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BY ROGER LEEThe Journal Scene
The Pinewood baseball team washonored by the South Carolina leg-islature July 9.
South Carolina Senator MikeRose presented members of theteam with a framed proclamationrecognizing the team for its accom-plishments this spring. Pinewoodclaimed the 2009 SCISA AAAbaseball championship in May.
“It is important for young peopleto be recognized for their accom-plishments,” Rose said. “It helpsbuild self esteem and character.Too often we hear about whenthings go bad so when people dothings right, that should be recog-nized.”
Pinewood defeated NorthwoodAcademy 5-3 in the state finals tobring home the school’s first state
baseball title. The Panthers endedthe season with an impressive 22-8record.
“We had a great group of playersthis year,” Pinewood assistant
coach Kenny Keller said at thepresentation. “They wanted thatchampionship and they workedhard for it from day one. Their
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The Fifth Annual TroyKnight Memorial GolfTournament will be held atLegend Oaks Golf Course Oct.10.
The event is part of a week-end of activities to include theScrumptious SummervilleKitchen Tour to be held Oct.11, an annual event that bene-fits Children In Crisis, Inc.
Troy Guerard Knight, legalcounsel for the Town ofSummerville, and a loved andrespected leader and attorney,passed away in Nov. 2004.
His memory will live onthrough the critical servicesChildren In Crisis, Inc., pro-vides to protect children suf-fering from abuse or neglect.
Ralph Phillips and DavidWhittington are the tourna-ment organizers and are prom-ising this year’s event to bemore challenging and excitingwith competitive teams alreadyreserving their spot.
Knight Law Firm is the leadsponsor for this event. Othersponsors include: McElveen,Dixon-Hughes PLLC,Community First Bank, JohnLoy - First Circuit PublicDefender, Murphy Law Firm,and Robert and Candace Pratt -ReMax Professional Realty.
Sponsorship opportunities arestill available. All includerecognition in the Kitchen Tourprogram, team photo, boxlunch, beverage cart on thecourse, reception with heavyhors d’oeuvres and an openbar.
Co-lead sponsorships for$3,000 include admission forsix to the Sponsors’ Gala andsix Kitchen Tour tickets.
Participating sponsorships for$1,000 include admission forfour to the Sponsors’ Gala andfour Kitchen Tour tickets.Team sponsorships for $600include admission for two tothe Sponsors’ Gala and twoKitchen Tour tickets.
For more information, con-tact Jaime Moore, donor rela-tions and events manager atChildren In Crisis, at 875-1551.
Children In Crisis, Inc. is a501(c)(3) non-profit organiza-tion that operates the onlyChildren’s Advocacy Center InDorchester County. In 2008,the Center provided servicesfor 848 new cases of childabuse.
This represents an increase of14 percent over 2007. Theseservices included forensicinterviews, forensic medicalexaminations, and individualchild and family therapy ses-sions.
In total, last year the organiza-tion provided several thousandunits of service for children andtheir families from DorchesterCounty and parts of Berkeleyand Charleston Counties.
KnightMemorialto benefitChildrenIn Crisis
BY ROGER LEEThe Journal Scene
The Summerville AmericanLegion Juniors are getting closeto doing what no DiamondWave team has done.
The team will travel to Marion nextweek in hopes of earning a SouthCarolina American Legion Juniors title.
The team swept Andrews with consecu-tive wins in a playoff series last week toadvance to the state tournament to be heldin Marion July 22-26.
The only Diamond Wave team to getcloser to a title is the 2006 Juniors’squad,which advanced to the state champi-onship series.
That was Summerville’s first seasonfielding a junior Legion team andHartsville won the series 3-1.
This year’s Diamond Wave Juniorsclinched a spot in the double-elimination,six-team, state tournament with a 6-3 winover Andrews Friday.
Bryan Peagler, who only has one loss onthe season, threw five innings to pick upthe win and Matt Chapman pitched thefinal two innings to get the save.
The Wave improved to 7-3 on the sea-son with the win, with one of its lossesbeing a controversial forfeit.
Cam Brownlee led the way for theWave offense, driving in two runs with adouble down the third-base line and push-ing another run across with one of his twowalks on the night.
Wave coach Ronnie Sayer says he likeshis team’s chances at the championshiptournament.
“Our pitching staff is deep and at everyother position we have a backup who I’mcomfortable playing,” he said.
“They are also a versatile group. Wehave kids who can pitch, play third orplay right field so I never hesitate in put-ting someone in the game. Our biggestchallenge will be leaving all the outsidedistractions off the field. We just need toget our heads right and go out there anddo what we need to do. We should dowell if we can stay focused on the game.”
Team officials are hoping to raisemoney for the tournament through asponsorship banner.
Anyone interested in making a donationto offset the team’s traveling and lodgingexpenses can contact any member of theSummerville American Legion coachingstaff.
The Diamond Wave Seniors were
scheduled to enter the playoffs Monday inSumter. The team’s best-of-five serieswill return to Summerville Thursdayunless one of the teams sweeps the other.
Sumter is the League Three championand finished the regular season with an18-5 record. Summerville placed fourthin League One with a 7-8 record.
Contact Roger Lee @ 873-9424 ext.213 or [email protected].
Wave Juniors headed to state
Photos by Roger Lee/Journal Scene
(Above) Bryan Peagler has beengolden on the mound for the
Summerville American LegionJuniors this season. (Right)
Cam Brownlee led the DiamondWave offense Friday.
Panthers have a fitting end
Roger Lee/Journal Scene
South Carolina Senator Mike Rose presents a proclamation to members ofthe Pinewood Prep baseball team. From left are Rose, Austin Heflin, JaruisSchumann, Laquan Gilliard, Kenan Keller and assistant coach Kenny Keller.
BY ROGER LEEThe Journal Scene
The Parks Field American 9-10-year-old All-stars won their sub-district tour-nament Sunday to advance to the districttournament.
The Summerville team 10-runnedthree opponents during the Dixie YouthBaseball District 7 Sub-district A tour-nament held at Northwoods Park lastweek to advance to the championshipgame.
There, Parks American defeatedMoncks Corner 9-7 to claim the champi-onship.
“We’ve got a great group of kids andI’m glad they will be able to compete inthe district tournament,” ParksAmerican coach Kenneth Farrell said.
Parks Americanimpressive insub-district
See Panthers Page 2B See Parks Page 3B
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BY ROGER LEEThe Journal Scene
The Pinewood baseball team washonored by the South Carolina leg-islature July 9.
South Carolina Senator MikeRose presented members of theteam with a framed proclamationrecognizing the team for its accom-plishments this spring. Pinewoodclaimed the 2009 SCISA AAAbaseball championship in May.
“It is important for young peopleto be recognized for their accom-plishments,” Rose said. “It helpsbuild self esteem and character.Too often we hear about whenthings go bad so when people dothings right, that should be recog-nized.”
Pinewood defeated NorthwoodAcademy 5-3 in the state finals tobring home the school’s first state
baseball title. The Panthers endedthe season with an impressive 22-8record.
“We had a great group of playersthis year,” Pinewood assistant
coach Kenny Keller said at thepresentation. “They wanted thatchampionship and they workedhard for it from day one. Their
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24 WINGS FOR$9.99
ON MONDAY NIGHTS
$5 CHICKENSANDWICHESON TUESDAY NIGHTS
The Fifth Annual TroyKnight Memorial GolfTournament will be held atLegend Oaks Golf Course Oct.10.
The event is part of a week-end of activities to include theScrumptious SummervilleKitchen Tour to be held Oct.11, an annual event that bene-fits Children In Crisis, Inc.
Troy Guerard Knight, legalcounsel for the Town ofSummerville, and a loved andrespected leader and attorney,passed away in Nov. 2004.
His memory will live onthrough the critical servicesChildren In Crisis, Inc., pro-vides to protect children suf-fering from abuse or neglect.
Ralph Phillips and DavidWhittington are the tourna-ment organizers and are prom-ising this year’s event to bemore challenging and excitingwith competitive teams alreadyreserving their spot.
Knight Law Firm is the leadsponsor for this event. Othersponsors include: McElveen,Dixon-Hughes PLLC,Community First Bank, JohnLoy - First Circuit PublicDefender, Murphy Law Firm,and Robert and Candace Pratt -ReMax Professional Realty.
Sponsorship opportunities arestill available. All includerecognition in the Kitchen Tourprogram, team photo, boxlunch, beverage cart on thecourse, reception with heavyhors d’oeuvres and an openbar.
Co-lead sponsorships for$3,000 include admission forsix to the Sponsors’ Gala andsix Kitchen Tour tickets.
Participating sponsorships for$1,000 include admission forfour to the Sponsors’ Gala andfour Kitchen Tour tickets.Team sponsorships for $600include admission for two tothe Sponsors’ Gala and twoKitchen Tour tickets.
For more information, con-tact Jaime Moore, donor rela-tions and events manager atChildren In Crisis, at 875-1551.
Children In Crisis, Inc. is a501(c)(3) non-profit organiza-tion that operates the onlyChildren’s Advocacy Center InDorchester County. In 2008,the Center provided servicesfor 848 new cases of childabuse.
This represents an increase of14 percent over 2007. Theseservices included forensicinterviews, forensic medicalexaminations, and individualchild and family therapy ses-sions.
In total, last year the organiza-tion provided several thousandunits of service for children andtheir families from DorchesterCounty and parts of Berkeleyand Charleston Counties.
KnightMemorialto benefitChildrenIn Crisis
BY ROGER LEEThe Journal Scene
The Summerville AmericanLegion Juniors are getting closeto doing what no DiamondWave team has done.
The team will travel to Marion nextweek in hopes of earning a SouthCarolina American Legion Juniors title.
The team swept Andrews with consecu-tive wins in a playoff series last week toadvance to the state tournament to be heldin Marion July 22-26.
The only Diamond Wave team to getcloser to a title is the 2006 Juniors’squad,which advanced to the state champi-onship series.
That was Summerville’s first seasonfielding a junior Legion team andHartsville won the series 3-1.
This year’s Diamond Wave Juniorsclinched a spot in the double-elimination,six-team, state tournament with a 6-3 winover Andrews Friday.
Bryan Peagler, who only has one loss onthe season, threw five innings to pick upthe win and Matt Chapman pitched thefinal two innings to get the save.
The Wave improved to 7-3 on the sea-son with the win, with one of its lossesbeing a controversial forfeit.
Cam Brownlee led the way for theWave offense, driving in two runs with adouble down the third-base line and push-ing another run across with one of his twowalks on the night.
Wave coach Ronnie Sayer says he likeshis team’s chances at the championshiptournament.
“Our pitching staff is deep and at everyother position we have a backup who I’mcomfortable playing,” he said.
“They are also a versatile group. Wehave kids who can pitch, play third orplay right field so I never hesitate in put-ting someone in the game. Our biggestchallenge will be leaving all the outsidedistractions off the field. We just need toget our heads right and go out there anddo what we need to do. We should dowell if we can stay focused on the game.”
Team officials are hoping to raisemoney for the tournament through asponsorship banner.
Anyone interested in making a donationto offset the team’s traveling and lodgingexpenses can contact any member of theSummerville American Legion coachingstaff.
The Diamond Wave Seniors were
scheduled to enter the playoffs Monday inSumter. The team’s best-of-five serieswill return to Summerville Thursdayunless one of the teams sweeps the other.
Sumter is the League Three championand finished the regular season with an18-5 record. Summerville placed fourthin League One with a 7-8 record.
Contact Roger Lee @ 873-9424 ext.213 or [email protected].
Wave Juniors headed to state
Photos by Roger Lee/Journal Scene
(Above) Bryan Peagler has beengolden on the mound for the
Summerville American LegionJuniors this season. (Right)
Cam Brownlee led the DiamondWave offense Friday.
Panthers have a fitting end
Roger Lee/Journal Scene
South Carolina Senator Mike Rose presents a proclamation to members ofthe Pinewood Prep baseball team. From left are Rose, Austin Heflin, JaruisSchumann, Laquan Gilliard, Kenan Keller and assistant coach Kenny Keller.
BY ROGER LEEThe Journal Scene
The Parks Field American 9-10-year-old All-stars won their sub-district tour-nament Sunday to advance to the districttournament.
The Summerville team 10-runnedthree opponents during the Dixie YouthBaseball District 7 Sub-district A tour-nament held at Northwoods Park lastweek to advance to the championshipgame.
There, Parks American defeatedMoncks Corner 9-7 to claim the champi-onship.
“We’ve got a great group of kids andI’m glad they will be able to compete inthe district tournament,” ParksAmerican coach Kenneth Farrell said.
Parks Americanimpressive insub-district
See Panthers Page 2B See Parks Page 3B
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ON THE MAT
Grapplers goingfor the glory
Career CenterThe regular meeting
of the Board ofTrustees for the
Dorchester CountyCareer and
Technology Centerhas been scheduledfor 9 a,m. Saturday,
March 11 at 507Schoolhouse Roadin Dorchester, S.C.
The meeting is opento the public. The2006-07 budget
retreat for the cen-ter will follow the
meeting.
Dump changesThe hours at
Dorchester Countyconvenience sites
are now from 7 a.m.until 6 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursdayand Friday and from
9 a.m. until 5 p.m.Saturday. The sites
will be closedWednesday and
Sunday. Yard debrisfrom county resi-
dents can be takento the Jenner site on
Highway 61 andconstruction anddemolition debrisfrom county resi-
dents can be takento the St. George
and Old Fort sites.
District TwoTrustees
The DorchesterSchool District Two
Board of Trusteesmeets at 7 p.m. the
second and fourthMondays of every
month at the schooldistrict administra-
tive office, located at102 Green Wave
Boulevard inSummerville.
Town CouncilSummerville TownCouncil meets at7:30 p.m. on the
second Wednesdayof every month at
Town Hall.
Federal Retireesand EmployeesThe Summerville
Chapter 1082 of theNational Association
of Retired andCurrent Federal
Employees meetsthe third Monday of
each monthSeptember through
May at 1:30 p.m. atthe DorchesterCounty Senior
Center, 312 N.Laurel Street. Formore information,
call Barbara Bryan at873-5773 or email
ontap
INDEXClassifieds...6-8, Sec.3
Legals...8, Sec.3
Editorial...2, Sec.1
Sports...1-2, Sec.2
Crime...3, Sec.1
Obituaries...5, Sec.1
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Dr. Jairy Hunter, at far right, and Rhonda Knight, L.C. Knight and Kelly Knight-Byrd are pictured with a check showing the amount pledgedto date for the Troy G. Knight Scholarship.
Dr. Hunter, L.C. and Rhonda Knight at the CSU signing.
Almost $140,000 has been pledgedto endow a scholarship at CharlestonSouthern University in memory ofTroy G. Knight, the former Sum-merville town attorney who diedsuddenly in November 2004.
Dr. Jairy C. Hunter, Jr., presidentof CSU, hosted a luncheon at thecollege last Thursday for scholar-ship donors.
“I’ve never seen anything like thisin my years of fundraising,” Dr.Hunter told the gathering. “This is atestament to the lives this youngman touched in Summerville and the
low country and to how well theKnight family is thought of.
“Summerville is a special place.It’s a community and one of the lastcommunities left in the state. If Iwas a young man of 25 or so and justgetting out of college, I’d come toSummerville to start my businessbecause people in Summerville careabout each other and do businesswith each other,” Dr. Hunter added.
The Troy G. Knight MemorialEndowed Scholarship will be han-dled through CSU’s financial aidoffice. According to the guidelinesset up by the Knight family, once the
A Summerville youth is recoveringafter he was hit by a car on TrolleyRoad Thursday.
At about 6:15 p.m. the boy, 11, wasbouncing a basketball as he walkedfrom the Bridges of Summerville sub-division to his home at Martin’s Creekapartments, police Lt. Bob Burris said.
“He was on the sidewalk bouncingthe ball and the ball got away fromhim,” Burris said.
The ball went into Trolley Road, aheavily-traveled, four-lane arterybetween Oakbrook and Summerville.
“When the ball bounced into thestreet he reacted by going after it,”Burris said.
The child, a student at Alston MiddleSchool, was struck by a Ford Taurustraveling from Oakbrook to Sum-merville.
The impact knocked him 50 feet,Burris said. Witnesses said the car waswithin the posted 45 mph speed limit.“There were no skid marks” becausethe driver didn’t have time to hit thebrakes, he said.
The boy, who was in a crouchingposition when he was hit, sustainedhead injuries but remained conscious.
“He was alert; he was able to give ushis mother’s name and telephone num-ber,” Burris said. “It was amazing.”
The boy was transported by Dorch-ester EMS to Medical University Hos-pital in Charleston. He was transferredfrom intensive care to a regular roomon Friday and is expected to recover,Burris said.
“He was extremely lucky,” he said.“Extremely.”
The driver of the Taurus faces nocharges. “She won’t be cited becauseshe wasn’t at fault,” Burris said. Theaccident blocked traffic on TrolleyRoad for about 30 minutes as policeinvestigated the scene. Officers thenopened one lane in each direction toslow traffic around the scene until itwas clear.
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R E M E M B E R I N G T R O Y
CSU students will benefit
Staff photos by Michael Truslow
From left, RSVP members Barbi Sawyer, Barbara Van Damme, Hazel Tindall, Cathy Quenga, Phyllis Dixon,John Dixon, Alexis Robinson, Julia Robinson and Shelli Quenga baked 9,000 cookies for firefighters whowill raise funds for Carolina Children’s Charity.
When Summerville Fire &Rescue Assistant Chief RodneyProfit began volunteering forCarolina Children’s Charity, hehad no idea that he, wifeAnnette and their son, 8-year-old Grate, would ever need thegroup’s help.
“I started helping with thecharity long before my son,who has juvenile diabetes, wasborn,” Profit said.
“Now [more than a decadelater] Carolina Children’s Char-ity has helped Grate with thecosts of insulin and other med-ical expenses not covered byinsurance.”
Carolina Children’s Charity
was created in 1987 by localvolunteers committed to meet-ing the needs of local childrenwith birth defects and/or child-hood diseases.
“With the dedication and com-mitment of the Tri-County FireChiefs Association, WCBDNBC 2, Lowcountry Firefight-ers, and many other local
Cookies, boots go togetherMICHAEL [email protected]
Enough trashtalk, counciland residents say
On Jan. 19, DHEC (Department ofHealth and Environmental Control)issued a permit to allow a landfillfor construction debris to be locatedadjacent to the cypress swamp atBeidler Forest.
The 60-acre site, which is not yetoperating, is near Walnut Branch,close to Harleyville.
Seven residents—Susan R. Carn,Rosa M. Franks, Paul E. Christian,Henry D. Lary, Herman R. DeLeeand Rex and Linda Blevins—filedan appeal in the South CarolinaCourt of Appeals on Feb. 16 askingthe state’s administrative law courtin Columbia to reverse the permit.
Along with other residents in theBend community, the plaintiffsargue it would be impossible tokeep potentially harmful materialsout of the landfill.
To date DHEC has filed noresponse and a hearing has not beenscheduled.
However, last month DHEC Chiefof Permitting Art Braswell said theagency had no reason not to issuethe permit.
“The [DHEC] permit for the land-fill indicates it will only accept con-struction debris, and would not hurtthe swamp,” Braswell said.
Residents disagree. At a Dorch-ester County Council meeting on
MICHAEL [email protected]
� Jan. 19 – the state’s Department ofHealth and Environmental Control (DHEC)issued a permit to allow a landfill, whichwill accept construction debris, adjacentto the cypress swamp at Beidler Forest. Itis a 60-acre site near Walnut Branch.� Jan. 23 – Dorchester County Councilamended its solid waste ordinance, stat-ing, “... no new landfills are needed inthat area.”� Feb. 16 – Residents of the Bend com-munity filed an appeal with the S.C. Courtof Appeals in Columbia, asking that thepermit be voided. As defendants, resi-dents have named DHEC; AffordableWaste Disposal, which would haul debristo the site; and Herman and NellMuckenfuss of Summerville, who own theland and the company.� What’s next? An administrative lawjudge will rule, in the next few months, onthe residents’ request to void a permitissued by DHEC.
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
11-year-oldrecovering
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See TRASH Page 5, Sec. 1
See COOKIES Page 5, Sec. 1
Struck by vehicleon Trolley RoadJULIE R. [email protected]