During their meeting Tuesday, Anderson County Council had two special recognitions.
The Area 14 Special Olympics Team “Blue Lightning” was congratulated and recognized with a resolution for winning the silver medal at the 2024 Statewide Cheer Competition.
On March 9, the “Blue Lightning” team competed in the South Carolina Special Olympics Statewide Cheer Competition, where they demonstrated their abilities to cheer, chant, and dance, and brought home the Silver Medal, the result of months of hard work at cheer practice, which gives the athletes opportunities to learn basic cheerleading and dance skills while allowing self expression in a loving and encouraging environment.
South Carolina Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. The athletes take the oath “Let me win; but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.
The Anderson County Area 14 Special Olympics Team “Blue Lightning” is made up of
11 athletes including Crystal Clark, Lauren McGaha, Shelby Brown, Maranda Aiken, Sakshi Kumar, Melissa Trotter, Rie Wickham, Caroline Singleton, Cameron Mayer, Killian Barnes, and Kristina Spainhour. They are coached by Head Coach Brittany Burdette, an operations analyst in
Anderson County’s public works division, and Assistant Coach Daniel Hart, an officer with
the Williamston Police Department.
County Council also recognized the Palmetto Middle School 8th Grade Robotics Team, “Team Juicebox”, for qualifying for the 2024 World Championship which will be held in Dallas, Texas in April.
Team members included: Elizabeth Hoopes, Fischer Newsome, Ryker McCreary, and Jayce Yates, all coached by Casey Poore, the Competitive Robotics supervisor and teacher.
Team Juicebox competed against 32 other teams at the 2024 State Championship in Columbia where their hard work, skills score, and rank qualified them for the opportunity to compete in the World Championship April 28th through 30th. The competition includes building a robot to complete certain skills and tasks for competitions throughout the winter of this school year..
In a very light business meeting with no first, second or third readings on any ordinances, Council approved a resolution expressing consent to the installation of speed humps on Dacus Drive in Council District 7.
A traffic study was conducted on Dacus Drive between March 4 and March 11 to find out if the road meets the criteria based on 95% speed of at least 10 mph over posted speed of 25 mph or less.
The study showed that the 95% speed on Dacus Drive during this time was 36 mph. (Posted speed on this road is 25 mph). The construction cost for speed humps presently is $1000 and a minimum of four would be needed. Residents will be responsible for half the cost of the project.
