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YEAR IN REVIEW 1B
2A OPINION
4A OBITUARIES
6A SPORTS
2B PUZZLES
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DECEMBER 30, 2015
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Two teachers
arrested
By Samantha Lyles
Staff Writer
slyles@newsandpress.net
Pictured left to right: Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada and former South Carolina Speaker of the House, David Wilkins awards Mr. Bill
Fleming the Order of the Palmetto.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
The Darlington Police
Department has made two
more arrests in connection
with a child sex abuse investigation.
Correy Wells of Clavon
Street in Lynchburg and
Brandon Johnson of Marshall
Street in Darlington were
arrested and charged with
Failing to Report Child Abuse
or Neglect. Wells and
Johnson are teachers at
Darlington High School.
According to DPD Chief
Danny Watson, the two teachers were approached separately by a student who confided they had been the victim of sexual abuse. Wells and
Johnson did not report this
allegation to the proper
authorities, and Watson says
this is in direct violation of
South Carolina law.
“State law says that if
someone comes to you and
alleges abuse, you have to
report that abuse. They failed
to do that,” Watson says.
The
student
then
approached a third teacher
and that teacher took the
information to school administration, who contacted law
enforcement. Chief Watson
says the school district
administration was very
cooperative in the investigation.
Watson says that once DPD
investigators became aware
of this situation and looked
into it further, they felt there
was enough evidence to
arrest Wells and Johnson. The
specific state law applied in
this case explains the responsibilities of certain professions to report signs of physical or sexual abuse:
SECTION
63-7-310.
Persons required to report.
ARRESTED ON 5A
Bill Fleming awarded Order of the Palmetto
William L. “Bill” Fleming,
Sr., was presented The Order
of
the
Palmetto
by
Ambassador David H. Wilkins
on behalf of Governor Nikki
Haley at a luncheon of The
Electric Cooperatives of South
Carolina’s Winter Conference
at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in
Greenville, S.C.
“I am truly honored and
humbled to receive this prestigious award and I thank
Governor Haley and her
entire staff for this recognition,” Fleming said. “I am
proud of the opportunities
that the cooperatives have
provided for the people and
the communities in South
Carolina, and I look forward
to seeing the continued
growth and success for many
years to come.”
The Order of the Palmetto
is the state’s highest civilian
honor awarded to citizens of
South Carolina for extraordinary lifetime service and
achievements of national or
statewide significance. The
Order of the Palmetto is a once
in a lifetime achievement.
Fleming began working in
the electric industry in 1970
with Carolina Power and
Light Company. In October of
1971, Bill began working with
“I am proud of the opportunities that
the cooperatives have provided for the
people and the communities in South
Carolina, and I look forward to seeing
the continued growth and success for many
years to come.”
William L. “Bill” Fleming, Sr.
Pee Dee Electric Cooperative
in Darlington, S.C., and
served there for 24 years as
Vice President of Office and
Customer
Service
and
Government Relations.
In January of 1996, Bill
became President and CEO of
Marlboro
Electric
Cooperative in Bennettsville,
S.C. until his retirement on
August 1, 2014. During his
tenure at Marlboro Electric,
revenues for the cooperative
more than tripled, and he
played a crucial role in bringing over 1,800 jobs and
$636,185,000 in capital
investment to Marlboro and
Dillon counties.
Also during his time as
President and CEO, Bill was
instrumental in the implementation of the Marlboro County
Economic
Development
Partnership Board, where he
served as chairman from 19971999 and 2003-2005. He also
served as a member of the
Dillon County Economic
Development Public-Private
Partnership, the Carolinas I-95
Mega Site Board, the Palmetto
Economic
Development
Corporation
Board,
the
Cooperative Electric Energy
Utility Supply Board, the
Central
Electric
Power
Cooperative Executive Board,
and the Electric Cooperatives
of South Carolina Board,
where
he
was
the
secretary/treasurer in 20132014. Bill was instrumental in
the development of Marlboro
Development Team, a subsidiary of Marlboro Electric
which has as its main goal to
provide economic growth for
South Carolina, especially in
the Marlboro and Dillon
County areas.
In his community, Bill
served as a member of the
Darlington County School
District Board of Education for
10 years, as chairman for many
years, and played a vital role in
founding the Mayo Magnet
School for Science and Math.
He has also been a member of
the Board of Directors for First
Citizens Bank of Darlington,
Darlington County Chamber of
Commerce, Marlboro County
Chamber of Commerce, and
the
Kiwanis
Club
of
Darlington, Rotary Club of
Bennettsville,
and
the
Darlington County Airport
Commission where he now
serves as Chairman. In 2000,
Bill was also named the South
Carolina Ambassador for
Economic Development by
Governor Jim Hodges.
Bill has been active in
churches in Darlington and
Bennettsville as a Sunday
school teacher, Assistant
Sunday
School
Superintendent, Deacon and
Elder. He is currently a member of the Evangelical
Presbyterian
Church
of
Darlington. Bill and his wife,
Jenny, have three children and
four grandchildren.
Christmas in the South
Yet again, Darlington County didn’t get a Christmas snowfall this
year (missed it by a mile!), but the unseasonably warm holidays let
kids of all ages get out of the house and play a little. We found
Chevy Segui, 8, exercising his Christmas spirit and practicing his
baseball skills on the St. John’s Elementary School playground.
PHOTO BY SAMANTHA LYLES
Year in Review: 2015
What a year! Enjoy a look back at the biggest news stories,
lifestyle features, sports, and agriculture stories of the year
The Greater Darlington
Area Chamber of Commerce
hosted their Annual Banquet
and Awards Ceremony at the
Darlington Country Club on
February 5, awarding nine
community members: Legacy
Award for 2015: The late Dr.
Josiah S. Matthews; Lifetime
Achievement Award for 2015:
Lina Pearson; Citizen of the
Year Award for 2015: Howard
Garland; The Educator of the
Year Award for 2015: Dona Jo
Brown of Darlington High
School; Small Business Person
of the Year Award for 2015:
John
Isgett,
Raceway
Automotive Group; Future
Business Leader Award for
2015:
Keith
Parnell;
Community Pride Award for
2015: Janie Howell; The
Board Member of the Year
Award for 2015: Fran Knotts;
Darlington’s Employee of the
Year Award 2015: Lt. Steve
Buffkin.
Terence
Arrington
hired to replace Dale
Surrett
The February meeting of
the was the last regular council meeting for interim county
administrator
Tommy
Edwards of Georgetown, who
has served in that capacity
since the firing of former
administrator Dale Surrett last
summer. Edwards will turn
over admin duties to new
county manager Terence
Arrington, former deputy city
administrator of Salisbury,
Maryland. Arrington officially
assumed the position on
February 15.
Walmart coming to
Darlington
Darlington City Council
voted on February 10, 2015 to
install water lines to the worst
kept secret in Darlington – the
advent of the Walmart
Supercenter construction S.
Main Street. “We are extremely
excited about the possibility of
a large retailer coming to
Darlington,” said Mayor Tony
Watkins. “We are very far along
in the process, and we are to
the point where we feel an
agreement will be signed very
soon and that opens the door to
the ability of this company to
purchase and begin construction in the very near future.”
Watkins continued; “What
that means for Darlington, is
that it will provide the kinds of
choices that the people of
Darlington want, and they will
no longer have to go to
Florence or Hartsville to shop
in the numbers that they are
now. Not only that, we expect
this company will provide
around 255 jobs; and even
beyond that, we feel that will
accelerate and provide for a
second wave beyond their coming of companies and businesses that will come. That always
happens in other towns. The
potential for the economic
expansion to Darlington….is
huge.”
News and Press launches new website
The newspaper that has
served Darlington County since
1874 launched our new website
on May 1, 2015 offering readers a new way to view the news
and share on social media.
Robinson Plant Ash
Cleanup
Concerned
community
members gathered April 30 at
the Lawton Park Pavilion in
Hartsville for a public meeting
regarding the disposal of coal
ash at Duke Energy’s H.B.
Robinson Plant, located just
north of Hartsville on the
shores of Lake Robinson.
Hosted by the Coastal
Conservation League and
Conservation Voters of South
Carolina, the meeting featured
a brief history of the unlined
ash basin – and Duke’s newly
announced cleanup proposal presented by Frank Holleman,
attorney with the Southern
Environmental Law Center.
Holleman spoke of the high
levels of arsenic found in test
Citizen of the Year Award for 2015
The Citizen of the Year Award for 2015 was presented to Howard
Garland, City Manager for Darlington, by Chamber Director Hannah
Stanley.
wells at the 72-acre ash pond –
levels sometimes far in excess
of the safe drinking water level
of 10 parts per billion. SC
Department of Health and
Environmental Control has
directed Duke to test and evaluate groundwater at the site and
formulate a plan to remedy the
problem.
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OP-ED
The New Year
By Bill Shepard
He came to my desk with a quivering lip; his day was done. “I’ve
messed up this sheet,” he said. “Can I have a clean one?”
Having been a classroom teacher for nigh thirty years, and a minister for more than sixty years, I have seen and heard those lines, but
they were spoken in different ways. And having lived more than my
share of years, I have stood in the shoes of the one with the quivering lip.
“I went to the throne with a quivering soul – the old year was
done – Dear Father, hast Thou a new leaf for me? I’ve spoiled this
one.” He took the old leaf, stained and blotted and gave me a new
one all unspotted, and then he smiled – “Do better now, my child.”
(Lines from a poem by Kathryn Wheeler.”
Here we stand at the edge of a brand new year; the old one is history. What was done, said, or written – good or bad – is unchangeable. So, let it be and move on! It would be a rare person who would
look back over the past twelve months and find no mistakes, regrets,
and portions that he would not like to erase. Words spoken that
would have been better left unsaid; unkind thoughts of others,
deeds left undone that should have been carried out and many more
acts done or undone that stained our sheet – not one of them can we
erase. The best we can do is to make amends, seek forgiveness and
move on. We have been given a starting place. A New Year lies
before us, and a chance to do better. We accept the clean sheet,
unspotted, with a determined resolve to do better. To be kinder, a little more thoughtful, a little more generous, and yes, a little more
understanding. Our world is in need of such people! We have seen
enough acts of hatred in the past twelve months to last a lifetime.
Time and circumstance should have taught us something; if not,
we will probably go through the same old experiences. If we learn
from our mistakes, we should be a bit wiser on this new journey.
Time will tell!
If we could look into the future and see what lies ahead, would
we choose to do so? We cannot see or know what the next moment
has in store for us. The knock at the door, the letter delivered, or the
next ring on our telephone can turn our world into good fortune or
disaster. So, what are we to do? Since we have no answers or foresight, we should take hold of the hand of the one that does and say,
“Lead and I will follow!” There is no safer way to travel into the
unknown!
In writing to young travelers of the Shepard’s clan, I often refer to
the words of the wise man who spoke them long, long ago. I believe
they are as true today and as up to date as when they were first spoken. Here they are:
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart
and lean not unto thine own understanding
In all they ways acknowledge him,
And He shall distract thy path.”
Prov. 3: 5-6
Bill’s Predictions for the year ahead – Physical world, Political
world, Spiritual world. Ready? Buckle up for the ride!
In the Physical world, there will be sunshine and rain, tornadoes
and hurricanes likely, earthquakes will be reported in spots all over
the globe. There will be drought and flooding, both happening at
the same time, but in different areas. There will be fires burning out
of control in California, and in other parts of our nation, there will
be mudslides and floods.
In the Political world, the race for the White House will become
more fierce. The number in the contest will grow smaller, as the day
of decision grows nearer. By the time in the coming new year, the
decision will have been made. It will then be left to determine, if the
right decision was made. And that will be left to one’s own opinion.
I have lived through the terms of sixteen presidents, beginning
with President Harding. There have been Democrats and
Republicans. During those times, there have been good and bad
times and wars and peace. I have seen the negatives and positives
and in times, found myself in both corners! Trying to be positive
while living in a negative world can be challenging.
In the Spiritual or religious world, there will be rumors and predictions of the end time and its nearing. There will be divisions
among the believers and as a result, the world will sink deeper into
sin and darkness. Churches will look more inward than outward and
numbers attending churches will grow smaller. There will be a
“falling away” from the “old time” ways of Christianity, as foreign
religions grow stronger in America.
In short, the year that is breaking at our feet offers more of the
same a little more of it! You can expect in your own travels, good
and bad, smooth and rough, expected and unexpected. Buckle up,
keep your head up and know that whatever happens you can overcome. You made it through the past years, and you can make it
though this new one – so, Straight ahead into your New Year!
Have a great New Year!
Watch out for the bumps along the road! There will be some!
Straight ahead!
Mr. Shepard is a native of Darlington, S.C., and a current resident of Piedmont, S.C. and author of “Mill Town Boy” and
“Bruised”. He has been sharing his tales of growing up in
Darlington for decades, and we are delighted to share them each
week. His mailing address for cards and letters is: Bill Shepard 324
Sunny Lane, Piedmont, S.C., 29673
OP-ED
South Carolina needs a
21st century foreign policy
By Phil Noble
Right up front, let’s be clear about what
I’m suggesting here. No, our state does not
need to have a foreign policy about putting “boots on the ground” to fight ISIS.
Nor do we need a policy on the border dispute between China and Tibet, and we
sure don’t need to try and send an ambassador to the United Nations. (I don’t think
they would let them in if we tried).
But we do need to have a rational, purposeful, comprehensive, strategic policy
about South Carolina’s place in the world
and how we can leverage our global assets
to make our state more competitive in the
global interconnected world of the 21st
century.
Consider a few disparate facts:
Tourism: A few years ago I was in
London on business, and when I got in a
cab and told the driver where I wanted to
go, he looked in the rearview mirror and
asked, “South Carolina?” I was stunned,
and asked how could he possibly know
where I was from. His response was even
more surprising: “I’ve got three buddies
and we fly to Myrtle Beach once a year for
a week of golf, love the place.” Mind you
this was a working class taxi driver and
not some high flying investment banker.
My taxi driver friend and the other international visitors spent over $700 million
in our state last year.
Business: We have about as many facilities of foreign-owned companies in South
Carolina as we do public schools – about
1,200 across the state. In 2013 alone,
there was $2.3 billion in direct foreign
investment and since 2011 this investment
has meant 15,600 jobs. In 2012, the state
ranked first in the country in per-capita
job creation from foreign-owned firms
investing in our state.
Education: USC and Clemson alone
have nearly 3,500 international students
from over 110 countries. USC’s
International MBA program is consistently
rated the best in the country. Thousands
of SC high school and college students
spend some time studying abroad and
many more want to study abroad but lack
the resources to go.
Ports: Our ports are one of the greatest
assets of our state and one of the top-ten
container ports in the US. They have a $53
billion economic impact in our state and
support 1 in every 11 jobs in the state.
Since 2011 they have been the fastest
growing ports in the US and last year they
served 1,922 vessels.
Civic and religious institutions: It’s
called “Rotary International” and there
are over 100 clubs with 10,000 members
in South Carolina – and that’s just one
civic club among the literally thousands of
civic clubs, church groups, sister city programs, and countless other assorted
organizations and programs that have an
international focus. All of these develop
personal, religious and social ties with literally millions of people around the
world.
What all this is about is interconnectedness and global relationships.
We (and outsiders) often think of us in
South Carolina as closed and provincial –
and in many ways we have been. And this
perception (and reality) has hurt us as a
state.
But today, things have changed and we
are globally connected in countless ways
every day that we never even realize.
From the high school student that friends
a kid from China on Facebook, to the
Mexican dinner we ate last night, to the
clothes and iPhone (and just about everything else we buy) that we just bought
that was made in China, to the watercooler discussion about immigration – all of
these are global and all these are part of
our daily life.
In South Carolina today, we need a foreign policy. We need some people at a senior level in state government that can do
two things. First, they need to catalogue
who is doing what? What are all the
organizations, companies, events, projects, etc. in our state that have a major
global component. And second, these
folks need to be thinking about how all
these great connections, relationships and
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assets and can leverage together to benefit
our state.
Just a few of literally hundreds of possibilities:
•
Is anyone trying to figure out if
the parents of these foreign students in
our colleges and universities are connected with businesses that might like to come
to South Carolina?
•
Would my golfing taxi driver
from London be interested in housing a SC
student for a semester so they could
attend a college in London?
•
Would a returning church missionary be willing to do seminars at the
local high school about what it’s like to
live in Bangladesh?
•
Would a visiting Rotarian from
South Africa help find a school that would
like to partner in an online exchange program with a South Carolina school?
Would an international company
•
in SC provide funds for an exchange program for their SC employee’s children to
visit another country where the company
has a sister facility? The SC kids could stay
in the homes of the company’s foreign
employees for a couple of weeks and then
the SC employees could in turn host the
kids from abroad.
And on and on it goes.
This is not a call for the creation of
some new huge government bureaucracy
in Columbia. It could start small as an
adjunct to the Governor’s office and lots of
international businesses would be willing
to pick up the tab. And then it would grow
over time as it finds useful ways to leverage all the many global assets we have in
South Carolina.
It’s not about more money; it’s about
more smarts and more creative thinking.
That’s what wins in the global interconnected world of the 21st century.
Phil Noble is a businessman in
Charleston and President of the SC New
Democrats, an independent reform group
started by former Gov. Richard Riley to
bring big change and real reform.
phil@scnewdemocrats.org
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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, 2015 | PAGE 3A
2015
Continued from 1A
Duke Energy announced
earlier in the day that it plans to
excavate and relocate 4.2 million tons of coal ash to an onsite landfill, where it will be
stored dry with multiple layers
of synthetic and natural barriers. With this announcement,
Duke has committed to clean
up both of the ash storage facilities at its South Carolina
plants. This decision follows
Duke
Energy’s
recently
announced plans for on-site
landfills at its Dan River and
Sutton plants in North
Carolina.
The Ditch
City officials met with
Davis & Brown, Inc. and owners of the Hartsville Oil Mill
on Tuesday, June 16th to formulate a plan of action to
combat the issues of a malodorous ditch that traverses
through the mill property and
nearby homes.
At the Darlington City
Council monthly meeting for
October,
city
manager
Howard Garland announced
to council and attendees that
the city had done all their testing of water and sewer lines to
determine the cause of the
unbearably malodorous ditch
off of Chalmers Street, and
found that the city had not
caused any sewage to enter
the ditch.
In addition, the city
removed many things that had
been dumped into the ditch
that blocked flow, and added
countless amounts of lime.
The News and Press asked
the S.C. Department of Health
and Environmental Control
what their findings were. In a
reply dated October 30th,
Cassandra S. Harris
DHEC Media Relations
stated:
“This is an ongoing investigation. The City of Darlington
has submitted a report which
we are currently reviewing.
We plan to schedule a meeting
with Darlington to further discuss the report and potential
next steps.”
As of December, DHEC has
still not met with the City of
Darlington.
Biker Round Up Bike
Rally at the Darlington
Dragstrip.
From Aug. 5 though Aug. 9,
The Darlington Dragway hosted the South Carolina gathering for the 38th Annual
National Bikers Roundup, a
camping and cookout-style
event that could brought
between thousands of visitors
to our area.
Terence Arrington
Betty Mack reads letter from
Hartsville Oil Mill about ditch.
Historic flooding in
Darlington County
Named the “Once in a
Thousand Year Flood,” the devastating
flooding
from
Hurricane Joaquin devastated
much of South Carolina
October 2 – 4, and damaged
many areas of Darlington
County. Bryant Street, one of
the various roads in Darlington
County that washed out during
the storm flooding. Damage
from the flooding damaged the
City Administration Building
on Pearl Street in Darlington.
One of two chimneys collapsed,
forcing city employees to move
to the nearby City Hall building. Repairs may be too costly
for the city, and a vote will be
taken at the January city council meeting to determine the
fate of the historic building.
DFD ISO Rating
Residents of the City of
Darlington will see a reduction
on their homeowner's insurance
next year, and they can thank
their local fire department for
the extra cash. During the recent
Public Protection Classification
survey conducted by ISO
(Insurance Services Office,
LTD.), the Darlington Fire
Department improved its rating
from a 4 to a 3, and that's no
small feat.
“Not every fire department
even qualifies to get an ISO rating. Some don't have the equipment or the personnel to be
rated,” says Darlington Fire
Department
Chief
Pat
Cavanaugh, noting that fewer
than 50,000 departments
nationwide are ISO rated. “For
taxpayers in Darlington, this is a
significant savings on their
Darlington City Council signs WalMart agreement for WalMart to come to Darlington.
homeowner's insurance.... just
estimating, but it could be about
$100 bucks.”
ISO collects and evaluates
information on structure fire
suppression capabilities from
communities across America,
providing their findings to insurance companies so policy rates
are based on data-driven risk
assessment. Ratings range from
10 (worst) to 1 (best), and very
few agencies inhabit that upper
echelon.
“The cool thing is they surveyed 48,000 fire departments
and we are in the top 3 percent.
Only 3,000 departments made a
3 rating,” Cavanaugh says.
“Towns our size don't usually get
3 ratings; we usually top out at 4
or 5. Hartsville is a 5.”
Mayor Tony Watkins
retires
Mayor Tony Watkins is
preparing to close the book on
twenty-six years of local government service, and he's finishing
out his third term as mayor on a
high note. He says the three
incoming city council members
and new mayor will be charged
with shepherding the city
through a very exciting period of
growth
“I believe that we are on the
verge of a big change, a big
influx of business coming into
Darlington,” says Watkins, citing
the potential for several new
ventures to spring up around the
Walmart Supercenter currently
under construction on South
Main Street.
Mayor Watkins has a lot of
time and energy vested in bringing Walmart, and all its attendant businesses, to Darlington.
He spent several years courting
developers – and enduring skepticism and derision from numerous doubters - to bring the project to fruition. He could hardly
be blamed if he had run for a
fourth term and taken a fouryear victory lap, but he says it's
time to let new leaders step in
and take the reins. He'll be
watching with great interest as
Darlington moves ahead into a
bright future.
In addition to Watkins stepping down, council members
Dyan Cohen and Wayne
Chapman both decided not to
run again.
Political Forum
The News & Press hosted our
first ever candidate forum on
Thursday October 22nd, and
approximately 300 Darlington
residents filled the seats and
bleachers at the Darlington Area
Recreation Department Harmon
Baldwin gymnasium to hear 15
of the 16 residents vying for city
municipal offices.
Bill Rogers, the executive
director of the S.C. Press
Association and moderator of
the forum, said more newspapers should follow Darlington’s
lead in hosting such events.
“For a community newspaper
like the News & Press to sponsor
such an event helps bring the
community together and help
build the strength of the electoral process. The turnout was
amazing.” said Rogers. “This
was a great way for citizens to
see and hear the candidates first
hand.”
Elections & Runoff
City of Darlington voters
went to the polls for Election Day
Nov. 3 and narrowed a slate of
four mayoral candidates- James
“Jimmy” Cooper, Gloria Hines,
William Jackson, and Jim Stone
-down to two, and winnowed a
field of twelve city council candidates down to four.
Voters cast a total of 448 ballots for Gloria Hines and 421 for
Jim Stone, moving those two
mayoral contenders into a Nov.
17 runoff to take the city's top
elected office.
The top four vote getters
among city council candidates
were John Milling (620 votes),
Diane Sigmon (532 votes),
Carolyn Bruce (516 votes) and
Bryant Gardner (485 votes).
These four will contend for three
available at-large council seats
in the Nov. 17 runoff, with the
top three taking office.
Mayoral candidates Gloria
Cheeseboro Hines and Jim
Stone – who were tied at 814
votes each – received an additional 14 votes and 4 votes
respectively, placing Hines on
top by ten. Her final total was
828 votes, with 818 cast for
Stone.
The final council vote totals
were as follows:
Carolyn Bruce – 907 (previ-
Tony Watkins
ously 893)
John Milling – 851 (previously 846)
Bryant Gardner – 847 (previously 840)
Diane Sigmon – 845 (previously 842)
As this was an election year
for Jimmy Cooper, his loss for his
mayoral bid also signified the
end of his seat on city council.
The seat formerly held by
Gloria Hines will be up for a
special election later in the
year.
Hines – set to become
Darlington’s first AfricanAmerican mayor. The first
African-American mayor in
County
was
Darlington
Valencia S. Thomas, Mayor of
Society Hill from 2008 – 2013.
In 2009, David McFarland took
over as Mayor of Hartsville in
2009 when Mayor Holt became
Family Court Judge Michael
Holt.
Darlington Fire Department covers roof at City Administrative Office.
Frank Holleman, attorney with the Southern Environmental Law
Center addresses concerned residents regarding coal ash pit.
The Music Hall
Car Hauler parade rolls into Darlington.
Joyce W. Thomas
THANK
YOU!
Have a
prosperous
and safe
New Year!
Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016
At the Music Hall of Darlington
All American Bluegrass!
Starring
The Hinson Girls
What a wonderful blessing
your support has been
during the recent election.
May you all be blessed with
the same warmth and joy.
I look forward to your
continued support in 2016.
“Quitters never win
winners never quit.”
and M. I. Blue
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Adults $10.00, Students $5.00, Kids free
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QUOTE
“Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward men!”
Luke 2:14
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Beatrice Rhodes
Funeral services for Mrs.
Beatrice Bailey Rhodes of
Darlington were held 1:00 p.m.
S u n d a y,
December 27,
2015
at
Cherry Grove
Missionary
B a p t i s t
Church
in
Darlington.
Interment
followed in the church cemetery
directed by Jordan Funeral
Home, Inc.
Mrs. Rhodes, the tenth child
of the late Norman and Bertha
Coe Bailey, was born May 14,
1922 in Hartsville, S.C. She
departed this life on December
20, 2015.
Miss Bea, as she was affectionately known, attended the
public schools of Hartsville, S.C.
At an early age she joined
Centerville Baptist Church.
She was united in holy wedlock to Carnell Rhodes in 1942.
Miss Bea joined her husband at
Cherry Grove Baptist Church,
where she was a faithful member and devoted worker.
Mrs. Rhodes worked for the
Darlington County School
System for thirty-one years. She
was an avid walker/jogger.
Survivors are: her devoted
son, Carnell Rhodes, Jr. who was
her loving caregiver for years;
two other sons, James (Ann)
Rhodes and Johnny (Ramona)
Rhodes; a daughter, Edith
Rhodes Smith; one sister,
Mildred Tunstall; seven grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews,
cousins, other relatives and
friends.
The family is receiving
friends at the residence, 105
Coker Street, Darlington.
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Stanley “Stan”
Douglas
Frankenstein
In loving memory of Stanley
Douglas Frankenstein, July 6,
1952 – December 22, 2015
Stanley “Stan” Douglas
Frankenstein
passed away
on December
22, 2015 at
Palmetto
H e a l t h
Richland in
Columbia,
S.C. He was
born on July 6, 1952 to Melvin
and Ruth Frankenstein in Huron,
South Dakota. He graduated
from Huron High School. Stan
was known for his love of family,
hunting and fishing.
Survivors include his two
daughters, Mandy Bumgarner of
Elgin and Carrie Truell of Sumter,
and their mother, Mary Turner;
one son, Sean Frankenstein of
Lamar and two step-children,
Timothy Bradley and Ashley
Kennon of Lamar, and their
mother, Debora Frankenstein;
one brother, Roger Frankenstein
of Dante, South Dakota; one sister, Janice Kiker of Florence;
seven grandchildren; as well as
many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
He was preceded in death by
his parents; his grandparents;
and one brother Richard
Frankenstein of Diamond Bar,
California.
A memorial service will be
held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
December 30, 2015 at KistlerHardee Funeral Home located at
315 Pearl Street, Darlington, S.C.
29532. The family received
friends Tuesday, December 29,
2015, at the home located at
2068 Una Rd., Lamar, SC 29069.
Memorial donations can be
“Our family serving yours since 1922”
843-393-3851
315 Pearl Street
Darlington
www.kistlerhardeefuneralhome.com
made to the Myasthenia Gravis
Foundation of America, Inc., at
www.myasthenia.org, or to the
American Cancer Society at
www.cancer.org.
Carroll James
Hoffman, Jr.
Carroll James Hoffman, Jr.,
husband of Jerry Howle Hoffman,
age 70, passed away Tuesday,
December 22, 2015. A memorial
service was held at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 26th at Swift
Creek Baptist Church, directed by
Belk Funeral Home.
Born in Charleston, S.C.,
Carroll is the son of the late Mary
Bethune Hoffman, and the late
Carroll James Hoffman, Sr. He
served in the U.S. Navy from
1963-1966, and then retired in
2011 from Westrock. Carroll
loved spending time with his
grandchildren, and was a member of Swift Creek Baptist Church.
Surviving in addition to his
wife of 49 years, Jerry Howle
Hoffman of Darlington, are his
daughters, Carmen (Larry)
Hickman, and Natalie (David)
Altman, both of Florence; his
grandchildren, Landon Altman,
Tristen Altman, Lisa (Alan) Pitts,
Kimberly (Jody) Singleton, Adam
Hickman and six great-grandchildren; his brother, Paschal
(Gerrie) Hoffman, and his sister,
Renee (Tommy) Sims, both of
Hartsville.
Carroll was predeceased by
his son, Jay Hoffman; and his sisters, Hilda Hall, and Gwen
McManus.
The family will receive friends
one hour prior to the service at
Swift Creek Baptist Church, and
other times at Carroll and Jerry’s
home.
A guestbook is available
online at www.belkfuneralhome.com.
The Star Still Shines
By Bill Shepard
“When they saw the star,
they rejoiced with exceeding
great joy!”
Matthew 2:10 JKV
Carols at Oakhaven
Bethesda Baptist Church sings Christmas carols and tells a Christmas story to residents at Oakhaven Nursing Center on Sunday, December 21.
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The Lord Cares: please
remember to help
With the temperatures dropping, please continue to assist
The Lord Cares in caring for
those in need in the Darlington
area. T.L.C.’s food bank is located at 201 Grove Street in
Darlington. They are open
Monday, Wednesday, and
Thursday from 10 a.m. until 12
noon. Donations of non-perishable food items (especially
canned meats) are needed, as
are toiletries, bathroom tissue,
and paper towels. A little bird
told us that they need a new
roof, too…so perhaps you can
help? Monetary donations are
always needed, and are tax
deductible…so be sure to make
an additional one before
December 31, 2015!
Annual
Officers
Program at Palmetto
Missionary
Baptist
Church
The Annual “Officers”
Program service for Deacons,
Deaconess and Trustees of the
Palmetto Missionary Baptist
Church will be on Sunday,
January 3, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
Guest speaker for the program
will be Pastor Oliver Davis of
the Howard Chapel AME
Church AME Church, New Zion
S.C. Everyone is invited to
attend.
Fannie
Fox
Women
Missionary
Society
Annual Day
The Fannie Fox Women
Missionary
Society
of
Savannah
Grove
A.M.E.
Church, near Lamar, will celebrate their Annual Day,
Sunday, January 10, 2016.
Church School begins at 9 AM
and morning worship at 10 AM.
Minister Pearlie Chaplin,
Associate
Minister
at
Brockington Street Church of
God in Timmonsville, SC will
be the guest speaker. Rev.
Steven C. Gilchrist is Pastor.
Macedonia seeks information on Dr. Brockenton
Deacon Patsy Y. Sawyer is in
search of relatives of Dr. Isaac
P. Brockenton, former pastor of
Macedonia Missionary Baptist
Church. Dr. Brockenton served
at Macedonia from 1866 –
1908. Mrs. Sawyer is currently
researching the history of the
church, and any information
on this pastor will be most
appreciated. You may contact
her at the church: 843-3936361, or via email at:
psawyerinspire1@gmail.com
Bible Study
Bible study at Mt.Zion
Tabernacle Believers Church
426 W. Broad St. Darlington,
on Tuesday nights at 6:00 p.m.
Bible study led by Rev.Larry
Scipio.
Contact
Deacon
Z.Frierson at 843-992-3158 or
church 843-992-8125. Come
join us.
St.
Catherine's
Episcopal Church
3123 W. Palmetto St.,
Florence Worship Time: 11
a.m. (4th Sunday 8:30 a.m.)
Sunday
School:
9:45
a.m.Phone: 843-601-3672
Facebook: StCatherinesEC
Vicar: The Rev. Jeffrey R.
Richardson
Black Creek Baptist
Church
Black Creek Baptist Church,
located 139 Mont Clare Road,
Dovesville, announces their
hours: Sunday:
10 a.m.
Sunday
School,
11a.m.
Worship Services and 6 p.m.
Evening Worship. Wednesday:
6:30 Adult Bible Study; Youth
Bible
Study,
Children
(Children In Action) 7:30
Adult Choir Practice
Mt. Zion Tabernacle
Ministries
Mt.
Zion
Tabernacle
Ministries 426 W. Broad St. in
Darlington announces their
hours
1st/3rd Sunday Pastoral
Sunday: Sunday School at 9:30
a.m. Church Services 11:00
Elder M. Frierson 2nd/4th
Sunday: Sunday School at 9:30
by Deacon Z. Frierson Service
at 11:00 a.m. Min.Gerald
Green. The community is invited to attend. Come expecting
to hear the anointed Word.
Contact
Deacon.Z.Frierson
843-229-3158
Thank You
We, the family of Stacia Leatrice Jordan-Brown,
sincerely extend our deepest gratitude to the many
family members and friends who expressed their
condolences, support and love
to our family through phone
calls, cards, thoughts, prayers,
flowers, comforting words and
other acts of kindness during
this difficult time.
Special acknowledgements
go out to:
Federated Organization of Darlington
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church
Lee Street Church of God
Mayo Athletic Hall of Fame
Jordan Funeral Home
More than two thousand
years later, the star that shone
over Bethlehem still shines,
and people still rejoice with
great joy! Over the region
where the star first appeared,
dark war clouds overshadow
the land, while here in
America, voices are being
heard in protest to the word
Christmas.
Thank God, the star still
shines just as it did on that
wintry night centuries ago. It
shines in spite of the skeptics
and warmongers; it shines in
spite of those who would snuff
it out. It shines to lighten the
path that leads to “Peace on
Earth and Goodwill to all
mankind.”
Yes, it shines, and as long
as there is a sky above us, the
star will continue to shine.
Wise men shall see it, follow
it, embrace it, and in the end,
it will lead to Peace on Earth!
Only God can make a star,
and only God can blot it out!
Evil men, since the days of
Herod, have tried to erase
God’s star and all that it
stands for, but all their evil
scheming has failed and they
shall continue to do so.
Men through the ages have
mocked Christmas and crucified afresh the One for which
it stands, but the star of
Bethlehem still shines! Men
may laugh, sneer at it, deny it,
but it will be shining long after
their efforts have ceased.
On this Christmas night,
the star will shine over a darkened world and a million children and old folk alike will
gaze upon its light and rejoice.
More than a million housetops, and a thousand dark
streets, in villages, towns and
hamlets, the star will shine. Its
light will be reflected in the
eyes of little children, and the
light’s hope will still the fears
in the hearts of the aged and
lonely. Let us all join with the
songwriter and sing,
“Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
shine on, and on, and on!”
Now when Jesus was born
in Bethlehem of Judea, in the
days of Herod the king,
behold there came wise men
from the east of Jerusalem,
saying, “where is He that is
born King of the Jews? For we
have seen His star in the east,
and are come to worship
Him.”
Matthew 2:1 – 2 KJV
Merry Christmas
Mr. Shepard is a native of
Darlington, S.C., and a current resident of Piedmont, S.C.
and author of “Mill Town Boy”
and “Bruised”. He has been
sharing his tales of growing up
in Darlington for decades, and
we are delighted to share them
each week.
His mailing address for
cards and letters is: Bill
Shepard 324 Sunny Lane,
Piedmont, S.C., 29673
Bonnie Windham
3-7-41 ˜ 12-25-07
Bonnie, it has been eight years since God took away. The hurt
today is more than it was on Christmas day in 2007. My life is
dull and nothing on this earth pleases me anymore.
Now after loving you what else is there to do. Honey for all the
rest will just have to be second best. I will go through life
comparing all to you because I’m no good to anyone after
loving you. Your precious love cannot be erased by just
another woman with a pretty face. Your memories will
remain, for they too cannot be erased. Others may come
along, but they cannot live up to you because I’m
no good to anyone after loving you.
Only you could fill my heart with love forever
for only you.
Mack
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, 2015 | PAGE 5A
2015 Yr in Review Ag/Farming Features
Rice
Labor Day Weekend brings
the return of the Southern 500
to the Darlington Raceway, and
visitors and locals are invited to
explore a relatively unknown
facet of our area’s agricultural
heritage. On Saturday, Sep. 5,
one Darlington County church
will host a festival celebrating
South Carolina’s favorite
starch: rice.
The New Vision Community
Development
Corporation
kicked off their third annual
Community Rice Festival, an
all-day event featuring water
slides and bouncers for the kids,
a car and bike show, live entertainment, and more than 50
delicious rice dishes to tempt
the palate.
Festival organizer Carolyn
Hannah says that many folks,
even Darlington County locals,
enjoy the versatile crop without
understanding our area’s rich
heritage of rice cultivation. To
that end, the festival sets up a
museum chock full of historical
information, reminding folks
that during the Colonial Period,
South Carolina was the largest
producer of rice in America.
Peanuts
A black and white photo
hanging on the office wall at
Lawson Farms shows a smiling
Laurie Lawson and his mother
Betty standing in a field surrounded by huge tobacco plants,
some with leaves stretching as
high as Laurie's ball cap.
Although tobacco hasn't grown
here since 2010, this fertile
Bobby Arnold with some of his premium sweet potatoes.
3,500 acre spread still yields
bumper crops of verdant turf
grass, sorghum, soybeans, corn,
and winter wheat, and, in recent
years, has about 300 to 400
acres dedicated to South
Carolina's latest cash crop:
peanuts.Jim
and
William
Lawson are fourth generation
farmers, tending their family's
historic Century Farm in an area
west of Darlington and east of
Lamar. Technically it has a
Hartsville address, but Jim
describes it as “the middle of
nowhere,” a beautiful swath of
country where farm fields
abound and colorfully painted
beehives are stacked in open
lots. It's perfect country for farming, and the Lawson peanut
fields are right now producing
an impressive crop. The Lawsons
say a lot has changed since their
great grandfather began farm-
ing in 1834, but the risks and
rewards associated with peanuts
present unique challenges.
“Most of our land in this area
is nice sandy, loamy land. That's
good for peanuts because they
just don't grow well in wetter
land. They tend to rot since
they're a root crop,” Jim says.
With a growing season from
early May to mid September,
peanuts are exposed to baking
summer heat and soaking rain,
and these weather extremes can
make harvesting tricky. Peanuts
need drier weather early in their
growing cycle, then require lots
of water when the pods begin to
mature, but Mother Nature
keeps her own schedule.
Coffee
Staff writer Samantha Lyles
shared the story off her sister’s
coffee farm Lisa and Leo's
Organic Coffee, grown in the fertile highlands of North Sumatra,
Indonesia in a story in
September featuring nephew
Wade Lyles. Wade trained on
complex Diedrich gas-powered
roasting machines in Omaha,
and learned techniques around
the world from Djakarta to
Australia to Singapore. He was
interviewed and photographed
roasting beans in the backyard
of his grandma's Darlington
home, his habits and standards
remain those of a professional.
Wade keeps close watch on a
small single batch roaster as the
hopper full of beans gradually
darkens from light green to copper to chocolate brown. In the
quest for a perfect medium roast
he must look and listen carefully,
watching for the right color and
waiting to hear a peculiar sound.
“It'll crack twice if you wait
long enough, but I like to drop
mine after first crack because
that's when all the gases come
out and flavor everything, and
there's just enough oil inside and
out, ” he explains.
When coffee beans crack during roasting, it sounds a bit like
clucking your tongue in the back
of your mouth. Timing here is
crucial, like listening to popcorn
kernels bursting and waiting for
the sounds to slow. Wait too long
after the initial round of cracking and you end up with slick,
burned beans that have already
expelled much of their coffee
oils.
“That's what they do with
French roast...It tastes burnt,
like water with coffee oil in it,”
Wade says. “But medium roast is
awesome.” He literally knows
the coffee business from the
ground up, and he hopes to
share that expertise with folks
here at home. Using fresh green
beans from Lisa and Leo's
Organic, Wade roasts and sells
under his own brand: Merantau
Coffee.
“I'm selling it at farmer's markets right now, and I hope to
hook up with some local coffee
shops and restaurants who want
something different,” says
foster care facility, foster parent, police or law enforcement
officer, juvenile justice worker,
undertaker, funeral home
director or employee of a
funeral home, persons responsible for processing films, computer technician, judge, or a
volunteer
non
attorney
guardian ad litem serving on
behalf of the South Carolina
Guardian Ad Litem Program or
on behalf of Richland County
CASA must report in accordance with this section when
in the person’s professional
capacity the person has
received information which
gives the person reason to
believe that a child has been or
may be abused or neglected as
defined in Section 63 7 20.
(B) If a person required to
report pursuant to subsection
(A) has received information
in the person’s professional
capacity which gives the person reason to believe that a
child’s physical or mental
health or welfare has been or
may be adversely affected by
acts or omissions that would
be child abuse or neglect if
committed by a parent,
guardian, or other person
responsible for the child’s welfare, but the reporter believes
that the act or omission was
committed by a person other
than the parent, guardian, or
other person responsible for
the child’s welfare, the
reporter must make a report to
the appropriate law enforce-
ment agency.
(C) Except as provided in
subsection (A), a person,
including, but not limited to, a
volunteer
non
attorney
guardian ad litem serving on
behalf of the South Carolina
Guardian Ad Litem Program or
on behalf of Richland County
CASA, who has reason to
believe that a child’s physical
or mental health or welfare
has been or may be adversely
affected by abuse and neglect
may report, and is encouraged
to report, in accordance with
this section.
(D) Reports of child abuse
or neglect may be made orally
by telephone or otherwise to
the county department of
social services or to a law
Wade Lyles
Arrested
Continued from 1A
(A) A physician, nurse, dentist, optometrist, medical
examiner, or coroner, or an
employee of a county medical
examiner’s or coroner’s office,
or any other medical, emergency medical services, mental health, or allied health professional, member of the clergy including a Christian
Science Practitioner or religious healer, school teacher,
counselor, principal, assistant
principal, school attendance
officer, social or public assistance worker, substance abuse
treatment staff, or childcare
worker in a childcare center or
Jim Lawson in field with peanuts.
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City Council: 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 5, February 9, March 1,
April 5, May 3, June 7, July 12, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, and December 6
Beautification Board: 8 a.m. on the third Wednesday of the
month with no meeting in July or December. Dates are January
20, February 17, March 16, April 6*, May 18, June 15, August
17, September 21, October 19, and November 16 at the Harmon
Baldwin Recreation Center, 300 Sanders St.
Board of Zoning Appeals: 5:30 p.m. Mondays on an as-needed
basis
Historic Landmarks Commission: 5:30 p.m. Monday, February 1, May 2, August 1, and November 7
Planning Commission: 9 a.m. on the third Tuesday every other
month, January 19, March 15, May 17, July 19, September 20,
and November 15 at Darlington Library, 204 N. Main St.
Tree Board: 5:30 p.m. Monday, January 25, April 25, July 25,
and October 31
Williamson Park Committee: 5:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month, January 12, February 9, March 8, April 12,
May 10, June 14, July 12, August 9, September 13, October 11,
November 8, and December 13
Joint Board Meeting of All City Boards: Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 6
p.m. at Darlington Library scheduled by the Planning Commission.
Unless otherwise noted, these meetings take place in Council
Chambers at City Hall, 400 Pearl St. All meetings open to the public.
For information, call 843-398-4000x103
or email darlingtonplanner@gmail.com
PHOTOS BY SAMANTHA LYLES
Sweet Potatoes
Just off Hwy 401 outside
Darlington, farmer Bobby
Arnold is hitting his fall harvest
stride as another crop of awardwinning sweet potatoes comes
in from the fields.
“It gets pretty busy this time
of year,” he says, noting that
with customers placing orders
and the busy agricultural fair
and festival circuit, there is some
pressure for his 30 acres of sweet
potato fields to produce the
high-quality root vegetables that
earned Arnold Farms a sterling
reputation.
Mother Nature, however, is
being a bit difficult. Harvest time
is usually late September and
early October, but getting the
last of the mature sweet potatoes
out of the ground has been complicated by massive rains in
recent weeks. As a root crop,
sweet potatoes can go bad or rot
in excessively wet soil.
“You have to worry about all
that water they're standing in
because they'll sour,” Bobby
says.
And losing any sweet potatoes would be a shame, because
these particular 'taters are
known far and wide for their
beautiful flavor. Much of Arnold
Farms' crop is the Covington
variety, with plants sporting
large, arrowhead-shaped leaves
and pink flowers. The sweet
potato it yields features smooth
rosy skin and bright orange
flesh, making it highly desirable
for use in everything from pies to
fries.
Yield in a good year is about
300 bushels per acre, though
that varies by field and by variety. Sweet potatoes do well in
the Pee Dee's sandy soil, which
Arnold calls “tobacco land” even
though he quit growing tobacco
more than fifteen years ago.
“We used to grow about 200
acres of tobacco... but I saw the
writing on the wall that it was
time to get out of it,” he says.
In fact, Bobby doesn't grow
any row crops now, but leases
out much of his 480-acre spread
for other farmers to do so.
Arnold Farms uses only certified
seed, and agents from Clemson
University Extension routinely
inspect the sweet potatoes for
quality, health, and insect activity. Bobby says they're mostly on
the lookout for potato weevils,
which have devastated crops in
other states.
Each year, Arnold saves
good, if small, sweet potatoes
to use next season as seeds.
These little ones are set down
in five-foot beds sometime in
March, weather permitting.
They require irrigation and
tending early in the growing
cycle and hotter, drier weather
as they mature.
enforcement agency in the
county where the child resides
or is found.
SECTION 63-7-410. Failure
to report; penalties.
A person required to report
a case of child abuse or neglect
or a person required to perform any other function under
this article who knowingly
fails to do so, or a person who
threatens or attempts to intimidate a witness is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not
more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more
than six months, or both.
Wade.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
DARLINGTON COUNTY
A Republican Presidential Preference Primary will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2016. A Democratic
Presidential Preference Primary will be held on Saturday, February 27, 2016. These primaries will be conducted in the polling places listed in this notice. Voters may participate in only one party's presidential preference primary. The deadline to register to vote and be eligible to vote in either Presidential Preference
Primary is January 27, 2016. The polling place locations for some precincts may be combined with others
for the primaries as allowed by law. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the polling
places designated below. These primaries will be held under the rules for providing Photo ID at the polling
place. Voters will be asked to provide one of the following Photo IDs at their polling place.
• S.C. Driver's License
• ID Card issued by S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles
• S.C. Voter Registration Card with Photo
• Federal Military ID
• U.S. Passport
If you have one of these IDs, you are ready to vote. Voters should remember to bring one of these IDs with
them to the polling place. Voters without Photo ID can get one free of charge from the Department of Motor
Vehicles or their county voter registration and elections office. Voters who encounter an obstacle to getting a
Photo ID should bring their paper voter registration card without a photo with them to their polling place.
These voters can then sign an affidavit swearing to their identity and to their obstacle to obtaining a Photo
ID and vote a provisional ballot. This ballot will count unless the county election board has grounds to believe the affidavit is false. For more information on Photo ID, visit scVOTES.org or contact your county
board of voter registration and elections.
At 9:00 a.m. on February 20, the county board will begin its examination of the absentee ballot return envelopes from the Republican Presidential Preference Primary at the Darlington County Board of Elections
and Registration, 131 Cashua Street, Darlington SC 29532. Telephone number 843-398-4900.
At 9:00 a.m. on February 27, the county board will begin its examination of the absentee ballot return envelopes from the Democratic Presidential Preference Primary at the Darlington County Board of Elections
and Registration, 131 Cashua Street, Darlington SC 29532. Telephone number 843-398-4900.
On Thursday, February 25, at 10:00 a. m. the County Board of Canvassers will hold a hearing to determine
the validity of all provisional ballots cast in the Republican Preference Primary. This hearing will be held at
the Darlington County Board of Elections and Registration, 131 Cashua Street. Darlington SC 29532. On
Thursday, March 3, at 10:00 a.m. the County Board of Canvassers will hold a hearing to determine the validity of all provisional ballots cast in the Democratic Preference Primary. This hearing will be held at the
Darlington County Board of Elections and Registration, 131 Cashua Street, Darlington SC 29532.
The following precincts and polling places will be involved in this election.
PRECINCT
Antioch
Auburn
Bethel
Black Creek -Clyde
Burnt Branch
Darlington # 1
Darlington # 2
Darlington # 3
Darlington # 4
Darlington # 5
Darlington # 6
Dovesville
Hartsville # 1
Hartsville # 4
Hartsville # 5
Hartsville # 6
Hartsville # 7
Hartsville # 8
Hartsville # 9
High Hill
Indian Branch
Kelleytown
Lake Swamp
Lamar # 1
Lamar # 2
Lydia
Mechanicsville
New Market
Oates
Palmetto
Society Hill
Swift Creek
POLLING LOCATION
Antioch Recreation Center
Centerville Fire Station
Bethel United Methodist Church
Lake Robinson Rescue Squad
Hartsville Middle School
City Hall
Pate Elementary School
Darlington High School, 9th gre bldg
Cain Elementary School
Mayo High School Gym
Brunson-Dargan Elementary School
Fire Department
First Presbyterian Church
Outreach Center
T.B. Thomas Sports Center
Old Butler Gym
Scott Center
North Hartsville Elementary School
American Legion Hut
South Darlington Fire Department
Community Center
West Hartsville Elementary School
Fire Department
Town Hall
Lamar High School
Lydia Community Center
Fire Department
Pond Hollow Fire Station
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Fire Department
Town Hall
Fire Department
ADDRESS
2462 Antioch Rd.
2380 N. Center Rd
2423 Bethel Rd.
2364 W. Old Camden Rd.
1427 Fourteenth St.
400 Pearl St.
1010 Indian Branch Rd.
501 Spring St.
607 First St.
364 Chestnut St.
400 Wells St.
511 Mont Clare Rd.
213 W Home Ave.
404 S. Fourth St.
701 W. Washington St.
1103 S. Sixth St.
201 N. Damascus Church Rd.
110 School Dr.
131 Society Ave.
4793 Hoffmeyer Rd.
2070 Indian Branch Rd.
214 Clyde Rd.
6140 Oates Hwy.
117 W. Main St.
216 N. Darlington Ave.
5069 Indian Branch Road
1932 Cashua Ferry Rd.
2225 Ruby Rd.
214 W. Seven Pines St.
1304 E. Mclver Rd.
280 S. Main St.
137 N. Center Rd.
PAGE 6A | WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, 2015
Darlington boys are Panther Classic Champions
By Will Isgett
Contributing Writer
For the second consecutive
year, the Darlington Falcon varsity boys basketball team traveled to the coast and won the
Carolina Forest High School
Panther Classic basketball tournament.
The Falcons (10-1) beat
region foe and previously undefeated Lakewood High School in
the championship game 76-68
and Frankie Johnson was named
the tournament MVP.
This years trek to the title was
much more difficult, as the tournament expanded to 16 teams
from Pennsylvania, Ohio, North
Carolina, Georgia, the District of
Columbia, Tennessee and South
Carolina.
And to win the championship
the Falcons had to win four
games in three days including
two games on the final day.
Along the way, Coach Ken
Howle’s
team
downed
Fellowship Christian 81-42,
Booker T. Washington High
School 71-45, and IDEA Charter
67-57. The Falcons faced all out
of state teams until the championship game.
In the Fellowship Christian
game, Johnson scored 19 points,
followed by Marquis Green with
15 and Tyriq Smith with 14.
The big highlight of the game
was Johnson scoring his 1,500th
career point as a Falcon varsity
basketball player. Johnson, a
Citadel basketball signee, also
played quarterback for the
Falcon football team this past
season as he passed for 1000
yards and rushed for 1000 yards.
Against a much taller Booker
T. Washington squad from
Memphis,
Tennessee,
Darlington used its full court
pressure defense in the fourth
quarter to put the Warriors
away.
The win propelled the
Falcons into the semi-finals to
face IDEA Charter School from
Washington DC, a school with
only a little over 300 students.
IDEA Charter is the defending DC Charter School team
champions and offered the
Falcons its toughest test of the
tournament.
After
trailing
the
Timberwolves at halftime by
five, Darlington outscored IDEA
44-29 in the second half to move
into the championship game.
Green lead Darlington with
23 points and Johnson added
18.
In the championship game
against the Gators, the Falcons
jumped out to a 22-7 lead after
back-to-back three pointers by
Savon Williams and led 33-20 at
the half.
The pesky Lakewood squad
hung around with the Falcons
getting as close as six points at
the 7:11 mark of the second half,
but Darlington hit 10 free throws
over the final 3:55 of the game
to seal the win.
Johnson led Darlington with
24 points, while Donovan
Johnson scored 18, Green with
14 and Williams with 11.
The Darlington Falcon boys basketball team won the Panther Classic at Carolina Forest High School for the second consecutive year.
Darlington downed teams from Georgia, Tennessee, DC and South Carolina to take home the trophy.
PHOTO BY JEFF KELLY
2015 Year in Review: Sports
Hear her roar: Stacy
Burr wins National USPA
Championship
Don’t ever underestimate
the power of a dream, or the
strength of a determined young
woman from Darlington, South
Carolina. Stacy Burr is proof of
both.
Burr began powerlifting in
October of 2014, and a mere
nine months later attended her
first national competition and
won the Juniors 20-23 age, 132
lb
National
USPA
Championship and placed 2nd
Overall in Women’s Open on
July 10, 2015 at the Golden
Nugget Hotel and Casino USPA
National
Powerlifting
Championships.
She lifted a total of 832.4 lbs
at a 131 lbs body weight in the
60 kg weight class, 20-23 age
division. She was a RAW division lifter- no knee wraps or
extra support/equipment.
Darlington
named
Junior Little League State
Champs
The Darlington Junior Little
League Baseball Team for yet
another Little League Junior
South Carolina District 5 State
Championship and the State
Bojangles’ Southern 500, his
25th career victory. Did he do
his famous back flip after a 500
mile, 4 1/2 hour race? You better believe it! The Track Too
Tough To Tame tradition
returned to Labor Day weekend
for the first time since 2003,
delighting fans with throwback
paint schemes on the cars from
the 1970’s. The Southern 500
Parade returned to the area
delighting locals and fans alike,
and the annual Car Haulers
Parade and Race Fest brought
the racing tradition home to
Darlington like never before.
Championship at the Junior
Level. Most of this year’s team
players won at State’s last year
in the Intermediate Division.
The team, coaches and their
families returned to Darlington
with a parade around the
Public Square on Wednesday,
July 22nd with their banner,
ready to represent South
Carolina at the next level.
Southern 500 and Car
Hauler’s Parade, Return
of the Southern 500
Parade
Carl Edwards came from
two laps down to win the
Lamar High School
named S.C. IA Champs
It had been over ten years
since the Lamar Silver Foxes
had been able to call themselves state champions of the
1A division.
The last time to be exact was
back on December 4, 2004
when a J.R. Boyd led Lamar
team defeated Calhoun Falls
26-0
at
Williams-Brice
Stadium, wrapping up its third
straight 1A state championship. Fast
forward
11 years later
and Lamar is once again back
pole,
on top of the totem
defeating
C.E.Murray 28-0 for
the class 1A,
division
II state
championship.
“We’re blessed,”
Lamar head
coach Corey
Fountain
said on
winning the state champi onship.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CLERK’S OFFICE
REVISED NOTICE OF HEARING AND PREFILE TESTIMONY DEADLINES
DOCKET NO. 2016-1-E
Annual Review of Base Rates for Fuel Costs of Duke Energy Progress, LLC
S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-27-865 (Supp. 2015) established a procedure for annual hearings to allow the Commission
and all interested parties to review the fuel purchasing practices and policies of Duke Energy Progress, LLC and for
the Commission to determine if any adjustment in the fuel cost recovery mechanism is necessary and reasonable.
Section 58-27-865(B) states, in part, “Upon conducting public hearings in accordance with the law, the Commission
shall direct each company to place in effect in its base rate an amount designed to recover, during the succeeding
twelve months, the fuel costs determined by the Commission to be appropriate for that period, adjusted for the over-recovery or under-recovery from the preceding twelve-month period.” Coincident with this proceeding and pursuant to
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-39-140, the Commission will also determine whether an increase or decrease should be granted
in the fuel cost component designed to recover the incremental or avoided costs incurred by the Company to implement the distributed energy resource program previously approved by the Commission.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing, pursuant to 10 S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 103-817, on the above matter has been
scheduled to begin on Thursday, June 09, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., before the Commission in the Commission’s Hearing
Room at 101 Executive Center Drive, Saluda Building, Columbia, South Carolina.
Any person who wishes to participate in this matter as a party of record, should file a Petition to Intervene in accordance with the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure on or before March 25, 2016, by filing the Petition to Intervene with the Commission, by providing a copy to the Office of Regulatory Staff and by providing a copy to all
parties of record. For the receipt of future Commission correspondence, please include an email address in the Petition to Intervene. Please refer to Docket No. 2016-1-E and mail a copy to all other parties in this docket. Any
person who seeks to intervene and who wishes to testify and present evidence at the hearing should notify, in writing,
the Commission; the Office of Regulatory Staff at 1401 Main Street, Suite 900, Columbia, South Carolina 29201; and
Heather S. Smith, Esquire, Duke Energy Progress, LLC, 40 W. Broad St., Suite 690, Greenville, South Carolina 29601,
on or before March 25, 2016. Please refer to Docket No. 2016-1-E.
For the most recent information regarding this docket, including changes in scheduled dates included in this Notice,
please refer to www.psc.sc.gov and Docket No. 2016-1-E.
INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PARTIES OF RECORD (Applicants, Petitioners, and Intervenors only):
All Parties of Record must prefile testimony with the Commission and with all Parties of Record. Prefiled Testimony
Deadlines: Applicant’s Direct Testimony Due: 4/28/2016; Other Parties of Record Direct Testimony Due:
5/19/2016; Applicant’s Rebuttal Testimony Due: 5/26/2016; and Other Parties of Record Surrebuttal Testimony
Due: 6/2/2016. All prefiled testimony deadlines are subject to the information as posted on www.psc.sc.gov under
Docket No. 2016-1-E.
Please be advised
that failure to comply with the instructions contained herein could result in your proposed witnesses’
testimony and exhibits being excluded in the subject proceeding. Additionally, please note that failure to comply with
the dates indicated may result in the DISMISSAL of your pleading.
the above
on or before
Persons seeking information about the Commission’s procedures should contact the Commission at (803) 896-5100 or
visit its website at www.psc.sc.gov.
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PETS Of THE WEEk
Ready to strike a pose, this stunning dog model is aptly
named “Princess”! She is a sleek jacketed blue pit
with impeccable manners. She is calm and thoughtful,
and enjoys meeting, mixing and mingling with other
dogs. Princess nicely meets new humans and softly
shakes her hips hoping maybe, this new human might
take her on home. 3 yrs old; female; 48 lbs; blue pit
Playful teen pup Valarie has plenty of pep in her step.
She is sure to keep her family entertained with her
high-bouncing antics. Bolder and more adventurous
than her sibling Vara, Valarie would feel most at home
in an active family and ample spirited playtime. Like
her sister, Vara she is waggy-tailed and happy and she
is generous with her kisses. 8 mos old; female;
Shepherd mix
If you have lost or found a pet, go online to www.darlingtonhumane.org and click on the
link Lost/ Found Pets. You will be directed to the www.thelostpets.com Web site where
you can register your missing pet.
You will be able to provide a detailed description of your missing pet, as well as attach a photo.
Upon registering your lost pet, an e-mail alert will be sent to the Darlington Shelter’s e-mail
address. This will allow the Shelter staff to recognize your lost pet should it arrive at the facility.
Library Youth
Programs:
Darlington Tuesdays at 4:00
p.m.
Lamar Family Movie Day:
Tuesdays 4:00 p.m.; Youth
Program: Thursday at 4:00
p.m.
Crochet & Knit Club at
the Library
Lamar: each Monday at
4:30 p.m. 326-5524
Society Hill: each Friday
from 2-4 pm 378-0026
Darlington: 2nd Friday of
the month 10 a.m. - noon 3984940
Hartsville: “The Stitchers”
group meets the 1st & 3rd
Mondays and 2nd & 4th
Thursdays at 5 pm.
Pee Dee SCORE
Pee Dee SCORE (Service
Corps of Retired Executives)
offers Free confidential counseling to America's small business, serving Darlington,
Florence and surrounding
areas. Existing and start-up
businesses can schedule an
appointment by calling the
Hartsville Chamber of
Commerce at 843-332-6401.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous will
hold an open meeting of big
book and traditions studies
weekly at 8 p.m. Monday
nights at Trinity UMC on Pearl
Street. Use Orange Street
entrance. Info: 843-395-6897.
AA meets at at the
Hartsville AA Hut, 310 S.
McFarland Street: 12 noon and
6 p.m. Monday/Wednesday;
12 noon and 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday;
and 8pm Sunday.
Al-Anon Meetings
Al-Anon is a fellowship of
adult relatives and friends of
alcoholics for mutual support.
Visitors are welcome.
Childcare is not available. AlAnon meetings:
Thursday evenings at 6 p.m.
at St. Luke UMC Parlor, 302
Dunlap Dr., Hartsville. Info:
843-992-2981.
Thursdays at 8p.m at the
Hartsville AA Hut, 310 S.
McFarland Street.
12:00 noon at the CRC Vision
Center 302 Pearl Street in
Darlington. “The legacy is
here- January 1, 1973 –
January 1, 2016.
Speaking, singing, drumming, dancing, and more.
Register children for after
school program, and celebrate a Taste from the New
Year 2016. Learn the 2016
Vision of the Year and the
special winners. For more
information, contact Mrs.
Sarah Smith at 843-393-3341
or Wilhelmina P. Johnson at
843-395-0431 or the office at
943-393-9762. Visit online
at: www.culturalrealismvision.com.
Bluegrass Concert
Come listen to great bluegrass music on Saturday,
January 2nd at 4:00 p.m.!
The Southeastern Bluegrass
Association of South Carolina
will hold monthly concerts on
the first Saturday of every
month at The Darlington
Music Hall, 1931 Harry Byrd
Highway, Darlington. Doors
open at 4 p.m. for jamming,
socializing, and open mic.
Info: www.sebga.org.
The Darlington County
Council meets on Monday,
January 4, 2016, and the first
Monday of each month at
6:00 p.m., at the Courthouse
Annex/EMS Building, 1625
Harry Byrd Highway
(Highway 151), Darlington,
SC. The Council encourages
citizen participation and provides an opportunity for citizens to present their concerns
at the beginning of each regular meeting. Those wishing to
make a presentation should
contact the Clerk to Council
at 843-398-4100 or jbishop@darcosc.com.
Darlington City
Council Meeting
The Darlington City Council
will hold their monthly meeting on January 5, 2016 and the
first Tuesday of each month at
7:00 p.m. in the City of
Darlington Council Chambers
at City Hall, located at 400
Pearl Street.
Darlington County
Disabilities and Special Needs
Board of Directors will meet
January 26, the last Tuesday of
each month (except Dec.) at
the Scott Center in Hartsville
at 5:30 p.m. The public is
always welcome. The
Darlington County Disabilities
and Special Needs Board is
located at: 201 N. Damascus
Church Rd. Hartsville. For
more info: 843-332-7252
www.dcdsnb.org
Lamar Town Council will
meet Monday, February 8th, at
5 p.m. the second Monday of
the month at town hall.
Jan. 27 - Feb. 2
Hartsville City
Council Meeting
Jan. 13 - Jan. 19
American Legion
Post 13
Jan. 6 - Jan. 12
Hartsville
Farmer’s Market
The Hartsville Farmer’s
Market is January 9, second
Saturday of each month, 9
a.m.-1 p.m. on East Carolina
Avenue. The market is a juried
show featuring locally sourced
produce as well as unique,
handmade and homemade
quality products made by local
artists, chefs and farmers. For
more information about
becoming a vendor, visit
www.mainstreethartsville.org
or call Suzy Moyd at 843-3833015.
Read-a-Thon
The Darlington branch of
the Darlington County Library
System will host a “Read-aThon” on Saturday, January
9th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be children’s stories
read during the entire time.
Come and listen to the stories
and even take a turn reading if
you like.
Lamar Town Council
Lamar Town Council will
meet January 11, 2016 at 5
p.m. the second Monday of the
month at town hall.
Darlington County
Council Meeting
The Society Hill Town
Council will hold their monthly meeting on January 12,
2016 and the second Tuesday
of each month. All monthly
meetings will be held at 6:30
p.m. at Town Hall of Society
Hill 280 South Main Street.
The Darlington Branch
NAACP meets January 12,
2016 and on the second
Tuesday every month, 7:00
p.m. at 109 Pearl Street. New
members are always welcomed. For more information
contact President Anthony
Hall at 843-229-1274 or email
to
darlingtonnaacp@yahoo.com.
Please visit our Facebook page:
Darlingtonnaacp.
Have you lost or found a pet?
Weekly events:
Story Time at the Library
Darlington: Thursdays at 10
a.m. Info: 398-4940 ext. 305.
Hartsville: Tuesdays at 10
a.m. Info: 332-5115 ext. 7.
Society Hill: Thursdays at
11:00 a.m. Info: 378-0026
Lamar: Thursdays at 11:30
a.m. Info: 326-5524
DCDSNB Board
of Directors
Darlington
Branch NAACP
The Darlington County Humane Society is located 0.5 miles
from Darlington Raceway off Highway 151 in Darlington.
Area Happenings
Society Hill Town
Council Meeting
School Board
School District Board of
Education will meet January
11, 2016 at 6 p.m. the second
Monday of the month in the
board/community conference
room at the Darlington County
School District Administrative
Annex I in Darlington.
Hartsville City
Council Meeting
City Council holds their
regular council meeting on
January 12, 2016 on the second Tuesday of each month at
6 p.m. in Council Chambers,
found on the first floor of
City Hall, 100 E. Carolina
Ave. Notification of special
meetings is provided at least
24 hours in advance, and
agendas are posted in the
alcove outside of Council
Chambers.
Work sessions are held the
first Tuesday of each month
at 6 p.m. in Council
Chambers. No action is taken
at work sessions.
American Legion Post 13 of
Darlington meets January 14,
the second Thursday of each
month at the Post on Harry
Byrd Highway next to the
South Carolina National Guard
Armory. A meal is served at
6:00 p.m. with a monthly
meeting that follows. The
nation's largest Veterans
organization invites its members, eligible Veterans, and
active National Guard/Reserve
personnel to attend.
Miss Valentine
Sweetheart pageant
The Miss Valentine
Sweetheart Pageant will be
held Sunday, January 17 at 3
p.m. at the St. John’s
Elementary School auditorium, St. Johns Elementary
Auditorium, 140 Park St,
Darlington. The pageant is a
Children's Miracle Network
fundraiser for Miss S.C. Sweet
Potato Festival Chelsea Bullock
and Miss S.C. Sweet Potato
Festival Teen Kinsley Odom.
Ages 0 to a Mrs. division will
be able to compete in valentine
wear, beauty and most photogenic. There will be an overall
winner for 0-12 years old and
13 and up, and overall signature winners. Nice sashes and
crowns will be awarded!
Jan. 20 - Jan. 26
Darlington
Professional Women
Darlington Professional
Women (DPW) will meet on
January 21, and the 3rd
Wednesday of each month at
noon at the Darlington
Country Club. DPW is an
association for local businesswomen to share lunch,
enjoy a presentation, and
network.
Darlington County
Council Meeting
Council meets on Monday,
February 1, and the first
Monday of each month at 6:00
p.m., at the Courthouse
Annex/EMS Building, 1625
Harry Byrd Highway (Highway
151), Darlington, SC. The
Council encourages citizen
participation and provides an
opportunity for citizens to
present their concerns at the
beginning of each regular
meeting. Those wishing to
make a presentation should
contact the Clerk to Council at
843-398-4100 or jbishop@darcosc.com.
Darlington City
Council Meeting
The Darlington City Council
will hold their monthly meeting on February 2, and the
7:00 p.m. in the City of
Darlington Council Chambers
at City Hall, located at 400
Pearl Street.
Feb. 3 - Feb. 9
Chamber Annual
Awards Banquet &
Celebration
The Greater Darlington
Chamber of Commerce presents The Annual Awards
Banquet & Celebration at the
Darlington Country Club on
Thursday, February 4. The
evening will begin with a social
at 6:30 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m.,
and awards program begins at
7:30 p.m. The Chamber is currently accepting applications
for the following awards: Life
Time Achievement - Citizen of
the Year - Community Pride Educator of the Year - Future
Business Leader – and Small
Business (1-99 employees)
To view guidelines and
descriptions for each award,
please contact Sabrina Derry at
sderry@darlingtonchamber.co
m or call 843-393-2641. The
deadline for nominations is
January 8. Nominations can be
mailed to 38 Public Square
Darlington, SC 29532 or fax to
843-393-8059.
Bluegrass Concert
Darlington Soil &
Water Conservation
District Board
The Darlington Soil &
Water Conservation District
Board will meet January 25 at
7:00 p.m., the fourth Monday
of the month in the Clemson
Extension Kitchen at 300
Russell Street, Room 207,
Darlington. Open to the public.
Info: 843-393-0483.
Come listen to great bluegrass music on Saturday,
February 6, at 4:00 p.m.! The
Southeastern Bluegrass
Association of South Carolina
will hold monthly concerts on
the first Saturday of every
month at The Darlington
Music Hall, 1931 Harry Byrd
Highway, Darlington. Doors
open at 4 p.m. for jamming,
socializing, and open mic.
Info: www.sebga.org.
School Board
School District Board of
Education will meet February
8th at 6 p.m. the second
Monday of the month in the
board/community conference
room at the Darlington County
School District Administrative
Annex I in Darlington.
City Council holds their regular council meeting on
February 9th on the second
Tuesday of each month at 6
p.m. in Council Chambers,
found on the first floor of City
Hall, 100 E. Carolina Ave.
Notification of special meetings is provided at least 24
hours in advance, and agendas
are posted in the alcove outside of Council Chambers.
Work sessions are held the
6 p.m. in Council Chambers.
No action is taken at work sessions.
Society Hill Town
Council Meeting
The Society Hill Town
Council will hold their monthly meeting on February 9th
and the second Tuesday of
each month. All monthly meetings will be held at 6:30 p.m.
at Town Hall of Society Hill
280 South Main Street.
Darlington
Branch NAACP
The Darlington Branch
NAACP meets February 9th
and on the second Tuesday
every month, 7:00 p.m. at 109
Pearl Street. New members are
always welcomed. For more
information contact President
Anthony Hall at 843-229-1274
or email to
darlingtonnaacp@yahoo.com.
Please visit our Facebook page:
Darlingtonnaacp.
Feb. 10 - Feb. 16
American Legion
Post 13
American Legion Post 13 of
Darlington meets February 11,
the second Thursday of each
month at the Post on Harry
Byrd Highway next to the
South Carolina National Guard
Armory. A meal is served at
6:00 p.m. with a monthly
meeting that follows. The
nation's largest Veterans
organization invites its members, eligible Veterans, and
active National Guard/Reserve
personnel to attend.
Hartsville Farmer’s
Market
The Hartsville Farmer’s
Market is February 13, second
Saturday of each month, 9
a.m.-1 p.m. on East Carolina
Avenue. The market is a juried
show featuring locally sourced
produce as well as unique,
handmade and homemade
quality products made by local
artists, chefs and farmers. For
more information about
becoming a vendor, visit
www.mainstreethartsville.org
or call Suzy Moyd at 843-3833015.
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Fresh Family Pack Thighs or
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12 oz Gwaltney Hickory Smoked
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1 lb bag Nature’s Best 41/50 ct Large
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DECEMBER 30, 2015 | PAGE 1B
2015 Year in Review: lifestyle feature stories
Sue Ingram (above) and Gay Jefffods (below) receiving hugs.
Toriana Douglas, age 9.
Above: Albert “Junie “James
Below: Lucas Dargan
PHOTO BY JANA E. PYE
Transplant for Toriana: Darlington
girl plans for liver transplant
Toriana Douglas has
endured so many doctor’s visits, tests, and hospitalizations
in her short nine years, yet she
exudes a quiet strength that
inspires so many around her.
When asked how long she
has had her illness, she replied
softly, “Since I was a baby.”
Toriana was diagnosed with
Biliary Atresia at her two-week
checkup by her pediatrician,
Dr. Bardi. Her team of liver specialists at MUSC in Charleston
are trying to keep her as
healthy as possible for a future
liver transplant; the older a
child is, the better their
chances of the transplant being
successful.
Birthday celebration of Albert
“Junie “James and Lucas Dargan
A July 18 birthday party held at the South Charleston
Road home of Lucas Dargan offered family and friends a
chance to celebrate the long lives of two Darlington pillars:
Albert “Junie” James, age 99, and Lucas Dargan, age 98.
Helping hungry kids in Lamar
Seconds after the black SUV
parks at Lamar’s Cambridge
Apartments, kids and their parents emerge with smiles and
open arms, hugging Gay
Jeffords and Sue Ingram,
catching up on their lives, and
gratefully accepting bags of
much-needed food.
Jeffords and Ingram work
together in the Darlington
County School District, and
every Thursday morning, they
meet at Lamar Elementary
School, load up the SUV and
make their deliveries as part of
the Lamar Food Busters pro-
gram, which aims to shore up
food supply gaps for children in
need.
Inspired by the work of
Carolina Kids in Hartsville and
Darlington, the ladies teamed
up with organizer Andrea
Pulling and Lamar Elementary
principal Garry Flowers in
March to establish a feeding
program for their town’s
schoolchildren. By partnering
with Harvest Hope Food Bank,
local churches and community
members,
they
garnered
enough donations to feed more
than fifty children every week.
Above: Danny Weaver prepares for his dream flight; below, Ageless
Aviation Mike Winterboer prepares to refuel.
Dream Flights over Darlington
The
Ageless
Aviation
Dreams Foundation made
dreams come true for two
dozen U.S. Veterans at the tiny
Branham’s Airport not far from
the
Darlington
Raceway
September 2 – 4. The AADF, a
non-profit organization, is dedicated to honoring seniors and
United States military veterans.
Their primary focus is individuals living in long term care
communities, but occasionally
provide flights to other veterans, such as those in the
Darlington area. Their mission
is “Give back to those who have
given.”
AADF President Darryl
Fisher from Carson City
Nevada, and fellow AADF pilot
Mike Winterboer from Oregon
flew the gold and blue Boeing
Stearman open cockpit biplane
down from North Carolina
after flying veterans from
Winston Salem, Salisbury, and
Pinehurst. The gentleman will
meet with their largest sponsor,
SportClips, during the VFW
Help a Hero SportClips 200
race at the “Track Too Tough To
Tame” and will stay for the
Bojangles’ Southern 500 race
before heading off to their next
flight locations.
“One of my ground crew
told me, this is a time machinepeople go up at (age) 90 and
come back down at 50. It puts a
spring in their step it gives
them something they haven’t
had in years.”
In addition to the flight, veterans are given a cap signed by
the pilot, and a flight certificate
is mailed to them to keep along
with a photo. They have
already confirmed they will
return for the Southern 500
weekend in 2016.
Left to right: Dr. Jim Bailey, Rev. Bobby Boston, and Cecil
Weaver.
Three former Darlington
paperboys recreate their route
Two preachers and a
pilot came home to
Darlington for a mini-class
reunion in September with
several of their classmates
from the St. John’s High
School Class of 1952, and
decided it would be fun to
ride bicycles through town
to recreate their own paper
route.
Their class had only 75
graduates, which was a
largest class to come
through the high school at
that point. The meet every
five years, but made an
exception when they heard
the three “paperboys” were
coming home.
The group met at Jewel’s
restaurant on the Public
Square, and the paperboys
did a jaunt before lunch and
parked their bicycles in
front of the bustling restaurant.
Cecil Weaver, retired
pilot for Delta Airlines, now
lives in Atlanta GA; Dr. Jim
Bailey lives in Wilmington,
N.C., and Rev. Bobby
Boston lives in Charleston,
S.C.
Brian Gandy
Brian Gandy new Darlington County
Historical Commission director
When Doris Gandy began
talking about retiring from her
position
as
Historical
Commission director earlier
this year, Brian, with his experience and enthusiasm, seemed
a natural choice as successor
and was confirmed this summer.
“I'm very fortunate that the
former historian was my mother, so I grew up in the ranks,
learning about county history
and feeling a great love for it,”
says Brian, describing the job
as “a privilege and an honor.”
Brian says he wants to lift
the Historical Commission's
public profile until everyone
understands exactly what a
treasure trove of records, photographs, family histories, and
artifacts they have at their fingertips.
“I want the name of the
Darlington County Historical
Commission to be as understood and well received as that
of the treasurer or the tax collector,” says Brian. “When you
hear it, you know who those
people are and what they stand
for. We are the storehouse of
records that represent the
foundings of this county, from
the very beginning all the way
up through last week.”
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Continued from 1B
Scaring is Caring: St. David’s Asylum
More than 70 volunteers have pitched in to create Darlington
County's must-scream event of the 2015 Halloween season: the St.
David's Asylum Haunted House in Society Hill. Crews of ghouls
got together last week to finalize their themed scare rooms and
put the final, gruesome touches on make-up and costumes.
Encouraged by the great fun and community participation at
previous haunted houses, DCFD Chief Kenny Stratton teamed
with Steven Skipper to form S&S Productions and got permission
from the Town of Society Hill to transform the vacant St. David's
Academy campus into a creepy and cool frightfest.
2nd Annual Scare on Square
The Darlington Area Recreation Department and the
Darlington Downtown Revitalization Association (DDRA)
delighted children of Darlington for the second Scare on the
Square on Thursday, October 29, The Sherwood Family –
Dorothy, Brian, Aubrey and Trevor – saved the day as The
Incredibles.
The day after the event, businesses dressed up for the DDRA
annual Costume Contest, and the winner again was- once
again- long-time champion Carolina Bank.
3rd Annual Speed and Feed
The Darlington Raceway
hosted the third annual Speed
& Feed BBQ Cook-Off on Nov.
13 and 14, luring over thirty
expert barbecue teams from
South Carolina and beyond to
compete for top honors. The
News and Press was lucky
enough to score a behind the
scenes pass to accompany one
cook team as they strove for Qglory.
Quentin and Barbara Tedder
of Beaufort cook together
under
the
team
name
“S'Lowcountry Q” (with a cres-
cent moon subbing for the
apostrophe in their logo), and
they've been on a roll of late.
Though they've only entered
about a half-dozen competitions this year, the Tedders
have taken first place at BBQ
competitions in Mullins and
Gaston.
The Tedders walked away
with 2nd Place in the event.
Pictured left: Tedders with Chip
Wile, track president of
Darlington Raceway.
Across
1. ___ Christian
Andersen
5. Medicated
lozenge
11. Stop on a crawl
14. Chill
15. "Hip Hip, ___!"
16. "___ calls?"
17. Admirer of anything French
19. On, as a lamp
20. Andrea Bocelli,
for one
21. "___ quam
videri" (North
Carolina's motto)
22. Bit of dust
23. Hush-hush
25. Muhammad's
religion
27. Light or popular music (2 wds)
32. Put one's foot
down?
33. Magical wish
granter
34. ___-friendly
38. Codeine source
41. Exclusive
42. Vestibule
44. Girasol, e.g.
46. Performance
given only once at
any one place
(hyph., 2 wds)
51. Close-knit
group
52. "Stop right
there!"
55. Face-to-face
exam
57. "Hamlet" has
five
60. Boredom
61. Family head
62. HNO2 (2 wds)
64. "___ not!"
65. Consecrate
66. Battering wind
67. Arch
68. Marked with
sinuous lines,
botany
69. Aims
Admit
Animal
Arrow
Assured
Awake
Badly
Biscuits
Brief
Burrow
Crisp
Drums
Endless
Evenly
Ferns
Forget
Headmistress
Helping
Hence
Herbs
Higher
Known
Light
Loaded
Medicines
Merry
Mists
Never
Object
Olive
Pedal
Piano
Propose
Rapid
Remark
26. Chair part
28. Chop (off)
29. Dostoyevsky
novel, with "The"
30. Bubkes
31. "Fancy that!"
34. Alien?
35. "My boy"
36. Someone visually attractive (2
wds)
37. Kidney-related
39. Bull markets
40. Buddy
43. Free from, with
"of"
45. Narrow country roads
Down
47. Granular
1. Sword handles
48. Bully
2. Acquiesce
49. Period of legal
3. Shade
minority
4. Married woman, 50. Classic yo-yo
Spanish
maker
5. Even if, briefly
53. Association of
6. Catch, in a way
persons of the
7. ___ and aahs
same trade
8. Emotionally
54. Keeps out of
stressful event
sight
9. Most robust
55. "What are the
10. Artist's asset
___?"
11. Trigger, e.g.
56. Aggravate
12. Condo, e.g.
58. Beethoven's
13. Information
"Archduke ___"
unit
59. Princes, e.g.
18. Colgate rival
62. Bother
22. Bison features 63. Adaptable
24. Apprentice
truck, for short
WORD SEARCH
Local S.C. State Alumni Association chapter honors Mayor-elect Hines
The Darlington Chapter of South Carolina State University National Alumni Association marked the milestone of the first African-American
mayor being elected with a presentation to Mayor-elect Gloria Cheeseboro Hines on Saturday, December 19th, 2015. Darlington County
Councilwoman Wilhelmina P. Johnson presented the mayor-elect with a plaque that will mark this milestone; after one year in the possession of
Mayor-elect Hines, the plaque will become a permanent exhibit in Darlington's Museum of Ethnic Culture.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Hanging of the Wreaths
Savannah Odom, a 9th grade student at Darlington High
School, told her grandfather, “Everything is decorated for
Christmas, but not the Veterans Memorial. Can we put up
some wreaths?”
Thanks to her idea, the Darlington Veteran’s Memorial had
two lovely wreaths with red ribbons displayed for the
Christmas and New Year holiday.
“I don’t think we should think of our veterans just at
Memorial Day and Veterans Day,” said Savannah. “They
risked their lives for us, and we should appreciate them all
year long.”
Savannah is in student government at DHS, and is a member of the Anchor Club.
Savannah’s grandfather, Steve Crosby, was very proud of his
granddaughter’s initiative. He served in the National Guard
for 21 years during the Vietnam era. His family has many
bricks on display at the memorial, including his father,
Weldon Crosby, WWII; his uncles Thomas Crosby and
Laurin Bryant, and a cousin, Tom Crosby.
Answers on 5B
Roars
Roast
Signed
Sings
Slows
Spoil
Spots
Steak
Straw
Tender
Tides
Tribe
Tried
Union
Upside-down
Wires
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, 2015 | PAGE 3B
Calling all indie authors and
aspiring writers in Darlington County!
By Jimmie Epling
Director
Darlington County Library System
Calling all indie authors and
aspiring writers in Darlington
County, if your New Year’s resolution is to get your story,
poem, memoir, or other writings published and read, the
Darlington County Library
System can help!
The Library is not just a
book warehouse. It is a place
where readers and writers connect! The Library is the best
place to discover and give a
new author a try. All you need
is a library card to borrow
numerous books by a bevy of
authors. If you are consumed
by the words of a new author
on who you took a chance by
borrowing his or her book for
free from the Library, you can
then invest with a clear conscious in a copy of the book
from the local bookstore or
Amazon.com. In the past year,
the Darlington, Hartsville, and
Lamar locations have hosted
author visits and signings in
our continuing effort to bring
authors and readers together.
These authors have happily
shared tales of true crime, a
daring wartime raid, a mystery
set in the world of baseball, and
a precocious cat, to name just a
few.
In the coming year, we will
not only continue to host
authors, we are offering writing workshops, access to SELFe (a free electronic self-publishing system), and a book fair.
We are happy to announce a
series of five introductory writing workshops to be taught by
C. Hope Clark, a freelance writing expert, author of the
Carolina Slade and Edisto
Island mystery series, and editor of FundsforWriters.com, a
weekly newsletter service that
reaches 40,000+ writers
(http://chopeclark.com/).
The five workshops will be
held at the Darlington Branch
on the fourth Tuesday of every
month at 6:30 p.m. beginning
January 26th.
The first will be “The Habits
of a Successful Writer” on
January 26th. In this workshop, you will discover the
pleasure of writing, learn to
plan a daily schedule to fulfill
your personal writing goals,
see how writing can be done in
small chunks of time as individual tasks, and recognize how
reading is a necessary tool to
being a writer.
A month later, on February
23rd, begin “Telling the Story
You Want to Tell – Plot
Development.” What is story
telling versus showing? Plot
development is basic and very
similar from genre to genre.
Learn the three formulas for a
short synopsis which is the bare
bones beginning of your plot,
helping you stay on task, and
understand different ways to
outline your plot.
At the halfway point, March
22nd, the workshop “From
Cardboard Cutouts to Real
People
–
Character
Development ” will help you
bring your characters to life.
Discover the types of characters
you need in a story besides the
main character. Learn how to
determine the proper point-ofview for the story, why a character arc is important, and how
to define three-dimensional
characters. Lastly, understand
why dialogue can make or
break your character, your
scene, and the entire book.
“Write It...Read It...Rewrite
It...Repeat!
Successful
Editing” on April 26th will
show you how to start with selfediting and then move out to
peers, mentors, beta readers,
and professional editors. Learn
the different types of editing
and how to recognize those
flaws that differentiate the
writings of a novice from a veteran.
The final workshop on May
24th is “Get Your Story Out
There! - Getting Published.”
Find out why having an
online presence is essential in
order to be successful and get
published, regardless of the
route you take. There are pros
and cons when it comes choosing between indie and traditional publishing you need to
know. Learn the differences
between indie/self-publishing,
small press traditional, larger
press traditional, and hybrid.
The Library can now help
you get published! Getting published has become so much easier and less expensive with the
advent of the Internet and
online publishing. You now
have a chance to get your work
published
electronically
through a system called SELF-e
and have it included in a special collection of South
Carolina authors. The South
Carolina State Library is the
first state library in the country
to make the SELF-e digital selfpublishing platform available
to all libraries and their customers in the state for free.
SELF-e, a partnership between
Library
Journal
and
BiblioBoard, enables the
Darlington County Library to
help indie and aspiring authors
get published. Authors can
upload their works for free to a
SELF-e’s online e-book collection called IndieSC. Once the
collection reaches forty books,
the IndieSC collection will go
live, allowing library customers
to read the e-books on any
device at any time. The works
of some IndieSC and other
“indie” project authors will be
selected by Library Journal to
become part of a unique library
of indie published books available to libraries across the
country.
If you are interested in getting your works published
today, all you need to do is go
to the Library’s website at
www.darlington-lib.org and
look for the SELF-e link. It will
take you to the South Carolina
State Library’s SELF-e webpage
for more information and how
to upload your book!
Lastly, on June 11th, the
Darlington County Library
System and Burry Book Store
will be hosting a book fair in
downtown Hartsville. It will be
an opportunity for readers,
book lovers, and aspiring,
indie, and seasoned authors to
connect in a celebration of
their passion, the written word.
The book fair is still very much
in the planning stages. Authors
and readers are encouraged to
check with their local branch of
the Library for updates on the
Fair.
Whether your New Year’s
resolution is to become the
writer you want to be or to read
more of the writings of your
favorite authors or discover
new ones, the Darlington
County Library System is your
connection to the world of the
written word.
More Letters to Santa
From Mrs. Baucom’s First
Grade Class at North Hartsville
Elementary School
Dear Santa Claus,
I would like for you to put
me on the nice list, not the
naughty list because sometimes I am naughty, but sometimes I am very nice. Mrs. B is
my Wardie! So I am writing
my letter to you with her
class. I wish for a toy elf just
like my elf Dandy that I can
really hold. I would like a Live
Pet to be friends with my Live
Pet named Cheese. Please
bring a few surprises. I am
going to leave you some milk
and cookies Santa!!!
Love, Bella J
I have got all A’s on my
report card. I have got all
greens (in my agenda book).
I help my mom, nana and
papa. I would like a real baby
puppy, a Leap Frog TV and
the phone watch.
Your Best friend, Ella
Gray
PS Christmas is Fun!!
I have been good in
school!! I help my mom!!! I
help my brother!! I want a
Mega Centurion, Nerf Vulcan,
PS4 and a Wii U.
Love, Ryder
PS I love you!
I help my mom. I want a
cat. I help my sister. I want a
dog. I help my brother. I want
a bouncing ball. Santa you
should bring a puppy.
Love, Angel
I make all A’s and B’s. I help
my Dad. I help my brother. I
help my Gramama. I help my
Mom. I want a new bike.
Love, Mikayla
PS Please bring me surprises!
I help Skyla and my mom. I
got all A’s!!!! I want books,
dolls, math books, makeup and
a ball!!! I love you Santa and
Ms. Claus!!!!!
Love, Elizabeth
I help my Nanny sometimes.
I love Nanny. I help clean. I
want a new pair of skates. I
want cookies and a big Teddy
Bear. I want a dog and a bird!
Love, Lily!!!!!
PS HO HO HO!!
I help my baby brother. I
want a puppy. I want a toy
truck. I want a dog.
Love, Brian
I help my mom. I am good
for my teacher Mrs.B I help my
buddies. I want a surprise
from Santa!!
Love, Xavier
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When animals feel bad, I
care about them. Can you get
me some chubby puppies,
Puppy Surprise, a 3DS and
Surprise JJ my pup?
Love, Hannah
PS I love you Santa! Merry
Christmas!!
I have been very good to my
Dad and I help my friends. I
am good at school. I want
Mega Man Smash Brothers. I
want a kitten. I want a Pac
Man I want you to surprise me
and I want a shark tooth.
Love, Andrew
I should get an American
girl doll and a puppy because
I’m nice to my brother. I get all
A’s in school, so I should get a
Barbie!!
Love, Laney Rae
PS I also want a Barbie
house!
I have been nice to my
friends and I have helped my
mommy. I have got good
grades!! I would love to have
new fairy with different
wings!!!
Love, Samantha
I clean my room. I am good
to my sister. I am good in
school. I want a telescope that
goes underwater. I want a
book, a Blaze and the Monster
Machine play set and a JJ my
jumping puppy.
Love, Caroline
I help my mom and Dad. I
work sometimes. I help Terry
because I am a good girl. I
help my mom. I want some
surprises. I help my mom and
dad. I want a new book bag.
Love, Kyra
PS I love you Santa!
I do the dishes and I have
been nice to my brother. I
want a new bike and some surprises. Merry Christmas!!
Love, Blakely
I have been a hard worker
at school every Day!! I help my
dad at the store. I help file the
bills and sell candy! I want a
robot, a treasure truck, a guitar, keyboard, and an imanext
dinosaur.
Love, Shreeji
PS
Merry Christmas
Santa!! We love you so
much!!!
I help wash the dishes and
I clean the house. I am nice to
my friends. What I want for
my Christmas presents are a
phone, and a playstation with
a dinosaur, the black bot one!
Love, Dylan
I help my mom clean my
home. I love God! I clean my
room. I want a PSP with a
pen, skates, a sketch diary
and a surprise.
Love, Savannah
PS I love you Santa!!
I got all A’s on my report
card. I got all greens in my
agenda book. I mostly love
God! I want a Ghostbusters
costume,
proton
pack,
Ghostbusters pke meter,
Ghostbusters nutrna and a
Ghostbuster surprise!
Your Ghostbuster friend,
Tristan
I help my sister. I want
some waders, a Ghostbuster
suit and a real guinea pig.
Love, Carson
I get greens on my agenda
book. I am good at school. I
love God! I want a bike, a
Frozen phone and a puppy. I
want a guinea pig.
Love, Leonia
I help my mom. I help my
mom and my dad. I want
LOTS of LEGOS!
Love, Ja’Marron “Jay”
I help my teacher. I love
my mom! I like doing my
work. Please bring me some
surprises for Christmas!
Love, Kaden
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PAGE 4B | WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, 2015
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
All persons having claims
against the following estates
MUST file their claims on
#371ES with
the
Form
Probate Court of Darlington
County, the address of which is
Room 208 Courthouse, One
Public Square, Darlington, SC
29532,
within
eight(8)
months after the date of the
first publication of this Notice
to Creditors or within one (1)
year from date of death,
whichever is earlier (SCPC 623-801, et seq.), or such persons
shall be forever barred as to
their claims. All claims are
required to be presented in
written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES)
indicating the name and the
address of the claimant, the
basis of the claim, the amount
claimed, the date when the
claim will become due, the
nature of any uncertainty as to
the claim and a description of
any security as to the claim.
Estate: Doris M Bateman
Date of Death: 11/3/2015
Case No: 2015ES1600479
Representative:
Personal
Angela Bateman McLaughlin
Address: 2301 E Bobo
Newsome Hwy, Hartsville, SC
29550
(22p3 leave in thru 12-30-15)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
#371ES with
the
Form
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate:
Wanda
Powell
McEntire
Case No: 2015ES1600477
Personal Representative: Billy
Ray McEntire
Address: 139 Mont Clare Rd,
NOTICE OF SALE
2015-CP-16-0288
BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of
the Court of Common Pleas for
Darlington County, heretofore
granted in the case of United
States of America, acting
through the Farmers Home
Administration, United States
Department of Agriculture vs.
Debbie Broadway, I, the
undersigned Special Referee
appointed under Order of said
Court, will sell on January 5,
2016 at 12:30 o'clock, p.m., at
Darlington
County
the
Courthouse,
Darlington,
South Carolina, to the highest
the
following
bidder,
described property, to wit:
ALL that certain piece, parcel
or lot of land, together with
the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the
County of Darlington, State of
South Carolina, designated as
Lot No. 12 of Block C on a plat
made by Lind, Hicks &
Associates, Surveyors, dated
December 1, 1981 and being
bounded according to said
plat, as follows: On the
Northwest by Lot No. 13 of
Block C for a distance of 200
feet; on the Northeast by portions of Lots Nos. 7 and 8 of
Block C for a distance of Ninety
(90) feet; Southeast by Lot No.
11 of Block C for a distance of
200 feet, and on the
Southwest by Rose Drive, on
which it fronts and measures
90 feet. For a more particular
description reference is hereby
made to plat above referred to,
a copy of which is filed in the
office of the Clerk of Court for
Darlington County in Plat
Book 92 at Page 133.
This being the identical property conveyed unto Debbie
Broadway by deed of the
United States of America
recorded March 4, 1988 in the
Office of the Clerk of Court for
Darlington County in Record
TMS #169-00-02-038
Property Address: 3811 Rose
Drive, Florence, SC 29501
TERMS OF SALE: For Cash,
the Special Referee will
require a deposit of 5% of the
amount of the bid (in cash or
equivalent) by 4:00 p.m., on
the sales date, the same to be
applied on the purchase price
in case of compliance, but in
case of noncompliance within
Twenty (20) days, the property shall be resold at the risk
and expense of the former purchaser. Purchaser
shall pay for the deed and necessary revenue stamps for the
deed. Purchaser to be responsible for payment of taxes and
assessments not past due at
the time of sale.
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after
the sale but compliance with the
bid may be made immediately.
The sale shall be subject to taxes
and assessments, existing easements, and restrictions and
easements and restrictions of
record, and any other senior
encumbrances.
Interest on the balance of the bid
shall be paid to the day of compliance at 9.5% per annum.
The sale will not be held unless
the Plaintiff or its attorney is
present at the sale or has
advised the Special Referee’s
office of its bidding instructions. This sale is subject to all
matters of record and any
interested party should perform an independent title
examination of the subject
property as no warranty is
given.
Haigh Porter
Special Referee
Gary P. Rish, PC
Attorneys for Plaintiff
P. O. Box 508
Irmo, SC 29063
(803) 749-1764
(22c3 leave in thru 12-30-15)
SPECIAL REFEREE
NOTICE OF SALE
(excepting Parcel Two only
from the Florence and
Darlington Counties Property
as described herein)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF FLORENCE
IN THE COURT
OF COMMON PLEAS
CASE NO 2014-CP-21-1167
BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of:
Branch Banking and Trust
Company vs. Lloyd C. Miller,
Jr., MD a/k/a Lloyd C. Miller,
Jr.; Deborah T. Miller, et al., I,
the undersigned Haigh Porter,
Special Referee for Florence
County, will sell on Tuesday,
January 5, 2016 at 11:00 AM,
at the Florence County
Courthouse, 180 N. Irby
Street, Florence, SC 29501, to
the highest bidder:
FLORENCE AND DARLINGTON COUNTIES PROPERTY
Parcel One:
Tract 1-A: All that certain piece,
parcel or lot of land with
improvements thereon situate,
lying and being in the County of
Florence, State of South
Carolina, shown as Tract 1-A
containing 5.07 acres as shown
on that certain map of the same
prepared for Lloyd C. Miller, Jr.
by Engineering Consultants,
Inc. dated March 30, 1992. Said
property may be more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron located
254.86 feet South 84° 00` 00"
East of the southeastern corner
of the Sidney Farmer tract
shown on a map recorded in
Florence County records in Plat
Book 44, Page 142, thence proceeding North 50° 46` 20° East
for a distance of 359.94 feet to
an iron; [thence turning and
running South 39 13` 40" East
470 feet to an iron]; thence
turning and running South 50°
46` 20" West for a distance of
470 feet to an iron; thence turning and running North 39° 13`
40" West for a distance of 470
feet to an iron; thence turning
and running North 50°46` 20"
East for a distance of II 0.06 feet
to the point of beginning. See
also plat dated June 13, 1996,
recorded in Plat Book 61, Page
78.
Also, an easement appurtenant to the property above
described easement appurtenant to Tract 1-A containing
5.07 acres for purposes of
ingress and egress, over and
across that certain twenty foot
wide strip of land partly in
Florence County and partly in
Darlington County, beginning
at the southeastern corner of
the Sidney Farmer tract shown
on a plat recorded in Plat Book
44, Page 142, Florence County
records, proceeding thence S
84 degrees 00` 00" East for a
distance of 254.86 feet; thence
turning and running S 50
degrees 46` 20" West for a distance of 28.17 feet; thence
turning and running N 84
degrees 00` 00" West for a distance of 994 feet, more or less,
to the eastern margin of State
Road S-16-49; thence turning
and running generally North
along the eastern margin of
State Road S-16-49 for a distance of 20.0 feet; thence turning and running S 84 degrees
00` 00" East for a distance of
739.11 feet, to the point of
beginning.
This being a portion of the
property conveyed to the
Mortgagor herein by deed of
Burnt Branch Properties, Inc.
dated March 8, 1988, recorded
in the Office of the Clerk of
Court for Florence County in
Book A-280, Page 1991 and in
the Office of the Clerk of Court
for Darlington County in Book
924, Page 691. See also deed
of Lloyd C. Miller to Lloyd C.
Miller, Jr. as recorded in the
Florence County in Deed Book
A-340, Page 2167 and deed of
Lloyd C. Miller to Lloyd C.
Darlington County in Deed
Book 1022, Page 125.
Parcel Two (this parcel has
been released from Plaintiff’s
mortgage):
Tract 1-B: All that certain
piece, parcel or lot of land with
improvements thereon situate,
lying and being in the County
of Florence, State of South
Carolina, shown as Tract 1-B
containing 1.43 acres as
shown on a map prepared for
Lloyd C. Miller by Engineering
Consultants,
Inc.
dated
October 1, 1998 and recorded
Plat Book 69, Page 317, Office
of the Clerk of Court for
Florence County.
Also, an easement appurtenant to the property above
described, for purposes of
ingress and egress, over and
across that certain twenty foot
wide strip of land partly in
Florence County and partly in
Darlington County, beginning
at the southeastern corner of
the comer of the Sidney
Farmer tract shown on a plat
recorded in Plat Book 44, Page
142, Florence County records,
proceeding thence S 84
degrees 00` 00" East for a distance of 254.86 feet; thence
turning and running S 50
degrees 46` 20" West for a distance of 28.17 feet; thence
turning and running N 84
degrees 00` 00" West for a distance of 994 feet, more or less,
to the eastern margin of State
Road S-16-49; thence turning
and running generally North
along the eastern margin of
State Road S-16-49 for a distance of 20.0 feet; thence turning and running S 84 degrees
00` 00" East for a distance of
739.11 feet, to the point of
beginning.
property conveyed to the
Mortgagor herein by deed of
Burnt Branch Properties, Inc.
dated March 8, 1988, recorded
Book A-280, Page 1991 and in
for Darlington County in Book
924, Page 691. See also deed
of Lloyd C. Miller to Lloyd C.
Florence County in Deed Book
A-340, Page 2167 and deed of
Lloyd C. Miller to Lloyd C.
Darlington County in Book
1022, Page 125.
Parcel Three:
167.9 Acres: All those certain
pieces, parcels or tracts of land
with improvements thereon,
lying partly in Darlington
County and partly in Florence
County, State of South
Carolina, having a combined
acreage of 167.9 acres and
being shown on a plat made by
R.N. Whelchel, dated May 27,
1933, and recorded in the
Florence County in Plat Book
13, Page 52, as Tracts Nos. 1
and 2; also recorded in Plat
Book "H" at Page 97 as Tracts
Nos. 1 and 2. Reference being
had to said plats for a more
complete
and
accurate
description.
Less and excepting 11.70 acres
previously conveyed to Sidney
N. Farmer by deed recorded in
for Darlington County in Deed
Book 923, Page 185 and
recorded in the Office of the
Clerk of Court for Florence
County in Deed Book A-278,
page 903.
Less and excepting Tract 1-A
and Tract 1-B from the 167.9
acres, said parcels being
described individually above
(Parcel One and Parcel Two).
property conveyed to Lloyd C.
Miller by deed of Burnt Branch
Properties, Inc. dated March 8,
1988, recorded in the Office of
the Clerk of Court for Florence
County in Book A-280, Page
1991 and in the Office of the
Clerk of Court for Darlington
County in Book 924, Page 691.
See also deed of Lloyd C.
Miller to Lloyd C. Miller, Jr. as
County in Deed Book A-340,
Page 2167 and deed of Lloyd C.
Miller to Lloyd C. Miller, Jr. as
County in Book 1022, Page
125.
LESS AND EXCEPTING: Parcel
Two above - the parcel known
as Tract 1-B, which was subsequently released by that
Partial Release of Mortgage
dated September 12, 2006 and
recorded October 20, 2006 in
Book B049 at Page 993 in the
Register of Deeds Office of
Florence County and recorded
On October 23, 2006 by the
Clerk of Court of Darlington
County in Book 1045 at Page
9069, more fully described as:
ALL that certain piece, parcel
or lot of land situate, lying and
being in the County of
Florence and partly in the
County of Darlington, State of
South Carolina, being shown
and designated as Tract 1-B
containing 1.43 acres, more or
less, as shown on a map prepared for Lloyd C. Miller by
Engineering Consultants, Inc.,
dated October 1, 1998 and
County in Plat Book 69 at Page
317, in the Office of the Clerk
of Court for Florence County.
Also, an easement appurtenant to said 1.43 acres for
purposes of ingress and egress,
over and across that certain
twenty foot wide strip of land
partly in Florence County and
partly in Darlington County.
THIS being a portion of the
property conveyed to Lloyd C.
Miller, Jr., by Deed of Lloyd C.
Miller dated May 10, 1991 and
recorded May 14, 1991 in Book
A340 at Page 2167, Office of
the Clerk of Court, Florence
County, S.C. See also Book
A280 at Page 1991, March 9,
1988. See also Deed recorded
March 9, 1988 in Book 924 at
Page 691, Darlington County
Records. Corrective Deed filed
in Book 1022 at Page 125,
Darlington County Records.
TMS
No.
00097-01-015
Florence County
TMS No. 187-00-02-081
Darlington County
Property address: 1420 N
Ebenezer Road, Florence, SC
29501
TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the
Plaintiff, will deposit with the
Special Referee, at conclusion
of the bidding, five percent
(5%) of said bid is due and
payable immediately upon
closing of the bidding, in cash
or equivalent, as evidence of
good faith, same to be applied
to purchase price in case of
compliance, but to be forfeited
and applied first to costs and
LEGAL NOTICES
then to Plaintiff's debt in the
case of non-compliance. In the
event of a third party bidder
and that any third party bidder
fails to deliver the required
deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with
the Office of the Special
Referee, said deposit being
due and payable immediately
upon closing of the bidding on
the day of sale, the Special
Referee will re-sell the subject
property at the most convenient time thereafter (including
the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.
Should the last and highest
bidder fail or refuse to comply
with the balance due of the bid
within 30 days, then the
Special Referee may re-sell the
property on the same terms
and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of
the said highest bidder).
No personal or deficiency
judgment being demanded,
the bidding will not remain
open after the date of sale, but
compliance with the bid may
be made immediately.
Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Special
Referee's Deed. The successful
bidder will be required to pay
interest on the balance of the
bid from the date of sale to
date of compliance with the
bid at the rate of 5.240% per
annum.
The sale shall be subject to
taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions
of record.
This sale is subject to all title
interested party should consider performing an independent
title examination of the subject
given by the Court, Plaintiff or
its counsel.
either Plaintiff’s attorney or
Plaintiff’s bidding agent is
present at the sale and either
attorney
or
Plaintiff’s
Plaintiff’s bidding agent enters
the authorized bid of Plaintiff
for this captioned matter. In
the alternative, Plaintiff’s
counsel, if permitted by the
Court, may advise this Court
directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event
a sale is inadvertently held
without Plaintiff’s Counsel or
Counsel’s bidding agent entering the authorized bid of
Plaintiff for this specifically
captioned matter, the sale
shall be null and void and the
property shall be re-advertised
for sale on the next available
sale date.
Neither the Plaintiff nor its
counsel make representations
as to the integrity of the title or
the fair market value of the
property offered for sale. Prior
to bidding you may wish to
review the current state law or
seek the advice of any attorney
licensed in South Carolina.
ALSO, BY VIRTUE of a decree
heretofore granted in the case
of: Branch Banking and Trust
Company vs. Lloyd C. Miller,
Jr., MD a/k/a Lloyd C. Miller,
Jr.; Deborah T. Miller, et al., I,
the undersigned Haigh Porter,
County, will sell on Monday,
January 11, 2016 at 11:00 AM,
at the Clarendon County
Courthouse, 102 South Mill
Street,
Manning,
South
Carolina, 29102:
COUNTY
CLARENDON
PROPERTY
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land situate, lying and
being in School District No. 1
of Clarendon County, State of
South Carolina, containing
1.20 acres and being bounded
now or formerly as follows: On
the North by lands of the
South Carolina Public Service
Authority; on the East by the
waters of Lake Marion which is
owned by the South Carolina
Public Service Authority; on
the South by White Oak
Section II Subdivision, by a
cul-de-sac of Wyboo Drive and
by a right of way by Shoreland
Developers; and on the West
by a right of way of Shoreland
Developers. Reference is also
made to a plat prepared by
Robert G. Mathis, Surveyor,
dated June 25, 1998, recorded
in Clarendon County records
in Plat Cabinet A, Slide 40,
Page 1, said plat being incorporated herein by this reference.
This being the same property
conveyed to Lloyd C. Miller,
Jr., by Deed of Shoreland
Developers, Inc., dated June
30, 1998 and recorded June
30, 1998 in Book A-350 at
Page 140 in the ROD Office for
Clarendon County.
TMS No. 161-15-02-034
Property
address:
1315
Conestoga Street, Manning,
SC 29102
Special Referee, at conclusion
of the bidding, five percent
(5%) of said bid is due and
payable immediately upon
closing of the bidding, in cash
or equivalent, as evidence of
good faith, same to be applied
to purchase price in case of
compliance, but to be forfeited
and applied first to costs and
then to Plaintiff's debt in the
case of non-compliance. In the
event of a third party bidder
and that any third party bidder
fails to deliver the required
deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with
the Office of the Special
Referee, said deposit being
due and payable immediately
upon closing of the bidding on
the day of sale, the Special
Referee will re-sell the subject
property at the most convenient time thereafter (including
the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.
Should the last and highest
bidder fail or refuse to comply
with the balance due of the bid
within 30 days, then the
Special Referee may re-sell the
property on the same terms
and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of
the said highest bidder).
No personal or deficiency
judgment being demanded,
the bidding will not remain
open after the date of sale, but
compliance with the bid may
be made immediately.
Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Special
Referee's Deed. The successful
bidder will be required to pay
interest on the balance of the
bid from the date of sale to
date of compliance with the
bid at the rate of 5.240% per
annum.
taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions
of record.
This sale is subject to all title
interested party should consider performing an independent
title examination of the subject
given by the Court, Plaintiff or
its counsel.
either Plaintiff’s attorney or
Plaintiff’s bidding agent is
present at the sale and either
Plaintiff’s
attorney
or
Plaintiff’s bidding agent enters
the authorized bid of Plaintiff
for this captioned matter. In
the alternative, Plaintiff’s
counsel, if permitted by the
Court, may advise this Court
directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event
a sale is inadvertently held
without Plaintiff’s Counsel or
Counsel’s bidding agent entering the authorized bid of
Plaintiff for this specifically
captioned matter, the sale
shall be null and void and the
property shall be re-advertised
for sale on the next available
sale date.
Neither the Plaintiff nor its
counsel make representations
as to the integrity of the title or
the fair market value of the
property offered for sale. Prior
to bidding you may wish to
review the current state law or
seek the advice of any attorney
licensed in South Carolina.
Haigh Porter
County
Scott and Corley, P.A.
Attorney for Plaintiff
NOTICE OF SALE
Case No. 2015-CP-16-0659
BY VIRTUE of that certain
Decree of the Court of
Common Pleas for Darlington
County, South Carolina,
heretofore granted in the case
of Pee Dee Federal Savings
Bank v. Richard P. Woodhouse
and Karen Woodhouse a/k/a
Karen A. Woodhouse, the
Special Referee for Darlington
County, South Carolina or his
agent, will sell on January 5,
2016, at 12:30 p.m., at the
County
Darlington
Darlington,
Courthouse,
South Carolina, to the highest
bidder,
the
following
described property:
All that certain piece, parcel or
lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying
and being in the Darlington
School
District
2-2,
Darlington, South Carolina,
fronting 100 feet on U.S.
Highway #52 leading from
Darlington to Society Hill and
being shown as containing .74
acres on plat made by D.J.
Wilkes, Registered Surveyor,
dated July 19, 1977, and being
bounded according to said
plat, as follows:
NORTHWEST: By lands, now
or formerly of C.W. Davis and
Mazzales Vaughn, a distance
of 338.85 feet, more or less;
NORTHEAST: By said U.S.
Highway #52 a distance of
100 feet, more or less;
SOUTHEAST: By property
now or formerly of J.H. Davis,
a distance of 103.7 feet, more
or less;
SOUTHWEST: By right-ofway of Seaboard Airline
Railway, a distance of 103.7
feet, more or less.
For a more particular description, reference is had to the
above referred plat, a copy of
which is recorded in the Office
of the Clerk of Court for
Darlington County in Plat
DERIVATION: This being that
same property conveyed to
Richard Woodhouse and
Karen Woodhouse by deed of
James H. Crouch and James B.
Crouch dated October 25,
2002, and recorded November
13, 2002 in the Office of the
County in Deed Book 1024 at
Page 2272.
TMS NO.: 164-10-01-070
ADDRESS: 321 Main Street,
Darlington, South Carolina
Special Referee or his agent, at
the conclusion of the bidding,
five (5%) percent of the bid, in
cash or equivalent, as evidence
of good faith, same to be
applied to purchase price in
case of compliance, but to be
forfeited and applied first to
costs and then to Plaintiff’s
debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and
highest bidder fail or refuse to
make the required deposit at
the time of the bid or comply
with the other terms of the bid
within twenty (20) days, then
the Special Referee or his
agent may resell the property
on the same terms and condi-
tions on some subsequent
sales day at the risk of the said
highest bidder.
Darlington County taxes and
assessments and to existing
easements and restrictions of
record.
Purchaser to pay for the preparation of the Deed, documentary stamps on the Deed,
recording of the Deed, and
interest on the amount of the
bid from date of sale to date of
compliance with the bid at the
contract rate of interest.
Attention is drawn to the
Court Order on file with the
County. The terms and conditions of the actual Court Order,
to the extent of any inconsistencies, control over any terms
or conditions contained in the
Notice of Sale.
As a deficiency judgment is
being waived, the bidding will
not remain open and the sale
will close on the day of the
sale.
If the Plaintiff or its representative does not appear at the
scheduled sale of the abovedescribed property, then the
sale of the property will be
null, void and of no force and
effect. In such event, the sale
will be rescheduled for the
next available sales day.
The Honorable Haigh Porter
Special Referee for Darlington
County
Florence, South Carolina
Suzanne Taylor Graham Grigg
NEXSEN PRUET, LLC
Post Office Drawer 2426
Columbia, SC 29202
(803) 771-8900
Attorneys for Plaintiff
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
Notice is hereby given that
LDB, Inc. intends to apply to
the
South
Carolina
Department of Revenue for a
license/permit that will allow
the sale and on premises consumption of Beer, Wine and
Liquor at 1125 North Main
Street, Darlington, SC 29532.
To object to the issuance of this
permit/license, written protest
must be postmarked no later
than January 8, 2016.
For a protest to be valid, it
must be in writing, and should
include the following information:
(1) The name, address and
telephone number of the person filing the protest;
(2) The specific reasons why
the application should be
denied;
(3) That the person protesting
is willing to attend a hearing
(if one is requested by the
applicant);
resides in the same county
where the proposed place of
business is located or within
five miles of the business; and,
(5) The name of the applicant
and the address of the premises to be licensed.
Protests must be mailed to:
S.C. Department of Revenue,
ABL SECTION, P.O. Box 125,
Columbia, South Carolina
29214-0907; or faxed to (803)
896-0110.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
West Oil, Inc. DBA Lotto Land,
intends to apply to the South
Carolina Department of
Revenue for a license/permit
that will allow the sale and off
premises consumption of Beer
and Wine at 914 South 5th
Street, Hartsville, SC 29550.
To object to the issuance of this
permit/license, written protest
must be postmarked no later
than January 8, 2016.
For a protest to be valid, it
must be in writing, and should
include the following information:
(1) The name, address and
telephone number of the person filing the protest;
(2) The specific reasons why
the application should be
denied;
is willing to attend a hearing
(if one is requested by the
applicant);
resides in the same county
where the proposed place of
business is located or within
five miles of the business; and,
(5) The name of the applicant
and the address of the premises to be licensed.
Protests must be mailed to:
S.C. Department of Revenue,
ABL SECTION, P.O. Box 125,
Columbia, South Carolina
29214-0907; or faxed to (803)
896-0110.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Flossie Vassy Wells
Case No: 2015ES1600480
Personal
Representative:
William Pope Wells, Jr.
Address:
8200
Scotch
Meadows Drive, Laurinburg,
NC 28532
Attorney: Eugene P. Warr, Jr.
Address: Lucas, Warr & White,
2917 West Palmetto Street,
Florence, SC 29501
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
#371ES with
the
Form
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: James Oscar Stewart
Case No: 2015ES1600489
Representative:
Personal
Camilla H Stewart
Address: 1829 White Pines
Drive, Hartsville, SC 29550
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
within
eight(8)
29532,
Estate: Myrtle Rachel Cain
Case No: 2015ES1600476
Representative:
Personal
Louise P Wright
Address: 106 Jessamine Street,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
#371ES with
the
Form
within
eight(8)
29532,
Estate: Susan Marie McGahan
Case No: 2015ES1600486
Personal
Representative:
Sarah Kathleen Powell
Address: 1216 N Kershaw
Street, Timmonsville, SC
29161
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Robert Chandler
Sanders, Sr
Case No: 2015ES1600484
Personal
Representative:
Dorothy Hicks Sanders
Address: 1044 Timmonsville
Highway, Darlington, SC
29532
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
29532,
within
eight(8)
Johnnie
Mae
Estate:
Stembridge
Case No: 2015ES1600470
Personal
Representative:
Alicia Monique Smith
Address: 1312 Myrtlewood
Drive, Darlington, SC 29540
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
#371ES with
the
Form
29532,
within
eight(8)
Hope
Windham
Estate:
Copeland
Case No: 2015ES1600427
Personal
Representative:
Rueben Barry Copeland
Address: 768 E Lynches River
Road, Lamar, SC 29069
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
within
eight(8)
29532,
Oliver
Franklin
Estate:
Rockholt
Case No: 2015ES1600482
Personal
Representative:
Rebecca Haney Rockholt
Address: 1043 Woodman
Drive, Hartsville, SC 29550
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Marie Moore Gainey
Case No: 2015ES1600481
Personal
Representative:
Harvey Preston Gainey
Address: 2764 Antioch Road,
Hartsville, SC 29550
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Virginia E Davis
Case
Number:
2015ES1600492
Personal
Representative:
Ginger D Freeman
Address: 1107 Greenleaf Road,
Hartsville, SC 29550
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1177 Wildshall Rd --- 4 bedrooms, 4
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DE R
UN1,665
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RESIDENTIAL
114 Alabama Drive—3 BR, 2 BA, 203 Spring Street—3 BR, 2 BA,
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2285 SF—$134,500
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900 SF—$54,900
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103-105
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23ctfn
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call (843)393-8084
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and 2 bath brick home. Hardwood floors,
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acres available for purchase. Must see to
appreciated. $149,900
220 Belvin St-3 bedrooms, 2 baths,
2,215 sq ft-$139,900 - REDUCED
313 Lawson Rd--3 bedrooms, 2 baths,
1,460 sq ft--$139,900
413 Mustang Rd-4 bedrooms, 2 baths,
1,428 sq ft -$110,000 – REDUCED
1039 W. McIver Rd-3 bedrooms, 2
NT RA CT
DEsqRft CO
UN1,632
$92,900
baths,
417 Eastburn Ct -- 3 bedrooms, 2
baths, 1,021 sq ft -- $79,900 Seller
will pay buyer's closing cost with
an acceptable offer.
313 Moses Drive -- 3 bedrooms 1 bath,
1,426 sq ft -- $65,000
2048 N. Governor
CT - 3
NT RA Hwy
R COWilliams
UN DE2 baths,
bedrooms,
1,632 sq ft $49,900
COMMERCIAL LAND
Williams Hwy--Great opportunity to own prime real estate on Hwy 52. Septic tank and
water $39,900
COMMERCIAL LISTING
110 Blue Street--Commercial building with 600 sq ft and batting cage. Great opportunity to
own your own business. Located directly across from the recreation ball field.
Motivated seller bring all offers $25,000
2244 Harry Byrd Hwy - Commercial bld. 11,684 sq ft metal building. Sits on 4+ acres
of land. 6 ft fence around perimeter of property. Currently used as an office, warehouse,
& Restaurant/lounge. Plenty of office area. 5 restrooms. 5 car detached garage at rear of
property. Lots of potential uses. Conveniently located 4 miles from Darlington Raceway.
Close to Hartsville and I-20. Owner will do some financing with a substantial down payment.
Call today to see this property. Priced at $850,000 – REDUCED
121 Sanders Street – 16 unit apartment complex. 2 bedrooms and 1 bath,
871 sq ft in each unit. Great Investment opportunity. 100% occupied with
great rental history. Property also has office space available. Apartment
complex is on the corner of Sanders and Wells Street. Within walking
distance to downtown Darlington. – Priced at $530,000. Bring all offers.
435 Sartor Dr--60 X 40 metal building, 6" concrete floors, front and back
walk through doors, 3-16 ft rolling doors on front of building, 1-16 ft rolling
CTa 6 ft chain link fence
RAhas
door on the backside toUN
allowDE
drive-thru.
Property
R CO NT
around the property lines. Great place for a construction company or trucking
Company. 3-4 acres of land. Exact acreage to be determined. $75,000.00
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BIC/Owner/Auctioneer SCAL#3103 - Cell: 339-7505
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Realtor
843-307-4035
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Realtor
843-206-4187
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Appraiser CR-2868
Cell: 245-3103
Answers from 2B
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Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate
School is a coeducational, nondiscriminatory, college-preparatory day school serving students
in grades seven through twelve
located in Darlington, South
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Trinity-Byrnes fosters development of every student’s intellect and character through
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LAND AND LOTS
Owner financing available on some lots
Lot J Remount Heights II - cleared with Lot F Jeffords Mill Rd---cleared, .70 acres-----$12,000
septic tank - $15,000
Lot A Jeffords Mill Rd---cleared, .72 acres---- Great Cypress Rd-1.50 acres, septic tank and
county water, --- $8,000
-$12,000
Lot D Jeffords Mill Rd---cleared, .72 acres----$12,000
Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate
School participates in the
2015 Hour of Code
All 225 students in grades 712 spent an hour this week participating in the worldwide Hour
of Code as part of Computer
Science Education Week. A onehour introduction to computer
science, it is designed to demystify coding and show that anybody can learn the basics, using
Star Wars, Minecraft and Frozen
tutorials.
According to Hadi Partovi,
founder and CEO of Code.org,
"The Hour of Code is designed
to demystify code and show that
computer science is not rocketscience, anybody can learn the
basics.”
“We need to encourage and
embrace our students’ interest
in computer science,” said math
& computer science teacher,
Angie Garrett. “Every student
deserves the chance to learn
computer science to access the
best careers of the 21st century.”
Over 100 million students
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RESIDENTIAL
509 Cashua Ferry Road—Location!!! Super brick home in good condition in Woodcrest; across the road from Darlington Country Club subdivision. One story smooth ceilings. Many floors wood, dentil molding around
fireplace in living room. Wood paneling in 4th bedroom (currently used as
home office) with built-in desk. Some cosmetic updates needed but in movein condition. Front covered porch. $129,000
LAND
Lot 65 Nez Perce Drive-1.2 Wildshall Subdivision-Call for
Acres—$40,000
info
201 & 202 Redwood Dr—.42 TBD
Evangeline-.31
AcreAcres—$12,000
$25,000
203 & 204 Redwood Dr—.5 Tract A, 52 By-Pass & Rd 409—
Acres—$12,000
.70 Acres—$12,000
TBD Timberlake Dr—Palmetto Tract B, 52 By-Pass & Rd 409—
Shores,.69 AC—$40,000
1.38 Acres—$25,000
Lot 1 Wyandot—1.35 Acres— TBD Smith Avenue—7 Acres—
$50,000
$325,000
Lot 17 Wyandot-1.07 Acres$40,000
Appraisals
Pate Elementary Terrific Kids for December
The Pate Elementary School Terrific Kids for the month of December had a special guest when Coach
Ken Howle, Varsity Basketball Coach for the Darlington High School boys team talked to the children
prior to their awards.
Joining our Terrific Kids are Coach Ken Howle, David Vaughan from Darlington Kiwanis, and members of the Darlington High Key Club: Kyra March, Deashia Benjamin, Jenorris Flynn and Damian
Porter.
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Notice of Public Hearing
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at
5:30
P.M.
Courthouse
Annex/EMS Building 1625
Harry Byrd Highway (HWY
151) Darlington S.C. 843-3984610.
there will be a Public Hearing
before the Darlington County
Planning Commission on the
date & time stated above to
receive comments on the following proposal.
Innovative Solar 93, LLC is
proposing to build solar farm
on the property identified as
Tax Map # 080-00-01-013
located on the northwest side
of Flinns Road between Swift
Creek Rd & W Billy Farrow
Hwy, the entrance for which
will be approximately 2300
feet southwest of the intersection of W Billy Farrow Hwy.
Anyone wishing to present an
opinion on this proposal may
do so at this time. For questions,
please
call
the
Darlington County Planning
Department at 843-398-4610.
Assistance will be provided to
accommodate the special
needs of handicapped persons
attending the meeting upon
request. Special assistance
requests should be made to
Planning Department at 843398-4610 (TDD 843-3984941) seventy–two (72) hours
prior to the scheduled public
hearing.
PAGE 6B | WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, 2015
Meet the Dancers!
Dancing with the Stars of Darlington
County fundraiser for Pee Dee Coalition
By Jana E. Pye
Editor
editor@newsndpress.net
The next Dancing with the
Stars of Darlington County
fundraising event for Pee Dee
Coalition Pee Dee Coalition
Against Domestic and Sexual
Assault will be held on
Thursday, January 28 at the
Center Theater in Hartsville,
and the 13 dance team pairs
have been hard at work perfecting their routine. Each
local celebrity is paired with a
professional dancer, and the
pair will compete for the winner of the event, and the
People’s Choice Award winner
from votes purchased by fans
before and during the event.
The public is invited to vote for
their favorite couple for the
People’s Choice Award at the
DWTS website www.darlingtoncountydancingwiththestars.com.
The event is a major
fundraising effort to raise
money for Pee Dee Coalition to
assist victims of domestic
abuse and sexual assault.
The fourth in the series
introducing the pairs are the
dance teams of: Gary De Santis
(Professional) & Sandi Brown
(Celebrity)
and
Ariadne
Roberts (Pro) & Jamie Harvey
(Celebrity).
Sandi Brown:
After 22 years in the nuclear
power industry as a licensed
reactor operator in the control
room and a manager in various
other departments, Sandi has
recently taken a leap of faith;
she bought and renovated
Burry Bookstore - the wonderful independent bookstore
opened by Charles Burry that
has served the community for
43 years. Sandi’s vision for the
store is that it is “a place to
come and find community as a
family and where the dreams of
the people in the community
grow wings.”
When asked what she likes
to do for fun, she likes to say a
little bit of everything and not
much of anything. She loves to
play, whether in tennis, kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding, running, bicycling, or
…dancing! She loves adventure, whether it is in business,
or snow skiing, or skydiving.
She wants to be “in the game”
rather than watching from the
sidelines.
After watching
Dancing with the Stars several
times, she finally decided to
step in, step to it, and can’t wait
to step out onto the dance floor
to make a difference in people’s
lives.
Her personal life mission is
to change the face of business,
especially in STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and
Math) industries, to more
closely match the “face” of the
community; more women and
minorities. She feels that in
doing so, many other social
issues like domestic and sexual
assault and abuse become less
prevalent.
Gary De Santis:
Gary moved to South
Carolina in 2012 from Las
Vegas. He works for McLeod
Regional Medical Center managing their valet department,
and for Five Star BMW and
Mercedes Benz of Florence as a
Product
and
Delivery
Specialist. Gary says, “Though
these industries are very different, one thing brings them
together, the people. I feel that
empathy and compassion are
very valuable not only in a profession, but in every day interaction.”
Gary shared how he became
involved with the DWTS, and
why:
“A friend of my wife and I
had mentioned the Pee Dee
Coalition a few times and had
recently mentioned that they
were in search of another male
dancer. When she informed me
of the cause, I knew I just had
to be a part in it. I’m not a formally trained dancer, or a ‘professional.’ I grew up as a street
dancer and B-Boy (break
dancer) and it has opened
some impressive doors for me!
I’m proud to be a part in this
cause.”
Dr. Jamie Harvey:
Jamie, known as “Boo” to
those close to him, grew up in
Goose Creek, S.C. as one of 7
kids. His family moved to
Florence when he was in high
school, and he graduated from
West Florence High School. He
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DDRA donation to Trinity UMC
The Darlington Downtown Revitalization Association Director Lisa
Rock presented the Rev. Chris Lollis with a donation from the proceeds from the DDRA Downtown Christmas Market. Trinity United
Methodist Church allowed the DDRA to use its facility for the event
that drew more than 20 vendors, seven musicians, and hundreds of
shoppers on December 12.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Gary De Santis (Professional) & Sandi Brown (Celebrity) – Dance
Style: Lindy Hop
Ariadne Roberts (Pro) & Jamie Harvey (Celebrity) – Dance Style:
Tango
PHOTO BY STEVE ROOS
PHOTO BY STEVE ROOS
spent two years as a missionary
for the LDS Church in the
Philippines. Upon returning to
the states, he met and married
his beautiful wife, Amber
Watson Harvey, a Hartsville
native. The couple have three
children, Myah, age 8; Doss,
age 5: and Sullivan, age 2. Dr.
Harvey received his DMD from
The Medical University of
South Carolina and works at
Hartsville Family Dentistry.
Jamie loves all sports and is
an avid Clemson fan. He shares
that he is proud to call
Hartsville home, and is excited
to be a part of Dancing with the
Stars and supporting the fight
against domestic and sexual
assault.
Ariadne Roberts:
Ariadne is a senior at
Trinity-Byrnes
Collegiate
School, and enjoys cheerleading, playing soccer, and running track for the Titans.
She has been a dancer her
entire life, and as danced with
the South Carolina Dance
Theatre for eleven years. In
addition to dancing, she models for local clothing stores in
Florence.
Ariadne shared how she
became involved with the
DWTS, and why:
“I’ve been a strong supporter against domestic and sexual
assault, and this event allows
me to contribute towards this
cause. I am extremely honored
that this organization has
allowed me to participate this
year.”
This year’s event will be held
Thursday, January 28, 2016 at
the
Center
Theater
in
Hartsville. It will feature an
“Old Hollywood” theme with
dances, decorations and items
reminiscent of the 1920’s, 30’s,
and 40’s.
The Pee Dee Coalition
Against Domestic and Sexual
Assault is a non-profit, volunteer based organization serving
eight counties in the Pee Dee
Region of South Carolina.
Sadly, South Carolina ranks #1
in the United States for deadly
violence against women. The
Pee Dee Coalition hopes you
will join them in this fundraising effort.
For more information, call
843-206-1838
or
email
DarlingtonCountyDWTS@gma
il.com.
Visit
their
website:
www.darlingtoncountydancingwiththestars.com to vote for
your favorite couple for the
People’s Choice Award.