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The winner of the “Prevent Kitchen Fires” elementary student poster contest for the 2013 Fire Expo will get their design dis-played on two Lancaster Fire Department firetrucks for a year.
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Editorial sta� wins nine LCNI awards
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This June 5, 2012, image of Venus over the moon recieved high marks from judges and a second-place award for TLN staff photographer Aaron Morrison.
Sta� reportsThroughout its history of
community service, the lobby, hallway and newsroom of The Lancaster News and Carolina Gateway office on North White Street have become lined with awards plaques, service awards and certificates of appreciation from charitable agencies.
There are even a few resolu-tions from local government in display, as well as front pages ranging from the 1959 death of textile magnate Col. Elliott White Springs to the flight of Apollo 16 astronaut and moon-walker Charlie Duke in 1972, to the tragic December 1979 fire at Lancaster County Jail and local reaction to the ter-rorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
“Putting a newspaper to-
gether doesn't just happen,” said Barbara Rutledge, editor of The Lancaster News.
“It takes talent, skill, team-work and commitment by ev-eryone involved to get the newspaper in your hands or in our online version. And every-one in our newsroom has those traits.”
The effort – to provide the best news coverage possible for the citizens of Lancaster County – has now resulted in another round of accolades.
The combined editorial staff of TLN and Carolina Gateway garnered nine awards in the annual writing and design contests held by its parent company, Landmark Commu-nity Newspapers Inc. (LCNI).
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Two men arrested for mob assault
Indian Land
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Two Indian Land men were ar-rested late last month following an assault that left a Waxhaw, N.C., man bloodied and bruised.
Tully Allen Tillman, 26, and Tyler Tillman, 24, both of 10434 Tillman Steen Road, were each charged Aug. 24 with third degree assault and battery by a mob.
According to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office in-cident report, dep-uties responded to an assault call in the 10000 block of Tillman Steen Road about 8 p.m. that day.
At the scene, deputies spoke with the 42-year-old victim whose face was covered in blood, the report said. They also noticed that both of the man’s eyes were swollen shut and he had a large bruise on the side of his head.
The victim also told deputies he believed his nose was broken, the report said.
“(The victim) stated that he was ‘jumped on’ by approximately eight to ten people. (The man) stated he did not know who all the subjects were who assaulted him, however (he) stated he knew for sure that Tully Tillman and Tyler Tillman were in the group,” a deputy wrote in the report.
The victim told deputies he had been invited over to Tully Tillman’s home to “hang out and play corn-hole.”
While at the home, he said one of the men told him to ask a woman at the home for drugs, the report said.
When the woman swore at him and told him to leave, the victim responded by swearing at the woman, the report said.
“That is when approximately eight to ten people assaulted him.
The victim was able to get away and call 911.
Tully Tillman, 26
Tyler Tillman, 24
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SETTING AN EXAMPLE
NAS Center names galleries
in honor of local supporters
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University of South Carolina Lancaster student Latalya Holmes and her fellow English 101 classmates enjoy an exhibit at the USCL Native American Studies Center on Thursday, Sept. 5.
“It’s our university and we’re proud of it. And we’re going to do every-thing – as long as I’m mayor – to support it.”
– Joe Shaw Lancaster mayor
Reece [email protected]
The University of South Caroli-na Lancaster’s Native American Studies Center thanked three of its most supportive community part-ners Thursday, Sept. 5 by naming galleries in their honor.
The honorees for the event in-cluded a corporation, a munici-pality and an individual: Duke En-ergy, the city of Lancaster and museum benefactor and commu-nity altruist Lindsay Pettus.
The center’s show of apprecia-tion took place during a gallery naming ceremony attended by state and local dignitaries, com-munity members, students, mem-bers of the Catawba Nation and representatives of other Native American tribes.
USCL Dean Dr. Walt Collins wel-comed the crowd with details of the new NAS Center’s successes.
Since opening 11 months ago, Collins said, the center has wel-comed nearly 6,000 visitors, in-cluding students and county resi-dents, as well visitors from 32
South Carolina counties, 30 U.S. states and 16 countries.
“It has been a tremendous 11 months and the response has been overwhelmingly positive and affirms the decision to launch this collaborative effort between USC Lancaster and the city of Lancast-er,” Collins said.
“Most importantly of all, Native Americans who enter this center know that their histories, cultures and traditions are not only hon-ored, but are also shown respect here.
“The faculty and staff will con-tinue to invest the time and effort to preserve the history of Native Americans for generations to come,” Collins said.
Thursday’s ceremony celebrat-ed the naming of three galleries: The Duke Energy Gallery, The Red Rose Gallery and The D. Lindsay Pettus Gallery.
Duke Energy District Manager Rick Jiran accepted the honor for the company.
Jiran joked that former USCL See NAS GALLERIES I Page 8A
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Dean Dr. John Catalano welcomed him to the area in 2006 with a call asking for financial support.
Jiran said Catalano, “like any good dean would do,” continued to make requests for financial support, and he was happy to oblige, especially when Catalano requested support for his vision of the NAS Center.
“In all sincerity, there was one thing about this project, it was a no-brain-er,” Jiran said.
“When dean Catalano talked about the Native American Center, the eco-nomic impact, the impact for students, the impact for the city, you couldn’t help but be excited, couldn’t help but be involved.
“Duke Energy is proud to be part of this center, proud to be part of USCL, and proud to be part of Lancaster,” he said.
Lancaster Mayor Joe Shaw, joined by several municipal officials, accepted the honor for the city.
Shaw said the city’s involvement with the center began with several hundred thousand dollars worth of support that has grown to more than $1 million. He said he and others are still convinced the investment is worth it.
Shaw said the center “is the best thing that’s happened to this city,” a draw for downtown and an investment in the cultural education of the city’s residents and children.
Most of all, Shaw said, he’s proud the city of Lancaster is home to a facility that honors the legacy and contribu-tions of Native Americans, and proud of Lancaster’s valued partnership with USCL.
“It’s our university and we’re proud of it,” Shaw said. “And we’re going to do everything – as long as I’m mayor – to support it.”
Pettus, owner of D. Lindsay Pettus Real Estate in Lancaster, is a life-long Lancaster County resident and long-time supporter of local historic, con-servation and community causes.
In introducing Pettus, NAS Center Director Dr. Stephen Criswell said Pet-tus was instrumental in procuring the university’s acclaimed collection of Catawba pottery and extensive re-search from Dr. Tom Blumer, which the center now houses.
“Lindsay had a vision and he said, ‘The clay for those pots was dug from Lancaster County and it should come back to Lancaster County,’” Chriswell said.
During his comments, Pettus told about the first time he saw the collec-tion, stacked to the ceiling of a stor-age building in cardboard boxes.
Pettus said he was almost over-whelmed as he thought about the time the Catawba Indian potters had spent digging clay for the pots from local river banks, the tears they cried over and love they gave their unique handiwork.
He said it was a partnership that brought the collection to USCL, and it was partnerships that would pre-serve the NAS Center’s mission.
“The partnership with Dr. John Catalano, and USCL, and the partner-ship with the city and its staff, and yes, a little bit of Catawba potter brought us here today,” Pettus said. “I want to tell you, I love you, and I love Lancaster County.”
With that, NAS Center Curator of Collections Brittany Taylor unveiled the galleries’ three signs, made and donated by local artist Bob Doster.
After the event, Chriswell said con-tributions of the three were immea-surable to the center’s very existence.
“We wouldn’t be here without them,” Chriswell said. “We wouldn’t be here without the city, because we wouldn’t have the building. We wouldn’t have anything to put in it without Lindsay Pettus; and we wouldn’t be able to store the pottery without Duke Energy; they donated these cases, and provided us with grant money for more pottery pur-chases.”
Chriswell said community support has a compounding effect that helps make it easier for the NAS Center to procure grants.
To date, thanks in large part to the center’s success, the collection and financial support of Duke Energy and others, the center has procured more than $100,000 in grants.
Chriswell said there are many op-portunities for community and its business owners to help support the center.
“There are plenty of other spaces that still need to be named, another gallery, a meeting room, an archeol-ogy lab,” Chriswell said. “We hope to they (the honorees) set an exam-ple for how other businesses and individuals can support the Native American Studies Center.”
The USCL Native American Stud-ies Center can be reached at (803) 313-7172.
Contact reporter Reece Murphy at (803) 283-1151
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photos by REECE MURPHY/[email protected]
Local historian and University of South Carolina Lancaster Native American Studies Center benefactor Lindsay Pettus in the center’s new D. Lindsay Pettus Gallery.
City of Lancaster officials in front of the University of South Carolina Lancaster Native American Center’s new Red Rose Gallery are, from left, city councilman John Howard, councilwoman Jackie Harris, mayor Joe Shaw, support services director Teresa Meeks and city administrator Helen Sowell.
Duke Energy District Manager Rick Jiran in front of the new Duke Energy Gallery at the University of South Carolina Lancaster’s Native American Studies Center.
