Gilbert serves up fried fish box lunches to: (from left) County Tax Assessor Gary Hensley and his wife Kay and Michelle and Jason Taylor, County Administrator. | Photos: Barbara Ball
Darreyl Davis, Sr. dishes up
WINNSBORO – Two District 7 elected officials, County
Councilman Clarence Gilbert and School Board member Darreyl Davis, Sr. took
advantage of a warm fall day to host a fish fry for their constituents in the
pavilion at Fortune Springs Park last Saturday.
More than 150 people turned out for the event.
“We just wanted to thank our constituents for having the
faith in us to elect us and to spend some time talking to them to find out what
they want for our district and our county,” Gilbert said. “It was a wonderful
day and we enjoyed seeing everyone.
Vincent Smith, Associate Minister at St. Luke Baptist
Church, assisted with the cooking.
Randy Bright and Sheriff Will Montgomery sit down to golden fried French fries and fish fillets.
WINNSBORO – Fortune Springs Park pool, now under the management of the Fairfield County Recreation Department, will open June 11.
Fairfield County lifelong resident Carolyn Walters, a former physical education teacher, will be the pool manager.
The pool will be open to the public Tuesdays – Fridays from 3 – 5 p.m.; on Saturdays from 12 noon to 5 p.m. and on Sundays from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
The pool will be limited to senior swimmers on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 12 noon.
Public swimming fees will be required: $3 per person daily fee, $40 per person/$85 family of 5 for a mid-season pass, $75 per person for individual season pass, $75 family of 5 weekly pass and $150 family of 5 season pass.
Children 16 years and under must be accompanied by an adult and children five years and under must be accompanied in the water by an adult. Children under 48 inches tall who cannot swim will be required to wear a life jacket and swim in a designated area.
Swim lessons will be provided for ages five and older Monday through Thursday from 7 to 7:45 p.m. at a cost of $40 per individual on the following dates: June 17-June 27, July 8-July 18 and July 22-Aug 1. Free lessons will be provided for rising third graders on those same dates from 6 – 6:45 p.m.
Register for swim lessons at the Winnsboro Recreation Center Monday – Friday from 9 a. m. to 5 p.m. or at the pool beginning June 11. Session times may be combined depending upon participation.
Fortune Springs Park pool is located at 451 Fortune Springs Drive in Winnsboro.
WINNSBORO – Town Council voted Tuesday evening to move forward with discussions with the County about a collaborative effort to remodel/repair the Fortune Springs swimming pool so it will be ready for summer swimmers.
Fortune Springs Park
Town Manager Don Wood announced that the Town had received a bid from Genco Pools & Spa to remodel/repair the pool as it is for $180,000.
“If we downsize it,” Woods said, “the cost would be $120,000.”
“We’re reaching a point where we need to make a decision on this so the pool can open,” Mayor Roger Gaddy told Council members. “We’ve had conversation with the County about them taking over the pool and putting it under their recreation. They manage the vast majority of ball fields and recreation in the county.”
Gaddy said the Town has had conversation with Russell Price, the County’s new recreation director, and that Price is in the process of preparing a presentation to County Council.
“We’d like to find out if the County is interested in this,” Gaddy said. “And we’d like to expedite the decision. The Town can’t afford to keep the pool the same size as it is, but the County has indicated that it would like to keep it the size it is. So we need to get a decision on this. We don’t want to decide to downsize the pool and then find out that the County wants to keep the pool the size it is,” Gaddy said.
“Time is growing nigh for rehabbing that pool and getting it ready for the summer,” Gaddy said.
At the Finance Committee’s request, Council voted unanimously to move forward with talks with the County.
Wood also updated Council on the waterline.
“You may have noticed we’ve had numerous truckloads of pipe coming in. I hope this is all of it,” he joked. “We just got an invoice for $2.1 million for pipe.”
Council voted to go into an executive session to discuss legal/contractual matters concerning Mt. Zion.
Following executive session, there was no discussion and no vote.
