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February 20, 2008
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Former Chief Petty laid to rest
'He really had a big heart'
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
Charles Petty always like to be in command, even when it came to cooking for his church's men's group. The rule, recalled Dr. Donnie Padgett, former pastor of Bethany Baptist Church where Petty was once a member, was that Petty would do the cooking and the other men had to clean up afterwards. More...
No recalled beef here
Cherokee County School District not affected
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

A California company's beef recall had no impact on the Cherokee County school lunch programs, food service director Roland Cabading said Monday afternoon. Hallmark/Westland Meat Company of Chino announced Feb. 17 it has voluntarily recalled 143 million pounds of raw and frozen beef products. More...

08 SCHEDULE
Peach Ball the signature festival event
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

The Peach Ball will be the signature event in this year's sportsthemed South Carolina Peach Festival from June 20-29. The Peach Ball is the only major music event listed on a schedule recently approved by the festival board. No times have been finalized for the events. More...

 Local News
•Limestone grad, Navy chaplain, returns to campus for visit with professors
US Navy Captain Ed McNamee, a 1978 graduate of Limestone College, returned to campus on Saturday to visit with some of his favorite professors and friends. Captain McNamee (middle) is pictured with (from left), professors emeriti Bert Cline and June Foster, his wife Pam, College President Dr. Walt... More...
•Local child shares God's love through outreach ministry
•Animal rescue group needs money
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 LifeStyles
•ANNIE'S MAILBOX
There's nothing one can do to make a person grow up Dear Annie: My sister-in-law, "Jill," has some serious problems. We often disagree about things, and even if it's her fault, she finds a way to blame it on someone else, usually me. She lies a lot and persuades everyone she is completely inn... More...
•GRAND CHAMPIONS CLOGGERS
•Piedmont Blood Center to have blood drive Feb. 29 at Wal-Mart
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 Sports
•Moss'men to be named March 1
New Blacksburg High football coach Mickey Moss plans to have his staff in place by March 1. Moss, who was traveling from a meeting in Columbia on Tuesday, said two members of his current Wren High School staff will join him at Blacksburg. He declined to identify those coaches. More...
•Indians expect to fly high
•BRIEFS
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 Obituaries
•Richard Poole
Formerly employed by Oxford and UCMC Richard Allen Poole, 66, of 1072 Hamrick St., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Gaffney, he was the husband of Mary Sue McAbee Poole and son of the late Marshall William Poole and Margar... More...
•Floyd Ross Jr.
•Linda Sue Gallardo
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 Inside Report
•INSIDE REPORT
Torts and terrorism
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A closed-door caucus of House Democrats last Wednesday took a risky political course. By four to one, they instructed Speaker Nancy Pelosi to call President Bush's bluff on extending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to continue eavesdropping on suspected foreign... More...
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 Columns
•THE MOSS REPORT
An update on where legislation stands
H.4400, is a bill that establishes comprehensive Immigration Reform and a companion bill H.4347 that directs the Attorney General to seek reimbursement from the Federal Government for the costs the State incurs for incarcerating illegal immigrants. More...
•We have different ideas about kitchen remodeling
•THEIR VIEW
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 State News
•Committee OKs pay hike for teachers
COLUMBIA - South Carolina teachers would get a raise and have more money to spend on supplies under the first pieces of the state budget approved Tuesday. A House budget-writing committee is working this week on the state's $7 billion spending plan. Some of the first proposals approved include r... More...
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