High-speed chase ends with 'stunning' arrest at 'yellow mall'
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
      A high-speed chase on Interstate 85 during the busy Black Friday morning rush hour reportedly led to a shocking experience for a Mauldin man when he was captured at Prime Outlets - Gaffney.
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POLICE REPORT
      The Gaffney Police Department is investigating a reported assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature that occurred Nov. 21. A 48-year-old Camellia Circle man told police his ex-girlfriend, a 42-year-old city woman, tried to run him over with her car on Martin Luther King Jr. Street at about 10 p.m.
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Confucius say...
Chinese could be the next foreign language offered at Gaffney High School
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
      Shortly after becoming Gaffney High valedictorian, Peter Johnson participated in Furman's inaugural Summer China Experience program. The 2005 trip was part of an academic program at Furman to encourage incoming freshmen to learn more about the world's most populated country. The university paid the costs of the students' transportation, lodging and meals.
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LEDGER READERS ON THE ROAD
     During Thanksgiving break, Michelle Dennis and Blaine Lowry visited the Robins Nest Children's Home in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to do mission work at the children's home. They took a little time off to visit the stunning Dunn Falls before returning to the University of South Carolina and Clemson. On your next trip out of town, or tour of duty, take a copy of The Ledger along and send a picture of yourself or your group reading the newspaper to: cody@gaffneyledger.com.
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Clemson might have won the game, but Team Gamecock wins the tourney
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
      Giving his team a pep talk before they set out on Cherokee National Golf and Recreation Club on Friday, Cody Sossamon reminded all of his teammates of the huge stakes that were up for grabs. "No cheating," warned Sossamon, the publisher of The Gaffney Ledger. "But don't give (the other team) any breaks.
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BIRTHDAYS
     JESSICA LOGAN MCDANIEL will celebrate her 5th birthday today, December 1, 2008. She is the daughter of Todd and Mary McDaniel of Gaffney. Maternal grandparents are Mike and Rita Swofford of Gaffney. Paternal grandparents are Charles and Joyce McDaniel of Gaffney. Maternal great-grandparents are the late James E. Swofford and Vivian Swofford, and the late Leonard and Margie Huffstetler. Paternal great-grandparents are the late Jesse Gossett, the late Rosa Gossett Parker, and the late Clyde and Florence McDaniel.
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WHAT'S UP
      Meetings Gaffney Masonic Lodge No. 186 meets on the second Tuesday every month at the Masonic Lodge at 219 E. Floyd Baker Blvd. A meal is served at 6:45 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. Classes Upstate Carolina Medical Center offers free prepared childbirth classes on the second Tuesday of each month from 6-8 p.m. in the hospital's classroom.
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Rev. J.W. Sanders still going strong after 60 years at Bethel
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
      Rev. J.W. Sanders Sr. was already a minister at 19 when he answered a call to become the pastor at a fledgling church in Gaffney. In April of 2009, Sanders will celebrate his 60th anniversary as pastor at Bethel Baptist Church.
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Jazz singer to perform after tree lighting
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
      Martha Bassett sits on the corner of the music universe where traditional country songs meet jazz and Christmas music. Bassett has drawn her influences from performers and musical styles, ranging from country music legend Hank Williams to jazz and swing. She will present a mixture of these music styles at her Dec. 5 concert in the newly renovated Capri Theater in Gaffney.
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'Good Samaritans' provide food for residents
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, "Good Samaritans" from all over Cherokee County donated turkeys and other food items in an effort to help those staying at Miracle Hill Ministries.
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