Olar News

Funeral service for Albert "Henry" Armstong, Jr. of 3919 Eureka Street will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at Gunter's Chapel Baptist Church.

In spite of some unanswered questions and a split vote, Denmark-Olar school district two has a budget for 2008-2009. A budget of $7,528,038 was approved at their June meeting by a vote of three to one.

Olar hires part-time police officer Olar Town Council okayed the hiring of Tracy Williams as a part-time police officer for the town of Olar.

Two students enrolled in Denmark public schools were arrested for allegedly making four separate bomb threats against the school district office, Denmark-Olar High and Denmark-Olar Middle schools.

On May 31, 2008, James Harvey Hightower went to his eternal rest. He was born March 5, 1915.

Susan Delk/ Staff Writer The hailstorm that pounded Barnwell County May 20 left a dent, literally, on things from automobiles and roofs to crops growing in the fields.

Nearly two dozen members of the 2nd Judicial Law Enforcement Network met last week for additional training, socializing and establishing a network traffic stop in the city of Olar.

Its school budget time again and the Denmark-Olar school district's 2008-2009 proposed budget in the amount of $7,478,038 was given first reading approval with a vote of 3 to 1, with changes.

Olar's incumbents Mayor Walter O'Rear, Councilmen Steve Brabham, and Wade Hough, and new councilmen Lewis Orr, and Dickie Dickert took office May 1, and a new Town Clerk, Thomas Eugene Harris, was hired.

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in Bamberg County.

John McDuffie "Mac" Proveaux, 82, of Denmark, SC, died April 15, 2008, in Bamberg County Hospital. via The State - South Carolina

Entered into peace Sunday, April 13, 2008. Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Zorn Owens, 84, of Charleston, and formerly of Govan, SC, will be held Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of ... via The State - South Carolina

“If graduation is held on Saturday, I cannot require teachers to report on a Saturday morning, and I cannot require them to report at six or eight o'clock on a Thursday evening”

Attorney fees totaling $13,871.93 for January were discussed in a special called meeting of the Bamberg School District Two Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. via The Times and Democrat

“I formally ask the board to allow us at this time not to be part of this school district beyond 2009 ... the contract is for three years so I kindly ask the board to relieve us of our duties at that time, June 30, 2009.”

The three individuals named in a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by Bamberg School District Two Trustee Ann Causby will be dropped from the legal action, leaving the school district as the sole defendant ... via The Times and Democrat

“They're not slowing down and paying attention to the speed limits.”

A truck driver is dead, and another injured, after an accident in Bamberg County, Monday, involving four trucks. via WJBF-TV Augusta

One truck driver was killed and another injured in a fiery crash on U.S. 321 at around 11:39 a.m. Monday north of the town of Olar. via The Times and Democrat

“Silence, when there is a duty to speak, implies consent.”

During the past couple years, I have been saddened, dismayed and filled with regret at the attacks on our Bamberg County Hospital and its board of trustees. via The Times and Democrat