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The Lancaster County School District will operate on a two-hour delay Wednesday due to the possible impact of early morning temperatures on school buses.
Wednesday morning’s low temperature is forecast at about 15 degrees.
The district’s teachers and 12-month employees will report to work on normal schedule.

Lancaster County School District students return to school Wednesday, not Tuesday as reported in the Sunday, Dec. 31, edition of The Lancaster News.

Now going into its fifth week, the Ward Faulkenberry Christmas Basket fund has raised almost $7,200, which is significantly short of its $10,000 goal. They will continue to accept donations through Jan. 5.
“We had, of course, hoped to reach the $10,000 goal but would at least like to make it to $8500,” said Bekah Clawson, director of HOPE.
“HOPE depends solely on contributions from the community to sustain the Christmas Basket Program each year,” she said.

HEATH SPRINGS – The cost of connecting a home or business to the town’s public sewer and water systems is increasing.
Heath Springs Town Council unanimously voted at its Dec. 19 meeting to immediately raise the tap fees.
A tap fee is used to cover the cost of service installation, which may include a tap, service line and water meter. It also covers the cost of excavation, boring or paving, when needed.

Clemson super fan Gordon Thorne is Bayou-bound with high hopes for the Tigers.

Lancaster County School District is preparing for this week’s frigid weather by checking its buses early to prevent delays as students return to school Tuesday.
“The forecast calls for bitter cold with lows in the mid- teens,” said Bryan Vaughn, district safety and transportation director. “These types of low temperatures along with the long holiday break with buses not being driven have played havoc with our bus fleet in years past.”

March 4
J.R. Wilt, 78
Van Wyck activist cast a long shadow
J.R. “Jack” Wilt was one of the county’s most outspoken community advocates and government watchdogs.
He died March 4 at his home of a heart-related issue after lying down for a nap on his 78th birthday.
Wilt was a familiar presence at county and community meetings, where he spoke out on most any and every topic under consideration.

These are a few of the people featured this year that the staff of The Lancaster News found inspirational:
◆ Edward Harris was a 9th Infantry M-60 machine gunner in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. “I’m not a hero, no sir, not me…. When I hear people call us heroes, to be honest, it’s always bothered me. I did what I had to survive,” Harris said in the Nov. 12 edition of The Lancaster News. “It wasn’t Rambo or none of that stuff. It was about making it back home.”

Beverly Lengers
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church