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BUTLER LAKE
WATERSHED
DAM
The Chester Soil and Water Conservation District, a subdivision of state government,
was organized on March 4, 1938, in accordance with Conservation District Law Num-
ber 182 of the 1937 South Carolina General Assembly. It was originally organized as
a part of the Catawba Conservation District, which included Chester, Fairfield, Lan-
caster, and York Counties. Chester became a single district in July 1950. The Dis-
trict is governed
by a Board of
Commissioners
pictured below:
Left to right:
Rodger McDaniel,
Commissioner
Jeff Wilson,
Vice Chairman
Mac Turner,
Sec-Treasurer
Joey Gaston,
Commissioner
Allen Beer,
Chairman The Chester Soil and Water
Conservation District meets
at 9:30 A.M. on the third
Tuesday of each month in
the Conference Room of the
USDA Building at 744 Wil-
son Street in Chester. All
programs and services of
the district are offered on
a nondiscriminatory basis
without regard to race,
color, age, gender, national
origin, religion, handicap. or
marital status.
ADMINISTRATION STAFF
The Chester Soil and Water Conservation District programs are administered by a
board of commissioners consisting of three members elected in the general election and
two members appointed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and
the USDA Natural Resources. The District is assisted by District Coordinator Carol
Shockley, NRCS Acting Soil Conservationist Antron Williams, NRCS Engineer Scott
Glenn, and NRCS Soil Conservation Technician Jackie Heuermann.
We can be reached at 803.581.1908x101. Our fax number is 855.563.9300. Our website
is http://chesterswcd.yolasite.com. Email address is carol.shockley@sc.nacdnet.net.
Affiliate Members 2
Stewardship Week 2
Watershed Direc-
tors
2
Awards Banquet 3
Arbor Day 3
Contest Winners 4
No-Till Farming 6
Inside this issue:
The mission of the Chester Soil and Water Conservation District is to
promote the wise use and care of our natural resources of soil, water,
air, plants and animals for the benefit of the citizens of Chester County.
SUMMER 2016
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CORPORATE
AMERICAN FOREST MANAGEMENT
CHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
OMNOVA SOLUTIONS, INC.
SPRATT SAVINGS AND LOAN
PATRON
AME, INC.
BARRON FUNERAL HOME
CHESTER COUNTY NATURAL GAS
CHESTER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
DUKE ENERGY
ROBERT L. HOLCOMBE, JR.
RANDY HOPE-ANGEL INSURANCE
JOHN W. PARRIS
SAM AND BEVERLY STONE
SUSTAINING
AgSOUTH FARM CREDIT, ACA
BETTY B. ANDERSON
NANCY C. ANDERSON
JOANNA ANGLE/DR. BILL ALTMAN
CAROLINA EASTERN, INC.
CARTER’S LANDSCAPE & DESIGN
FAIRFIELD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
MARGARET M. HAUSMAN
ANN STRINGFELLOW MCNERNEY
DR. ROBERT E. SHANNON, JR.
JACK AND ANN SZOKE
JOEY AND SANNA WILSON
ROBERT AND CHERYL WYLIE
SUPPORTING
NORMA J. ALT
CITY TRUE VALUE HARDWARE
EZELL HARDWARE
AFFILIATE MEMBERS ARE A VITAL
PART OF OUR CONSERVATION TEAM!
WITHOUT MONETARY SUPPORT GIV-
EN FROM AFFILIATE MEMBERS, WE
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT
THE MANY PROGRAMS NEEDED TO
PROMOTE CONSERVATION WITHIN
CHESTER COUNTY.
MANY THANKS TO OUR LOYAL 2016
AFFILIATE MEMBERS!!!
TINKER’S CREEK WATERSHED
DAVID WILSON, CHAIRMAN
HENRY T. WESTBROOK
MIKE W. ALLEN
TRAVIS M. ALLEN
CHARLIE O. BARBER, JR.
Responsibilities of the watershed di-
rectors include overseeing mainte-
ROCKY CREEK WATERSHED
KEITH MCDONALD, CHAIRMAN
CLAUDIA DEAN
OSCAR L. “BUDDY” PEAY
WILLIAM F. WISHERT
CALVIN C. CLARK
nance and repairs to the dams and
drainage canals, addressing soil and
water issues in the watershed and
preventing structures from being lo-
cated in the flood pool. The purpose of
watershed districts is to promote con-
centrated efforts within the water-
shed to establish conservation practic-
es, including stabilization of critically
eroding areas, drainage measures and
flood control.
2016 AFFILIATE MEMBERS
WATERSHED DIRECTORS
resources, therefore, I do hereby pro-
claim April 24 to May 1, 2016, Soil
and Water Stewardship Week.”
This year’s motto was “WE ALL
NEED TREES”. The proclamation
reads, “Whereas fertile soil and clean
water provide us with our daily suste-
nance, and whereas effective conser-
vation practices have helped provide
us a rich standard of living, and
whereas our security depends upon
healthy soil and clean water, and
whereas stewardship calls for each
person to help conserve these precious
STEWARDSHIP WEEK-APRIL 24 TO MAY 1, 2016
Page 2 CHESTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
District Chairman Allen L. Beer with
Chester County Supervisor Shane
Stuart signing Proclamation
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The Chester Soil and Water Conserva-
tion District held its annual Awards
and Recognition Banquet on Thurs-
day, March 24, 2016, at the Chester
First Baptist Church social hall.
Chairman Allen L. Beer presided and
gave the invocation. A large crowd
enjoyed a buffet dinner. The Robbie
Banks Conservationist of the Year
Award was presented to Danny L.
Archie by Chairman Beer. Vice
Chairman Jeff Wilson presented the
Conservation Teacher of the Year
Award to Gwyn T. Cloninger, a third-
grade teacher at Great Falls Elemen-
tary School. Also recognized was
Thomas Henry Glenn, a sixth-grader
at the Glenn School, who read his
first place essay, “Every Tree Has A
Job.” Miss Ren Beam, a senior at
Chester High School, gave a brief
report on her experiences at the S. C.
Commissioner’s School of Agricul-
ture, which she attended last sum-
mer. The guest speaker for the even-
ing was Tom Patton, deputy state
forester with the S. C. Forestry Com-
mission, who gave an informative
and interesting presentation on the
importance of trees on the S.C. econ-
omy and lifestyle.
In 2011 Chester SWCD gave
away 50 free trees to Chester Coun-
ty citizens for the first time. This
Arbor Day project was so successful
that the Board decided to continue
it in the following years. The trees
were grown by J. B. Greenhouses
and Nursery at 2082 Great Falls
Road and were distributed one per
Chester County household on a first
come, first serve basis from Novem-
Arbor Day began in the
state of Nebraska in 1872 as the
brainchild of Julius Sterling Mor-
ton, a Nebraska journalist and poli-
tician. The movement has grown
over the past 140 years throughout
the United States and the world. In
South Carolina, Arbor Day is cele-
brated the first Friday in December
of each year.
ber 30-December 4, 2015. The free
trees were four-to five-foot Chinese
chestnut trees and six-foot Red Ma-
ples in three-gallon containers.
December is an excellent
time to take stock of the trees on
your property by inspecting them
and taking note of any broken
branches or evidence of disease or
insect infestation.
2016 AWARDS BANQUET
ARBOR DAY PROJECT
PHOTOS FROM AWARDS BANQUET
Above, Chairman Beer with the 2016 Robbie Banks Conservationist of the Year, Danny L.
Archie. Left is Vice Chairman Jeff Wilson with the 2016 Conservation Teacher of the Year,
Gwyn T. Cloninger. Below is Thomas Henry Glenn, first place essay winner. On the right is Ren
Beam, S. C. Commissioner’s School of Agriculture attendee.
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2016 CONTEST AWARD WINNERS
Each year the Chester Soil and Water Conservation District sponsors four edu-
cational contests for students who attend school in Chester County or who live
in Chester County. They are the Bulletin Board Contest, the Essay Contest,
the Photography Contest, and the Poster Contest. The theme for the 2016 con-
tests was “WE ALL NEED TREES”.
BULLETIN BOARD CONTEST WINNERS:
ACADEMY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
JESSICA DARBY, KINDERGARTEN
CHESTER PARK SCHOOL OF INQUIRY
AMANDA OLIVER, GRADE THREE
LEFT: CHESTER PARK
CENTER OF LITERACY
THROUGH TECHNOLO-
GY, GRADE FIVE, CAN-
DICE DELLINGER.
RIGHT: GREAT FALLS
ELEMENTARY, GRADE
THREE, GWYN CLON-
INGER
LEFT: LEWISVILLE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
GRADE ONE
MARILYN PRESSLEY
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SHOWN ABOVE ARE THE WINNERS IN THE 2016 ESSAY CONTEST: ON THE LEFT ARE THE WINNERS
FROM LEWISVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL (LEFT TO RIGHT: EMILY PAGE CARPENTER, CHRISTIAN JAMES
COCHRAN, WILLIAM BLAIR MCBRAYER, SAVANNAH CHEYENNE BROOME, ASHLEY ELIZABETH WOOD
AND ABIGAYLE ELIZABETH THOMAS). CENTER IS BROOKE DRAFFIN PAQUIN, THE ACADEMY. RIGHT
IS THOMAS HENRY GLENN, THE GLENN SCHOOL.
2016 POSTER CONTEST WINNERS
LEFT PICTURE INCLUDES GREAT FALLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINNERS (LEFT TO RIGHT)
NAQUISHA REID, REBECCA BRYAN, AND VALERIE HARRISON. MIDDLE PICTURE INCLUDES LEWIS-
VILLE ELEMENTARY WINNERS GLEN BEER, HAILEE LOFTIN AND REBECCA PRUETTE. PICTURED
AT RIGHT IS CHESTER PARK OF INQUIRY WINNER JANAYA KEENER.
2016 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST FIRST PLACE WINNERS
THOMAS HENRY GLENN EVAN RODDEY LA’TERRICA SPRINGS
THE GLENN SCHOOL CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL
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able effects. Advantages of conserva-
tion tillage as listed by the South Car-
olina Department of Natural Re-
sources are:
REDUCED LABOR AND FUEL
NEEDS
CONSERVATION TILLAGE,
also known as no-till farming, is a way
of growing crops from year-to-year
without disturbing the soil through
conventional tillage.
CONVENTIONAL TILLING
agitates the soil in various ways, usu-
ally with tractor drawn implements.
This will lead to unfavorable effects,
like soil compaction, loss of organic
matter, degradation of soil aggregates
(loss of soil moisture), death or disrup-
tion of soil microbes, arthropods, and
earthworms, and soil erosion where
topsoil is blown or washed away.
In no-till farming, the soil is
left intact and crop residue is left on
the field, thus avoiding those unfavor-
TIME SAVINGS
EASIER PLANTING
MORE SOIL MOISTURE
BETTER SOIL TILTH
LESS EROSION
The Chester Soil and Water
conservation district invites everyone
to participate in the effort to conserve
natural resources and aid in the pre-
vention of soil loss here in Chester
County by renting a no-till drill for
their planting needs. The District has
two no-till drills available to rent for
$9 per acre. Last year our drills were
used for no-till farming on over 300
acres in Chester County.
NO-TILL FARMING
SUNFLOWER NO-TILL DRILL
Each year the Chester Soil and Water Conservation District and its board of commissioners sponsor the Allen
L. Beer Scholarship for a Chester County high school senior who plans to enter college majoring in an agricultural or
environmental-related field. Due to a generous grant from OMNOVA Solutions, Inc., this year the board was able to
award two scholarships.
One $500 scholarship was presented by Allen L. Beer to Liza Wilson, a senior at Westminster Catawba
Christian School. Wilson is the daughter of Joey and Sanna Wilson and plans to enter Clemson University in the fall
as an agribusiness major with a minor in marketing or communications.
A second $500 scholarship was presented by Beer to Jonathan Lewis, a senior at Richard Winn Academy.
Lewis is the son of John and Rhonda Lewis and plans to enter Clemson University in the fall as an agribusiness ma-
jor with a minor in history. The board extends its best wishes and congratulations to Liza and Jonathan.
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