Armed robbery at Denmark Hardee’s

Jerry E. Halmon, Staff Writer

The Hardee’s Restaurant on Heritage Highway in Denmark was the scene of an armed robbery on Sunday afternoon. According to Hardee’s District Manager, Dwight Searson, at approximately 12:55 p.m. four black males came in the restaurant carrying weapons, two with shotguns and two with pistols.

Searson stated the subjects took the manager on duty to the back of the store and took money out of a safe. The subjects also took money out of the two front cash registers and the drive through window register and then left the scene on foot. Searson said, fortunately, no one was hurt and a surveillance camera was on at the time of the robbery and they have some good pictures.

Denmark Police Chief Leroy Grimes said the matter had been turned over to The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and was under investigation.

Pumpkin Patch opens

Jerry Durgan, Contributing Writer

Trinity United Methodist Church's sixth annual "Pumpkin Patch" will open at 1 p.m. Sunday, October 11. The patch will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays through October 31.

MCUMC Health and Wellness

Lisa B. Stokes, Contributing Writer

Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, Mt. Zion UMC, Orange Grove UMC and Bamberg Job Corps Center sponsored three days of Health and Wellness activities the weekend of September 25-27. The weekend opened with a Health and Wellness one mile Walk on the berm. Bamberg Mayor Alton McCollum proclaimed the weekend Health and Wellness weekend for the City.

Event organizer Denver Malcolm said she was excited about the resources that the event provided to participants. Malcolm said she is especially grateful to the vendors who provided the resources. “The turnout was great and none of this would have been possible without the support of the vendors, community, the churches and businesses that made donations to this great cause,” she said.

According to Ed

According to Sheriff Ed Darnell, his office has been investigating numerous burglaries around the county and three arrests were made involving one of the Burglaries which occurred on Memorial Church Rd., Olar on or around August 30.

Richard Adam Fail, 23 of Olar, was arrested for Burglary 2nd Degree, taken before Judge Freeman for Bond Hearing of $20,000 with 10% option.

Andrew Robert Tyler Putnam, 23 of Olar, was arrested for Burglary 2nd Degree and taken before Judge Freeman for Bond Hearing of $20,00 surety.

Andrew Louis Putnam, 50 of Olar was arrested for Burglary 2nd Degree and taken before Judge Freeman for a Bond hearing of $5,000 surety.

Ehrhardt Police Report

On September 26, according to Ehrhardt Police Chief Jim Preacher, the Ehrhardt Police Department, acting on a tip from an informant concerning an ongoing operation with the Bamberg Sheriff’s Department, stopped a silver grey Impala auto driven by Adrian C. Kinard, 28 years old, of Bamberg. Crack cocaine, marijuana and $2,217 dollars were seized. Warrants for possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine were issued for Adrian C. Kinard.

Also, charges of simple possession of marijuana were filed against Travis Latrell Dunbar, 28 years old, of Williston. Mr. Dunbar was the owner of the 2005 Chevrolet Impala.

More arrests are expected in this ongoing investigation.

Model T’s to Olar

Joyce M. Searson, Publisher

The Town of Olar will celebrate the Seventh Annual Model T’s to Olar Festival on October 16 and 17. Olar has a special connection with Ford Motor Company because of a relationship Henry Ford had with C. F. Rizer.

Chairwoman, Brenna Hancock, Hancock, “Our festival has something everyone can enjoy. This is our seventh festival and we will never promote alcohol use and it will never be allowed to be sold by vendors during our event. This has proven to be successful in previous years as all ages can enjoy our fun-filled event safely.”

“The size of the festival has grown steadily since about 1,000 people attended the first festival. Last year almost 3,000 people came to Olar to see Model T’s and enjoy the small-town atmosphere. With Gold City joining us this year, we anticipate this year’s crowd to double,” she said.

H1N1 Virus

Jerry Halmon, Staff Writer

Denmark-Olar District Two Superintendent Dr. Jake Sello informed the board that one middle school student and one high school student had been diagnosed with the H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu) and that both students had been allowed to return to school. Sello said he met with DHEC officials to discuss procedures and guidelines in the event of an epidemic of swine flu and DHEC asked that they be informed of any swine flu diagnosis in the district.

Sello said parents had received letters with suggested procedures to help prevent illness. He stated that DHEC had informed him that the swine flu vaccine would be ready in mid- October and that DHEC would administer the vaccine to students with parental approval and to district employees if they chose to be vaccinated.