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New District 4 Lancaster County school board member Bill Sumner was sworn in during a brief ceremony before the start of the board's monthly meeting Tuesday night.
Sumner was elected in November in a special election to replace former board member Dr. Peter Barry, who died in September.
County Clerk of Court Jeff Hammond administered the oath.
KERSHAW – The town of Kershaw has received federal funding that will allow residents in the southern part of the county to have better access to low-cost health care.
Kershaw is the recipient of a $465,300 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), which is given by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The S.C. Department of Commerce, which administers the grant program for the state, announced the award late last week.
Two proposed county ordinances have David McKinney worried about the future of development in the county.
McKinney, an Indian Land resident and former owner of Lancaster Dodge Chrysler Jeep Inc., became concerned after seeing the two ordinances on council's recent agendas. The ordinances include one that would suspend rezoning requests in the Panhandle and another to reduce the size of planned development districts throughout the whole county.
Important dates have been announced for the process to fill the District 16 state Senate seat, which has been vacated by Mick Mulvaney.
Mulvaney, an Indian Land Republican who recently won election to the U.S. House, submitted his letter of resignation Friday.
Filing for the state Senate seat will begin at noon Dec. 31 and close at noon Jan. 10, said Garry Baum, a spokesman for the S.C. Election Commission.
If two or more people file in one party, a primary will be held Feb. 22. The election will be April 12.
By Reece Murphy
Troubled Indian Land residential development Edenmoor remains in limbo after stake-holders failed to claim 77 parcels of land Monday at a Lancaster County tax sale.
Meanwhile, the county's Forfeited Land Commission is now requesting bid proposals for 222 parcels offered at a tax sale last year.
County Council will hear a final report on the historic county courthouse project at its Tuesday meeting.
As part of their agreement with the county, Chad Catledge with Lancaster's Perception Builders and Danny Mullis with Charlotte's BE&K Building Group will present their monthly reports on the county's two courthouse projects.
County Administrator Steve Willis said this will include Catledge's final update on the historic courthouse, as renovations on that building come to a close.
Mick Mulvaney said he will resign from his District 16 seat in the state Senate today.
Mulvaney said Thursday that his election as the 5th District U.S. House representative was certified this week, and now he can resign from his state Senate seat. He said he plans to submit his resignation letter today.
Mulvaney, a Republican from Indian Land, defeated incumbent John Spratt, a Democrat from York, in the November election to win the congressional seat. Spratt had held the seat since 1983.
Mulvaney will take his seat in Congress on Jan. 5.
Lancaster native Al Simpson will be Mick Mulaney's chief of staff in Washington, D.C.
Mulvaney, who will be sworn in Jan. 5 as the 5th District U.S. House representative, has been busy preparing for his new role, which includes selecting an office, meeting federal officials and appointing a staff.
Simpson will be in charge of managing Mulvaney's staff, which will include between 12 to 15 people. He will oversee constituent services and make sure events run according to schedule.
Simpson officially accepted the offer earlier this month.
Dan Jackson doesn't understand the need for an Indian Land Fire Protection District.
Jackson, a Charlotte Highway resident whose family has lived in the same area for more than 150 years, told Lancaster County Council last week he was worried about the idea of creating a unified district.
"I haven't been one way or another about big companies coming in here," Jackson said. "But if we pack more people in here, there's more of a chance of fires."
County Councilman Larry Honeycutt shook his head when the topic of Haile Gold Mine came up Tuesday night.
It wasn't final reading of a fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreement between the county and the Kershaw mine that worried him. Instead, he was more concerned about where the headquarters for the company that owns the mine will be located.
Romarco Minerals Inc., a Canadian gold development company that owns about 4,000 acres of land at the mine, has been mining for gold at the site since 2007.
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Finally got the photos from cousin, Carmen.
It's our September's cousin gathering again. This time round we have new addition member in town. So they decided to have Korean foods @ Manna Story, Plaza Singapura.
Photos of the interior restaurant credited to Alex.
The restaurat have a homely decorations feel with pots of artificial flowers and garden designs on the walls. The surroundings are very comfortable but the seats are quite limited and narrow. We are not satisfied with the service crews as they do not have smile on their face while serving us. They are not prompt to the services as well. We waited for more than 15 minutes and asked for the ice water to be served.They are not friendly service crews as well.
Photos below credit to Carmen's Olympus camera:-
We used soft lens filter to capture our photos :)
There are 4 side dishes for each set of main course we ordered from the menu.
The side dishes are refillable but in the end the crews are not prompt to refill them for us.
Foods that we ordered that night:-
Yukgaejang (Spicy beef soup) @ S$12.80 per serving. The soup is very spicy for us but the overall dishes are acceptable. The dishes are served hot and it makes the foods taste good!
Kimchi Jeon (Kimchi Pancake) @$7.80 per serving.
Just a simple pancake with added kimchi flavor.
Tasteless i would say for the pancake.
Alex's choice : Bibim Naeng Myeon (Buckwheat noodles with spicy sauce) @$11.80 per serving. Feedback from Alex blog: The noodles is too soft and sticky as if it had been over-cooked while those spicy sauce though not really spicy, do not really taste well inside my mouth. I didn't get to taste it so i cannot comment on the taste wise.
Bibim Bab (Steamed Rice mixed with assorted vegetables and Beef) @$11.80 per serving. Striking hot serving and taste like bibimbab. Haha! I love the half raw eggs as it blend well into the hot pipping rice and the vegetables. Delicious for me although it is very spicy for me.
We ordered another type of pancake to serve as ala carte.
Pa Jeon (Spring Onion Pancake) @$7.80 per serving. The spring onion pancake taste better although the overall taste is tasteless.
Thanks to the spring onion that added into the taste of the plain pancake.
Sundubu Chigae (Soft Beancurd Soup) @$11.00 per serving.Rachel's choice as she wants to have less meat consuming. It's basically beancurd mixed with vegetables and blend into the kimchi soup base.
Dinner was pleasant with cousins companion. We had bonding session together and share laughter together. New member of the gathering this time and we are looking forward for more members to join us.
Took a group photo to mark the end of the gathering of the night :)

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Board of Trustees
Public hearing on Penn State reforms elicits support for changes
Penn State alumnus Mark Kristobak, clad in a Penn State golf shirt and flipflops bearing a Nittany Lions logo, stepped up to the podium, looked out at several members of the board of trustees, and singled out Anthony Lubrano.
"You represent the alumni out there, and I want to encourage you to keep on doing what you're doing," said Kristobak, a State College resident, Wednesday night.
Kristobak made perhaps the briefest comments Wednesday during what was a two-hour public session with five trustees and the state lawmaker who's trying to rally support for his Penn State reform bills that are languishing in a committee. But despite being brief, Kristobak captured the essence of the public session, which saw strong support for changes at Penn State with the always vocal Lubrano as the centerpiece of the reform movement.
Fifteen people offered up their input in the session organized by state Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Philipsburg, as a way for him to learn what everyday people want to see happen at Penn State. And for the trustees who attended — including board Chairman Keith Masser and board Vice Chairman Paul Silvis — it was a rare opportunity to talk with Penn State alumni and fans who have questioned their decisionmaking.
Conklin's proposed legislation — House bills 299, 310, 311 and 312 — would reduce the size of the board to 22 members, subject Penn State and all state-related universities to open-records laws, among other reforms. But Conklin said the "window of opportunity" to move the bills on is closing, and he encouraged the nearly 70 people in attendance to take up the cause.
Also sitting with the trustees and Conklin was former state auditor general Jack Wagner, whose governance and reform recommendations are similar to the reforms Conklin is pitching.
Penn State's board has already implemented reforms, such as expanding a trustee conflict of interest policy, setting 12-year term limits that take effect upon election and raising the number of trustees required in attendance for a quorum from 13 to 16. But critics, such as Lubrano, maintain that the reforms do not go far enough.
"The road has been difficult, but important feedback indicates we're on the right track," Masser said.
"I've always believed that the vast majority of the Penn State community wants and deserves to move forward in a constructive and positive way. Let me assure all of you that our priority, our passion and our responsibility as a board are to Penn State's 96,000 students, 600,000 active alumni and 24,000 faculty and staff."
Wagner credited the university for taking strides, but he said "much more needs to be done." He touted his recommendations as ways to strengthen the university and not look back on who did what or not, as the Freeh report does.
The comments from the people in the crowd covered such intricacies of the reform movement that it would suggest they put great thought and emotion into what they were going to say. One man ran down a detailed list of how he would break down the selection of the trustees, and another woman lamented that the luster is gone from Happy Valley, though the community so desperately needs it back.
And, as it might be expected in a Penn State forum, people were eager to bring up the issues of Joe Paterno's firing or even the hiring of David Joyner as athletic director after the Jerry Sandusky scandal broke. It was Lubrano, as evidence he was in command, who said the reform hearing was not the time and place for a discussion of those wider issues.
Below is a rundown of some of the comments. The full session will air at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday on PCN.
Sandy Deveney, of Potter Township, said some board actions, such as returned letters to them or the screening done for people who wish to speak at the board's public comment session, would suggest they are not interested in what the alumni base has to say.
Another alumnus, Thomas Kupchinsky, of State College, said the board's size, which stands at 30 voting members after the president's and governor's capacities were removed, is "way bloated." He said the executive committee, which includes the board's officers and the leaders of the committees, among others, should be dismantled immediately and said an important and consequential document like the NCAA's consent decree, which authorized sanctions on Penn State, should have been taken up by the trustees.
Lubrano said some of the issues would be solved with a board that is "fully engaged." Masser later said the size of the board is an issue that continues to be the subject of discussion.
Masser, a day removed from telling USA Today that the Freeh report's conclusions were "speculation," said the best way for people to interact with the board and make their feelings known is by attending committee meetings.
Ben Novak, a former trustee who ran unsuccessfully for a seat this spring, said he didn't think the reforms would change the power structure of the university. He said that was tied into the president's position and the trustees. His suggestion was to decentralize the powers from Old Main.
Some commenters were critical of the way trustees are selected, such as the secret elections of those to represent business and industry interests and those appointed because of their positions, such as the state secretaries of education, agriculture and conservation and natural resources.
Penn State student Spencer Malloy proposed a solution: the creation of an independent advisory board that would be charged with selecting trustees. It wouldn't apply to all trustee seats, said Malloy, who served as the chairman of the campus's undergraduate student government association.
Some comments elicited laughter, such as when Diane Gregg, who said she was on the board as the president of the graduate student association years ago, questioned if emeritus trustees could be subject to the same term limits. No one wanted to touch that question.
Ben Bronstein said he agreed with almost every suggestion, but he turned the tables on Conklin. He said if lawmakers want to subject Penn State trustees to 12-year term limits without being grandfathered in, then the same should apply to the legislature.
"While we're calling on Penn State to be more transparent, as we should be, I'd like to see our legislature do the same thing," he said.
Conklin agreed, saying lawmakers have gotten complacent after the wake-up call from years ago.
Silvis told the crowd in his closing remarks that the university wants to focus on positive developments and not dwell on the negative moments. He said the latter was the case on Tuesday when he and other trustees met with USA Today staff, who wanted to talk about the Freeh report and wrote about Masser's comments.
"They just keep want to pull you back on the past," he said.


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Full moon day happens to be the lunar phase while moon comes in between sun and earth.
During Full moon day period, when viewed from the Earth, the Moon's hemisphere which is visible from the earth is fully lightened by the Sun. Thus, it looks round. During Full moon day time, moon's hemisphere which is not seen by earth remains totally dark. The Moon orbits the Earth about once a month from about 1 light second away. It approximately takes 27 days for completing the orbit. The Moon's diameter is about 1/4 that of the Earth, and from the Earth's surface appears to have almost exactly the same angular size as the Sun. around the Earth. Since the month of February which is also called lunar month contains only 29 days excepting leap year, thus, the dates of full Moon changes every year. The Light of the Moon that reflects from the Sun is said to be the brightest on this night.
Full Moon dates back to the United States, which was then called Native America where tribes kept a track of every season by naming it differently. This method was then adopted by England where a little change were made and then followed by the Europeans. It became tradition from the past that assigning different names for each and every full moon during the entire year. Although determination of significant names for each full moon has taken different shapes from time to time and place to place. An ancient system of choosing names was the resultant criteria of different seasons and even quarters of each year. For instance, the Full Moon just before Easter was named as the Egg Moon. This would be the first moon and it will be visible up above the sky after 21st March. The Lenten Moon happened to be the last visible moon of the year. Full moon day appears on or before March 21st. But trend has changed and modern world earmarks each full moon by the chosen name from the Gregorian calendar. Though, this allocation method of naming of full moon often effectuates the similarity of modern name with traditional one. In fact, the name Monday originates from Moon-day.
Many religions have their New Year starting from the Full Moon Day of a particular month like in Theravada countries, Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Lao, the New Year is celebrated for three days from the first full moon day in April. In Mahayana countries the New Year starts on the first full moon day in January. But the Buddhist New Year depends on the country of origin or ethnic background of the people taking the example of Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese celebrate late January or early February according to the lunar calendar, like wise Tibetans usually celebrate about one month later. So, it depends from people to people and their religious customs and belief when they want to celebrate it.
As per human beliefs it is also said that Full Moon day is the best time to start of a new venture/business etc. Because it drives away all the evils and misfortunes. In Hindu religion it holds a lot of significance.According to it, a full moon day is called either "Purnima" or "Puranmasi.' A special ritual is organized on this day at temples. Religious rites of purifications are held with symbolic offerings, symbolizing spiritual purification, where thousands of Hindus as well as non Hindus participate. However, in today's era different people have different beliefs and customs which keep on changing from time to time what has not changed from the past and will definitely not change in the Future is the Moon.