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| PAGE LABEL EVEN | T Vol. 117HE No. 57 JOURNALTuesday, March 23, 2021 $100 RAMPING UP T J Tone of Tigers’ ‘PERSONAL SERVICE’: Oconee insurance agency isn’t ‘an 800 number.’ B1 spring practice ‘UNSPEAKABLE’: Police say multiple people killed at Colorado supermarket. D1 shifts. C1 OCONEE COUNTY Durham calls for county ordinance protecting monuments, memorials BY RILEY MORNINGSTAR at a recent county coun- thing as a council to damaged at East View THE JOURNAL cil meeting, protect the monuments in Cemetery in Westminster. Durham said the county,” Durham said. Westminster Police Chief WALHALLA — Oconee Museum of “We need to make sure Rory Jones told The Jour- County Councilman the Chero- that in Oconee County, nal some vandalism had Matthew Durham is kee director we defend our history. … taken place at the ceme- calling for an ordinance Luther Lyle That’s something that we tery last fall, but nothing that would fine anyone reached out can do locally.” as of late. violating a historic mon- to him about Late last week, Lyle An ordinance provided ument or memorial in the Durham the legislative told The Journal some by Lyle would make it FILE county. proposal. 20 Confederate Southern A man tied himself to this Confederate memorial on Main In his opening remarks “We need to do some- Crosses of Honor had been SEE MONUMENTS, PAGE A3 Street in Walhalla last June in an act of peaceful protest. OCONEE COUNTY WESTMINSTER Westminster ‘A whole new career’ man hit, killed by freight train BY RILEY MORNINGSTAR Addis said Trevor THE JOURNAL Hobbie Turner was hit at approximately 5:40 WESTMINSTER — A p.m. Saturday after- 26-year-old Westminster noon by a southbound man died from blunt Norfolk Southern force trauma injuries freight train on the rail after being hit by a line adjacent to North freight train Saturday Avenue near Earl Hol- afternoon, according to combe Street in the city Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis. SEE TRAIN, PAGE A5 CLEMSON Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Shift Sgt. Jessica Lohman, left, talks with Capt. Polling precincts Jeremy Chapman, the new head of the Oconee County Detention Center. to be open today NORM CANNADA | THE JOURNAL Longtime narcotics officer takes reins at detention center for council race BY GREG OLIVER year when Council- BY NORM CANNADA Chapman, 46, was recently changed, but my principles remain THE JOURNAL man Robert Halfacre THE JOURNAL promoted to captain in leading the the same. As far as my day-to-day, resigned after he was Oconee County Detention Center, it is very different. It’s definitely a CLEMSON — John elected mayor of the city WALHALLA — After a dozen telling The Journal the work is different pace. With the narcotics Fulmer, Jim Borick and in November. The seat years working in drug operations very different from his years as an unit, you never knew when you Greg Rice are vying to has two years left on its with the Oconee County Sheriff’s undercover drug officer. He later were coming out what you were fill a vacant Clemson term. Office narcotics unit, Jeremy Chap- oversaw efforts to stop the spread of going to be doing. It was a real fast- City Council seat in a Polling places are man is in a new role, working with illegal drugs in Oconee. paced job. I want to try different special election today. open from 7 a.m. to the inmates he used to put behind “This is like a whole new career,” The council seat bars. Chapman said. “The job may have SEE CAREER, PAGE A3 became vacant late last SEE PRECINCT, PAGE A5 CLEMSON Clemson candidates talk issues ahead of today’s special election THE JOURNAL STAFF mer and Greg Rice are lections because of visitors believe this: government said that, my answer is vying for the vacant seat. who come into the city, but by design does NOT tell no. COVID is temporary, CLEMSON — This is The Journal recently with COVID-19 and the people what they can and Clemson is forever. the second of a two-part asked the trio a series of decline of visitors and low- cannot do. The people Rice: The city has long series of questions and questions. Their answers er attendance at Clemson tell government what enjoyed the successes of answers with the three for the first four questions home football in the fall, it can and cannot do. not only our hospitality candidates in today’s ran in Saturday’s edition. does the city need to reduce Government is not some industry, but also that of special Clemson City funding in that budget? “they” entity. It is you our local businesses. To Council election. 5. The city has benefited Borick: First, if I be- and I. WE the people ARE Jim Borick, John Ful- from hospitality tax col- lieve nothing else in life, I the government. 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Bronson said the field is approx- ation field as activities begin this year. “The old practice field near Owens imately 4 acres and the work will City council voted last week to Field is a viable option to improve for convert the rough grass and bri- Monday’s COVID-19 accept a quote of $5,594.51 from Jen- recreation activities,” Bronson said. ar-filled lot into a grassy field. numbers at a glance kins Lawn Service, currently used “The utilization of the property for Since the use of the fields is for by the city for various landscaping baseball/softball and soccer fields for the Westminster Recreation Depart- Confirmed Confirmed Percent activities, to make improvements to youth recreation will fulfill a need ment and all the recreation activ- cases deaths positive what is known as “the old practice for practice space for these sports.” ities include non-resident partici- field” near Owens Field. Councilman Danny Duncan said pation, the funding is eligible to be South Carolina 343 16 4% City administrator Kevin Bron- the work done, according to the quote, paid out of the city’s hospitality tax Oconee County 5 0 2%* son said one field that had been “will make that field extremely nice.” funds, according to officials. Pickens County 18 0 3.6%* * Seven-day moving average Five beds open at Cumulative cases Oconee Memorial ICU South Carolina: 459,772 cases, 7,969 deaths late Sunday night Free COVID-19 tests available Oconee County: 8,170 cases, 125 deaths SENECA — There were Pickens County: 15,892 cases, 245 deaths five beds available in the intensive care unit at in Oconee and Pickens counties SOURCE: SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital late THE JOURNAL STAFF provided in the Contact cases being confirmed in Sunday night, according Details section at scd- Oconee in the last week. to numbers updated by SENECA — Free hec. gov/covid19/find- Oconee County had a | CALENDAR | the S.C. Department of COVID-19 testing is covid-19-testing-location. confirmed total of 8,170 Health and Environmen- being offered in Oconee DHEC said results can be COVID-19 cases as of TODAY tal Control (DHEC). and Pickens counties expected within 72 hours Monday. SENECA LIONS Club will meet at Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe for DHEC reported seven this week. and that testing is free The county’s incidence dinner at 6 p.m. and business meeting at 6:30 p.m. Put on your mask of the 12 hospital’s listed South Carolina De- and open to anyone. rate was at 10,270 cases and come see how Lions serve their community. ICU beds were occupied partment of Health and Oconee County contin- per 100,000 residents on at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Environmental Con- ues to rank in the “high” Monday, keeping Oconee THURSDAY with three of those beds trol (DHEC) officials category for two-week in the top 10 among South WESTMINSTER AMERICAN Legion Post 107, the ladies auxiliary being used by COVID-19 will be at the Seneca cumulative incidence Carolina’s 46 counties. and the Sons of the American Legion (SAL) will meet at 6 p.m. at the patients. Health Department at rate of cases reported per Pickens County continues Westminster Legion Hut, 205 Lucky St., Westminster, Dinner will be There were four patients 609 N. Townville St. 100,000 people. There are to place first in the same served. All veterans invited. (864) 888-3317 on ventilators at the time of from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today signs cases are dropping measure per 100,000 resi- the report, with two of the through Friday.