The Palmetto High School Air Force JROTC and the Palmetto High Student Council presented a check for $6,000 to Honor Flight Upstate South Carolina today (Wednesday, February 22) at Palmetto High School. Students at Palmetto High School and Cedar Grove Elementary supported the fundraiser for the upcoming spring Honor Flight that will depart from Greenville/Spartanburg International Airport. Pictured are Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper, Palmetto High Principal Adam Wardlaw, Student Body President Adam Wardlaw and Cadet Colonel Mikaela Mauldin. Skipper, who is on the Honor Flight Board for the upstate, accepted the check from the students.
Councilmember M. Cindy Wilson to be honored for public service
By Stan Welch
County Councilwoman Cindy Wilson will be honored for more than a decade of public service at a reception hosted by the Anderson County Republican Women (ACRW) on March 4. The reception is intended to acknowledge Ms. Wilson’s twelve years of service on the Anderson County Council, and to the Republican Party, said Debbie Gerwe, president of the ACRW.
County communications center to locate in former Duke Energy
By Stan Welch
A proposed partnership between the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and Anderson University led to some unusual circumstances at Monday night’s County Council meeting. The proposal, which would establish the county’s emergency operations center on the second floor of a building owned by the University, and also establish that center as the centerpiece for the proposed Excellence in Law Enforcement training facility, was both heavily opposed and adamantly defended.
Work underway on Piedmont sewer rehab
By Stan Welch
The big news at an otherwise routine meeting of the Piedmont Public Service Commission is that construction has finally begun on the sewer rehabilitation and replacement project for the town’s sewer lines.
GWBA sets date for Easter Egg hunt
Members of The Greater Williamston Business Association (GWBA) met Tuesday, Feb. 21 at Fiesta Restaurant in Williamston.
President John Thomason (Citizens Insuarance) reported that all but three businesses that were paid members last year have paid their dues for 2012.
Thomason said the GWBA annual Easter Egg Hunt event will be held Saturday, March 31 at 9:30 a.m. in Williamston’s Mineral Spring Park.
PAEDC to meet with state officials on Economic Development
Members of the Palmetto Area Economic Development Committee (PAEDC) will meet this Friday with local and state officials working on economic development in the Williamston, Pelzer and West Pelzer area.
A special meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 24 at the Anderson School District One office in Williamston. Representatives of the Department of Commerce, Anderson County and others are expected to attend.
Bryant to hold town hall meeting on Veterans bill
Senator Kevin Bryant will hold a Town Hall meeting on Monday, February 27, to discuss a new bill (S.1169) which gives a special endorsement to veterans on their drivers’ licenses and other Department of Motor Vehicles identifications.
Election filing books open February 24 for Pelzer mayor
A special election for the office of mayor of the Town of Pelzer will be held Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Citizens interested in running as a candidate for mayor should file at Pelzer Town Hall, 103 Courtney Street in Pelzer. Books will open for filing at noon, February 24 and remain open during regular business hours until noon, March 5.
Williamston Police Report
Williamston Police Officers investigated the following:
Feb. 17 – Enrique Orta Mirano, 29, 956 Cool S Cool Springs Road, Bainbridge, Ga., was arrested for no SC drivers license and operating an uninsured vehicle after a black Volkswagon was observed attempting to by-pass a checkpoint. J. C. Harris investigated.
