Colleges Brace for Budget Cuts Across South Carolina
University of South Carolina President John Palms warns lower funding will raise faculty departures as Professor James Marshall leaves for the University of Virginia with a research team and $400,000 in grants. USCA chancellor Dr Robert Alexander ATC President Dr Kathleen Noble and College of Charleston policymakers note potential five percent cuts amid a $581.7 million base budget and possible $15.8 million reduction.
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University of South Carolina
John Palms
James Marshall
University of Virginia
Marshall
Charlottesville
Robert Alexander
USCA
ATC
Kathleen Noble
Conrad Festa
College of
Charleston
General Assembly
Pee Dee Counties See Waters Rise
Emergency officials in Florence and Darlington counties monitor flood creeks and rivers as Black Creek rose four to five feet above flood stage. No evacuations were ordered though some volunteers moved residents to higher ground. the creek climbed about four inches per hour, totaling over 42 inches in a day. Lynches River also rose in Florence County.
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Florence
Darlington County
Robbin Brock
Brock
National Weather Service
Wilmington
N.C
Darlington
Florence County
Ernest Turner
Black Creek
Lynches River
Four Killed On State's Highways
Four people died on South Carolina roads over the weekend per the Highway Patrol. Kathy Ann Lee Pace, 42, of Iva, died Saturday when her car hit a tree on Highway 413 in Anderson County. Johnny Moody Jr., 26, of Hamer, died Sunday when the car he rode in hit a tree on Highway 9 near Dillon. James Ivory McKnight, 67, of Georgetown, died Sunday when his car hit a tree on Secondary Highway 39 south of Georgetown. Anna Maria Reyes, 43, of North Charleston, died Saturday when her car struck an embankment on I 26, went airborne and landed on train tracks.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Highway Patrol
Kathy Ann Lee Pace
Iva
Anderson County
Johnny Moody Jr
Hamer
Dillon
Dillon County
James Ivory McKnight
Georgetown
Anna Maria Reyes
North Charleston
Dorchester County
Local Obituaries Include Five Named Residents
Obituary notices list Jewell Galloway of North Augusta Irma Ann Henderson of Aiken Joan E McPhee of Aiken Paul Arnold Smith of Aiken and John B Stallings of Williston as published in Page 6A with details of service and surviving relatives.
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Jewell Galloway
North Augusta
Irma Ann Henderson
Aiken
Joan E. McPhee
Paul Arnold Smith
John B. Stallings
Williston
Plant Safety Assured at Kimberly Clark Beech Island Plant
Employees at the Kimberly Clark paper plant in Beech Island describe a safety program formed four years ago after employee Sammie Turner urged training for a Home First Responders group. The plant now stations twenty responders per shift, providing rapid aid before EMS arrival.
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Beech Island
Kimberly-Clark
Sammie Turner
Paper Products
Turner
American Red Cross
John Fridie
Kimberly- Clark
Fridie
Student Masters German in Three Months Abroad
Ms. Hill a 15 year old sophomore at Aiken High spent three months in a village near Forchheim Germany as part of a student exchange. She lived with a host family, attended school, and learned through listening and daily routine. She reported good German, English speaking teens, and daily life details including food and activities.
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William Gassman
Jesse Hill
Germany
Forchheim
Nuremberg
Ms. Hill
Av High School
Hill
Zima
Ameri
Can
United States
Poll shows more lawyers expect O J Simpson to go free
The National Law Journal reports 70 percent of 301 lawyers polled between February 8 and 10 foresee a hung jury or acquittal in the O J Simpson murder case. A September poll had 61 percent doubtful of conviction, influenced by alleged jury racial tensions.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Simpson Law Journal
Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
New NAACP Leader To Lead Charge
New NAACP chairwoman Myrlie Evers-Williams vows to rejoin civil rights debate. She will lead a lobbying campaign against Republican efforts to curb social programs and civil rights gains made over decades.
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New York
NAACP
Myrlie Evers-Williams
New Republican Congress
Busy Schedules Hit Rearing Children
In a Feb 17 18 conference at South Aiken High School Dr Tim Kimmel warned that modern family schedules strain children and parents. He promotes guidance from Raising Kids Who Turn Out Right and leads workshops for single and two parent families.
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South Aiken High School
Tim Kimmel
Aiken Christian Businessmen’s Committee
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Scott Webster
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