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Bob Drake with the United Way presents an award to Superintendent J.R. Green.
Fairfield School District rocks Midlands UW campaign
Kevin Boozer Staff Writer BLAIR — The Fairfield County School District is number one. It’s number one in the Midlands for the increase of money it raised for the United Way, that is. At the March Fairfield County School Board meeting, FCSD campaign director Yolande Montgomery reported a 477 percent increase in the fund-raising campaign compared to last year. Geiger Elementary led the way with 100 percent participation. The district of...
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Magnet School slots still available
WINNSBORO — A limited Number of Magnet School slots remain available for 2013-2014. Applications for Fairfield Magnet School for Math and Science can be picked up at the Fairfield County School District Office, or they can be printed from the district’s website. All students in grades child development 4 (4-year-olds only) through sixth grade for 2013-2014 are eligible to apply for limited slots in each grade level. Remaining slots will be ...
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Mayoral Candidate Bill Haslett, center, provides his vision of Winnsboro in the candidate forum. Seated beside him are his two opponents Michael Davis and Roger Gaddy, who shared their leadership styles and vision as well.
Municipal elections are Tuesday, new law in effect
Kevin Boozer Staff Writer WINNSBORO — April 2 marks the first time since 2009 that Winnsboro will hold municipal elections. Any resident within Winnsboro town limits can vote for mayor but only residents of District 2 or District 4 can vote for town council candidates. For this election there are five precincts: • The Hickory Ridge precinct at Blackjack Baptist Church will be open but only for town residents to vote there since these ...
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Weather recorder volunteers needed in Fairfield County
Kevin Boozer Staff Writer WINNSBORO — What if there were a way to extend March Madness in Fairfield County this year? Thanks to the Community, Collaborative, Rain, Hail and Snow Network Program there is. The CoCoRaHS engaged in a March Madness campaign to recruit volunteer weather observers to partner with the S.C. Office of Climatology. The volunteers who make up the March Madness recruitment blitz will be in action the entire year and...
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Council approves capital expenditures
Kevin Boozer Staff Writer WINNSBORO — Procurement issues highlighted Tuesday’s Winnsboro Town Council meeting during which council approved the purchase of a zero-turn 52-inch deck Procat mower. Billy Castles, director of Streets and Sanitation, made the request since the Great Dane mower budgeted is no longer available. The mower that is available would cost the town $1,099.82 more than what was allocated. William Medlin presented th...
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SCE&G to test emergency sirens for V.C. Summer
JENKINSVILLE – SCE&G will conduct a test of its V.C. Summer Nuclear Station siren warning system April 2 at approximately 1 p.m. During the test, SCE&G will sound the sirens located within a 10-mile radius of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield County near Jenkinsville. As part of the plant’s regular testing program, all sirens surrounding the plant are sounded each year for three minutes and each quarter for less than a minute. ...
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Four-year-old twins Sindey and Emma Burnette were in Irmo visiting their grandparents who brought the four-year-olds over for the outing.
All aboard for an Egg-xceptional afternoon
WINNSBORO — Parents, grandparents and young children had an egg-ceptional time at the S.C. Railroad Museum on Saturday, despite cold, rainy and dreary weather. The event marked the first time that museum officials had two trains running simultaneously on the tracks, which enabled them to carry more customers. Visitors hailed from as far away as Augusta or York and from as nearby as the Greenbrier community in Winnsboro. The Church of the ...
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Making a chain, such as this, is the first step in crochet.
Crochet group connects just in time
WINNSBORO — A hobby has grown into a labor of love that now extends beyond Fairfield County, miles beyond and above it in fact. They have been making sweaters and hats for about 10 years and sending them to needy children worldwide through the Knit for Kids program (www.knitforkids.org). Children in mountainous regions of Guatemala, North America and Appalachia might stay warm enough during the day, but at high elevations the temperature dr...
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Taking a close look at the Holy See
WINNSBORO — This Holy Week many Christians attended Palm Sunday services and will observe both Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. For Catholics, in particular, this Holy Week is different from last year since there now is a new pope, Pope Francis I who replaced Pope Benedict XVI a few weeks ago. Or are things all that different? Father Andrew Trapp with St. Theresa’s Catholic Church said that although there is a new person in the chair at t...
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Kristen Irby
Irby is RWA Student of the Week
WINNSBORO — Kristen Irby has been selected as Richard Winn Academy’s “Student of the Week” by her technology teacher, Callie Ladd. Kristin possesses excellent computer skills. She catches on to new content quickly and easily and is able to manipulate applications and produce documents quickly. Kristen is able and willing to explain concepts to other students, helping them when a new idea may be difficult. Kristen is always well behaved at sch...
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Vincent Frank
Frank is Fairfield County Student of the Week
WINNSBORO — The Academic Student of the Week for The School District of Fairfield County is Vincent Frank, an 11th-grade student at Fairfield Career and Technology Center. Vincent puts forth excellent effort in his graphics class, which helps to improve the performance of classmates and the Graphics program. His average through three grading periods is 99.7. Vincent represents the graphics program in competitions. He and classmate Jada Mart...
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Candidates Stan Klaus, Sonya Cookie Kennedy, Jack Wilkes, Pam Smith, Michael Davis, Bill Haslett and Roger Gaddy took part in Thursday night's political forum.
Candidates participate in poltical forum
WINNSBORO — A large crowd filled the Winnsboro Woman’s Club last Thursday for a forum with candidates running for mayor of Winnsboro and for Winnsboro Town Council. Winnsboro attorney Mike Kelly moderated the event, during which the candidates spoke on a variety of topics. What follows is a summary of points of the forum discussion. Issues facing Winnsboro Mayoral candidate Michael Davis saw the top two issues facing Winnsboro as water ...
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Incumbent Wilkes states political platform
WINNSBORO — The April 2 municipal election in Winnsboro will decide the outcome for three seats: District 2, District 4 and the mayor’s seat. District 2 candidates are Sonya Kennedy and Stan Klaus, and the three mayoral candidates are incumbent Mayor Roger A. Gaddy, Town Councilmen Bill Haslett and resident Michael L. Davis. All five have been previously profiled in The Herald Independent. District 4 candidates are challenger Pam Smith an...
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Mighty Mac is looking for a forever home. Might it be yours?
Mighty Mac is Pet of the Week
WINNSBORO — Big Mac is a handsome tuxedo cat and has been raised inside only. He has never been outside. He is sweet, quiet and very loving. Visit Mac at the Fairfield Adoption Center’s “Cat Cottage” located behind the Midlands Tech school on Highway 321 Business. The center needs people to adopt animals and also needs canned cat and dog food, leashes and collars. The center also has a spay/neuter special running through May.
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Low cost spay/neuter program comes to Fairfield County
WINNSBORO — A Youtube video shot partially in Chester could have a lasting effect on Fairfield County, particularly its furry inhabitants. That video created enthusiasm for an area spay/neuter event that reached 300 animals in a single day. With those results in mind, Fairfield County is holding a similar program in March, April and May offering low cost spaying and neutering for $55 per animal. That savings is considerable compared to a ve...
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Yahya Abdul Salaam
Man arrested on child pornography charges
WINNSBORO — A 50-year-old Fairfield County man was arrested on charges of second-degree burglary and second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor (possession of child pornography) after his bicycle was identified on a surveillance video taken March 12 inside Fairfield Middle School. Yahya Abdul Salaam, of Flora Circle, was arrested March 19 by the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department on trespassing charges after deputies responded to a cal...
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Community liaison visits Rotary
WINNSBORO — Jackie Workman, community liaison for Fairfield County, was a recent guest speaker at a meeting of the Winnsboro Rotary Club. She was the guest of Rotarian Marilyn Butler. Workman explained that her position as Community Liaison is to create a positive, supportive bridge between county government, Midlands Technical College (Quick Job Center), WIA, Midlands Fatherhood Coalition and area businesses. She is primarily responsible...
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Rotarians given update on hospital
WINNSBORO — Fairfield Memorial Hospital is making strides in the services it offers patients, including new clinics and technology that can help diagnose stroke patients, the Winnsboro Rotary Club learned recently. Tim Mitchell, CFO of Fairfield Memorial Hospital, and Mary Lynn Kinley, public relations director, presented an update to the Rotary Club. They were the guests of Rotarian Mike Williams, CEO of Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Duri...
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Fairfield schools honored for academic achievement
WINNSBORO — Two areas schools were honored when the South Carolina Department of Education announced the recipients of the Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards for the 2012-2013 school year. The Fairfield Magnet School for Math and Science was awarded a Palmetto Gold Award for student performance on PASS (Palmetto Assessment of State Standards) testing, while Fairfield Central High School received a Palmetto Silver Award for performance as measu...
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Jazelle Bailey designed this new logo to represent the district's new excellence through teamwork mantra.
School board discusses books, band and bonds
BLAIR — Books, bonds and band uniforms were a few of the items discussed at length in March at the Fairfield County School Board meeting. Several residents from the Lake Wateree area turned out to make their voices and presence heard about millage rate increases and new school construction. Those residents, represented by Charles Stogner, wondered if the district was within its legal and ethical rights to have the school board assess a mi...
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Fairfield Memorial CEO Mike Williams addresses county council.
Fairfield Memorial outlines plans to be fiscally sound
WINNSBORO — Leaders from Fairfield Memorial Hospital met Monday night with Fairfield County Council and outlined goals to help the rural hospital gradually increase its fiscal health and expand its services. Changes to health care from Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, and Gov. Nikki Haley’s pledge not to accept federal funding for South Carolina that would help struggling rural hospitals are two things keeping the hospital planners wo...
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Students from Kelly Miller Elementary met with author Dinah Johnson.
Pictures really are worth a thousand words
COLUMBIA — Fairfield County students benefited from local literacy networking on March 11, because thanks to connections from county librarian Sarah McMaster and Fairfield County storyteller Frankie O’Neal, they were able to participate in a art and literacy initiative for third-graders. Called All Around the Town: All Around the State, the event took place at the Columbia Museum of Art. Organizers took aim at bridging the third grade rea...
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“It’s A Mad, Mad, March”
It is truly amazing how the young (and not-so-young) mind is driven by the “next event”. Even though we are only midway through the Month of March, young people all across the country are looking forward to spring break. Teachers are preparing for the next test. Parents are pensively awaiting the next set of report cards. And, practically the whole world is already making plans for the weekend ahead. While the world is flashing forward, who...
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Rotarians learn about new Voter ID law
WINNSBORO — Debby Stidham from the Fairfield County Voter Registration Office recently talked to the Winnsboro Rotary Club about the voter ID law. She was Rotarian Marvin Allen’s guest. Stidham is the director of the Voter Registration. With the recent change in the voter ID law, the S.C. Election Commission is about the business of educating the public about the changes. The most important change is that a photo ID is now required for vo...
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