Vance ‘at forefront of protecting public health,’ DHEC official says

The Town of Vance has become the first jurisdiction in Orangeburg County to receive Smoke-Free Palmetto State Certification from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. On Wednesday, June 26, six state public health officials visited the town hall and presented a certificate and window stickers to Mayor Michael Aiken Sr. and Councilman Eugene Elmore. “Your actions acknowledge that you as a community care about the residents of Vance,” said DHEC Lowcountry Region Public Health Director Taylor Lee. “It is truly admirable to see Vance at the forefront...