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September 23, 2009 / Front Page

New company promises 100 jobs

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

A new company is expected to create 100 jobs in Cherokee County when it starts operations later this year. County council unanimously approved a fee-in-lieu tax resolution Monday for an economic investment code named "Project Astrology. More...

Lee takes this predicting thing to a higher level

Either the games are too easy to predict or you guys are getting really good at this. More...

Field now set for council race

A total of seven candidates are running in the special election for the District 7 Cherokee County Council seat. More...

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A little horn at the half — A member of the Gaffney High Band of Gold helps entertain the crowd during the halftime show at last Friday's matchup between the Gaffney Indians and T.L. Hanna. Ledger photo/ Joe Hughes II More...

$536,000 grant will enable school district to serve 52 more children

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Piedmont Community Actions has received a $536,000 grant to start a new Head Start preschool program in Cherokee County. More...

Beattie tourney Friday, Oct. 16

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

The Beattie family will mark the 10th annual memorial golf tournament with special prizes and desserts on the golf course. The family annually organizes a golf tournament to raise money for the Bradford Thomas Beattie Memorial Scholarship Fund. More...

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Obituaries

Jerry D. Stacy

Owner of The Roberts/ Stacy Group in Cary, N.C.

Mr. Stacy, of Charlotte, passed away Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. He was a beloved father, grandfather and gifted architect. Jerry was born in Gaffney on April 15, 1933, to Grace and M.C. Stacy. More...

Harry E. Pursley

Retired from Westinghouse

CLOVER - Harry Ervin Pursley, 83, of 502 Memorial Drive, died Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House in Rock Hill. Mr. Pursley was born Dec. 8, 1925, in Clover to the late Ervin Gadberry and Sammie Anderson Pursley. More...

Ray Vanderburg

Father of Gaffney resident

CAMPOBELLO - Joseph Ray Vanderburg, 66, died Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Vanderburg was the son of the late Joe Ray and Viola Riggs Vanderburg Sr. and husband of Maxine Vanderburg. More...

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If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen ...

... Or use a fire extinguisher

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Sheila Falls and her co-workers were able to smile when each was given an opportunity to activate a fire extinguisher outside the Blacksburg Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday. "I never messed with one," Falls said with a laugh. "You can tell. More...