Crisis center needs volunteer counselors
Training will begin Oct. 3
By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Ledger Staff Writer scottb@gaffneyledger.com
     More than 6,000 adults and children were the victims of
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Pot plants found in Twin Rivers
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com
     The Cherokee County Metro Narcotics Unit used a helicopter last week to find 20 marijuana plants.
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Restaurant damaged in break-in
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com
     Approximately $18,000 in damage was done to a Subway restaurant over the weekend when someone broke into the business, a report at the Gaffney Police Department states.
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The Silent Killer: Ovarian Cancer is often overlooked
By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Ledger Staff Writer scottb@gaffneyledger.com
     she had ovarian cancer in 2003 she was also told it might already be too late to save her life.
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Reward increased in bike shop murders case
     Philadelphia philanthropist Joe Mammana, has provided additional money to aid in the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the Nov. 6, 2003 quadruple homicide at Superbike Motorsports in Chesnee.
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Man charged with ill treatment to an animal
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com
     The owner of a dog that police said was severely abused was arrested Tuesday.
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WHAT’S UP
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Giveaways and models are big draws at women’s health fair
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com
     From cosmetics to thyroid tests, from do-it-yourself home improvement tips to laser hair removal, the Upstate Carolina Medical Center Women
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New city park plan is ready to be unveiled...almost
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
     Gaffney City Council should learn in early November just how much it
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City hall project still on track to meet first budget
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
     City officials are apparently making good on their promise to build the new city hall project within budget.
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Ewing will hold blood drive Thursday
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
     Ewing Middle School will hold a blood drive Thursday as part of the district
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POLICE REPORT
     Man faces drug charge A 20-year-old Gaffney man was arrested earlier this month after police said they saw him throw a bag of marijuana and a hand-rolled marijuana cigar on the ground, a report at the Cherokee County Sheriff
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Completes course
     Emergency Responder Elbert W. Lipsey from South Carolina State Guard recently completed a Weapons of Mass Destruction training course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala.
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Scholarship recipient named
     The first recipient of a new endowed scholarship at Limestone College is Jennifer Gray, a freshman from Union majoring in biology. The scholarship was recently established by the A. Foster Jordan family in memory of Elizabeth Jones Jordan, a 1926 graduate of Limestone. This year
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Wicht completes deployment
     Navy Lt. Elizabeth A. Wicht, daughter of Ellen G. Wicht of Meadowview, Va. and Marion C. Wicht of Gaffney, and her fellow shipmates completed Maritime Security Operations (MSO) while on a scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism while assigned to the guided-missile destroyer US
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OXFORD RETIREE
     Cilla Reid (center) retired from Oxford Industries Inc. on Sept. 2, 2005. Reid worked at Oxford for 20 years. Judy Stephenson (left) and Janet Skaggs (right) presented her gifts from the company and her co-workers at a retirement luncheon that was held in her honor.
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