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INSIDE THIS WEEK:$10,000 bad check leads to arrest, Page 2Cheraw girl wins handwriting contest, Page 3Central heads to playoffs, Page 12Town of Pageland to hold Taste, Page 20

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JOAN YATESEditor – The Link

A Charlotte man wasstopped last week for driving75 miles an hour in a 35 mpharea of McBee.

According to a report fromthe Chesterfield County Sher-iff’s Office, Billy AlexanderWilliams Jr. of 801 EastwayDrive in Charlotte wasstopped for driving 75 milesan hour on Highway 151going through McBee.

The report states DFCClarence Francis was in the Tand T parking lot on Highway151 inside the city limits ofMcBee when a north boundvehicle approached his patrolcar from the rear. When thegold-colored vehicle passed

him, Francis observed it hadno visible license plate, andradar showed the vehicle wastraveling at 75 miles per hour.

Francis acti-vated hise m e r g e n c ylights andsiren andbegan to pur-sue the vehi-cle, catchingup to it afterc r o s s i n gHighway 1 on the north sideof the city limits. Francis re-ported the vehicle also ap-peared to have increasedspeed. The vehicle eventuallypulled over approximatelytwo miles north of the McBeecity limits.

As Francis approached thevehicle, he could see a white

paper tag from a South Car-olina car dealer taped on theinside of the rear window.When Francis asked for iden-tification, Williams report-edly told him he did not havea driver’s license, nor did hehave insurance or any paper-work showing ownership ofthe vehicle.

A records check indicatedWilliams’ license was sus-pended in North Carolina forfailure to appear.

The report also states thepaper tag in the rear windowwas issued Dec. 28, 2017, buthad been obviously altered toread May 4, 2018.

Williams was charged withspeeding, driving under sus-pension, no vehicle license,no proof of insurance and noproof of ownership.

Man clocked doing 75 in35 speed zone in McBee

Williams

ROBERT MONNIEStaff Reporter

At last week’s meeting ofthe Chesterfield CountySchool Board, the trusteesunanimously approved thepromotion of Dr. ShanikaHarrington-David to the po-sition of principal of Peters-burg Primary School,effective July 1. She will suc-ceed Janice Kiser, who is re-tiring after a long anddistinguished career in K-12public education.

A 15-year veteran in K-12public education, Harring-ton-David earned her Bache-lor of Science degree inpublic health from the Uni-versity of South Carolina in1999 and has been the assis-tant principal at Edwards El-ementary for the past threeyears. She received her Mas-ter of Arts in teaching and el-ementary education fromColumbia International Uni-versity in 2003, followed bya master’s degree in educa-tion leadership and adminis-

tration from USC in 2010.Last year, she earned herdoctorate in education lead-ership and administrationfrom Wingate University.

Harrington-David beganher classroom phase with asix-year stint as a teacher inRichland 2 School District,followed by a year in publicschools in CumberlandCounty, N.C. In 2010, she re-turned to the Palmetto State,

beginning with two yearsteaching in Marlboro CountySchool District.

Her first tour as an admin-istrator was also in MCSD,as a curriculum coordinatorfor two years and one year asan assistant principal, beforeassuming her current dutiesat Edwards Elementary.

“We are very fortunate tohave Dr. Harrington-Davidin our district,” said CCSDSuperintendent Dr. HarrisonGoodwin at last week’sboard meeting.

Although liaison has al-ready begun between theoutgoing and incoming prin-cipals, the leadership transi-tion at Petersburg will beginin earnest after June 2 whensummer break begins.

The CCSD staff will setHarrington-David’s salaryonce the state funding picturefor 2018-19 is completed,but it will be in the samerange as other district ele-mentary school principals,commensurate with her for-mal education, level of re-sponsibility and experience.

School board approvesnew Petersburg principal

Dr. Shanika Harrington-David

ROBERT MONNIEStaff Reporter

Although the state fundingpicture for K-12 public edu-cation is becoming somewhatclearer, there are still somekey details to be worked outbetween the House and theSenate regarding the stategeneral fund.

“There are several differ-ences between the House andSenate versions of fundingfor the school districts,” saidChesterfield County SchoolDistrict Chief Financial Offi-cer Brad Willard in his open-ing remarks of his budgetupdate at last week’s meetingof the Chesterfield CountySchool Board, held atCheraw Primary School.

Foremost among the differ-ences between the two cham-bers is in regard to teacherpay. The Senate version in-cludes an across-the- board 1percent raise for teachers, inaddition to covering a step in-crease based on years of ex-perience by boosting the basestudent cost provided eachschool district.

In the House version of thegeneral fund, nearly $60 mil-lion was approved for a 2 per-cent across-the- board payraise for all K-12 teachers, asrequested six months ago byState Superintendent of Edu-cation Molly Spearman.

While the House has pro-posed no change in the cur-rent base student cost of$2,425, the Senate desires anincrease of $60. However, al-

though neither chamber de-cided to lift the current work-ing retiree cap of $10,000,that impact on CCSD will beminimal because the districtis classified as rural and thecap does not apply to criticalsubjects such as math and sci-ence.

“There are also severalother miscellaneous budgetincreases to consider that maybe funded or unfunded, whichinclude utilities, maintenanceand site security,” continuedWillard, who added that aproperty tax increase thatcould raise another $300,000,if levied by the board, may beon the table.

During the next week,House and Senate budget

State funding for schools still pending

JOAN YATESEditor – The Link

The town of Patrick willcelebrate its annual Pines-traw Festival May 17-19, be-ginning with the Taste ofPatrick from 6-8 p.m. Thurs-day, May 17, at TurnageField.

The Patrick block partywill take place from 6-9 p.m.Friday.

The parade will begin at10:30 a.m. Saturday, and avariety of festival eventswill continue throughout theday.

All events will be held at

Turnage Field on Highway102 in Patrick. Tickets forthe Taste are $15 and avail-able at Patrick Town Hall orfrom any Pinestraw Com-mittee member. All otherevents are free. Anyone whohas questions may call (843)910-0395, (980) 267-0305or (843) 910-7854.

Susan Griggs/Staff PhotographerLast year’s Taste of Patrick was a big hit with residents and friends of the town. The PinestrawCommittee expects this year’s event to be just an much fun.

Patrick getting ready for festival

See School Board, Pg. 3

JOAN YATESEditor – The Link

Highland celebrated itseighth consecutive year ofbeing landfill free last week.

“In the rush of our workand home lives, it is importantthat we occasionally take timeto celebrate the things that aregood.  What we are recogniz-ing today is somethinggood.  Due to the powerfulcombination of good fortuneand hard work, Highland hasbeen 100 percent landfill freefor eight years. It is incredibleto think about the sheer vol-ume of bi-product divertedfrom the landfill to be repur-posed and recycled into use-ful products.  We are thankfulfor the good fortune to havefound ICE Recycling, ourpartner in the endeavor, andfor the hard work of our ownMike Chapman, who sawhow important this project

could be and ran with it tomake it a reality,” said High-land plant manager EvansTindal. “Eight years ago, wewere sending 28 containers tothe landfill every month.Now, if you want to throwsomething away, you can’t doit at Highland.”

Scott Burkhart, vice presi-dent of industrial business,thanked Chapman and com-mended him for his persist-ence in talking to differentcompanies until he found ICERecycling in Lake City, acompany that would workwith Highland to achieve thegoal of repurposing or recy-cling 100 percent of any left-over manufacturing materials,as well as other waste prod-ucts.

Cheraw Mayor Andy In-gram congratulated the com-pany in its achievement, aswell.

“I want to thank Scott,

Evans and your whole staffhere for being such good cor-porate citizens of the town ofCheraw. I congratulate you onthis milestone that you’vereached. It’s mind-bogglingto me that you haven’t sentanything to the landfill foreight consecutive years,” saidIngram.

Wesley Ballou with ICERecycling presented the En-vironmental Trendsetteraward to Highland and talkedabout how the two companiesembarked upon a quest

“The name of the award isEnvironmental Trendsetter …a trendsetter is someone wholeads the way in ideas, butthat’s just words on a piece ofpaper … It’s the can-do atti-tude of this particular facil-ity,” said Ballou. “Highland’sproven their commitment tobeing a leader in environmen-tal stewardship time andagain.”

Joan Yates/EditorPictured from left, Charles Watson with Highland, Jonathan Finley with ICE Recycling, ScottBurkhart with Highland, Wesley Ballou with ICE Recycling and Evans Tindal with Highlandtook part in Highland’s celebration last week of being landfill-free for eight consecutive years.

Highland receives award