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The Lexington County Lady Blowfish, sponsored by the Lexington County Blowfish, 12 and under team won the Top Gun softball championship this past weekend in Sumter. Front row starting from left: Jaden Ekovich, Madison Strait, Ella Samford, Aubri Dunigan and Kiley Samford. Standing starting from left: Brittany Bevel, Sammie Lackey, Breanna Brown, Kinsley Potter, Samantha McCarson, Mackayla Backman and Samantha Carpanter. Coaches in back starting from left: Dugout coach Jack Dominick, Assistant coach David McCarson and head coach Chad Carpenter.

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5. In Mark 6:9, Jesus tells his disciples not to put 1. Is the book of Labor in the Old or In the Bible’s King on two ...? Sandals, Coats, New1. Testament or neither? James translation there are 2. From 1 Kings 5, how many thou- Headdresses, Girdles sand menthan comprised the labor force more how many refthat King Solomon raised? 1, 5, 10, 30 erences to gems and pre3. In Ecclesiastes 4, how many are better one because ciousthan stones? 100, they 500,have a good reward for their labour? Two, 1,700, 2,200 ANSWERS: Three, Five, Seven 1) 1700 4. From Exodus 20, how many days shalt2. thou labourbook and dorecounts all thy work? Which 2) Hebrews Two, Four, Six, Seven the story of the Israelites 3) 200 5. What son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor in in David’s kingdom? wandering the desert for 4) Cana of Galilee Baal, Adoniram, Cyrenius, Phaneul 40 years? Titus, Hebrews, 5) Coats 6. From Proverbs 14:23, “In all labor James, Romans there is” ....? Love, Hope, Light, Profit

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KOON'S WATCH

You can save a child from heatstroke In last week’s Koon’s Watch, I shared with you three things parents and caregivers can do to make sure a child is never left in a hot car. But what should you do if you see a child in a hot car as you make your way inside a grocery store or in a neighbor’s driveway? Sometimes bystanders are reluctant to get involved; surveys suggest that 63 percent of adults just assume the parents will be right back. But what if they aren’t? •Make sure the child is okay and responsive. If not, call 911 immediately. •If the child appears to be okay, attempt to locate the

parents or have the facility’s sea; confusion; or acting strangely. If a child exhibits security or management page the car owner over the any of these signs after being in a hot vehicle, quickly PA system. spray the child •If there is with cool water someone with or with a garden you, one person hose— NEVER should actively put a child in an search for the ice bath. parent while the So if you hapother waits at the pen to see a car. child alone in a •If the child is hot car, do not not responsive _| hesitate—please or appears to be Lexington County Sheriff act before it’s too in distress, atlate! tempt to get into the car to assist the child. We need parents, careKnow the warning signs givers and bystanders all of heatstroke: red, hot, and working together to help moist or dry skin; no sweat- end these tragic heatstroke ing; a strong rapid pulse deaths—because hot cars or a slow weak pulse; naukill children.

Couch Theater BY AMY ANDERSON

EDITOR'S NOTE: DVDs reviewed in this column are available in stores the week of April 30, 2018

Picks of the week

“Peter Rabbit” (PG) -Beatrix Potter’s adorable woodland creatures are given an irreverent update in “Peter Rabbit,” starring James Corben as the voice of the cocky, confident Peter. Sure of his place in Bea’s (Rose Byrne) heart and at the top of his vegetablestealing game, Peter manages to escape the clutches of Old Man McGregor when the farmer unexpectedly dies. His nephew -- a fussy, exacting department store supervisor, played delightfully by Domnhall Gleeson -inherits the property. The younger McGregor moves in and shuts out Peter. The two Docks, laydowns then begin an escalating and other traditional battle for control of the garshallow cover are holding fish, and there den and Bea’s affection. It’s fast-paced fun with a great are a bunch of buck bass already on beds. soundtrack, and plenty of A big wave of females laughs and “aww” moments for kids and adults alike. should be about to

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Lake Murray Fishing Report

ake Murray water levels are at 358.03 (full pool is 360.00). Surface temperatures have gone up 3 or 4 degrees to the mid- to upper-50s in the last two days. Temperatures are rising on Lake Murray, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports that striped bass are starting to get into more of a spring pattern. However, the most consistent bite remains fishing down-lines in 4050 feet of water. There are some really good days pulling freelines and planer boards, but you have to hunt for the fish and the action can be pretty hit-or-miss. However, with warming temperatures and the full moon Brad predicts that more and more bait and fish will pull up shallow soon and he looks for the pattern to shift more towards free-lines and planer boards. On the crappie front, Brad reports that anglers are catching plenty of fish trolling and tightlining, especially if they are willing to cover a lot of water and hunt. However, this is also the period when you can go shallow with a jigging pole and a cork and catch fish. Brad predicts

come up. Floating “12 Strong” (R) -- This is worms, Senkos, and even topwaters will all a war movie set in modern times and based on real-life catch fish. that the first really good wave of spawning fish will come up shallow soon. In catfish news, Captain William Attaway (803-924-0857) reports that the bite is improving and the fish have been biting well in about 40 feet of water on Murray. He is catching them anchored and using cut bream for bait. Especially with warming water temperatures, it is also that time when bank beaters can have a ball bass fishing on Lake Murray. Weights in recent tournaments attest that catching a bunch of 2-3 pounders is very possible right now, and even with cooler temperatures the last couple of weeks a bunch of fish can be found shallow in and around spawning pockets.

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21st century events, but it looks and feels like a throw-

back to World War II-era portrayals or even a Western -- the soldiers ride in, gunsblaring, on horses. Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth) and Hal Spencer (Michael Shannon) head a small covert force that descend on Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan in the days following the Sept. 11 attacks in New York. Their goal is to liberate the city from the clutches of the Taliban, with the guidance and assistance of Afghani rebel forces. The combination of technologically advanced military might in a rugged, undeveloped country is initially jarring, but at its soul this film is representative of the supportive American spirit of the times.

spree: a supernatural prison for the souls who mean to avenge their deaths at the hands of a Winchester rifle. Jason Clarke plays Dr. Price, who comes to assess Mrs. Winchester’s mental stability, and unintentionally joins her battle against the unknown.

“Please Stand By” (PG13) -- Dakota Fanning heads as Wendy, a young autistic woman living in a group home, whose overriding interest is in watching “Star Trek” movies and writing fan fiction set in the Trekkie world. She lives a reasonably structured life with a job and a small dog named Pete, and is supported by a sympathetic caregiver named Scottie (Toni Col“Winchester” (PG-13) -- lette). The news broadcasts Sarah Winchester (Helen a contest for writing a Star Mirren) is the lone heir to Trek script, and this small, the Winchester Rifle fortune unworldly but determined -- and, unfortunately, legacy young lady sets out on a of death. She and her rejourney to hand in her script maining family members are in Los Angeles. It’s predictallegedly tortured by visions able, but it is also very sweet of ghosts. This much is true, and uplifting. While you and even today you can visit might see the ending comthe Winchester Mystery ing, the good feels are still House. This fantasy film by there. Bonus performance by the Spierig brothers atPatton Oswald as a beat cop tempts to expand on the leg- turned Klingon translator. end and codify the madness (c) 2018 King Features of Sarah Winchester’s obses- Synd., Inc. sive decades-long building

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Spring Sportswire

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Julie Washburn, Simeon Bryant & Jeff Caldwell of Lexington District 1 are presented a check from the Lexington High School boys’ soccer team for $10,275 raised through the Cats Kick Cancer campaign. This year’s annual fundraiser by the Wildcats is to benefit students fighting cancer in the Lexington District 1 Education Foundation.

Standing from left - Parker Fitts, Austin Vaughn, Josh Bruinsma, Zane Smith, Tripp Pollard, Ben Mayer, Bryan Santoyo, Nolan Pollard, Cameron Smith, Alex Karp, Chase Johnson, head coach Will Gettys, Alex Dawkins and Rees Gettys.

The girls’ game will feature Airport’s Heather TurnA total of 15 Chronicle er on the North squad facCountry seniors will play ing a South team assisted by their final high school socRiver Bluff head coach K.C. cer matches at two All-Star Dunbaker and includes Asha events. Wallace (River Bluff), Jane The North-South All-Star Ashley Meredith (Swansea) Classic is set for June 22-23 and Salley Slice and Sara at T.L. Hanna High School in Taylor (both of Chapin). Anderson.

Westen Wingard (River Bluff). A week later, the Clash of the Carolinas will take place June 29-30 in Raleigh, N.C. Katie Arthur and Anna Remensynder of Chapin will be joined on the South Carolina girls’ team by Mary Katherine Waters and Siera Kirby

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The boys’ game will follow with Gray Collegiate Academy’s Luis Lopez on the North team and a South roster with five Chronicle Country players - Davis Cassell (Irmo), Andrew Crowley (Gilbert), Grayson Horton (Dutch Fork), Campbell Shealy (Lexington) and

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Lexington Sheriff completes national training Special to the Chronicle

Sheriff Jay Koon has completed the 114th session of the National Sheriffs’ Institute, designed to train sheriffs on the challenges facing law enforcement today. The five-day course is cosponsored and funded by the National Institute of Corrections and the National Sheriffs’ Association. Koon and 26 other sheriffs attended the session in Aurora, Colorado April 9-13. “The relationships established with the more than

two dozen other sheriffs who attended will benefit every level of the Sheriff’s Department as we’ll stay connected and continue to share information about law enforcement trends being seen across the country,” Koon said. The course focused on teaching sheriffs how to provide effective leadership for the public good in public safety, community relations, criminal justice system policy, and organization effectiveness and efficiency.

PHOTO COURTESEY LEXINGTON POLICE DEPT.

In-Vest President Michael Letts stands with Lexington Police Dept. Capt. Cameron Mortenson. Lexington Police Department received two ballistic vests during a recent Icehouse Amphitheater concert. Thanks to In-Vest USA and Iron Horse Motorcycle Lawyers for the donation.

Art and music in West columbia cept January and July.) First Friday features a reThe City of West Columbia volving lineup of art, music, food, and drink. is sponsoring Art on State in conjunction with the May It was put together by State Street Art Crawl. the locally owned shop The May 4, Art on State and restaurant owners on event with feature live muState Street. sic by Stillhouse and live art. The 2018 CMC Spring The work of artist ChrisRhythm on the River Concert tian Thee will be presented Series will be every Saturday at Art on State in May, said in May. The Spring Series shows Mark Plessinger of Frame of Mind Eyewear. Plessinger are from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the West Columbia Rivis a State Street merchant erwalk Amphitheater, Alhelping in the planning of exander Road and Meeting Art on State. Streets, at the base of the The First Friday on State Gervais Street Bridge. Street takes place the first Friday of every month (exBY TERRY WARD LexchronT@yahoo.com

‘Cops on the Coop’ to benefit Special Olympics

The “Cops on the Coop” event at the Chick-fil-A Lexington and the Chick-fil-A Saluda Pointe was April 18 and 19. The event raised $12,000 for Special Olympics athletes. Pictured are Special Olympic athletes Marc Ballentine and Brent Hickman. The two stopped by “Cops on the Coop”

at the Chick-fil-A at Saluda Pointe to high five PFC Jen Klinsic and Officer Jonathan Williamson of the Community Action Team. Lexington Mayor Steve MacDougall also came by to show his support. Their goal is to raise $25,000 for the year.

‘Palmetto Heroes’ helps buy homes

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A Lexington County firefighter was among 64 state residents helped buy a home last year. The state-affiliated Palmetto Heroes program has $4 million more than last year. Down payment assistance of up to $6,000 and a 4% interest rate on 30-year loans are the main features. It can be an attractive choice for those with limited

down payment money. A FICO credit score of 620 or better is required. Low down payment loan options with down payment assistance eases the burden on buyers. Palmetto Heroes is similar to S.C. State Housing Finance & Development Authority’s “home buyer program” but those in certain professions get a slightly better interest rate on loans

through Palmetto Heroes. They are: Law enforcement officers (full-time, state or local); Correctional Officers; Teachers (full-time classroom teachers with SC certification, or a contract to teach); Nurses and certified nursing assistants (state-licensed RN, LPN, APRN, and full-time CNAs listed in SC Nurse Aid Registry); Firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics

(full-time or volunteer); Veterans (who served on active duty); S.C. National Guard (active members; Army or Air and S.C. State Guard). These home buyer programs do have income limits, and price limits on homes being purchased, but the limits are generous and the majority of people would qualify.

White Knoll HS hosts Special Olympics

Suicide rate rising here Special to the Chronicle

Suicide prevention officials are concerned. Local suicide data shows that rates here are up. S.C. is above the national average and has been for years. That data, they admit, comes from only the suicides and suicide attempts they know about. As better health care and law enforcement record keeping and reporting improve, the statistics rise. Increased suicide rates may result in part from better record keeping. Substance abuse, suicides and diabetes drive increases in premature deaths in nearly half the U.S., a new study has found.

The researchers mapped variations in death rates among people 20 to 55 years old nationally. So-called “deaths of despair,” including drug overdoses, have been on the rise, especially among white Americans, they found. This new analysis appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association last week. It shows wide variation in where ages 20 to 55 are at highest risk and in what diseases or conditions afflict them. The risk of dying young declined in Minnesota, California and New York between 1990 and 2016, the study found. Yet it rose in 21 states, including West Virginia and New Mexico.

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More than 1,000 athletes competed in the Area Seven Special Olympics games at White Knoll High School recently. All five of the school districts of Lexington County were on hand for the games. Parents, teachers, volunteer helpers and supporters flooded the athletic fields for the games after the opening ceremonies. AHS student Maddie Haig recited the

Special Olympics motto: “Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.” The White Knoll student choir sang the National Anthem. Wesley Lorick, a student at Northside Middle School, volunteered at the event. “It was a pleasure to come out and help with the Special Olympics,” said Lorick. “To see the level of determination and the happiness on so many faces was something that gives you a good feeling to be a part of.

“I want to come back next year and help again. It was so much fun. And such a positive event for a lot people.” Competition included students from elementary school age and higher. The athletes competed in 16 different events. The Area Seven Special Olympics have been held at White Knoll for four years. The Special Olympics requires lots of help from various clubs at White Knoll High School and support from Principal Ted Daughtrey.

SCDOT Recognizes National Work Zone Awareness Week Special to the Chronicle

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is recognizedNational Work Zone Awareness Week in conjunction with state Departments of Transportation all around the nation. National Work Zone Awareness Week began April 9. The recognition is held at this time each year to bring attention to motorists and highway workers who are both at risk in work zones when safety is not practiced. SCDOT has launched a year-long work zone safety

campaign called “Let ‘em Work, Let ‘em Live”. The agency is urging all motorists to use extra caution in work zones as the construction season gets underway. Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall noted that motorists will see an increasing number of work zones in South Carolina. “We are well underway with putting the new tax payer funds to work by ramping up our paving, bridge and widening work all across the state. “Drivers will see more and more traffic cones and road

workers out busy repairing our roadways and safety has to be the highest priority to protect everyone,” said Hall. Hall also noted the Highway Worker Safety Act became law in 2017 to provide more protection for workers by sharply increasing fines and other penalties for drivers who violate work zone safety laws. National Work Zone Awareness Week is observed between April 9 and 13. SCDOT will continue its Work Zone Safety campaign throughout the year.

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Lexington to get first The wall that heals Anglican Church

ith the rapid growth in Lexington, comes a lot of new things including churches. One of those is a new Anglican Church starting up here in town. They currently meet in the home of one of their members. They meet on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 214 Park Rd. in Lexington. I spoke with Fr. Rhae Kelley, a retired priest. I discovered that he and 3 other local people have been attending an Anglican church in Aiken because there was only one in Forest Acres. They felt a calling from God to start a local church to serve the needs of people in this region. So they approached the Bishop, got his approval, and started the process of creating the Lex-

ington church. Anglican churches have been part of our religious heritage since the 1700’s. The new one will be very close to the original churches in worship style, use of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, Traditional Anglican Communion every Sunday and a morning prayer service before the communion service. St. Aiden’s is a member of the Anglican Church of America and is in the Eastern United States dioscese. They welcome all local Anglicans, Catholics, Episcopalians, Greek Orthodox and anyone who has had a Christian baptism to be part of a brand new church. Consider visiting a service take communion with them. For

more information, please contact Fr. Kelley at 803339-8767. Do you have a ministry you want to talk about? Call me at the Chronicle 803359-7633 or email me at chuck1946@hotmail.com

W. Columbia man recovering from storm damage According to the National Weather Service in ColumThe life of Ernest Wyndbia, tornado damage was ham was drastically affected recorded near Saddlebrooke by the ferocious storm that Road, in Lexington County. roared through West Colum- The tornado continued to the bia on the Sunday, April 15. north-northeast for approxiWyndham said it sounded mately 0.4 miles, ending like a bomb went off, but it along Kenwood Drive just was actually three gigantic before John Preston Drive. trees falling on his house in Numerous hardwood and Westover Acres, off of Sunsoftwood trees were snapped set Boulevard, where he had and uprooted along the path lived for 50 years. of the tornado. A few trees The first two trees were were down on homes and connected and when they fell, vehicles. Peak winds were esa third tree came with them. timated to be 80 mph. The fallen trees created A stronger tornado was an enormous hole, and the recorded in Irmo. The tornabuckets of rain that came do damage began just north with the high winds poured of the Broad River near Sainto the second floor of luda Shoals Park and WoodWyndham’s house. winds Drive. The tornado BY TERRY WARD Lexchront@yahoo.com

continued for approximately 1.4 miles, ending near Lockner Road before reaching Bower Parkway and the Columbiana Station shopping center. Peak winds were estimated to be 95 mph. Pioneer Tree Service removed the downed trees at Wyndham’s house. Roofers have begun a repair. Wyndham said he is thankful to be alive. He also said if he had been in the kitchen or the back bedroom, he may have been killed. Looking to the future, Wyndham said he has spoken with a realtor in the event he has to look for a new place to live.

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Wyndham’s home just after Sunday’s storm

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he Wall That Heals will be at one of five Southeastern locations in 2018. It’ll be in Lincolnton Georgia this weekend at the Curry Colvin Recreation Complex. It’ll be in Camden May 3 through May 6. The Wall That Heals exhibit features a three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The replica is 375 feet in length and stands 7.5 feet high at its tallest point. Drive over just across the Georgia line this weekend and see it for free - 24 hours a day. Consider the wall a book, for each name is part of stories of valor, loss, and love, stories of Vietnam. My high school friend Ernie Guthrie went to Nam. He saw action and lost a lot of friends over there. “Out of about 95 men in my company, 31 of them, including three helicopter crew, were killed when one of the three Chinooks we were being transported in was shot down as it approached Landing Zone Judy August 26, 1970, the worst hostile fire helicopter crash of the Vietnam War. “For two days all we could

do was watch it burn with ammunition exploding.” Ernie sent me powerful photos of him in Nam, grainy and archival. In one image, a Lt. Washburn and Ernie are taking a break from patrolling. (“Lt. Washburn died at age 32,” said Ernie. “I have visited his grave at Sante Fe National Cemetery. His family tells me he died tragically.”) Ernie describes the photo running with this column: “This picture is my favorite because it tells the whole story: jungles, mountains, radio on back, hot with towel around my neck, and trigger finger in ready position.” In another photo Ernie and two soldiers sit on sandbags. Guns ready. Ernie is grim, tight lipped, and gaunt. He lost 30 pounds during nine months of combat. Another photo. Dusk. Two men carry large plastic jugs. “They would bring us clean water when they could. Otherwise we had to put iodine tablets in creek water which was sometimes contaminated by dead bodies and who knows what else.” In another image a Chinook chopper hovers over raw earth devoid of vegetation. It’s Landing Zone Judy where that doomed Chinook

was shot down. Fate saved Ernie from boarding that Chinook. “We lined up in three lines. I got on the second Chinook. The third got shot down.” Another photo. Ernie’s half covered in shade, half covered in sunlight. You can read “Ernie” and “War is Hell” on his helmet. His gun lies across his right knee. He tells me he was thinking about life and death. When Ernie got back he shut down. “I flipped off a switch. It just didn’t happen.” But it did happen and all these years later Ernie has helped something else happen. Ernie and others have worked long and hard to bring the wall to Lincolnton. All the friends he lost? Their names are on The Wall That Heals. The wall honors the more than three million Americans who served in the U.S. Armed forces in the Vietnam War. Walk the length of this 375-foot replica wall. Read the names of over 58,000 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. They did not get to come back and tell their story as Ernie has. If you can’t make the trek over to Georgia, see the Wall That Heals in Camden next month.

These houses of worship invite you to attend this week.

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Covenant Baptist Church Reformed and Refreshing

• Traditional Worship • Verse by verse teaching • Elder governed

3535 Delree St. W. Columbia, SC 29170 803-518-7789 Biblical Training 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m.

www.covenantbaptistsc.org

Central Church of the Nazarene 100 Woodside Pkwy West Columbia

9:30 a.m. - Sunday School 10:30 a.m. - Worship Service & Children’s Church 6:00 p.m. - Small Group Ministries & Central Student Ministries 803.796.0595 www.centralcotn.org

LEXINGTON United Methodist Church

Worship - 10:30am Sunday School - 9:30am Communion Every Sunday www.stdavid.net

Pastor Glenn Boland

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Director begins second decade at Lexington County Museum BY RACHEL HAYNIE haynie.rachel@gmail.com

R Fennell has covered a wide variety of tasks over his first decade as director of Lexington County Museum. Last week he was painting a door and doing yard work around the sprawling museum complex. He has been known to administer last rites to a possum and to trap a raccoon that infiltrated the Lawrence Corley House. More generally, though, his task is to see that doors to Lexington’s storied past are open. “All but a few of our 36 buildings already were open when I came on board in 2008,” said Fennell. He had just graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Public History. Horace Harmon had held the position since 1974, only a few years following the establishment of the museum. “Horace invited me out and gave me a tour of the complex and has continued to help in countless ways, including surprising me with new information fairly often,” said Fennell. “That first year we added flooring in the Daniel Koon house, and the only other structure that has opened during this decade is the Ellen House.” Ellen was John Fox’s head cook around 1862, Fennell explained. “Soon after I started, we instituted new collection management practices, including numbering objects in the collection and wearing gloves to handle artifacts, and we also built new exhibit cases.” Fennell said in his first year, the Friends of the Museum took on the restoration of the 1857 Rockaway Carriage that had suffered damage during the 1994 tornedo that swept through Lexington. “That first year we also were able to put Lexingtonmade rifles on display for the first time,” and Fennell. Programming included involvement in the regional Fall Line seminar and the start of the Haunted History Halloween program. By the second year they had “repaired the side and porch of the Hazelius House

J.R. Fennell stands with Zach Liollio and Horace Harmon on the museum grounds.

and got the Daniel Koon House open to the public.” Fennell said his third year marked the museum’s first plant sale, planned in partnership with the Master Gardeners. The museum also hosted the popular spring/ summer open houses, with help from the Friends and the Lexington County Museum Commission. “To get the word out to more potential visitors, we created a Facebook page for the museum and also published a brochure in Spanish.” The fourth year of Fennell’s first decade, the Herb Bunch inaugurated the very popular herb festival. “That year we began interpreting African American life in the county as renovations to Ellen’s Quarters were completed.” And Fennell said, “The following year we also introduced more new visitors to the museum as we hosted the South Carolina Storytellers annual meeting.” A cell phone walking tour and new mapping of the museum and the county were actualized through partnerships. More effective signage also helped steer new visitors to the museum. By Fennell’s sixth year as LCM director, the slave quarantine building, another asset damaged when the tornado went through, had been restored. Also in 2013 the museum staff created “Hands-on History,” spring and summer break programs, two popular offerings that continue.

The success of those programs paved the way to the establishment of Family Day. “Participating in the 150th anniversary of Sherman’s March through this region was another important event the museum took part in,” Fennell said. In Fennell’s ninth year, volunteer Stanley Rikard took the lead on a new garden area, and a small library became available for researchers through a collaboration with LCM Commission’s Laura McMahon. By fall that year, the Lexington Murders and Mysteries program had been conceived, “thanks to Ken Robinson,” said Fennell, noting that comparable programs were added in Irmo and West Columbia by his tenth year. The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse drew more than 450

visitors from 19 states for a day of activities for which the Augusta Astronomy Club took a leading role. “Student photographers at River Bluff High School shot historic structures in the county, and those images were exhibited in the atrium of our exhibit hall.” Fennell said collaborations with sectors of the community have characterized his first decade and include: partnering with Hollow Creek Distillery and Mercer House Winery for talks and tastings, assisting Old Mill owners with the creation of a brochure detailing the location’s history, and receiving from CreateAThon new branding materials for the museum. Just ahead of his tenth year, Fennell married Glenna Barlow, director of education with Columbia Mu-

Fennell wears gloves to protect the delicate quilts on display at the museum. It’s one of the practices he started over the last 10 years at the museum.

seum of Art. He has distinguished the museum by serving in numerous leadership positions, including president of the Confederation of South Carolina Local Historical Societies from 2011-2013. Last year he was named to the board of the South Carolina Hall of Fame. Locally, he helped found Lexington Young Professionals, is a graduate of Leadership Lexington, and was a 2014 recipient of the Daughters of

American Revolution Historic Preservation recognition. “What has been achieved was made possible through the support of Lexington County, the museum staff, the Friends of the Museum, and our wonderful volunteers.” As Fennell begins a second decade, he has his eye on a historic African American school house that could be moved and join the other interpretative buildings within the complex.

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Alison Arngrim remembers Casper, Gumby, Sweet Polly – aka her mom “I had the weirdest Mother’s Day gift list. She loved Children raised by enterthe opera, so there I was, a tainers don’t always follow 10-year-old in a record store in their parents’ footsteps. asking for specific opera But Alison Arngrim did, company recordings of Die finding fame overnight at Fledermaus or Der Rosenkathe age of 11 playing bratty valier – it was hysterical.” Nellie Oleson in the hit NBC Not surprisingly, says Arnseries “Little House on the grim, even her mother’s fuPrairie.” neral was unique. Arngrim’s parents were “She left pages of explicit captivated by the entertain- handwritten instructions for ment industry in their native her funeral which were so Canada. Her father, Thor hilarious that the priest acArngrim (1928–2009), betually read them during the gan working in theater and eulogy,” recalled Arngrim. later became a Hollywood “She was an Episcopalian manager to entertainers and they would usually sing such as Liberace and Debbie Abide with Me, but her inReynolds while her mother, structions read “I cannot Norma Macmillan, (1921– abide Abide with Me” and 2001) was best-known as a she left a list of acceptable voice actor. She was, accord- hymns.” ing Arngrim, delightfully ecNorma’s death from an incentric. testinal blockage was sud“They were both crazy den and naturally devastatshow business folk,” said ing to the family. “True to Arngrim, from Los Angeles, form, she had not comlaughing loudly. plained but was obviously “She was the voice of much sicker than we knew.” Casper the Friendly Ghost Her wish was to be cre(in the 1963 series ‘The New mated and the ashes scatCasper Cartoon Show’), tered in the Strait of Juan Gumby in ‘The Gumby de Fuca off the coast of CanShow,’ and Davey in ‘Davey ada (Victoria), a region her and Goliath.’ And she was mother would often travel Sweet Polly Purebred in 112 to by seaplane and tugboat Alison and her mom at a Hollywood event to salute Casper and stay in remote island episodes of ‘Underdog.’” cabins doing research for a Those voices and others at the Laurie Beechman Arngrim is author of the book (“The Maquinna Line”) was unconventional, Arnoften made it home when Theatre in New York City grim still has high praise for best-selling biography “Conpublished after her death. young Alison asked for a (her official web site: www. her. fessions of a Prairie Bitch” “We had tickets to fly up bedtime story, which was howiegreen.com/alison) “She didn’t do many of and currently tours with a to Vancouver on Sept 12, never conventional. Nick Thomas teaches at the normal mother things. presentation of storytelling 2001. We were half packed, “She didn’t know any of Auburn University at MontBut she was still a loving, and stand-up. She will be the usual ones. Instead, she and the morning of Septemappearing on Mother’s Day gomery, Ala., and has writkind and good mom – excitber 11 comes and all flights tended to retell plots of ing and different, like havmovies or historical dramas. are grounded. So my mothing a fascinating, historical I remember a favorite about er remained in a box until character as your mother. next June when we took a Czar Nicholas, Alexandra, She may have been Norma yacht to the area with their hemophiliac son and Macmillan professionally, friends, a priest, and a bagtheir friend Rasputin – but when she’d pick me up pipe player. It was a fabuwhich was a hell of a bedlexingtonchronicle.com | or call us from school she was always lous ceremony.” time story for a 6-year-old. 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It is ironic that Rupi Kaur’s rise to fame did not come from her words, it came from her body. While still a student at the University of Waterloo, Ontario in 2015, Rupi garnered thousands of followers on the internet when she uploaded a photo to Instagram of herself lying in bed, menstruation bloodstains on her clothes and sheets. The photo was removed twice, yet Kaur fought back. She wrote: “I will not apologize for not feeding the ego and pride of misogynist society… when your pages are filled with countless photos/accounts where women (so many who are underage) are objectified. pornified and treated less than human.” Isn’t that what we all wish to do daily? Fight back when seasons of depression come to visit? When life wields an unexpected blow? Rupi Kaur has shown us how to gracefully battle in each piece included in “the sun and her flowers.” She shows us that acceptance and humility are not signs of weakness, but of courage. She shows us that sometimes, its okay to acknowledge the hurt, just don’t allow it to stay indefinitely.

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Puerto Rico meets the American South made with guava; plantain chips are crushed and used as a crust for broiled shrimp; chayote squash is added to a y choice for the pergreen bean salad; and fresh fect Mother’s Day gift Brussels sprouts are comis a copy of “Coconuts bined with chorizo and sofrito, a mixture of peppers, and Collards,” a beautifully garlic, onion and the herbs written and photographed new memoir and cookbook culnatro and cilantro. When asked about her faby Von Diaz. It has all the elvorite recipe in the book, Diements of my favorite type az replied, “I love collards of cookbook, part heartand, like all other greens, warming memoir and part want them to be a bright innovative recipe collection. color and have some tex“Coconuts and Collards” is ture. My Coconut-Braised a sensory journey into Von Collards is a quick, simple Diaz’s world of food. She recipe that highlights the captures the sights and sounds of her beloved child- strong collard funkiness and tastes deceptively rich for a hood home in Puerto Rico, vegetarian dish.” her soulful roots in the Make Mother’s Day extra South, and her new life in special and serve these deliNew York as a writer and racious recipes for Pescado en dio producer. Escabeche (White Fish EscaDiaz has taken the flavors beche) and Coconut-Braised and aromas from each place Collards. and created a new type of unique, flavor-infused cuiWHITE FISH sine that also is satisfying for ESCABECHE (PESCADO vegetarians. EN ESCABECHE) “Coconuts and Collards” celebrates the best ingrediMarinade ents, spice blends and tech1 cup olive oil niques from Puerto Rico and 1/2 cup white vinegar mixed them with the best of 1/4 teaspoon ground the American South. There black pepper are several delicious exam1/2 teaspoon salt ples of Diaz’s cross-cultural 1 bay leaf creations in each chapter. 2 large white onions, My favorites are the recipes sliced into thin rounds that celebrate the African-influences on Puerto Rican Fish cuisine. I also love her use of 1 1/2 pounds grouper traditional Puerto Rican steaks spice blends and island in1/4 cup fresh lemon juice gredients to create new ver(about 1 large lemon) sions of American recipes. 2 teaspoons salt, or to taste Diaz liberally uses adobo 1/4 cup all-purpose flour -- a mixture of garlic, orega1 cup olive oil no, olive oil and lemon juice -- as a marinade for her reci1. Combine the marinade pe for fried chicken; oveningredients in a large bowl. roasted pork ribs are slath2. Line a large plate with ered with a barbeque sauce BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

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paper towels and set it aside. 3. Rinse the fish well and pat dry with paper towels. Place the fish in a large bowl and pour the lemon juice over it. Sprinkle with the salt and toss well. 4. Pour the flour onto a large plate. One by one, dredge each fish steak in flour and transfer them to a separate plate. 5. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until just simmering, about 1 minute. Do not overheat the oil, or it will burn and turn bitter. Reduce the heat to medium, add the fish steaks and fry for 10 minutes, turning every 2 minutes or so to make sure they brown evenly. 6. Transfer the fish to the prepared plate and let sit for 5 minutes to drain excess oil, then transfer the fish to a large casserole dish with a lid. 7. Pour the marinade over the fish, cover and refrigerate overnight. Taste, add more salt if needed, and serve chilled. Serves 4. COCONUT-BRAISED COLLARDS 1 large bunch collards, rinsed well in several changes of water 1 bunch scallions 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (optional: to make the recipe vegan, omit the butter and double the coconut oil) 1 tablespoon coconut oil 1 1/2 cups coconut milk, fresh or canned 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste Freshly ground black pepper

stems and set aside. 2. Cut off the bottoms of the scallions, then thinly slice the whites and greens. 3. Melt the butter with the oil in a large wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Add the scallions and saute for 1 minute. 4. Add greens and saute for another minute, stirring well to incorporate, then add the coconut milk and soy sauce and bring to a simmer. 5. Lower the heat to medi1. Cut off the bottoms of um-low and simmer, uncovthe collard stalks, then ered, stirring frequently, uncoarsely chop the leaves and til the collards reach your

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The ostrich A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. As he sits, the waitress comes over and asks for their orders. The man says, “I’ll have a hamburger, fries and a coke,” and turns to the ostrich, “What’s yours?” “I’ll have the same,” says the ostrich. A short time later the waitress returns with the order. “That will be $6.40 please,” and the man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment. This becomes a routine until late one evening, the

two enter again. “The usual?” asks the waitress. “No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and salad,” says the man, “same for me,” says the ostrich. A short time later the waitress comes with the order and says, “That will be $12.62.”Once again the man pulls exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table. The waitress can’t hold back her curiosity any longer. “Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change evBy Scoop Bellune ery time?” “Well,” says the man, “sev- lamp. When I rubbed it a eral years ago I was cleaning Genie appeared and offered the attic and I found an old me two wishes. My first

wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there.” “That’s brilliant!”says the waitress. “Most people would wish for a million dollars or something, but you’ll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!” “That’s right. Whether it’s a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there,” says the man. The waitress asks, “One other thing, sir, what’s with the ostrich?” The man sighs, pauses, and answers, “My second wish was for a tall chick with long legs who agrees with everything I say.”

desired doneness, 7 to 10 minutes, or longer if you like your greens more tender. Season with salt and pepper and serve. Serves 4 as a side. Recipes from “Coconuts and Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South” by Von Diaz (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2017). Reprinted by permission of the University Press of Florida.

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ABANDONED VEHICLE The below listed vehicles have been abandoned in Lexington County and are currently housed with the company listed below. Pursuant to applicable South Carolina law, the owner and or lien holder has the right to claim the motor vehicle within thirty (30) days after the date of this notice upon payment of all towing, preservation, and storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody. The failure of the owner and or lien holder to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle with the time provided it is deemed as a waiver by the owner and or the lien holder of all rights, title, interest, in the vehicle and consent to the sale of the vehicle at public auction. If not reclaimed within the time period outlined above the vehicle may be disposed of according to state law. Any owner, lien holder, or other interested party should contact: Copart 4324 Hwy 321 South Gaston, SC 29053 (803) 794-3252 1. LOT #15280256 BLACK 2008 FORD MUSTANG - VIN: 1ZVHT80N185156662 2. LOT #170139940 CREAM 2006 CADI STS - VIN: 1G6DW677160118110 3. LOT #23899908 WHITE 2008 FORD ECONOLINE - VIN: 1FTSS34L08DA41323 4. LOT #24712348 WHITE 2010 NISS SENTRA - VIN: 3N1AB6AP7AL606738 5. LOT #25860486 BEIGE 2007 CHEV IMPALA - VIN: 2G1WB55K279369382 6. LOT #26568788 BLUE 2001 INFI G20 VIN: JNKCP11A81T407133 7. LOT #27185548 BLACK 2013 KIA OPTIMA VIN: 5XXGR4A63DG193375 8. LOT #27186918 BURG 1996 FORD F150 - VIN: 1FTEX15H4TKA51788 9. LOT #27902356 GRAY 2008 BMW 128I - VIN: WBAUL73558VE88174 10. LOT #27959527 RED 2011 NISS SENTRA 2.0 VIN: 3N1AB6AP3BL671183 11. LOT #30703287 BLACK 2008 HOND ACCORD EXL - VIN: 1HGCS12808A011880 12. LOT #31252897 BURN 2011 DODGE RAM - VIN: 1D7RB1CT2BS561004 13. LOT #35669966 SILVER 2003 LEXS GX 470 - VIN: JTJBT20X030016290 14. LOT #36059627 BLACK 2008 MAZD CX-7 - VIN: JM3ER293480205991 15. LOT #36384267 CHARC 2010 FORD FOCUS SE - VIN: 1FAHP3FN2AW257555 16. LOT #36890557 BLACK 2005 DODG STRATUS SX - VIN: 1B3EL46R75N633276 17. LOT #36890627 WHITE 2001 GMC JIMMY - VIN: 1GKDT13WX12212106 18. LOT #37439997 SILVER 2007 FORD MUSTANG - VIN: 1ZVFT82H575304714 19. LOT #40101766 BLACK 2006BMW 325CI - VIN: WBABD33496PL0839 20. LOT #42742686 RED 2005 KIA SORENTO EX - VIN: KNDJC733955369007 21. LOT #46016997 SILVER 2005 DODGE MAGNUM SXT - VIN: 2D8GZ48V15H579533 22. LOT #49218817 SILVER 2011 KISA SORENTO BA - VIN: 5XYKT3A1XBG044898 23. LOT #50758197 BROWN 2015 NISS ALTIMA 3.5 - VIN: 1N4BL3AP3FC492792 24. LOT #35463027 WHITE 2001 CHEV TAHOE C150 - VIN: 1GNEC13T21R189442 5-3

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ABANDONED VEHICLE The below listed vehicles have been abandoned in Lexington County and are currently housed with the company listed above. Pursuant to applicable South Carolina law, the owner or any lien holder has the right to reclaim the motor vehicle within thirty days after the date of this notice upon payment of all towing, preservation and storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle into custody. The failure of the owner or lien holders to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided is deemed a waiver by the owner and lien holders of all right, title and interest in the vehicle and consent to the sale of the vehicle at a public auction. If not reclaimed within the time period outlined above, the vehicle may be disposed of according to the above stated law. Any owner, lien holder or other interested person should contact Freedom Towing & Recovery, LLC 293-A Dooley Rd, Lexington, SC 29073. Phone 803-399-8530 Fax 803-520-0295. 2005 TOYT COROLLA 1NXBR32E55Z557524 2011 CHEV COLORADO 1GCCSBF90B8136898 2017 TOYT YARIS 3MYDLBYVXHY189411 1998 TOYT COROLLA 2T1BR12E7WC075760 2003 LEXUS E300 JTHBF30G430148788 2007 PONT G6 1G2ZF58B474260689 2006 CHRY PACIFICA 2A4GM48426R648613 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA KL5JD56Z15K085489 1997 TOYT AVALON 4T1BF12B2VU158492 1999 DODGE CARAVAN 2B4GP25R8XR369618 2002 SATURN SL 1G8ZG528X2Z221794 1997 CHEV BLAZER 1GNCS13W7V2170033 2004 KIA RIO KNADC125646329616 2009 TOYT COROLLA 1NXBU40E89Z006677 1998 CHEV K 1500 2GCEK19R7W1180937 2000 TOYT CAMRY 4T1BG22K3YU752161 2005 HONDA PILOT 5FNYF18635B067622 1995 BMW WBABJ6322SJD41709 2002 FORD EXPLORER 1FMZU73E32ZB06450 2000 DODGE STRATUS 1B3EJ46X7YN210349 2002 LINCOLN TOWN CAR 1LNHM82W12Y614658 2007 CHRYSLER 300 2C3KA43R37H710737 2000 TOYT CELICA JTDDY32T2Y0023651 5-3

ABANDONED VEHICLE The below listed vehicles have been abandoned in CALHOUN COUNTY and are currently housed with the company listed below. Pursuant to applicable South Carolina law, the owner and or lien holder has the right to claim the motor vehicle within thirty (30) days after the date of this notice upon payment of all towing, preservation, and storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody. The failure of the owner and or lien holder to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle with the time provided it is deemed as a waiver by the owner and or the lien holder of all rights,

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title, interest, in the vehicle and consent to the sale of the vehicle at public auction. If not reclaimed within the time period outlined above the vehicle may be disposed of according to state law. Any owner, lien holder, or other interested party should contact: SDR TOWING & RECOVERY, LLC 195 BELLINGER LANE GASTON, SC 29053 803-939-0411 4T1BE32K13U255022 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY 5-3

PUBLIC NOTICE The below listed vehicles have been abandoned in Lexington County and are currently housed at Wingard Towing Service. Pursuant to applicable South Carolina law, the owner or any lienholder has the right to reclaim the motor vehicle within thirty days after the date of this notice upon payment of all towing, preservation and storage fees resulting from placing the vehicle in custody. Failure of the owner or lienholders to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided is deemed a waiver by the owner and all lienholders of all rights, title, interest in the vehicle and consent to the sale of the vehicle at a public auction. If not reclaimed within the time period outlined above, the vehicle will be sold at public auction by Magistrate. Any owner, lienholder, or other interested person should contact: Wingard Towing Service at 1809 Augusta Rd., West Columbia, S.C. 29169. 1999 Nissan Altima 1N4DL01D7XC142337, 1999 Saturn SC1 1G8ZP1280XZ321998, 2007 Chrysler Sebring 1C3LC46K47N675341, 2002 Volvo C70 YV1NC53D22J028172, 2 0 0 7 C h e v T r a i l b l a z e r 1GNDS13S372112733, 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix 2G2WP522X41227552, 2008 Dodge Charger 2B3KA43G58H269755, 2013 Hyundai Elantra KMHDH4AE8DU8138831996 Infiniti G20 JNKCP01D5TT534526, 05 Lincoln Navigator 5LMFU27575LJ07041, 2002 Lexus RX300 JTJHF10U120276181, 2006 Toyota Camry 4T1BE32K16U113494, 2003 Chev Malibu 1G1NE52J63M696640, 2007 Cadillac CTS 1G6DP577170117158, 2 0 11 G M C A c a d i a 1 G K K R R E D 6BJ361376.5-10 5-3

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PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF SUMMIT SPECIAL ELECTION Notice is hereby given that a Special Election shall be held on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, for the purpose of electing one (1) Council member for an unexpired term. Citizens desiring to be candidates for one of the above offices may file at the Lexington County Registration and Elections office located at 605 West Main St, suite C, Lexington. In order to qualify as a candidate for office and have his or her name placed on the ballot; one must be a resident of the Town of Summit and be a qualified elector. There is no filing fee; blank petition forms maybe obtained from the Lexington County Elections office or www.scvotes.org and final petitions forms must contain good signatures of 5% of the registered voters residing in the Town. Books will be open for filing at 12:00 noon May 11, 2018 and remain open during regular business hours. The Statement of Intention of Candidacy and completed petitions must be filed with the Lexington County Voter Registration, no later than 12:00 noon May 21, 2018 The Statement of Economic Interest and Campaign disclosure forms must be filed on-line at http://ethics.sc.gov according to the Ethics commission filing time line. This is a nonpartisan election, and no party affiliation shall be placed on the ballot. Town residents desiring to vote in the upcoming election must be registered by June 17, 2018. To register, update voter registration, or obtain information on absentee ballots, please contact the Lexington County Board of Voter Registration and Elections at 785-8361. Polls shall open at the Summit Town Hall on Election Day at 7:00 a.m. and remain open with no intermission or adjournment until 7:00 p.m. At 9 a.m. on said Election Day, the County Election Commission will begin its examination of the absentee ballot return envelopes at 605 West Main Street, suite 105, Lexington. On Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., the Lexington County Board of Canvassers will hold a hearing to determine the validity of provisional ballots cast and to release the official election results. This hearing will be held at 605 West Main Street, suite 105 Lexington. 5-3 & 5-17

Rates: 20 words or less for $20 25¢ for each additional word Ads appear in the Lexington County Chronicle, Lake Murray Fish Wrapper and on www.LexingtonChronicle.com.

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Pursuant to Section 6-1-80 of the SC Code of Laws, public notice is hereby given that the Town of Pine Ridge Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on the municipal budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year: Date: May 8, 2018 Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Pine Ridge Town Hall 2757 Fish Hatchery Road West Columbia, SC 29172 Current Projected Percentage Current Fiscal Year Revenue Change in Fiscal Year Revenues FY 2018-19 Revenue Millage $783,324 $794,884 1.48% 0 Current Fiscal Year Expenses $782,221

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To all persons claiming an interest in 1967-18HP-Evinrude-E14293. Richard Walker III will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/ outboard motor. If you have any claim to the watercraft/ outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (803) 734-3858. Upon thirty days after the date of last advertisement if no claim of interest is made and the watercraft/ outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue a clear title. Case No. 20160715950499 5-3

FOUND WATERCRAFT/ OUTBOARD To all persons claiming an interest in: 1982-14’6”-ALUMINUM-DURACRAFT-DUR32800M82I 1987-15HP-JOHNSON – E6227271 ERIK COLLINS will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/outboard motor. If you have any claim to the watercraft/outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (803) 734-3858. Upon thirty days after the last advertisement if no claim of interest is made and the watercraft/ outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title. Case No: 20180215950096 5-17

AUCTION Notice is hereby given that the contents of the rental units listed herein will be offered for sale to public auction per the S.C. Storage Act. The property list contained herein will be sold to satisfy liens imposed by Augusta Highway Self Storage ending on Thursday, May 10th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. or thereafter. The sale will occur online at storagetreasures.com. #109 Arica Million- misc household goods. Augusta Highway Self Storage reserves the right to reject all bids. Purchases must be made at the time of sale. All contents are sold “AS IS.” Contents of the unit must be removed immediately or the storage unit containing the items must be rented by the purchaser. Sale is subject to cancellation at any time. Augusta Highway Self Storage 2824 Augusta Highway Lexington SC 29072 (803) 529-0929 5-10

TOWN OF LEXINGTON ANNUAL WATER QUALITY REPORT The Town of Lexington (System SC3210001) has completed the Town of Lexington’s 2017 Annual Water Quality Report (CCR) and is now available for review on-line at www.lexsc.com/ utilities/2017ccr.pdf. If you would like a copy mailed to your home, please call (803) 951-4651. 5-3

2017 CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT GILBERT-SUMMIT RURAL WATER DISTRICT

136 Hampton St., Gilbert, SC 29054 Telephone: (803) 892-5544 Notice is given that the 2017 CCR for Gilbert-Summit Rural Water is available at the above address or on the website: www. gilbertsummitwater.org 5-3 & 5-10

PUBLIC HEARING MAP AMENDMENT NO. 001-18 The City of Cayce Planning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing on May 21, 2018, at 6:00 P.M. at City Hall, 1800 Twelfth Street Extension. The purpose of this hearing is to receive public input and comment on the following; A request by the owner for a zoning change from Office and Institutional (C-1) to General Residential (RG2). The properties are located at 1328 Poplar Street (TMS 005765-03-002) and Poplar Street (TMS 005765-03-001). The general public and other interested parties are encouraged to attend this public hearing. The Planning Commission is a recommending body only and final action is by City Council. Questions regarding these matters and/or review of documents relating to them are available for public inspection in the office of Planning and Development, City of Cayce. Carroll Williamson Director of Planning and Development 5-3

PUBLIC HEARING GILBERT-SUMMIT RURAL WATER DISTRICT 2018/2019 BUDGET HEARING May 15, 2018 at 6:00pm 136 Hampton St., Gilbert, SC 29054 2017/2018 Total Revenue $1,808,000 Total Expenditure $1,808,000

2018/2019 $1,901,450 $1,901,450

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AUCTION Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at public action on Tuesday, May 15th at 9 A.M. the personal property stored with Pineview Mini Storage. Unit B - 29 (AIIen)Ciothes, TV, Christmas decorations, sewing machine and miscellaneous items. Unit D- 07 (Smoak) Table, TV, lamp, rug, mattress, and miscellaneous items. Unit D- 11 (Brown) Table, lamps, Christmas decorations, comforter, and miscellaneous items Unit I -01 (Wilkes) Golf clubs, bed, skill saw, TV, and miscellaneous items. Pineview Mini Storage 3030 Leaphart Rd. W. Columbia, SC 29169 5-10

PUBLIC AUCTION Public Auction at Devon Self Storage at 250 Old Cherokee Road, Lexington, SC 29072, Wednesday May 16th at 11:00am Judith Frank- End Tables, Bed Frame, China Cabinet, Recliner, Books, Bike Rack, Boxes, Couch and misc. items. Lisa Page – Table and Chairs, Boxes, Dresser, Totes, Toy Basketball Game, Toy Jeep Car, Plastic Drawer Storage, and a Jewelry Box Property contained in the units will be sold to the highest bidder to satisfy the Owner’s lien for rent under the South Carolina Self-Service Storage Facility Act. Auction is With Reserve. Devon Self Storage reserves the right to set minimum bids and to refuse bids. CASH ONLY. 5-10

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HELP WANTED - LABOR OSCAR GONZALEZ AND SONS Harvesting, Inc. is hiring 40 farmworkers to harvest vegetables in Lexington County, SC for a temporary period starting on 5/28/18 and ending on 7/27/18. Two (2) months verifiable experience harvesting vegetables is required. The wages offered are the highest of $10.95/hr. or applicable piece rates. This job requires prolonged standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Drug tests and background checks will occur during the interview process. Workers must be able to lift and carry 50lbs. repetitively throughout the workday. Employer guarantees work will be available for at least three-quarters of the period stated. Required tools supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to worker. Housing will be available for workers who cannot reasonably return home after each working day. Transportation and meal expenses will be provided, or reimbursed after 50% of the work contract is completed, if appropriate. Applicants should apply for the position at their local State Workforce Agency office. Job Order Number: SC779638.

LEXINGTON 4-H EXTENSION AGENT Clemson University Extension Service has an immediate opening for a 4-H Extension Agent in Lexington County. Full time position. Details available at: http://findjobs. clemson.edu Job ID # 102786 Clemson University is an AA/EEO employer. Deadline: May 15, 2018

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YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO AREA EVENTS Don’t be left out. Deadline is Friday before publication. Try to get your information to us at least two weeks before your event. Send items to The Chronicle, PO Box 9, Lexington, SC 29071, fax 803-359-2936 or email: lexingtonchronicle@gmail.com

EVENTS BLOOD DRIVE: May 20, 12:30-5 p.m., Broadacres Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 2350 Taylor Rd., Cayce. To schedule an appointment contact Larry at (803) 260-0504. Streamline your donation experience by visiting RedCrossBiood.org/RapidPass to complete your pre-donation reading and health history. REUNION OF THE FAIRVIEW SCHOOL LEXINGTON COUNTY: Will be held May 6, 2018 at the Fairview Community Center, 2701 Fairview Rd, Leesville, S.C. All former teachers and students are invited. Bring a picnic lunch and drink. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. Ice and tableware will be furnished. For more information call Doris Bruorton, 803-2269532, Farroll Gunter, 803-9576722 or Marlene Gunter 803894-3588 AUTHORS’ NIGHT: Featuring Chuck Walsh May 15 6-8 p.m. Location: Jubilee! Circle at 2627 Millwood Avenue, Columbia, SC 29205 With Meet & Greet with Featured Author Presentation, Book Signing with 5 Authors (Chuck Walsh, Marv Ward, Raegan Teller aka Wanda Craig, Pat McNeely, and George Long). Light Refreshments provided and music by Ken & Igor. FESTIVAL OF TABLES: May 12, 11 a.m., Lexington United Methodist Women present a Festival of Tables with luncheon. Adults $15, children 10 and under $5, available at Lexington United Methodist Church office, 309 Main Street, or contact Trudy Huffstetler, 803-9204999, or Sally Meise, 864-6020705 by May 5. FIRST RESPONDERS APPRECIATION DAY: Project Unity USA will host the first ever SC First Responders Appreciation Day May 19, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m at Finlay Park, 930 Laurel St., Columbia. First responders answer calls to violent crimes, accidents, storms, fires, medical emergencies or disasters. Honor their heroism and dedication by attending this family event. Live performances, food, and a raffle for a new car or a ride along with Richland County Sheriff’s dept. on Live PD. Visit www.scfirstresponders. com.

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HAMPTON-PRESTON HOUSE REOPENING: May 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens. Celebrating the sites 200th anniversary with tours, children’s events, dance lessons, plant sales. Adults $9. children $5, discount for members. Visit HistoricColumbia.org or call 8030252-1770 ext. 23. LEXINGTON COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTION COMMISSION: Meets May 7, 6 p.m., Lexington County Voters Registration and Elections Office, 605 West Main St, suite C, Lexington. LUNCH AND LEARN: How to create a hummingbird garden, May 8, noon-1 p.m. Shiloh United cards and the language of the Methodish Church Fellowship fan and make Victorian-inspired Hall, 1000 Springhill Rd., Gilbert. crafts. The highlight of the day Cost is $10 for lunch. RSVP by will be a Victorian tea for kids May 3, 803-359-7586. and their parents. Adults $9, MUSEUM SPRING OPEN youth $13. Register at HistoricHOUSE: May 6, 2-5 p.m., Columbia.org, email education@ Lexington County Museum Com- historiccolumbia.org or call plex, 231 Fox Street, Lexington. 803.252.1770 ext. 26. Free tours of the 1832 John Fox House, the 1771 Laurence Corley Log House, the 1815 Oak Grove Schoolhouse, and other historic structures. Scavenger hunt for STATE STREET ART children. Demonstrations of hisCRAWL: Live music, live art, toric crafts such as blacksmithfood, and drink on State Street in ing and baking in the outdoor ov- West Columbia on May 4, 2018 en. Light refreshments served. from 6–9 p.m. Art on State in Info: 803-359-8369 or email muconjunction with the May State seum@lex-co.com. Street Art Crawl! Live music by RHYTHM ON THE RIVER: Stillhouse! Shop, sip, and stroll. This music series features local FARM 2 TABLE and regional music artists, food SUPPER:Fundraiser to kick-off trucks and the best view of the bringing the Ag + Art tour to river in the Midlands. New for Richland Counties. May 19, 2018 this year is the addition of a Under the South Shed at the weekly dessert truck feature and South Carolina Farmers Market the Department of Agriculture 3483 Charleston Hwy, West Cowill feature a South Carolina lumbia, SC 29172 Specialty Grown or Specialty Vendor each week. The City of West Columbia Cocktails by Sallie’s Greatest at 6:30—Supper at 7:15 p.m.. will also provide shuttle service Supper will be locally grown and from nearby parking lots to help produced SC foods by Dupre’. with the ease of parking. 2018 Live Jazz Music! Cost is $150 Spring ROR Lineup May 5- The Distributors, Opener, Whisky Tan- per person or $1000 for an eight go; May 12- Kenny George Band; person table. Tickets are available online @ https://bpt. May 19- Bellavida Adrian Michael Band; May 26- Travelin’ me/3355363 Event by Midlands Kline, Opener, Finnegan Bell Food Alliance SC POULTRY FESTIVAL: WINE WALK ON MAIN: May 10-12 the 32nd annual May 12, 6-10 p.m. at Icehouse South Carolina Poultry Festival is Amphitheater, 107 W. Main happening in Batesburg-LeesStreet. The Going Commando ville. The theme is Star Chick: Band will perform. Tickets are May the festival be with you. $30 in advance or $40 at the Each date promises different mu- gate. Tickets can be purchased sic, dancing, and entertainment online at www.lexingtonsuch as K9’s in flight, a chicken winewalk.com. For more inforcooking contest, and tournamation, or if you are interested ments in Volleyball and Cornhole. in being a participating restauCheck out the full schedule at rant or exhibitor, go to www. http://scpoultryfestival.com lexingtonwinewalk.com. ProVICTORIAN TEA PARTY: ceeds from the Lexington Wine May 6, 2-3:30 p.m., Woodrow Walk will go to the Lexington Wilson Family Home, Columbia. Beautification Foundation. Families will learn about Victorian customs, including calling

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Spring concert May 11, 7:30 p.m., Saxe Goth Presbyterian Church, 5503 Sunset Blvd., Lexington, with the “Sounds of the Big Band,” featuring the Dick Goodwin Band. Tickets available one hour prior to the concert or in advance online at www.LexCoChoralSoc.org.

GRIEFSHARE SUPPORT GROUP: 13-week structured program Sundays 4-6 p.m. 5/6Heaven; 5/20- What Do I Live for Now? *Will not meet May 13Mother’s Day. GUIDED WALKING HELP FOR COUNTY VET- TOURS: 12,000 Year History ERANS: Lexington Co. VeterPark on Congaree Creek Spring ans’ Affairs officer Ed Lundeen 2018 Tours and Events Schedule meets Veterans, surviving spous- May 5- 1 p.m. Native American es, dependents, and beneficiaBOATING SAFETY Lifeways Tour; 3 p.m. Battle of ries monthly at three libraries in Congaree Creek Tour *Other tour CLASS: May 19, 8 a.m.-4:30 the County. GASTON LIBRARY: dates and times available by app.m., ECPI University, 250 Berryfirst Thursday of each month pointment; contact John Jameshill Rd, Columbia. Class meets from 10 a.m.- noon; CHAPIN LIon (850) 322-5636 or Doug Patthe S.C. Department of Natural BRARY: first Friday of each terson (803) 730-8909. We recResources requirement for anymonth from 10 a.m.- noon; ommend you wear comfortable one younger than 16 to legally BATESBURG-LEESVILLE LIshoes and bring a hat, sunoperate a vessel which has 15 BRARY: second Friday of each screen, insect repellent, and horsepower or more. To register month from 10 a.m.-noon. The plenty of water. or for more information contact office provides education, advice Clay Goodwin (719) 425-5101 or and assistance in filing VA claims HISTORIC CEMETERY TOURS: May 10 at Elmwood claygoodwin@netscape.net. and information regarding VA Cemetery, Columbia. Adults $12. $30 per student or $50 for two programs. Appointments are en$6 youth. Bring flashlights. Tickcouraged. Please call 803-785family members sharing materiets at History Columbia.org or 8400, Monday-Friday, 8-5. als. call 803-252-1770 ext. 23. SeCERVICAL CANCER LECcrets from the Grave Tours, 7:30 TURE: Know the Signs and p.m. –Study the symbols found Symptoms of Cervical Cancer on many of the markers and COLUMBIA’S EMERGING headstones in the historic ElmFREE Physician Lecture at LexCHOREOGRAPHERS ington Medical Center West Cowood Cemetery. Moonlight Cemlumbia May 7, 6 p.m., 2728 Sun- SHOW: May 5 Exciting night etery Tours, 8 & 8:30 p.m. – Tour set Boulevard. Andrea S. Garrick, of cutting edge, contemporary Elmwood Cemetery and discuss dance. Jacquelyn Benthall, BraiMD, will speak. The risk of cervithe lives, burials, cemetery plots and tombstones of families and cal cancer decreases significant- ley Johnson, Jonathan Smith, and Meredith Yuhas at Tapp’s prominent citizens from Columly with routine screenings. Light Arts Center Doors open at 7 p.m. bia’s 19th and 20th centuries. refreshments will be served. For show begins at 7:30 p.m. May 5. more information, visit LexMed. SPECIAL NEEDS SKI Tickets are $12 online at www. com/classes-events. tappsartscenter.com or in person EVENT: June 22 Special needs individuals and their famiGED CLASSES: Lexington SOUTHERN GOSPEL lies will spend a day at Lake School District One offers day SINGING: May 28 at 6 p.m. Murray enjoying waterskiing on and evening GED classes and The Servant’s Voices at West an adaptable ski, tubing, and free computer classes. Info: 821- Columbia First Church of the kayaking at Woodmen of the 2950. Nazarene 350 Wattling Road World at 2000 Johnson Marina West Columbia, SC 29170 PICKLEBALL: Free event evRd, Chapin, SC 29036 from 9 ery Thursday morning,10 a.m. – HERE’S TO THE LADIES: a.m. until after lunch. Lunch noon, rain or shine, and $2 SatConcert by Palmetto Mastersing- (with ice cream dessert) will be urday mornings,10 a.m. – noon provided. Special needs children ers May 4, 7:30 p.m., St. Anat the Lexington County Tennis over the age of 6, adults, their drews Baptist Church, 230 Bush Complex, 425 Oak Drive, LexingRiver Rd., Columbia. Tickets are families and siblings are welton. In the event of inclement $15, general admission, available come. To sign up to participate weather, the Oak Grove Civic at palmettomastersingers.org. or volunteer call Laurie Peterson Center at 584 Oak Drive will be at 803-933-6118. LEXINGTON CHORAL used. All levels welcome. Come SOCIETY CONCERT: learn the game and/or share your

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Airport High launches new lunch concept catching foods on the inauAirport High School is the gural week’s menu: a Philly first school in the Southeast Pizza (topped with roasted to roll out a new lunch expeppers, onion and banana perience, featuring a menu pepper sauce); chicken and designed by roughly 300 waffles; and a Fiesta bar students from 28 Sodexo with build-your-own fajitas, high schools nationwide. carnitas and taco salad The Taste 4 concept, intro- bowls, with cilantro lime duced last week at the Lexrice, aztec corn and more. ington Two high school, feaMenus in coming weeks tures five food stations emwill include buffalo chicken phasizing fresh, “build your and Hawaiian pizzas, shredown” food bars with exded barbecue turkey or panded menu choices. pulled pork, daily pasta opThose choices include tions, specialty build-yourtwists on traditional favorown subs and wraps, and ites, as well as global dishes, more. “adventure” offerings, and In its first week, the menu healthy deli, wrap and garat Airport High -- a model site for the Taste 4 concept den salad bars. for Sodexo’s Southeast reAmong some of the eye-

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gion -- drew a lot of interest. Visitors from Midlands area and out-of-state schools stopped in for lunch thorughout the week to sample the five food stations, see the redesigned cafeteria look, and gauge student interest in the menus. That student interest, said Rion Skinner, Sodexo general manager in Lexington Two, was high. “The kids are loving it,” she said, noting the cafeteria saw an increase in students eating there over the week. The Taste 4 menu and cafeteria redesign will roll out at Brookland-Cayce High School in early 2019. Build-your-own taco salad bar on the global Fiesta bar at Airport High School

B-L Elementary named one of Palmetto’s Finest BY MACKENZIE TAYLOR Special to the Chronicle

A bulletin board in the school’s main hallway includes memories from the past 50 years.

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Pineview Elementary celebrated a milestone anniversary last weekend -- the final year the school will be in its current facility, as it looks to move to the new Riverbank Elementary this fall. The Lexington Two school commemorated the 50th year in its current location with a drop-in from 3-5 p.m. Sunday, April 29 at the school. There were refreshments, lots of memorabilia, visits from current and former administrators, teachers, staff and students, and other activities. A time capsule was opened. As part of the celebration, Pineview asked community members to share their memories of the school through the years. Some of the items sent in -- including class pictures and newspaper articles -- are displayed on a bulletin board in the main hall. Several of Pineview’s current teachers were students at the school, and they contributed their photos, too.

There’s even a letter about two thirdgrade Pineview classmates who later married, with the proposal taking place on the school playground “where we shared many a laugh and fun time as children.” The first Pineview School was formed in 1914, and a school for elementary grades 1-7 followed in 1935. The current facility opened its doors in 1968. Big changes are on the way for Pineview, which will merge with B.C. Grammar No. 1 to form the new Riverbank Elementary, off U.S. 378 adjacent to Northside Middle School. The school will open for the new school year in August. Pineview has a strong sense of community, Principal David Sims and fellow faculty and staff members say. And while leaving the school that has been home for 50 years is bittersweet, Sims said they’re ready. “It’s going to be an amazing new adventure,” he said.

Batesburg-Leesville Elementary School has been named as a winner of the 2018 Palmetto’s Finest School Award. The school is one of only two elementary schools from around the state that was selected for this honor following a rigorous application process and two extensive on-site evaluations by fellow educators and previous Palmetto’s Finest winners. The school learned that it had earned the Palmetto’s Finest designation via a livestream from the South Carolina Association of School Administrators (SCASA). B-L Elementary School is the first campus in Lexington County School District Three to ever receive this prestigious award. SCASA presents the Pal-

metto’s Finest awards each year to schools that offer the best in innovative, effective educational programs and that demonstrate “excellent instruction and outstanding leaders, augmented by strong family and community involvement and a supportive business community,” according to the SCASA website. The Palmetto’s Finest Award is celebrating its 40th year and is one of the most coveted and respected awards among educators. “There are no words to express how excited and thrilled the students and staff are at B-L Elementary School. “We have worked so hard during the past few years in our pursuit of excellence and the dedication of our entire staff has certainly paid off. “This award speaks volumes about our great school. It is a true honor to

make history in Lexington School District Three!” said Jaime Hembree, Principal of B-L Elementary School. B-L Elementary School serves 494 students in third through fifth grade. Using the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate as their blueprint, students at B-L Elementary have many opportunities to be innovators. The school is proud to offer the School of Journalism, honors choir, school safety squad, Girls on the Run, Panther Prowl boys running club, Zumba team, MakerSpaces, coding and a community garden. A recently named TransformSC school, B-L Elementary is implementing personalized learning for all students through rigorous, engaging and individualized instruction.

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