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School mourns loss of media assistant
 On any given morning during the school year, she could be found skipping down the halls of Wateree Elementary School (WES). Not only did her smiles and hugs warm the hearts of students and faculty at WES, but she didn't mind making a face or waving her arms around to get a genuine smile from those she cared about.Debbie Baughman, an assistant in the media center at WES, was known for her energy and bubbly personality. However, a fatal car accident Thursday morning brought an end to her smiles and hugs. Baughman and her family were headed home from a vacation to Disney World when a Mazda traveling the wrong way on I-95 hit their Hyundai head on. Both Baughman and the driver of the Mazda were killed.
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14-year-old killed, two injured in accident
Less than a week after the death of a Wateree Elementary School media specialist, a second tragedy has shaken Kershaw County schools.A Continuous Learning Center (CLC) student was killed and two other teens injured in an early morning car accident Monday on Wildwood Lane. Saraya Monsanto, 14, of Lugoff was one of two passengers in a car driven by another 14-year-old girl, according to Kershaw County Coroner Johnny Fellers. The car was headed toward Lugoff around 3:53 a.m. when it struck a mailbox, then hit a ground-mounted power transformer and overturned several times. Monsanto, who was in the back seat, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene of head trauma, Fellers said.
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City council approves smoking ban
Those living in and visiting the city of Camden will no longer see smoke curl to the ceiling while spending time in public places.Camden City Council passed final reading of its no-smoking ordinance Tuesday morning, which will go into effect 60 days after being approved. All council members voted in favor of the ban except Councilman Ned Towell. Though Towell has acknowledged in previous meetings that his immediate family has been negatively affected by smoking, he said he still believes that he "cannot in good faith vote in favor of this overreaching legislation while remaining true to my principles of government."
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DPZ to offer first `vision` draft soon
The first draft of a new vision for downtown Camden will likely be ready in August or September.In March, Duany Plater-Zyberk (DPZ), an ``new urbanism`` design and planning firm, facilitated an intense, week-long series of meetings called a charrette. The purpose: to revitalize downtown Camden by turning it into a walkable district. In DPZ`s vision, people would live, work, shop, play and possibly even go to school in an area defined by Gordon Street on the west, Fair or Mill streets to the east, DeKalb street on the north and York street to the south.
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Future of current CMS building to be considered
With Camden Middle School (CMS) moving to a new location for the 2009-10 school year, it leaves one question: What will happen to the current building housing CMS students and teachers?Agnes Slayman, Kershaw County School District assistant superintendent of instruction, and Linda Shaylor, director of gifted ed/instructional technology, recently organized a diverse committee to decide a use for the CMS building. The first meeting is scheduled for the beginning of August.
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Trustees name three new assistant principals
The Kershaw County Board of School Trustees voted July 8 to approve three people for assistant principal positions for the 2008-09 school year. Andy Johnson will be the new assistant principal at North Central High School. Eric Dowdy will have the same responsibilities at Lugoff-Elgin High School. Estelle Benson will be the new assistant principal at Doby`s Mill Elementary School.
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Hammy's Bar B Q closes after 38 years
 Famous barbecue, sweet-tasting hash and the to-die-for banana pudding were the words spoken by reliable Hammy`s Bar B Q customers when they described one of their favorite restaurants in Elgin.Hammy`s Bar B Q closed its doors for good at noon July 4 after selling its last piece of barbecue. The business had been open since September 1969.
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KCC concludes administrator interviews
The final two applicants for the position of Kershaw County administrator were interviewed during a special called meeting Tuesday evening at the Kershaw County Government Center.William Clay Young, of Latta, was interviewed first, followed by Dr. Jack E. Miller, of Crossville, Tenn. William Avery Frick, of Cheraw, and Anthony J. Carson Jr., of Selbyville, Del., were interviewed Monday night. ``We took no action, but we did agree to add an executive session `personnel matter` to next Tuesday`s agenda to go ahead and discuss each person`s top one or two picks,`` said Council Chairman Steve S. Kelly Jr. ``We will not, however, be making an appointment at the next meeting.``
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Effort underway to put river lands in conservation easement
In 2005, a partnership of private landowners, conservation organizations, land trusts and government agencies created the COWASEE basin focus area to promote conservation. The COWASEE river basin is the area drained by the Congaree, Wateree and Santee rivers. It contains about 215,000 acres in the heart of South Carolina and covers four counties, including Kershaw County. The 24,000-acre Congaree National Park is the heart of the basin. John Cely, a representative of the Congaree Land Trust, told Kershaw County Council at its July 8 meeting that the partnership realized the need to preserve this ecological system.
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