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Wednesday, October 22,2008 Page 10 StarBeacon Ninety Six, S.C. fritter, orner region is also welcome to attend. Surrounding areas can take the training and apply it to their own attractions and destinations as well. Lunch will be provided at no cost to any prospective tour guides. To register, call Kelly McWhorter at 864-953-2465 or email at kelly.

Training Continued from page 1 With the recruitment of bus tour traffic, we hope to establish a strong volunteer base of people to work with who would be willing togive a day or two of their time throughout the year." McWhorter also said that anyone from the seven county I 1 molished. The land on which the combo school is to be built is already paid for, he said. Middle and high school grades would be segregated at the combo school with separate entrances and bus drop-offspickups for each age groups. Smith encouraged residents to see the Saluda County middle and high school combo to get a general idea of what Ninety Six's would be like. Regarding voting on the referendum during the Nov.

4 general election, Smith said voting down the referendum would not prevent taxes from going up any more than voting "yes" would' prevent District 52 from being consolidated with Greenwood District 50 and with Ware Shoals District 51. But passing the bond referendum "will help our case considerably" if the consolidation issue comes up again, Smith said. People who want to see the school bond referendum plan can do so by visiting the District 52 Web site at www. greenwood52.org. The third and final referendum public meeting will be 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 28, at The Depot. Referendum Continued from page 1 Renovating the middle and high schools would also cost more than construction of the combo campus. If this referendum is defeated at the Smith said the board would be forced to use 8 percent money, which is the assessed value of district property. This can be done without a referendum.

The amount of the 8 percent money would be about $4 million; not enough to construct a combo school. During a question and answer period after the presentation Smith responded to a question about what would be the fate of the Edgewood building is a combo school is built. He said the district had three options: 1) See if the middle school building could be sold. 2) Give the building to an agency or local group for use. 3) If the first two options are not possible, demolish the building.

"As for the (current) high school, there's talk of turning it into an athletic complex," Smith said. The wings with roof problems would be de (pi -vk. Jtlft a i or I Olivia Olivia is an attractive white Lab. She looks to be around one or two-years-old and weighs 45 pounds. Olivia is active, very happy, and loves to play fetch.

She, can sit, shake and lay down when asked. Olivia's good with people and other dogs alike a great companion for most everyone. Registering to vote Eighth-graders Dale Alexander, in green shirt, and Seth Bishop help fellow classmates Storm Blalock and Chris Prater register to vote in the recent mock presidential election at Edgewood Middle School, (photo by Jamie Cobb) Visit the Humane Society of Greenwood's Web site at www.gwdhumanesociety.org, or call (864) 942-8558, to see other animals available for adoption. The Adoption Center is opened Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

and Sundays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Community Action Grants available V7 MJ M.j. is a one-year-old, neutered male. He has a gorgeous short-haired gray coat.

He gets along very well with other cats, but he will compete against them for your attention. He is tolerant of dogs as well. M.J. is a very loving and laid back cat. He's ideal for those humans who like a lazier kind of life.

the family plot in the old mill problems, Christine mostly takes care of the cemetery now, as well as their yard which is covered in flowers and plants. Bill said many of the graves have no family survivors left to tend them. Richard Sanders, a former Ninety Six resident, now living in Greenwood, has grandparents buried here. Sanders provided some information about the cemetery to Mill Village resident Mickey Goodman, who then passed it on to The Star Beacon. The parents of Annie Pearl Woods of Greenwood are also buried here along with members of the Hyman and Reeves families.

Christine said the Ninety Six Mill Village Neighborhood Association told her they would seek help from groups and other individuals to help them keep the mill cemetery in good shape. She also said something will have to done about the fence posts around the cemetery; some of them are rusting despite being anchored in the ground with concrete. If anyone knows any additional information on the history of the mill village cemetery, contact the Morses at 543-2799; The Star Beacon at nsstarembarqmail.com or call 554-7349. KM Mock election Coach Charles Floyd's social studies class sponsored a mock election during lunch periods at Edgewood Middle School. Students had to register in order to be eligible to vote.

After registering, they can their vote for President in the voting booth. Eighth-grader Dale Alexander is pictured leaving the booth and dropping his vote in the ballot box. (Photo by Jamie Cobb) The 2008-09 Community Action Grants are now available. What is the Community Action Grant Program? The Community Action Grants (CAG) program made available through the partnership with Self Regional HealthcareThe Partnership for a Greater GreenwoodThe Self Family Foundation and Healthy Greenwood Neighborhoods, Inc. to Neighborhood Associations in Greenwood County to fund improvement projects in their neighborhoods.

How much money is available? Grants range in amounts from depending on the project. The CAG grant provides funds to neighborhoods so they may be able to meet some of the goals they have determined for themselves through the process of discussion and decision making as a neighborhood association. Neighborhood Match Grant projects require a dol-lar-for-dollar neighborhood match for CAG awarded. For every dollar requested through the grant fund, one dollar of match must be provided by the applicant organization. Match may be composed of many different things, including cash resources from the neighborhood group generated through fund-raising and pledges, volunteer labor, in-kind donations in the form of materials andor services.

The best way to consider ideas for match is to generate a list of all resources needed to complete the project and to identify those items that can be found in the neighborhood. Are there any restrictions? Very your neighborhood association must be organized and the decision of what should be applied for through the CAG program must come from the entirety of the neighborhood. This can be accomplished through neighborhood meetings, neighborhood newsletter surveys, or door-to-door surveying. The CAG application will ask that the neighborhood document the support of the neighborhood for the particular grant request. Your association must be involved in the Neighborhood Association Council.

NeighborhoodsCommu-nityHomeownerProperty-owner Associations wishing to apply for a Community Action Grant must attend a one (1) hour information session. The first session will be 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20 at The Bornemann Center for Community Education (110 Phoenix Street). The following are the dates for 2009 grants information sessions which will all be at 5 p.m.

in The Bornemann Center: Monday, Jan. 1 9, Monday, April July 20, Monday, Oct. 19. Christine Morse stands by village cemetery. People Continued from page 1 The mill village cemetery was established in 1913 for the textile workers.

A young girl; Holly Self Ouzts, was the first to be buried here. Many victims of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic are buried here. The most recent burial in the cemetery was Morse's first cousin, Donnie Chrisley, in 2006. Born in Anderson, Morse is a graduate of Greenwood High School. He worked with Greenwood Mills at total of 36 nonconsecutive years.

Morse was a supervisor at old Ninety Six Plant No. 10 until it closed in 1989. He then worked at Mathews Mill until having to retire because of rheumatoid and osteo-arthritis. Morse now has Crohn's Disease and is taking chemotherapy for both ailments. Christine Morse is former Flour Daniel employee.

"I quit when his health became bad," she said. Morse had originally been interviewed about 1985 by The Star Beacon, then the Star and County Review, about maintaining the mill graveyard. Because of Bill's health Healthy Continued from page I Community Coalition Award Recognizes projects that involve partnerships between neighborhood organizations and schools, businesses, municipalities or other neighborhood organizations. The project must embrace the spirit of cooperation and community involvement, (one application per neighborhood) Greenwood Pride This award celebrates the physical beautification and re vital iza-tion efforts imitated by one neighborhood organizations. (One application per neighborhood) Neighborhood Youth Award Presented to a youth 1 8 and younger who has worked with adults and peers in improving their community.

Banning NAC Notable Award The Neighborhood Association Council will recognize the Contributions of "special friends." An NAC Notable is an "unsung hero." Neighborhood leadership and involvement is not their primary function. But what they do truly matters and makes an impact on neighborhood and residents. Three additional awards will also be presented: The Neighborhood Crime Watch programs of the year by the Greenwood City Police Department and Greenwood County Sheriffs Office and the NeighborhoodCommunity Participant of the year by the Adopt-A-Highway program. For information, contact Toni Able, Executive Director, Healthy Greenwood Neighborhoods, Inc. at 941-3370.

on having ne wora uui, Candlelight Tour visitors tallied The Ninety Six National Historic Site reported a total of 870 visitors for the annual Autumn Candlelight Tour Oct. 1 1 at the U.S. National Park on S.C. 248, two miles south of the Town of Ninety Six. Of this number, 730 went on the walking tour in the evening.

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