Sanford appoints Hugh Weathers as agriculture commissioner
Gov Mark Sanford names Bowman dairy farmer Hugh Weathers to finish the two year term of Charles Sharpe who resigned after pleading guilty to taking 10000 to shield a cockfighting group from trouble. Weathers, interim since September, earns confirmation after strong tenure during a tough period for the agency.
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Orangeburg
Mark Sanford
Hugh Weathers
Weathers
Charles Sharpe
Sharpe
Sanford
Will Folks
Times
Democrat
Rock Hill Officer Tasered Senior Woman Keyed for Retraining
Rock Hill police officer Hattie Jean Macon received a verbal warning and will take a Taser retraining course after firing a 50,000 volt stun gun at 75 year old Margaret Kimbrell at Eden Gardens retirement home on Oct 15. Police Chief John Gregory said empty hand restraint should have been used first as Kimbrell grew distraught over a staff failure to disclose a sick friend's location.
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Rock Hill
Hattie Jean Macon
Margaret Kimbrell
Eden Gardens
Kimbrell
John Gregory
Macon
Hunters begin removal of Hunley bench from submarine
Charleston scientists start lifting the 18 foot bench where Hunley crew sat to crank the Confederate submarine into history. The bench is waterlogged after decades on the ocean floor and may take weeks to remove the final section near the rear pump.
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Charleston
Kellen Correia
Hunley Project
Breakout year predicted for tourism in South Carolina
South Carolina’s $15 billion tourism industry could have a breakout year in 2005 after recession and hurricanes. Officials cited stronger momentum, improved hotel occupancy and room rates, and better airline service boosting Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand, with 2005 seen as potentially the best season since the 1990s.
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South Carolina
Charleston
Marion Edmonds
State Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department
Brad Dean
Myrtle Beach
Grand Strand
PRT
Helen Hill
Charleston Area
Edmonds
U.S
Beach Town
Chicago
Washington, D.C
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