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Motion to dismiss: County council members seek to have lawsuit dropped

First Byline: 
Susan C. Delk - Managing Editor

Attorneys for the members of Barnwell County Council have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them Dec. 20, 2011.
The motion to dismiss was filed Jan. 19 by attorney Pete Kulmala of Harvey and Kulmala.
The motion states they (members of County Council) are asking for the lawsuit to be dismissed “on the ground that Plaintiffs have failed to allege facts constituting any cause of action against the Defendants.”
The lawsuit alleges that members of the Barnwell County Council breached their fiduciary duty by:


Weekly Sports Top Story

Hawks get out of ‘funk’, beat Eagles

First Byline: 
Michael Young - Sports Editor

Sometimes in the world of sports, there are games a team needs to win and there are games teams have to win.
For the Blackville-Hilda High varsity boys basketball team, Friday night’s game against North High was  a must-win situation.
After cruising with three straight wins to capture the championship in the Hawks’ Holiday Invitational tournament, Blackville-Hilda has slumped with four straight losses.
The drought, however, ended against the Eagles as the team put together its best performance in almost a month in a 72-67 victory.


OPINION

Compromise doesn’t mean equal benefits

Compromise - that seems to be the solution to most problems and it seems most Barnwell County residents will have to make the compromise of driving a few - not a lot - extra miles to get a higher quality of health care.
Dobb’s Equity Partners, LLC announced Jan. 24 their intention to locate the new regional hospital in Bamberg County. The location, on U.S. 78 at the intersection of Ghents Branch Road, is two miles from the Barnwell County line between Blackville and Denmark.


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