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A total of 10 accident reports were taken between Friday, November 24 and Monday morning keeping law enforcement busy over the holiday weekend. Five vehicle/deer accidents alone were reported last Friday, before the snow began to fall. However, areas saw more than five inches of snowfall on Saturday causing poor road conditions.

As part of National Rural Health Day, Greenwood County Hospital (GWCH) announced last week it has been recognized with a 2023 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Quality. Compiled by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards honor top quartile performance (i.e., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in Quality, Outcomes and/or Patient Perspective.

The Road and Bridge report was provided by Superintendent John Schouten, during the routine weekly Greenwood County Commission meeting on Monday of this week. Schouten reported that inventory was started Monday morning, due to the rain. Bids for culverts were provided for commission review. He is looking to compare the price for culverts to previously submitted numbers for steel pipe. All culvert bids received were for 14-gauge. Following comparison of figures and review of local vs non-local vendors, commissioners approved to proceed with the bid from Coyote Culvert and Pipe Company for the amount of $14,374.50. Commissioner Preston Evenson noted that the county could consider reinforcing the ends of culverts to prevent them from being crushed. Commissioner Mac Obourn asked that ‘Bridge Out’ signs be put up for the bridge on 60th Street west of J Road. Road and Bridge will look to address this. Greenwood County Fire Chief Glen Collinge presented a request for the county to pay half of the total cost for purchase of headsets for Madison Fire. Collinge noted that these help with safety and communication. He shared that the contribution amount would total $2,500. Commissioners approved contributing towards the purchase. This would afford for the purchase of three sets. Collinge noted while present that Fall River and Piedmont Fire departments do not have headsets. He will be looking at needs and cost to potentially bring numbers back to commissioners. Collinge shared that the recently held live fire training proved to be very beneficial.

Awarded Grant For Sidewalk Engineering Along River Street

The monthly meeting of the Madison Pacesetters 4-H Club was called to order on November 1, by Junior President Jorja Beeman. The Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H pledge were led by Kathryn Curry. Roll call was ‘What is something you are thankful for?’ and was answered by 26 members, four cloverbuds, two leaders and four guests.

Nobody wants the gift of foodborne illness during the holidays. Much of our Thanksgiving food safety choices begin with the decision of buying a fresh or frozen turkey. If you choose fresh, be sure to place an order with your grocer or butcher shop and pick it up 1-2 days before the meal.

Mayor Richard Clark called the October 16 meeting of the Howard City Council to order at 7:30 p.m. with council members Martin Hunter, Jerrad Pope, Gary Harrod and Derek Cookson present. Council member Erica Cordell was absent. Also present was Joanna Hunter.

The Soup Social for November was held with 20 individuals in attendance. Children from the Wonder Room made corn cob center pieces.

For the eighth consecutive year, community members will be coming together to share the Christmas spirit with their neighbors by blessing those around them with a box of food for a Christmas Dinner. The Eureka Wellspring was formed in December of 2016 with a small group of willing volunteers and a few monetary and food donations. The group intended to assemble holiday meal baskets for 10-15 local families, but gained enough interest to help more than 30.