previous 5 hits New Director for Woodruff Community Center 7/17/2008 By CHRIS SHIPMAN Hometown News Lauren Lambert is the new director of the Woodruff Community Center. She was born in Woodruff and moved with her family to Rock Hill where she graduated high school. Continued... Community Center Changing Focus 7/10/2008 By CHRIS SHIPMAN Hometown News The Woodruff Community Center will be changing its focus in the near future. It did not receive a grant to continue its after-school program, which costs about $80,000 a year. It recently hired a part-time interim director, Lauren Lambert, to replace Eugenia Hooker who has resigned her position as director, and it has moved out of the old Northside School building on Washington and Peachtree Streets. Its office is now located at the Woodruff Free Medical Clinic on West Georgia Street. Continued... “Horrific” living conditions found in home 6/19/2008 Story and Photo by Phil Buchheit A one-year-old Woodruff child is dead and the cause of death is still under investigation. On Sunday, June 15th, Woodruff police Officer Teal and Sgt. Richards were dispatched to 283 Woodruff Street in reference to a child not breathing. Continued... Relay for Life 6/12/2008 By CHRIS SHIPMAN Hometown News shipman.news@gmail.com Last Friday, several hundred people—some strangers, some friends, bound together by shared suffering and shared joy—came to the tenth annual Woodruff Relay for Life to celebrate survival and work for a cure to cancer. The event brought in over $64,000 for cancer research—the second most of the four Relays held in the county—thanks to the passion and commitment of the area teams. Continued... District Four Discusses Budget, Honors Retirees 6/5/2008 By CHRIS SHIPMAN Hometown News shipman.news@gmail.com School District Four met Monday night to discuss the 2008 - 2009 budget and conduct other business. A public hearing for the budget will be held at 6 p.m., June 23, at the district office, 118 McEdco Road, Woodruff. The budget totals $18,513,702, up $1,051,272, or 6.02 percent, from last year. It is balanced. Continued... previous 5 hits