a quarter mile from Hwy. 260, according to the town’s Public Works Director, Bucky Brailsford. The $4.1 million USDA Rural Development Grant/Loan connects with City of Manning at Ox Swamp, just outside of Manning city limits.

February 2, 2012
Refuge to conduct prescribed burns

Santee National Wildlife Refuge plans on conducting several controlled burns during the next several weeks.  Due to difficulties in predicting weather, the refuge is not able to notify the public of the exact dates of the burns, said Susan Heisey, Park Ranger for the Santee National Wildlife Refuge.   

 

Santee National Wildlife Refuge plans on conducting several controlled burns during the next several weeks.  Due to difficulties in predicting weather, the refuge is not able to notify the public of the exact dates of the burns, said Susan Heisey, Park Ranger for the Santee National Wildlife Refuge.   

The goal of controlled burning is to enhance wildlife habitat and reduce the risk of wildfires on the refuge.

February 1, 2012
Clarendon Memorial Auxiliary benefits employees, departments

In July of last year, Cynthia Beaufort, a patient account representative at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, had to drive more than 350 miles to Charlottesville, Va. to have surgery to have a pituitary tumor removed from her brain. Thanks to the fundraising efforts of her office co-workers and the hospital’s Auxiliary organization, she was able to cover her driving expenses and stay while undergoing surgery.

 

In July of last year, Cynthia Beaufort, a patient account representative at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, had to drive more than 350 miles to Charlottesville, Va. to have surgery to have a pituitary tumor removed from her brain. Thanks to the fundraising efforts of her office co-workers and the hospital’s Auxiliary organization, she was able to cover her driving expenses and stay while undergoing surgery.

February 1, 2012
‘I owe it all to my family’

It takes a special type of athlete to be a pitcher.

 

All the eyes in the stands are on you as you’re standing on the mound, gripping a baseball in your hand and looking back at the batter.

 

Fastball, slider, curve ball, sinker … inside, outside, over the plate … It’s down to using your best pitch at this time particular time in the game.

 

It takes a special type of athlete to be a pitcher.

All the eyes in the stands are on you as you’re standing on the mound, gripping a baseball in your hand and looking back at the batter.

Fastball, slider, curve ball, sinker … inside, outside, over the plate … It’s down to using your best pitch at this time particular time in the game.

January 31, 2012
1/31/12 - Check it out in Clarendon County

It’s February and this year is now one-twelfth over.

 

It’s Black History Month and the month for lovers. Will St. Valentine fly over your house? There are a variety of great events going on this month so you will need to get out your calendars and a pen. Get a red one.

 

It’s February and this year is now one-twelfth over.

It’s Black History Month and the month for lovers. Will St. Valentine fly over your house? There are a variety of great events going on this month so you will need to get out your calendars and a pen. Get a red one.

January 31, 2012
LMA first graders buzzing about bees

From queen bees to worker bees, there was plenty of buzzing around from LMA’s first-grade students when local beekeeper Kenneth Phelps came to visit.

From queen bees to worker bees, there was plenty of buzzing around from LMA’s first-grade students when local beekeeper Kenneth Phelps came to visit.

Although Phelps did not bring in any real bees, he provided plenty of homegrown honey for the tasting for the children and teachers. A retired minister from the South Carolina United Methodist Conference, Phelps learned the art of beekeeping from a German refugee who had a 100-hive bee farm.

January 31, 2012
LMA Student improving

A 16-year-old Laurence Manning student is improving from injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle head-on wreck around 8:10 p.m. Jan. 26.

 

Brittani Steen, who was airlifted to Palmetto Richland Hospital less than an hour after the wreck, underwent surgery to place pins in both legs. She also has a broken foot as well as lacerations to her liver and spleen.

 

A 16-year-old Laurence Manning student is improving from injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle head-on wreck around 8:10 p.m. Jan. 26.

Brittani Steen, who was airlifted to Palmetto Richland Hospital less than an hour after the wreck, underwent surgery to place pins in both legs. She also has a broken foot as well as lacerations to her liver and spleen.

January 30, 2012
5K LMA student dies from injuries

A five-year-old Laurence Manning student died at 5:05 p.m. Monday from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle accident that occurred at 5:10 p.m. on Jan. 27 in Sumter.

 

Addison Taylor, a 5K student at LMA, died at Palmetto Richland, according to Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock.

 

 

A five-year-old Laurence Manning student died at 5:05 p.m. Monday from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle accident that occurred at 5:10 p.m. on Jan. 27 in Sumter.

Addison Taylor, a 5K student at LMA, died at Palmetto Richland, according to Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock.

Taylor was a restrained passenger in a 1989 GMC truck driven by her father, George Taylor, 37, also of Sumter.

January 30, 2012
Another page in history has turned

Sixty-five years ago, a black farmer in Davis Station asked the Clarendon County Board of Education for gas so his children could ride a bus instead of walk nine miles to school. The farmer was Levi Pearson. His wife was Viola Clark Pearson.

 

Sixty-five years ago, a black farmer in Davis Station asked the Clarendon County Board of Education for gas so his children could ride a bus instead of walk nine miles to school. The farmer was Levi Pearson. His wife was Viola Clark Pearson.

Pearson’s widow, Viola Clark Pearson, died Jan. 25, after a brief illness at Clarendon Memorial Hospital. She was 102 years old.

Pearson’s name was on the lawsuit that was filed in 1947 on behalf of the children who were walking to school in Summerton.

January 30, 2012
Every day is something different

It might be a husband and wife disagreeing … a traffic accident on U.S. 378 or an elderly resident who heard something outside her home. The variety of duties and the feeling of satisfaction when you can actually help someone, keep Sgt. R.H. Carter reporting for work.

 

It might be a husband and wife disagreeing … a traffic accident on U.S. 378 or an elderly resident who heard something outside her home. The variety of duties and the feeling of satisfaction when you can actually help someone, keep Sgt. R.H. Carter reporting for work.

“I’ve always been interested in law enforcement,” Carter, 27, said Jan. 24. “I’d ride along with my cousin when he was with the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office and that got me really thinking about a job in law enforcement.”

January 29, 2012
Can you spell better than a 5th grader?

Did you answer yes?

 

Are you sure about that?

 

A group of 30 youngsters at Walker-Gamble Elementary tested their skills in a spelling bee on Jan. 26. While some of the words were difficult, a few easy ones were thrown in for good measure.

 

 

Did you answer yes?

Are you sure about that?

January 29, 2012
Gospel double treat at Weldon, Feb. 3

Gospel music fans are in for a double-header on Friday, Feb. 3 as Weldon Auditorium welcomes two top flight acts to their stage with the Kingdom Heirs and Dennis Swanberg, America’s “Minister of Encouragement.”

 

Gospel music fans are in for a double-header on Friday, Feb. 3 as Weldon Auditorium welcomes two top flight acts to their stage with the Kingdom Heirs and Dennis Swanberg, America’s “Minister of Encouragement.”

January 28, 2012
5K LMA student in Columbia hospital

A five-year-old Sumter girl is in a Columbia hospital in serious condition following a two-vehicle accident at 5:10 p.m. Jan. 27.

 

Addison Taylor, a 5K student at Laurence Manning Academy, was a restrained passenger in a 1989 GMC truck driven by her father, George Taylor, 37, also of Sumter.

 

A five-year-old Sumter girl is in a Columbia hospital in serious condition following a two-vehicle accident at 5:10 p.m. Jan. 27.

Addison Taylor, a 5K student at Laurence Manning Academy, was a restrained passenger in a 1989 GMC truck driven by her father, George Taylor, 37, also of Sumter.

The vehicle driven by Taylor was traveling west on U.S. 76 when he turned left into a private driveway in front of a log truck driven by Walter Ardis, 61, of Sumter that was traveling east on U.S. 76, according to Lance Cpl. Judd Jones of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

January 28, 2012
Bond denied for Vaughn

Chief Magistrate Percy Harvin told a small group of individuals gathered in the lobby at the Clarendon County Detention Center shortly after 5:30 p.m., Jan. 27, that bond had been denied for Clarence Vaughn.

 

Chief Magistrate Percy Harvin told a small group of individuals gathered in the lobby at the Clarendon County Detention Center shortly after 5:30 p.m., Jan. 27, that bond had been denied for Clarence Vaughn.

January 27, 2012
CHS opening Wyboo EMS Base

Clarendon Health System will host an open house for the recently completed EMS Wyboo Base on 1595 Players Course Road from 12-2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

Clarendon Health System will host an open house for the recently completed EMS Wyboo Base on 1595 Players Course Road from 12-2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

The new station will service the Wyboo, White Oak 1 and Potato Creek areasaccording to Bill Upp, director of facilities development and engineering for Clarendon Health System.

January 27, 2012
“Coach Cukye” remembered as selfless motivator

Passion, love and the willingness to do anything to help the students at Scott’s Branch Middle-High School succeed, those were just some of the characteristics used to describe Head Girls Varsity Basketball Coach Ruth Coard, who was killed last night in a one-vehicle accident on U.S. 378 in Sumter County.

 

Passion, love and the willingness to do anything to help the students at Scott’s Branch Middle-High School succeed, those were just some of the characteristics used to describe Head Girls Varsity Basketball Coach Ruth Coard, who was killed last night in a one-vehicle accident on U.S. 378 in Sumter County.

Coard, 41, was traveling from a junior varsity game with her eight-year-old son, Tyriq, to Morris College to see her oldest son, Adrian, play basketball. Her Chevrolet pickup struck a horse in the roadway then travelled off the road striking a tree.

January 26, 2012
Head-on wreck sends teen to hospital

UPDATE 1/27/12; 9:25 a.m.: A two-vehicle head-on collision on S.C. 260 at 8:10 p.m. Thursday night sent a 16-year-old Manning girl to a Columbia hospital for her injuries.

 

UPDATE 1/27/12; 9:25 a.m.: A two-vehicle head-on collision on S.C. 260 at 8:10 p.m. Thursday night sent a 16-year-old Manning girl to a Columbia hospital for her injuries.

January 26, 2012
Johnson uses cutting-edge technology as learning tool

For Scott’s Branch Middle-High School coach and teacher Leonard Johnson, having a totally paperless classroom just makes sense.

For Scott’s Branch Middle-High School coach and teacher Leonard Johnson, having a totally paperless classroom just makes sense.

His students do everything via computer, in classroom and out-of-classroom assignments, including using all of the Microsoft programs, from Word to PowerPoint. They don’t turn in any paper assignments, everything is emailed and tests are administered through a computer-based program, in his global studies, driver’s education and physical education classes.

January 26, 2012
LMA inducts first National Honor Society members

The National Honor Society exists to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service and character, but for 59 Laurence Manning Academy students it is much more than that.

The National Honor Society exists to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service and character, but for 59 Laurence Manning Academy students it is much more than that.

January 26, 2012
Scott’s Branch coach killed in wreck

UPDATE 1/27/12; 9:35 a.m.: Ruth Coard, varsity girls head basketball coach at Scott’s Branch High School, was killed in a one-vehicle accident at 8:10 p.m. Thursday night on U.S. 378 in Sumter County.

UPDATE 1/27/12; 9:35 a.m.: Ruth Coard, varsity girls head basketball coach at Scott’s Branch High School, was killed in a one-vehicle accident at 8:10 p.m. Thursday night on U.S. 378 in Sumter County.

Coard and her 10-year-old son were travelling west on U.S. 378 in a 2008 Chevrolet pickup when the vehicle struck a horse in the roadway then travelled off the road striking a tree.

Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock said Coard died at 8:42 p.m.

January 25, 2012
Local artist displays at Weldon

Painting comes naturally for 42-year-old Wade Edwards.

 

As a toddler, Edwards could be found finger painting on the walls of his home using household items as paint, including fiery red ketchup and the stark white of toothpaste.

 

Painting comes naturally for 42-year-old Wade Edwards.

As a toddler, Edwards could be found finger painting on the walls of his home using household items as paint, including fiery red ketchup and the stark white of toothpaste.

His first canvas painting came at the age of 13 when he was in the 8th grade.

“I don’t know why I chose a deer,” Edwards said standing amid his artwork in the art gallery at Weldon Auditorium.

Not far from where the deer painting is hung is a painting of two ducks.

January 25, 2012
Sonic booms

The loud booms being heard and rattling windows in the Alcolu and Manning areas are from planes out of Shaw Air Force Base practicing in the area, according to officials at Shaw.

 

The loud booms being heard and rattling windows in the Alcolu and Manning areas are from planes out of Shaw Air Force Base practicing in the area, according to officials at Shaw.