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The Union Daily Times
Your hometown newspaper in Union, South Carolina, since 1850
Woman
shoots
boyfriend
Incident took place
shortly before 6
a.m. Monday
By CHARLES L. WARNER
cwarner@uniondailytimes.com
JONESVILLE — A
woman who said her
boyfriend hit her, shot him
twice then called authorities
and reported the shooting.
Leah June Forrest, 42,
214 Haile St., Jonesville, is
charged by the Union
County Sheriff’s Office
with assault and battery
with intent to kill.
The incident report
states shortly before 6 a.m.
Monday, 911 received a call
from Forrest who said she
had shot her boyfriend. The
report states Forrest said her
boyfriend had hit her and
she shot him.
Deputies dispatched to
the Haile Street residence
took Forrest into custody
and cleared the room for
Union County EMS. The
report states the victim was
face down on the living
room floor and had been
shot twice, once in the top
of his back and once in his
left side. He could not move
at all.
A deputy questioned the
victim about the shooting
and asked him why Forrest
had shot him. The report
states the victim said
Forrest did it because she
was mad at him.
Sheriff David Taylor
said Monday afternoon the
victim was transported to
Spartanburg Regional
Medical Center for treatment
but his office had no
further information on his
condition. He said the case
is still under investigation.
“It was basically a
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Bauer makes Union County stop
By DERIK VANDERFORD
dvanderford@heartlandpublications.com
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre
Bauer made a stop in Union on
Saturday during his “Forty-six
Counties in Four Days” gubernatorial
campaign tour of the state.
Shortly after his arrival at Gene’s
Fine Foods, Bauer donned an apron,
served food and poured tea while greeting
everyone who entered the restaurant.
He mentioned he visited Gene’s
often during his time as South Carolina
State Senator from 1999-2003.
“I love Gene. He is a good, hardworking
man — one of the hardest
working guys I know,” Bauer said.
Alderman takes reins at Rose Hill
By DERIK VANDERFORD
dvanderford@heartlandpublications.com
There is a new face in Union County at
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site.
Trampas Alderman — the new park
manager — began his duties in the first
week in April.
“We get a good number of visitors and
so far we have really enjoyed being here,”
Alderman said.
He lives in Union with his wife and two
daughters. He also has two older sons that
still live in Florida.
Alderman, who is originally from
■ Hazel Copeland Charlotte, NC June 2, 2010
■ Michael Henderson Union June 2, 2010
■ Charles Hodge Sr. Union June 7, 2010
■ Oscar Jennings Jr. Union June 4, 2010
■ Dallas Nelson Sr. Jonesville June 6, 2010
■ Helen Proctor Union June 7, 2010
■ Donna Rector Charleston June 7, 2010
■ Lucille Harvey Spartanburg June 6, 2010
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“This is typical America — somebody
running their restaurant, putting in the
hard hours and making the sacrifices so
that his family can have a better life
than he had. That’s exactly what my
grandfather did for me and that’s why I
have a tear in my eye every time we
start talking issues.”
Bauer addressed the recent situation
involving accusations about his opponent
— Republican State Rep. Nikki
Haley — which led to the resignation
of one of his consultants — Larry
Merchant.
“Two weeks ago all the Republican
candidates got along,” Bauer said.
TODAY’S OBITUARIES Two more arrested as part of
Summer Slam II anti-drug sweep
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South Carolina Lt. Gov. and 2010 Republican gubernatorial
candidate Andre Bauer donned an apron and got behind
the counter at Geneʼs Fine Foods in Union on Saturday
during a campaign visit.
New park manager began his duties in early April
Lt. Gov. finishes 46-county tour on Monday
Moultrie, GA, has been in the historic sites
field for 10 years. He worked at Mission
San Luis in Tallahassee, FL, for five years
before moving to South Carolina. He then
worked at Redcliff Plantation in Beech
Island and Rivers’ Bridge — a Civil War
battlefield — in Ehrhardt for a combined
total of five years.
Alderman says he is glad to be getting
back to working with a historic house and
grounds, which is different from a battlefield.
“The gardens and house require a lot of
See Alderman, Page 3
By CHARLES L. WARNER
cwarner@uniondailytimes.com
Two more arrests were made over
the weekend as part of the Summer
Slam II anti-drug sweep.
The latest to be arrested are:
Ernest Woods, 29, 932 Lovers
Lane Road, Union, charged with distribution
of crack cocaine.
See Bauer, Page 3
Trampas
Alderman is the
new park manager
at Rose Hill
Plantation. He
began his duties
in early April and
encourages
everyone to stop
out at the historic
site. Derik Vanderford
photo/Times
April Michelle Varnadore, 36, 180
Riley Road, Union, charged with conspiracy
to distribute crack cocaine.
The arrests bring the number of
persons arrested as part of the operation
to more than 40. Summer Slam II
is part of a long-term strategy by the
Union County Sheriff's Office and
See Crime, Page 3
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IN BRIEF
County council
changes regular
meeting date
The Union County
Council has changed its
regular monthly meeting
from Tuesday, June 8, to
Tuesday, June 15, at 5:30
p.m. due to the Democratic
primaries being held today
(Tuesday, June 8).
The meeting will be
held next week in the
grand jury room at the
Union County Courthouse.
Chamber, rec
dept. thank
more sponsors
The Union County
Chamber of Commerce and
Union County Recreation
Department have
announced donations to
keep the Fourth of July
Celebration at Foster Park
are still coming in.
The agencies want to
thank each of the following
contributors who have
joined several others to
help make sure this year’s
event goes off with a bang.
The newest sponsors for
the event are:
Flag Sponsors:
• Wallace Thomson
Hospital.
• Broad River Electric.
Firecracker Sponsors:
• The Jeter Stores.
Partners:
• Roger Bailey.
• Robert Garner.
• Union County
Agricultural Fair.
• Upstate Workforce
Investment Board.
The chamber and recreation
department look forward
to others joining in to
make this year's celebration
a great success. Again, if
you would like to make a
donation, please make
checks payable and mail to:
Union County
Chamber of Commerce
135 West Main Street
Union, SC 29379
Put in the memo "July
4th Celebration.” All
monies will be sent to the
Union County Recreation
Department to be used for
the purpose of the celebration
at Foster Park.
For more information,
contact the chamber office
at (864) 427-9039.
Free legal clinic
to be offered in
Union on June 15
South Carolina Legal
Services is offering a legal
clinic for free legal help
from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday,
June 15, at the the law
library of the Union County
Courthouse in Union.
Legal Services is able to
provide this free legal clinic
to consumers who:
• Are interested in filing
bankruptcy.
• Have been harrassed
or sued by debt collectors,
loan companies, etc.
• Have been sued for
foreclosure.
It is vital to financial
security that a person
respond if a lawsuit has
been filed against them.
Even if there is no lawsuite
yet, a person can learn how
to protect their rights.
Anyone considering filing
bankruptcy or who has
filed bankruptcy on their
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Your hometown newspaper in Union, South Carolina, since 1850
Tuesday, June 8, 2010,
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Obituaries
Hazel Thomas Copeland
Sims High School Graduate
CHARLOTTE, NC —
Hazel Thomas Copeland,
63, 5700 Craftsbury Dr.,
died June 2, 2010 at
Presbyterian Hospital. A
native of Union County,
she was the
wife of
Grover Lee
Copeland of
the home and
the daughter
of Mary Cole
Thomas of
Union and
the late James Edward
Thomas.
She was a member of
Mt. Hopewell Baptist
Church, a graduate of Sims
High School, and a former
reservationist with Eastern
Airlines.
Survivors in addition to
her husband and mother
include her children, Anita
(Terry) Thomas of
Charlotte, NC, Arthur U.
(Mavis) Smith, Jr. of San
Diego, CA, and Ebonie A.
Ross-Copeland of
Greensboro, NC; a stepdaughter,
Devolia
(Rodney) Sweet of
Greensboro; four brothers,
James Lewis Thomas of
Asheville, Joe Robert
Thomas and Clifford
(Rhonda) Thomas, both of
Union, and Anthony
Thomas of Greenville; one
sister, Cynthia (Charlie)
White of Union; four
grandchildren, Brittney
Latter, Jazmine Thomas,
Tia Smith, and Rachel
Sweet.
She was preceded in
death by two brothers,
Michael and Ronald
Thomas and a sister,
Patricia Thomas Craig.
Funeral services were
held Monday, June 7,
2010 at 1 p.m. at Mount
Hopewell Baptist
Church, 8735 Lockhart
Hwy., Sharon, SC. Rev.
Raymond T. Davis, Sr.
officiated. Burial was in
the Church Cemetery.
The body was placed in
the church at noon. The
family received friends at
the home of her mother,
130 Adams Lake Rd.,
Union.
Online condolences
may be expressed at
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Funeral Home, 2212
Santuc Carlisle Hwy. had
charge of arrangements.
Lucille B. Harvey
Union County Native
SPARTANBURG, SC
— Mrs. Lucille Blackwell
Harvey, 91, widow of Oren
Harvey, Sr. passed away
Sunday, June 6, 2010 at
White Oak Manor in
Spartanburg.
Mrs. Harvey was born
in Union County, Sept. 13,
1918 a daughter of the late
W.T. And Bertie Ivey
Blackwell. She was a
member of Gilead Baptist
Church and was a homemaker.
Surviving are a son,
Oren Harvey, Jr. and wife
Elaine of Jonesville; three
granddaughters, Gina H.
Robinson and husband
Dean of Jonesville, Sandy
H. Nadeau of Nova Scotia,
Canada and Pam H. Griffin
and husband Stanley of
Union; three great-granddaughters,
Katie Robinson
of Jonesville, Loren
Vaughan and Laina
Vaughan, both of Union;
three great-grandsons,
Matthew Robinson of
Jonesville, Patrick Nadeau
of Nova Scotia and Kade
Griffin of Union; a sister,
Ruby B. Hodge and husband
Donald of Jonesville;
two brothers, Grady
Blackwell and wife Betty
of Jonesville and Greer
Blackwell and wife
Bernice of Spartanburg.
Mrs. Harvey was predeceased
by one sister and
brother-in-law, Mable B.
and Donald Genoble; two
brothers and sisters-in-law,
Archie Blackwell and wife
Lillian and Charles
Blackwell and wife Dora.
Graveside services will
be held 3 p.m. Wednesday,
June 9, 2010 at Gilead
Baptist Church Cemetery
conducted by Rev. Dr.
Lawton Neely. Active
pallbearers will be Bobby
Lipsey, Henry Evans, Roy
Rector, Buck Peay, Gary
Proctor and Doug
Humphries.
Visitation will be held
from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Tuesday evening at the
S.R. Holcombe Funeral
Home.
Memorials may be
made to Hospice of S.C.,
Union Unit, 408 N.
Duncan ByPass, Suite 6,
Union, SC, 29379.
The family is at the
home of her son: Oren and
Elaine Harvey, 259
Hickory Ridge Rd.,
Jonesville.
The S.R. Holcombe
Funeral Home, Inc.
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Michael E. Henderson
Union Native
UNION, SC — Michael
Eugene Henderson, 41,
1354 Sulphur Spring Rd.,
Jonesville, SC died June 2,
2010 at Spartanburg
Regional Medical Center.
A native of
Union, SC,
he was the
husband of
A l i c e
Thomas
Henderson
and the son of
Gerald and
Donzelle Henderson and
Donald Parham, Sr..
Survivors in addition to
his wife and parents
include two sons, Quabel
Henderson and DeAngelo
Henderson; a stepson,
Pernell Thompson, Jr.; one
daughter, Acoya
Henderson; one brother,
Donald Parham, Jr.; four
sisters, Charlcye
Henderson and Jannel
Henderson, Jasmine
Henderson and T’Quilla
Parham; a granddaughter
Kianna Thompson; his
maternal grandmother,
Bertha Mobley; and his
maternal grandfather,
Hoover Gibson.
Funeral services will be
held Tuesday, June 8, 2010
at 1 p.m. at Wyatt Chapel
Baptist Church. Burial
will be in the Church
Cemetery. The family will
receive friends at the
home.
Online condolences may
be expressed at HYPER-
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The Michael A. Glenn
Funeral Home is in charge
of the arrangements.
Charles Hodge, Sr.
UNION, SC — Mr.
Charles Gilliam “Charlie”
Hodge, Sr., 81, husband of
Doris O'Shields Hodge,
207 Lakeside Dr., Union,
passed away, Monday,
June 7, 2010 at the
Regional Hospice House
of Spartanburg.
Funeral arrangements
will be announced later by
the S.R. Holcombe Funeral
Home.
The family is at the
home, 207 Lakeside Dr.,
Union.
Oscar Jennings, Jr.
Sims High Graduate
UNION, SC — Mr.
Oscar Jennings, Jr., 71,
131 Springdale Drive ,
Union, SC passed away on
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A native of Union
County, “Little Oscar” as
he was affectionately
known by his family, was
the son of the late Oscar
Jennings and Mary
Cunningham Jennings and
the husband of the late
Mary Nell Jennings. One
sister and one half-brother
predeceased him in death.
He was a graduate of
Sims High School, class of
1957. After graduation, he
attended college in
Brooklyn, New York. He
was a U.S. Army Veteran.
He was also a graduate of
Spartanburg Technical
College, an entrepreneur,
and an electrician by trade.
He retired from United
Merchants.
Survivors include three
sons, Efrem Jennings
(Pamela) of Columbia, SC;
Vernon Jennings (Yolanda)
of Waldorf, MD; and
Joseph Jennings (Paula) of
Union, SC.; two daughters,
Andrea Foster (Eugene) of
Union, SC and Rachelle
Jennings of the home. two
brothers, James Jennings
of Thedford, UK; William
Jennings (Faye) of
Hopewell, VA; and one
half-brother, Freddie
Stewart (Patricia) of
Spartanburg, SC; seven
sisters, Sue Carol
McClurkin of Newberry,
SC; Joann Carter,
Rosemary Jennings,
Martha Jennings and
Brenda Jennings all of
Union, SC; Linda Sartor
(Floyd) of Mapleton, SC;
and Elizabeth Boyd
(Willie) of Columbia, SC.;
12 grandchildren; four
great-grand children; a
host of nieces, nephews,
and cousins; a mother-inlaw:
Mary Meadow of
Union, SC; and one sisterin-law,
Shirley Gore
(Willie Mac) of Buffalo,
SC.
Funeral services will be
held at 2 p.m. on Thursday,
June 10, 2010 at the
Kingdom Hall of
Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Internment will be at
Mitchell Chapel Church.
The family will receive
friends from 6-8 p.m. on
June 9, 2010 at Lewis
Funeral Home.
Dallas L. Nelson, Sr.
World War II Veteran
JONESVILLE, SC —
Mr. Dallas Leon Nelson,
Sr., 83, husband of Faye
Garner Nelson, 315 Haile
St., Jonesville, passed
away, Sunday, June 6,
2010.
Mr. Nelson was born in
Jonesville, Nov. 30, 1926 a
son of the late Nathaniel
and Marie Foster Nelson.
He was a graduate of
Jonesville High School
and Robinson's Business
College and retired from
the US Postal Service as
the Jonesville Postmaster.
Mr. Nelson was a veteran
of WWII having served in
the US Army and was a
retired Chief Warrant
Officer after 20 years with
the S.C. National Guard.
He was a past Post
Commander of the
Jonesville American
Legion,a chairman and
past member of the Union
County Election
Commission and was a
member of Jonesville
Baptist Church.
Surviving in addition to
his wife are a son, Dallas
L. Nelson, Jr. and wife
Donna of Chapin; two
daughters, Cathy N. Orr
and husband Kent of
Union and Judy N.
Weatherford of Winston
Salem, N.C.; one grandson,
Nelson Trent
Weatherford and wife
Ashley of Wake Forest,
NC, and a great-granddaughter,
Holden
Weatherford.
Mr. Nelson was predeceased
by a son-in-law,
Billy Weatherford.
Graveside services with
Military Honors will be
held 11 a.m. Wednesday,
June 9, 2010 at Jonesville
Memorial Gardens conducted
by Rev. Ralph
Brown.
Honorary pallbearers
will be Jackie Wade, Barry
Moss, Keith Vanderford,
Gilbert Smith and Darrell
Addis.
Visitation will be held
7-9 p.m. Tuesday evening
at Holcombe's Jonesville
Chapel.
Memorials may be
made to Jonesville Baptist
Church, Lottie Moon
Fund, P.O. Box 279,
Jonesville, SC, 29353 or to
a charity of one's choice.
The family is at the
home 315 Haile St.,
Jonesville, SC.
The S.R. Holcombe
Funeral Home, Inc.
(www.holcombefuneralho
mes.com)
Helen Proctor
Retired From Monarch Plant
UNION, SC — Mrs.
Helen McAbee Proctor,
88, a longtime resident of
Union, widow of Eugene
Proctor passed away
Monday, June 7, 2010 at
Oakmont Residential
Center.
Mrs. Proctor was born
in Spartanburg County, SC
Feb. 6, 1922, a daughter of
the late Roland McAbee
and Lois Brown McAbee.
She was a graduate of
Spartanburg High School
and a faithful member of
Mon Aetna Baptist
Church. Mrs. Proctor
retired in 1983 from
Milliken & Co. Monarch
Plant.
Mrs. Proctor is survived
by two sons, Dr.
Edward Proctor and his
wife Joyce of Duluth, GA
and Kenneth Proctor and
his wife Tonya of Union; a
daughter, Deborah Scott of
Myrtle Beach; a stepdaughter,
Louise Lever of
West Columbia; a sister,
Lula Brashears of
Campobello; four grandchildren,
Hailey Proctor of
Charlottesville, VA,
Blaine Scott of Korea,
Chris Scott of Greenville
and Dave Proctor of Union
and four step-grandchildren,
Susan Van
Koevering, Mary Frances
Thimmesh, Deany Fisher
and Danny Fisher all of
West Columbia.
Mrs. Proctor was predeceased
by three brothers
and two sisters.
Funeral services will be
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held 10:30 a.m. Thursday,
June 10, 2010 at Mon
Aetna Baptist Church conducted
by Rev. Benny
Green and Rev. Brad
Goodale. Burial will follow
in Union Memorial
Gardens.
Active pallbearers will
be Danny Scott, Dave
Proctor, Chris Scott,
Bennie Brashears, Carrol
Alexander, Jr, Bill Mabry
and Sam Kerhulas. The
staff of Oakmont
Residential and Nursing
Center along with employees
of Heartland Hospice
are asked to assemble at
the church 10:15 a.m.
Thursday morning to form
the honorary escort.
The family will receive
friends 6-8 p.m. Wednesday
evening at the SR
Holcombe Funeral Home.
Memorials may be
made to the Susan G.
Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation at HYPER-
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general fund of Mon Aetna
Baptist Church, 1431
Lockhart Hwy., Union, SC
29379 or to Heartland
Hospice, 421 S. E. Main
Street, Suite 100,
Simpsonville, SC 29681.
The family is at the
home of her son, Kenneth
and Tonya Proctor, 189
Brown's Creek Church
Rd., Union.
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maintenance,” Alderman
said.
He is also putting forth
effort to promote the site
and get tourism to Union
County.
More than anything,
Alderman enjoys the
peaceful relaxation the gar-
Bauer
Continued from Front Page
“Things changed in the
last week or so.”
He said he is looking to
put the situation behind
him with the Republican
primary fast approaching.
“This soap opera is not
moving South Carolina
forward on a national
level,” Bauer said.
Bauer also said if he
becomes the next CEO of
the state, he would implement
a system in which he
would be on the road
recruiting business on a
regular basis. He also
mentioned he has contacted
Bruton Smith, who has
talked of moving his
Fortune 500 company —
Sonic Automotive — to
South Carolina. Currently,
SCANA Corporation is the
only Fortune 500 company
in the state.
Bauer also wants to
reduce spending in the
school system with a
moratorium on high
school football stadiums.
“Let the high schools
share and put the money
back in the classroom,”
Bauer said.
He mentioned 20 new
schools were built in
South Carolina last year.
As a business person,
Bauer said he tries different
things and changes
what doesn’t work. He
expressed concern that
South Carolina government
is too generous, particularly
with the amount
of money the state gives
away for disability.
By SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press Writer
SHARM EL-SHEIKH,
Egypt (AP) — After three
years of cooperating in the
Israeli blockade of Gaza,
Egypt said Monday that it
will leave its border with
the Palestinian territory
open indefinitely for
humanitarian aid and
restricted travel.
With international pressure
building to ease the
blockade, an Egyptian security
official said sealing off
Hamas-ruled Gaza has only
bred more militancy.
The decision to ease the
restrictions erected by
Israel to isolate and punish
Hamas comes a week after
a deadly Israeli raid on a
flotilla of activists trying to
break the blockade.
The move restores a link
to the outside world for at
least some of Gaza's 1.5
million Palestinians. It also
appeared calculated to
defuse anger in the Arab and
Muslim world over Egypt's
role in maintaining the
blockade and to show that
Egypt, too, is now pressing
Israel to open at least its
land crossings with Gaza.
"Egypt is the one that
broke the blockade,"
Egyptian Foreign Ministry
spokesman Hossam Zaki
said. "We are not going to
let the occupying power
escape from its responsibilities."
Israel has not publicly
protested the Egyptian
move, but officials
declined to comment
Monday.
The U.S., which has
called the current border
restrictions unsustainable,
is among those pressing for
changes. Vice President Joe
Biden met Monday with
Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak in the Red Sea
resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
He released a statement
afterward saying the U.S.
is closely consulting with
Egypt and other allies to
find new ways to "address
the humanitarian, economic,
security, and political
aspects of the situation in
Gaza."
In another escalation of
the tension off Gaza's
shores, Israeli naval forces
shot and killed four men
wearing wet suits off the
coast on Monday. The militant
group Al-Aqsa
Martyrs' Brigades said the
men were members of its
marine unit training for a
mission.
Egypt was not exactly a
reluctant participant in
imposing the blockade.
Like Israel, Egypt watched
with concern as Hamas
militants wrenched control
of Gaza from their rivals in
the Fatah movement of
Western-backed President
Mahmoud Abbas during
bloody street battles in
2007.
Egypt, which had its
own war against Islamic
radicals in the 1990s, fears
sharing a border with a territory
controlled by Islamic
militants who have the
backing of rising regional
dens and grounds provide.
“I walk through the garden
most every day before I
head home, especially since
the roses are in bloom,” he
said. “I saw a red-headed
woodpecker this morning.”
Alderman hopes to see
people come out and enjoy
“Laziness is not a disability,”
Bauer said.
“Some truly need help, but
some need an incentive to
reach their full potential.”
Another topic of conversation
was Bauer’s
work with the Palmetto
Tomorrow Foundation —
the nonprofit organization
he created. The foundation
supports statewide senior
programs and other important
initiatives across the
state.
“The foundation gave
away 10,000 pairs of
shoes and 6,000 blankets
during the winter months,”
Bauer said.
He also discussed a
fundraiser in which he had
prints made of a painting
of Williams-Brice
Stadium. The prints were
framed and sold at
University of South
Carolina home football
games, with the money
going back to the foundation.
Bauer brought up an
idea for Union County
specifically.
“I would try to develop
this county as a retirement
community; buying and
remodeling,” Bauer said.
He said he would show
a cost comparison
between Connecticut and
South Carolina.
“I make a living off real
estate. Lieutenant governor
is part-time,” Bauer
added.
Bauer called Union one
of his favorite places.
the site to take a tour, rent
the picnic shelter, rent the
grounds for weddings,
enjoy the grounds or just to
“stop in and say hey.”
Alderman can be
reached at Rose Hill
Plantation State Historic
Site at (864) 427-5966.
“Union welcomed me
with open arms in 1999,”
Bauer said. “I’ve spent
time in Union County for
years, whether it’s at
Buffalo Speedway or
downtown Union.”
The “Forty-six
Counties in Four Days”
tour began Thursday
morning in Easley and
ended with a final stop in
Gaffney on Monday afternoon.
Nine of the 46 stops
took place roadside, like
the Monday morning stop
in Spartanburg at the
intersection of Pine Street
and East Main Street.
Bauer said the purpose
of this type of tour is to be
able to visit with constituents
one-on-one and
give them a chance to
share their thoughts and
concerns about the direction
of South Carolina.
The Lt. Gov. is one of
four Republican candidates
vying for a spot on
the November General
Election ticket. He is
opposed by Haley, U.S.
Rep. Gresham Barrett and
South Carolina Attorney
General Henry McMaster.
On the Democratic side,
three people are running
for the November ballot
— State Superintendent
of Education Jim Rex,
State Sen. Robert Ford
and State Sen. Vincent
Sheheen.
The primaries are
being held today
(Tuesday, June 8).
Egypt to keep open border
with impoverished Gaza
rival Iran. Just to the south,
Egypt's Sinai peninsula has
been the scene of major
terrorist attacks against
tourist hotels, the last one
in 2006.
Egypt paid a price for
its part in the blockade,
including protests at home
against the government of
Mubarak, who has been
accused of being "an
agent" for Israel. And in
January 2008, Hamas militants
blew up a section of
the Gaza-Egypt border
wall in an attempt to end
the blockade, allowing
hundreds of thousands of
Gazans to pour into Egypt
to stock up on supplies and
visit friends and relatives
they had not seen for years.
It took 12 days for
Egyptian forces to restore
order and close the border.
The May 31 flotilla raid,
in which eight Turkish men
and one dual American-
Turkish citizen were killed,
also seriously hurt Israel's
relations with Turkey,
which had been its closest
ally in the Muslim world.
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domestic dispute between
the two of them,” Taylor
said. “The case is still
being investigated at this
time. The weapon, a semiautomatic
.22-caliber rifle,
was recovered at the
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Union Public Safety
Department to, with the
assistance of SLED, dismantle
the drug trade in the
county. The operation,
which got under way
Wednesday morning, is
designed to increase the
number of charges against
those arrested to the point
where they are faced with
the choice of either cooperating
with authorities
against the financiers and
suppliers of the local drug
trade or serving long prison
sentences.
Arrests
The following persons
were arrested by the sheriff's
office:
Daniel Ian Landrum, 23,
1002 Canal Raod,
Lockhart, charged Monday
with receiving/possession
of stolen goods.
Dustin Eugene Puckett,
24, 158 Haney Road,
Buffalo, charged Friday
with larceny and petit larceny.
Ronnie Edward Lipsey
Jr., 41, 328 Spencer Road,
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scene.”
Taylor said Forrest was
still in the Union County
Jail as of Monday afternoon
and no bond had been
set.
Jonesville, charged Friday
with trespass after notice.
Leann Elliot Grant, 50,
261 Gin Circle, Buffalo,
charged Friday with public
drunk.
Juliette Jones Worthy,
35, 409 E. Junior High
Road, Apt. 100, Gaffney,
charged Friday with simple
possession of marijuana.
Abby Suzanne
McCutcheon, 33, 148
Antioch Road, Buffalo,
charged Friday with breach
of peace.
Lance Brandon
McCluney, 25, 120 Sims
Drive, Union, charged
Saturday with public
drunk.
John Anthony Taylor Jr.,
29, 922 Forest St.,
Jonesville, charged
Saturday with simple possession
of marijuana.
Martin Luther Rice, 39,
175 Sedgefield Drive,
Union, charged Saturday
with breach of peace.
Loreen Eison, 44, 146
Woodberry Drive, Union,
charged Monday with
breach of peace.
Nasty GOP gov race headlines SC primaries
By JIM DAVENPORT
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBIA (AP) — The Republican gubernatorial
race that has turned nasty over the last few weeks was
overshadowing all others Tuesday as South Carolina voters
will whittle a field of seven candidates for governor
and set up the November race for a U.S. Senate seat.
The primary also will be pivotal for three congressional
elections. Four other statewide offices — state schools
chief, state attorney general, treasurer and comptroller
general — are also on ballots.
But the race that has grabbed the spotlight is the
Republican gubernatorial primary. State Rep. Nikki
Haley, who was dogged the last two weeks by claims that
she had trysts with two separate men, vies to become the
first woman GOP nominee for governor and the first
Indian-American with a serious shot at the state's top
elected office.
Haley, with strong backing from tea party activists saw
her popularity soar last month with an endorsement from former
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. And she's denied and weathered
unsubstantiated allegations from the two men claiming
physical relationships with the married mother of two.
Haley faces U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett, Lt. Gov. Andre
Bauer and state Attorney General Henry McMaster in the
GOP contest.
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Remember, this service
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Free Pro Se
Divorce clinic
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South Carolina Legal
Services will hold a Pro Se
Divorce Clinic on
Thursday, June 17.
The clinic will be held
in the grand jury room at
the Union County
Courthouse and begins
promptly at 2 p.m. — no
one will be allowed into
the clinic after 2:05 p.m.
and the event will last
about two hours.
This will be an instructional
clinic by attorneys
and is geared toward assisting
persons who have been
separated for more than
one year, have no minor
children, have no property
to divide, do not want
alimony and who are seeking
a divorce on the
grounds of a one year continuous
separation only.
Participants must know
where their spouse resides in
order to be part of the clinic.
The event will include
forms and instructions to
assist these people in the
filing of divorce action in
Family Court in Union
County, serving their
spouse, representing themselves
at a final hearing
and filing the appropriate
final divorce documents —
all without an attorney.
In order to qualify for
this assistance, the person’s
spouse must not be incarcerated
and must live in Union
County or the parties must
have lived in Union County
the last time they lived
together. Also, the wife must
not have given birth to any
children during the marriage,
either by the husband
or anyone else who are currently
under the age of 18.
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interested in attending
this clinic call South
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The danger
of invisible
corporate
power
By John Steel
Let's face it: Large corporations
have our country,
and us, in a death grip.
Some of their bad behavior
makes big headlines: the
BP oil disaster, Goldman
Sachs' financial shenanigans,
Enron's book-cooking.
However, equally dangerous
corporate activity
happens every day, far
from public view.
Corporations have
seeped almost invisibly
into nearly every government
agency and too many
congressional offices. And
they're as poisonous as carbon
monoxide. In the last
20 years, protective legislation
and regulation, carefully
constructed from the
days of President Coolidge
and vastly strengthened
due to the Depression, have
seriously deteriorated.
There's nothing inherently
evil, or even bad,
about corporations. Indeed,
the combination of capital
and management under one
roof is efficient and essential
in a global, competitive
world. So much of our
standard of living and our
worldwide leadership are
directly traceable to our
corporate and entrepreneurial
culture. But even
good things, when they get
out of control, turn destructive.
Cancer, after all, is
just growth gone wild.
There has always been
tension between good government
and free enterprise.
It hurts the bottom
line to scrub emissions
from coal-burning power
generators, ensure meat is
sanitary, clean up toxic
waste, and disclose the full
risks of financial products.
But once corporations realized
that instead of fighting
government they could
actually buy it through lobbying
and political contributions,
the base of our
democracy eroded. Their
"invisible power" got a
grip. The stealthy hunt for
corporate profits metastasized
from the marketplace
and entered the halls of
Congress and the executive
branch.
The fight over reforming
Wall Street is just the
latest example. The need
for regulation is hardly theoretical
here. We're still
reeling from a crisis caused
by the absence of it.
Congress doesn't even need
to reinvent the wheel, a
favorite task. There were
laws and regulations that
had worked for so long,
such as those to keep banks
and investment brokers
separate; require diligent
lending; prohibit betting
against your own borrowers;
require full disclosure
to borrowers; and, above
all, keep the risk with the
lenders to insure they make
prudent loans.
So why has the debate
on reform dragged on for
nearly a year? The public
wants Wall Street reined in.
So why would any legislator,
much less an entire
political party, get in the
way of financial reform? It
can't just be a coincidence
that the financial sector
happens to be the biggest
contributor to 2010 congressional
campaigns, with
more than $129 million
doled out already. Financial
firms have also spent well
over a half a billion dollars
on lobbying since early
2009.
To reverse this situation
we must change who gets
elected to Congress. And
that is the one thing we can
do, and perhaps the only
thing, to neutralize corporate
control of our government.
Only real people
have the vote; corporations
don't.
To regain our democracy,
we must:
See Power, Page 11
POLICIES
Tuesday, June 8, 2010,
Union, S.C. — Page 4
Viewpoint
County council has the right priorities
In an $11 million budget, $20,000 is not a lot of
money but Union County Council’s decision to allocate it
for economic development is a wise use of the taxpayers’
money that could pay for itself many times over.
“We need jobs.”
That was the argument Supervisor Tommy Sinclair
made in urging council to include the allocation and he’s
right. With one-fifth of our workforce unemployed and
more job losses from the closing of the Disney distribution
center in Jonesville over the course of the next year
we definitely need jobs. Supporting both politically and
financially the efforts of the Union County Development
Board to recruit new business and industry should be the
first priority of county council and the rest of this county’s
political leadership.
Council’s decision to allocate an additional $20,000 to
the development board is a sign it recognizes just how
important its role is in helping promote economic development
and job creation. It is also a sign council recognizes
the recruitment of business and industry, the investments
those companies make and the jobs they create are
crucial to this county’s future.
Fiscal 2010-11 is going to be a tight budget year with
the ongoing downturn in the economy resulting in cuts in
state funding that have put a strain on local budgets.
There may be even more cuts if state revenues continue
to fall forcing the legislature to make further reductions
in spending placing even more strain on local budgets.
Topping this off is the impending loss to the county and
the Union County School District of more than $400,000
in property tax revenue from the closing of the Disney
facility.
This is the fiscal reality facing the county and the reason
why council included a $150,000 contingency
account in the proposed budget to cope with any additional
cuts in state funding. The contingency fund is a
sensible precaution in the face of the continuing uncertainty
in state funding and an economy that remains deep
in the woods.
Sensible as the contingency fund is, however, it does
not and cannot address this county’s long-term need for
economic development and the tax revenues and jobs it
creates. Only the recruitment of new business and industry
and support for their already present counterparts can
Letters to the editor
Thank you for
helping make
banquet a success
To the editor:
On behalf of the Union County
Department of Social Services and
the Union County Foster Parent
Association, we would like to thank
those who made our first community
banquet a magnificent success. It
was a privilege to recognize local
community partners and it was truly
an “Amazing & Inspiring” evening.
All of this was made possible by
many people offering generous gifts
of time, energy and heart. These
people include our foster parents,
volunteers, sponsors, speakers and
everyone who attended our banquet.
Mon-Aetna Baptist Church was so
kind to offer their facility as well as
A recipe for healthier kids
By Elisha Greeley Smith
elishas@cfra.org
Center for Rural Affairs
Two-thirds of school children eat
a National School Lunch Program
lunch, consuming one-third of their
total daily calories from that meal.
The food in that meal travels
between 2500 and 4000 miles before
reaching their plates.
To make matters worse, over 31
percent of the Nation's children age
10 to 17 are either overweight or
obese, according to a 2007 study
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some very talented church members
and staff to help with decorating,
cooking and cleaning. Mary Knox,
Juanita Benfield and Brenda Goings
did a wonderful job organizing the
foster parents and other volunteers.
We appreciate the generosity of
our local Food Lion store for providing
the food so that all the proceeds
from the ticket sales could go
directly to the foster children of
Union County. Store manager Ralph
Thompson also volunteered in the
kitchen the day of the event.
Thank you to Little Angels
Portrait Studio who was there as the
official photographer for Union
County Foster Care; Quality
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the video for the candlelight
vigil at the end of the program;
Nikki Booker, Brad Jolly and The
Gospel Warriors for the music and
entertainment and The Union
compiled by the National Survey of
Children's Health. The School
Lunch Program is feeding our kids
food that is making them unhealthy
and, at the same time, failing to support
America's family farmers and
ranchers as much as it could.
The importance of Farm-to-
School initiatives could not be clearer.
Farm-to-School efforts provide
healthy food choices for children,
while creating economic opportunities
for local farmers.
School may be out for summer,
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do that. Contingency funds and budget cuts may help balance
the budget in the short-term but in the long-term the
fiscal challenges facing this county can only be successfully
met through economic growth and that requires a
properly funded recruitment and retention effort by the
development board and related agencies.
The time is long past — if it ever really existed —
when a community with plenty of land and strong backs
could sit back and wait for business and industry to come
to it. We have to go out and recruit business and industry,
offer them tax and other financial incentives and have in
place the physical — roads, utilities, industrial parks,
spec buildings, etc. — and intellectual — the public
school system, USC-Union, the Advanced Technology
Center — infrastructure that will get them to locate here.
All this takes money to build, to maintain, to expand and
to showcase in a globalized economy where we compete
with both the next county and with countries on the other
side of the planet.
Council could have added the $20,000 it allocated for
economic development to its contingency fund or it could
simply have eliminated it and reduced the budget for
additional cushioning against further cuts in state funding.
While not without merit, such a move would have
still been shortsighted and potentially damaging to this
county’s long-term prospects.
The decision to allocate additional funding for economic
development was the right one because it recognizes
that the private sector is the source of true prosperity.
Government cannot spend — as they’re doing in
Washington — the economy into recovery nor can it
achieve that recovery — as they’re trying to do in
Columbia — by cutting spending, though the latter is
preferable to the former.
What it can do, however, is support efforts to recruit
economic development to a community and to make that
community attractive to business and industry, both existing
and new. The $20,000 allocation for economic development
is that kind of support and council, to the extent
possible given the county’s tight finances, should do even
more in the future.
It’s a small seed, but it could grow into an economic
forest full of jobs, investment and tax revenues this county
needs so desperately.
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These children need loving, supportive
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Together we are working towards a
goal of having ONE FOSTER
FAMILY IN EVERY CHURCH,
EVERY SCHOOL AND EVERY
COMMUNITY so that our children
do not have to leave their community.
Deborah Bishop
Union County Department of
Social Services Director
Amy Austin
Union County Foster Family
Recruiter & Licenser
but before long students will be back
in the lunch line. Across the nation
educational workshops designed for
food service directors, farmers, and
other interested community members,
are being conducted that
demonstrate ways to serve fresh,
healthy food to students while helping
forge connections between
schools and local farmers.
For more information on farm-toschool
activities and trainings in your
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Cousins
need actual
birth
information
Dear Annie: I have two
wonderful cousins, a brother
and sister related to me
through their father. Both
are now in their 50s and
have seven children
between them.
About 12 years ago, my
stepmother spilled the
beans and told me that our
cousins are not biologically
related to us because their
parents had to resort to artificial
insemination to
become pregnant. I confirmed
this story with my
mother. She said my aunt
and uncle had promised to
tell the kids the truth someday.
Annie, I don't believe
my cousins were ever told,
because I occasionally hear
comments from them about
how neither they nor their
children look like anyone
on their father's side of the
family.
My aunt and uncle have
since died. I love my
cousins regardless of
parentage, but don't they
deserve to have their genetic
information? One of the
cousins has Crohn's disease.
Other things could come
up. -- LOVING COUSIN
IN PHILLY
DEAR PHILLY: If your
stepmother knows this
story, chances are your
cousins have heard it, too.
And you are right -- they
should have their medical
history for themselves and
their children. It would be
best if one of their parents'
contemporaries talked to
them -- perhaps your mother
would be willing.
Otherwise, you can gently
broach the subject by asking
whether they have their
complete genetic background.
Dear Annie: My elderly
mother needs full-time care.
She has paid caregivers
who come to her home
every day, and I stay with
her about 30 hours a week,
as well as tend to her
finances, take her to the
doctor, etc. My retired sister,
"Lois," helps out six
hours to nine hours a week,
but will not stay with Mom
on weekends, so I do it.
I have struggled with
resentment toward my sister,
but felt I was making
progress until yesterday.
One of my friends informed
me that Lois had invited her
and her husband to see a
play with them. Not only
can I not imagine why Lois
would be asking my friends
to a social engagement, but
they all knew I would be
unable to go because I was
watching Mom (not that I
would have been asked).
Am I wrong to be upset
with both Lois and my
friends? -- STRESSED
AND DEPRESSED
DEAR STRESSED: It
was insensitive of your
friends to let you know they
were enjoying an event that
excluded you, but it's their
business where they go and
with whom. Your real issue
is with Lois, who enjoys
herself while you are taking
care of Mom, and does so in
a way that underscores your
inability to socialize.
There is always one sibling
who takes on more
caregiving duties than the
others. If you resent not
having time to yourself, see
whether one of Mom's caregivers
can relieve you on an
occasional weekend, and
ask Lois to help pay for it.
Also contact the Family
Caregiver Alliance (caregiver.org)
at 1-800-445-
8106.
Dear Annie: This is for
"Now or Later," whose husband
thinks he should
attend the funerals rather
than visit relatives while
they are still living.
I have three younger sisters,
none of whom has visited
me in more than 30
years, and it's not the
money. They all travel
extensively. When I asked
why they never visit, two
said, "I don't have time,"
and the other said, "Your
husband once hurt my feelings."
Consequently, with tearfilled
eyes, I have requested
that my family not notify
them of my death until after
the funeral. I can't tell you
how it hurts to know they
could suddenly find the
time to attend a memorial
service when they will not
make it a priority to visit me
while I am still living. --
BROKENHEARTED
Engagement announced
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh
Russell Caston of Union,
S.C. announce the engagement
of their daughter
Katie Ingram Caston of
Columbia, S.C. to John
Robert O’Connor also of
Columbia, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Stanley
O’Connor of Ellicott City,
Md.
The wedding is planned
for Nov. 13, 2010, at 5 p.m.
at Reformation Lutheran
Church, Columbia, S.C.
The bride-elect received
a Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree in Interior Design
from Converse College and
is employed with Katherine
J. Anderson Design
Interiors, Columbia. She is
the granddaughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Bernard Furr Sr. of
Charlotte, N.C. and the late
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Russell
Caston Sr. of Boiling
Springs, S.C.
Mr. O’Connor received
a Bachelor of Arts degree
in English from Allegheny
College and a Masters of
Journalism from the
University of Maryland.
He is a reporter for The
State newspaper. He is the
grandson of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Louis
Mannon of Honolulu, HI,
the late Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Mazur of Fairview
Park, OH and the late John
Raymond O’Connor also
of Fairview Park.
Chester Little Theatre
to hold auditions
The Chester Little
Theatre will hold auditions
for the upcoming production
of "Dairy Queen
Days" June 14 at 7 p.m. at
the theatre on Columbia
Street in Chester. There are
parts available for 4 men
and 3 women.
On Trout Moseley's
16th birthday, his father,
Rev. Joe Pike Moseley, a
300-pound Georgia minister,
bolts from the Easter
Sunday service, jumps on a
motorcycle, and rides off to
Texas. For Trout, it's the
latest in a series of calamities
that began when his
mother, Irene, was hospitalized
for severe depression.
In an attempt to save
his ministry, Joe Pike is
brought back from Texas
and is assigned to a church
in his hometown of
Moseley, Georgia—founded
by his family years ago
and a place he has been trying
to escape for most of
his life. And thus begins an
eventful summer for Trout.
His Aunt Alma (Joe Pike's
sister) keeps reminding
him of the burden of his
family history—what it
A three-session seminar
on car maintenance for
women will be held in
Union at the Seventh-Day
Adventist Church on
Monday, June 14, 21, and
28 6-9 p.m.
This seminar is specifically
for women to remove
the mystery of car maintenance,
give confidence
when going to a repair
shop, and give practical
help about basic car maintenance.
What happens when
you’re driving out in the
middle of nowhere and a
tire blows out? What happens
when the man you
depend on to fix things
isn’t there any more? And
how do you know when
you take your car in for
service or repair that the
mechanic is leveling with
you? Each sesssion is
designed to be fun and
practical with a lab for
hands-on application.
Topics to be covered are
means to be a Moseley in
Moseley—and Joe Pike
agonizes through an acute
case of theological angst.
Trout's Uncle Cicero provides
down-to-earth counsel
("When all hell breaks
loose, save your own
ass."), but Trout feels
adrift, trying, at 16, to figure
out who he is while
everything around him
seems to be coming
unhinged. He finds refuge
in a job at the local Dairy
Queen, where his evolving
relationship with Keats
Dubarry, the crippled
daughter of a bitter textile
mill activist, begins to provide
some stability in his
increasingly chaotic world.
Eventually, all hell does
break loose and Trout must
find a way to save himself,
become his own person,
and move on with his life.
This production will be
presented August 6, 7 &
14. If you’re interested,
please come to the auditions
on Monday, or call
803-377-1101 and leave a
message to express your
interest.
Lifestyles Tuesday June 8, 2010
Union, S.C. — Page 5
Community calendar
TODAY
VBS schedule
March 4, 20
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The Union Daily Times
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Garmonʼs Galley
By Julia Garmon
The Union County Tourism
Commission June meeting has been cancelled.
JUNE 9
Happy Hearts will meet at Bantam at
11:30.
JUNE 10
The Bluegrass Jam Session will be
held at Arthur State Bank from 7-9 p.m.
The Union Lions Club will meet at 7
p.m. in the Lions Club building on Main
Street. Call Mary Lou Gregory at 427-
4380 to make your dinner reservations.
JUNE 11
American Legion Post 87 will have a
Mt. Rowell Baptist
Church, 534 Adams Lake
Road,will have VBS 6:30-
9 p.m. each evening, June
14-19. Theme will be “A
High Seas Expedition.”
For more information call
427-3873.
Joy Spring Church,
meeting at Union Christian
Day School, will have
VBS June 21-25 6-8:30
p.m. Theme will be “Back
Stage with the Bible.”
Snacks and crafts.
Tabernacle Baptist
Church will have VBS
June 7-10, 6-8:30
p.m.Theme will be “Saddle
Ridge Ranch.”
Mon-Aetna Baptist
Church will have VBS
June 6-10, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Snack provided for children
and workers.
Padgett’s Creek
Baptist Church will have
VBS June 7-11, 6-8 p.m.
Kickoff is June 5, 10 a.m.-
Women under the hood maintenance seminar
basic car maintenance,
such as the car’s battery
and tires, checking vital car
fluids, belts and hoses,
under-the-hood orientation,
coping with common
car emergencies, and how
to choose a mechanic.
Each session has a lecture/demonstration
time,
then a lab time where participants
do the lab exercises
on their own cars. Each
class is different, for a total
of 9 hourse.
There is NO cost for the
Shrimp Salad
1 8-oz bag small salad shrimp, thawed
1 small bottle ranch dressing
1 8-oz box small elbow macaroni
1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
2 small cucumbers, finely seeded and chopped
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain, rinse and set aside.
Rinse shrimp; combine all ingredients in large mixing bowl. Cover and refrigerate
overnight. If necessary, add 1/2 cup additional dressing prior to serving. Mix well
and serve. Serves 6.
Tahitian Chicken Salad
3 cups chopped, cooked chicken
1 15 1/4-oz can pineapple chunks, drained
1 cup sliced celery
1/3 cup dry roasted peanuts
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
Combine first four ingredients; set aside. Combine remaining ingredients; add
to chicken mixture and toss gently. Serve on lettuce leaves; garnish with grape
clusters if desired. Serves 6
Cherry Charm
2 graham cracker crusts
2 pkg Dream Whip
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
2 cans cherry pie filling
Graham cracker crumbs, opt
Prepare Dream Whip according to directions. Combine cream cheese and sugar
until well blended and fold into Dream Whip. Spoon half of Dream Whip mixture
into crusts; add layer of cherries; cover with remaining Dream Whip mixture.
Sprinkle with cracker crumbs if desired. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight. Makes 2
pies.
seminar sponsored by the
church to help women
with one of life’s basic
needs—transportation. The
class meeting location will
be the Community Room
at the church at 1437
Jonesville Highway
(Highway 18) in Union. To
register or for questions,
phone 864-427-8852.
“Class size is limited
and the class will fill
quickly, so register early to
assure a place,” says class
instructor Billl Strong.
cookout 6:30 p.m.-until. Spouses invited.
JUNE 12
The class of 84 will have a car show at
Union County Fair Grounds 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
Vendors, food and snacks
Parents without Partners will have a
Beach Blast dance featuring Crimson
Rose at VFW Ballroom, 325 Carolina
Dr.ext. Spartanburg. Social time 6:30
p.m.; covered dish dinner at 7. Attendees
should bring a covered dish to share; everages
provided. Dancing from 8-11 p.m.
Dress casual beach attire. For Information,
call 864-901-2229 or 864 497-7522.
JUNE 13
1 p.m. Theme is “Saddle
Ridge Ranch.”
New Hope United
Methodist Church,
Jonesville, will have VBS,
June 21-25, 6-8:30 pm.
McBeth Baptist
Church will have VBS will
be held June 7-11, 6-8 p.m.
Full Gospel Tabernacle
of God, Buffalo, will have
VBS July 12-16, 6-8 p.m.
for ages 3-12 years.
Snacks, Bible study, crafts
and more.
Wyatt’s Chapel
Baptist Church will have
VBS June 7-11.
Victory Baptist
CLINTON – Visitors to
Musgrove Mill State
Historic Site can take their
chances with some colonial
games during a special program
from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Saturday, June 12.
Staff and re-enactors
will be on hand to present a
critical discussion of the
games that were commonly
played throughout the
Revolutionary War period.
Visitors will be given an
opportunity to try their
Desendents of C.Lester and Martha V.
Greer will have their family reunion at
Sardis United Methodist Church Social
Hall. Each family is asked to bring a wellfilled
picnic basket. Plates, cups and utensils
furnished. Lunch served at 1 p.m.
Church will have VBS
June 21-25, 6:30-8:45 for
ages 3-junior high. Theme
will be Bible Discovery
Museum. Van pickup
available. Call 427-2485 or
251-0821
Wesley Chapel United
Methodist Church will
have VBS June 20-24, 5-8
p.m.
________
No one gives his opinion
with more zeal than an
ignorant person.
Period Games planned
at Musgrove Mill
hands at winning a game or
two of such old favorites as
Table Top Nines,
Dominoes, cards and even
trap ball, a colonial forerunner
of baseball.
There is no charge for
admission. For more information,
contact Musgrove
Mill State Historic Site at
(864) 938-0100, e-mail
dramsier@scprt.com or go
t o
www.SouthCarolinaParks.
com
In Memory Of
David Glenn III
Sunrise: 6-9-1988 Sunset: 7-8-2007
I feel warmth around me like your presence is so near.
And I close my eyes to visualize your face when you were here,
I endure the times we spend together son and they are locked
Inside my heart,
For as I have those memories we will never be apart,
Even though we cannot speak no more my voice is always there.
Because every night before I sleep,
I have you in my prayers.
I miss and love you so much.
Happy Birthday!
Love Mama & Family

Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Union, S.C. — Page 6
Scoreboard
Todayʼs Local Games
RECREATION BASEBALL
Church League
Philippi A vs. Joy Springs, 7 p.m.
Morningside vs. Philippi B, 8 p.m.
Sardis vs. Bethel Meth, 9 p.m.
T-Shirt League
Ace Hardware vs. Fullbright’s, 6 p.m.
Coach Pitch
Cathcart vs. United Wood, 6 p.m.
Ben’s Paint vs. Arthur State, 7 p.m.
DIXIE YOUTH BASEBALL
PLAYOFFS (Monday Scores)
Lions 11, Timken 10
Elks 14, Jimmyʼs 4
Humphries 8, Rippyʼs 2
TV Sports Watch
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN2 — World Series, finals,
game 2, UCLA vs. Arizona, at
Oklahoma City
NBA BASKETBALL
9 p.m.
ABC — Playoffs, finals, game 3,
L.A. Lakers at Boston
SOCCER
3:55 p.m.
ESPN2 — Men's national teams,
exhibition, Spain vs. Poland, at
Murcia, Spain
MLB Glance
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division W L
Atlanta 33 25
Philadelphia 30 26
New York 30 27
Florida 28 30
Washington 27 31
Central Division W L
Cincinnati 33 25
St. Louis 33 25
Chicago 26 31
Milwaukee 23 34
Pittsburgh 23 34
Houston 22 36
West Division W L
San Diego 34 23
Los Angeles 34 24
San Francisco 31 25
Colorado 30 27
Arizona 23 35
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Monday's Games
Arizona 7, Atlanta 4
Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 1
San Diego 3, Philadelphia 1
San Francisco 6, Cincinnati 5
Colorado 5, Houston 1
L.A. Dodgers 12, St. Louis 4
Today's Games
Florida at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:05 p.m.
San Diego at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.
Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.
Houston at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
Atlanta at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
St. Louis at Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division W L
Tampa Bay 37 20
New York 35 22
Boston 34 25
Toronto 33 25
Baltimore 16 41
Central Division W L
Minnesota 33 24
Detroit 29 27
Chicago 24 32
Kansas City 24 34
Cleveland 21 35
West Division W L
Los Angeles 32 28
Texas 30 27
Oakland 30 29
Seattle 23 34
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Monday's Games
Boston 4, Cleveland 1
Seattle 4, Texas 2
L.A. Angels 4, Oakland 2
Today's Games
Boston at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.
Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Detroit at White Sox, 8:10 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.
Newberry picks
new nickname
The Wolves are roaming
at Newberry College.
The school that gave
up its longtime Indians
nickname after pressure
from the NCAA has chosen
the Wolves as its athletic
mascot. The college's
Board of Directors
approved the change this
past weekend and told
school administrators, faculty
and coaches Monday.
The school's teams
had spent the past two
seasons competing without
a nickname.
"I don't know what the
fans are going to ask me
now," football coach Todd
Knight joked Monday in a
phone interview with The
Associated Press.
In August 2005,
Newberry was among 17
schools on an NCAA
watch list. The governing
body deemed the use of
"Indians" as hostile and
abusive and prohibited the
use of Native American
nicknames, mascots and
imagery in postseason
competition.
The school did not
accept the NCAA's view,
with school president Mick
Zais writing to late NCAA
president Myles Brand in
October 2005 that he found
the governing body's "decision
arbitrary and capricious
and, frankly, discriminatory
to our college."
In Zais' letter, he said
the school "has no intention
of changing its nickname.
... We are disappointed
in this unjust,
coercive, and perhaps illegal
ruling from the NCAA."
Sports
Team Pitt/Rabb win fellowship golf tournament
Union County Dragway, June 5:
PRO
1. Matt Weston
2. Chris Childress
MODIFIED
1. Ralph DeLoach
2. Jeff Taylor
STREET
1. Cory Mitchell
2. Mike Henson
JUNIOR
1. Ricky Hebert
2. Paul Sharett
TOP 8 DOORSLAMMERS (4.70)
1. Brandon Plyler
2. Brian Nichols
Cherokee Speedway, June 4:
LIMITED SPORTSMAN
1. Scott Tessner, Blacksburg, N.C.
2. Josh Wilkerson
3. Danny Tessnier
4. Randy Cantrell
PURE STOCK
1. Travis Burdette, Iraman
2. Mitch Sill
3. Nathan Pierce
4. Bobby Williams
5. Chris Jones
STOCK 4
1. Brandon Lambert, Gaffney
2. Bradley Weaver
3. Jason Buff
AUBURN, Ala. (AP)
— Kyle Parker hit a
three-run homer and
Richie Shaffer had a
bases-clearing double to
lift Clemson to a 13-7
victory over Auburn on
Monday night.
Clemson (41-22) frequently
dodged trouble,
turning three double
plays and stranding 12
Auburn baserunners.
Clemson reached a second
straight super
regional and will host
Alabama.
It was a big bounceback
for a team that was
one out away from beating
Auburn (43-21) the
night before, when
Creede Simpson hit a
three-run homer in the
top of the ninth.
"(Friday) was as low
as you can be," Clemson
coach Jack Leggett said.
"We lost a very tough
ball game. Today we're
where we need to be
because we kept our
minds on the game."
Top-seeded Auburn
outhit Clemson 18-14 and
got solo home runs from
Trent Mummey and Casey
McElroy but frequently
failed to produce with
runners on base.
"Their pitchers made
good pitches and they
made big plays when it
counted," McElroy said.
"It hurts, but I never
thought we were out of
the game."
Clemson's Kevin
Brady pitched three
scoreless innings to close
it out and left the bases
loaded to end the game.
Shaffer's three-run double
in the seventh gave
Clemson an 11-7 cushion
and the visiting Tigers
added two more in the
ninth.
It was a doubly big
night for Parker. He hit
his 20th homer in the
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Photo by Deb Belk
Local auto racing results
Clemson tops Auburn
13-7 to win regional
first and was drafted 26th
overall by the Colorado
Rockies during the game.
His blast to center made
the football team's starting
quarterback the first
Division I player to
throw 20 touchdown
passes and hit 20 homers
in the same school year.
"I came into the game
a little nervous because I
didn't know what was
going to happen from
that standpoint," Parker
said of his draft status. "I
felt a little selfish even
thinking about it."
The draft gave Auburn
fans a chance to give
Parker some grief.
"In right field, they
were messing with me all
day, telling me I got
drafted with the third
pick overall," Parker
said.
"I told them, 'You can
mess with me all day but
please stop getting my
hopes up.'"
John Hinson homered
and scored three times
for Clemson. Wilson
Boyd had a pair of doubles
and two RBIs and
Schaus finished with
three hits.
Alex Frederick (7-2)
allowed two runs in three
innings to get the win and
had five of Clemson's 12
strikeouts.
It's the second straight
year Clemson has had to
win a Monday game to
move on after topping
Oklahoma State last year.
Ryan Jenkins,
McElroy and Justin
Bryant had three hits
apiece for Auburn, which
trailed 6-0 in the second.
"We just never really
got off to a good start,"
Auburn coach John
Pawlowski said. "Against
good teams, it's tough to
come back."
4. Bryan Cantrell
YOUNG GUNS
1. Zack McNeely, Cherryville, N.C.
2. Clint Dillard
3. Brandon Harrelson
4. Casey Towell
5. Devin Fuller
EXTREME 4
1. Jonathan Sarratt, Shelby, N.C.
2. Jacob Bridges
3. Zack Lankford
4. Will Montieth
5. Bo Shipman
SASE SUPER LATE MODELS
1. Chris Ferguson, Mt. Holly, N.C.
2. Johnny Pursley
3. Casey Roberts
4. Jeff Smith
5. Ross Bailes
6. Mike Gault
7. Zack Mitchell
8. Jim Rasey
9. John Pursley
10. Douglas Davis
11. Alan Walker
12. Brandon Ifft
13. Donald Bradsher
14. Chris Madden
15. Jay Sessoms
16. Travis Leake
17. Furman Parton
18. Jordan Bland
PHOENIX – Stephen Drew drove in
four runs, Mark Reynolds hit his 13th
home run of the season, and the Arizona
Diamondbacks beat Atlanta 7-4 on
Monday night, the third loss in four games
for the NL East leaders.
Drew had an RBI single in the first
inning and a three-run triple in Arizona's
five-run fourth.
Derek Lowe (8-5), winner of his previous
three starts, gave up seven runs and
eight hits in four innings, his shortest outing
of the season.
Dan Haren (6-4) got his first win in
four starts, although he was far from his
best. He scattered nine hits and walked
two, allowing three runs in 5 2-3 innings.
The Braves stranded 12 runners.
Chad Qualls walked the bases loaded
with one out in the ninth but got his 11th
save in 15 tries when Yunel Escobar hit
into a double play.
The Diamondbacks have returned from
an 0-9 road trip, and a 10-game losing
streak, to win three of four.
The Braves were opening a four-game
series after splitting four in Los Angeles,
where their nine-game winning streak
came to an end four games ago.
Reynolds started Arizona's fourthinning
onslaught with a solo shot on a 1-1
pitch into the seats in left-center, the first
home run Lowe surrendered in five games.
Chris Young's single, followed by walks to
The Union
County
Fellowship
of Christian
Athletes
held its’
Second
Annual
Golf Tournament
on
June 3 at
Oakridge
Country
Club. The
winning
team, from
left, Tyler
Pitt, Joe
Pitt, Bo
Rabb and
Andy Pitt.
Sports Briefs
Saturday morning
basketball camp
The Men of Action
Youth Mentoring
Organization will host a
Saturday Morning
Basketball Program starting
10 a.m. June 19 at
Jonesville High School
Gym.
The program is for
boys nine to 15 years of
age. Register through
June 19.
For more information,
call Marion Eison at 415-
2392 or Robert Hill at
466-5988.
Summer tennis camp
begins June 8; June 14
Brad Tate’s Summer
Tennis Camp is June 8-10
and June 14-16.
Sessions will be held 9
to 11 a.m. at Union
County High School tennis
courts. Cost is $45.
Snacks, drinks and prizes
will be offered daily.
Pizza party and roundrobin
play on last day of
camp.
For information, call
427-2583.
Car Show & Cruise-in
at dragway June 12
Union County
Dragway will host Car
Show & Cruise-In at the
Dragway 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
June 12.
The top 75 cars will be
awarded and include divisions
such as Best of
Show, People’s Choice,
Best Engine and Largest
Club Participation.
Admission is $10; 12 and
under free. No additional
fee to participate in show.
Judging begins at 2 p.m.;
awards ceremony 5:30
p.m.; concert by Highway
49 Band 6:30 p.m.
There will be no racing
that Saturday; Test-N-
Tune & Grudge Racing 6
p.m. June 11. Weekend
camping area available.
For more information,
call Greg Robertson at
553-2844, Neil Valentine
at 427-5761 or email
UnionCountyDragway@g
mail.com.
Braves fall to Diamondbacks
LOS ANGELES (AP)
— When Pau Gasol swatted
Kendrick Perkins' hook
shot right back where it
came from, Rajon Rondo
scooped it up. Boston's
slick point guard leaped to
the rim and scored before
Gasol even knew what
hadn't hit him, giving the
Celtics a fourth-quarter
lead they didn't relinquish
in Game 2 of the NBA
finals.
While Ray Allen's
finals-record eight 3-pointers
gave the Celtics some
glitz, Rondo's triple-double
exemplified much of the
grit in their 103-94 victory
Sunday night, evening the
series before the teams
headed to Boston.
The Celtics' starting
guards somehow held
together a choppy, foulplagued
game in which
their big men were roundly
outplayed by the Lakers,
who blocked a finalsrecord
14 shots and scored
relentlessly down low in
another foul-choked finals
game.
But Gasol and Andrew
Bynum couldn't block any
of the shots that mattered
most: Those 3-pointers by
Allen, who scored 27 of his
32 points in the first half,
and 10 fourth-quarter
points from Rondo, whose
19 points, 12 rebounds and
10 assists somehow still
didn't cover his impact on
this equalizer.
"They both were terrific,"
Boston coach Doc
Rivers said. "We needed
points, and Ray gave them
to us. Rondo did a terrific
job finding him. ... He's our
quarterback, and he does a
lot of stuff for us. He was
special."
Game 3 is Tuesday
night, the first of three
straight in Boston.
Chris Snyder and Kelly Johnson, loaded
the bases with two outs.
Conor Jackson dribbled a grounder up
the middle that the shortstop Escobar
ranged far to his left to field. He tried to
flip the ball backhand to second as he ran
away from the base, but it sailed away
from Martin Prado and a run scored.
That brought up Drew, who lashed the
first pitch into the right field corner to
clear the bases on his sixth triple of the
season, tied with Philadelphia's Shane
Victorino for most in the majors.
Atlanta loaded the bases with one out
against reliever Carlos Rosa in the
eighth. Aaron Heilman came on and hit
David Ross with a pitch to bring in a run
and make it 7-4. Prado flied to right, and
the Braves decided not to test Justin
Upton's arm. Upton's throw was up the
line but by then it was too late. Omar
Infante bounced out to the pitcher to end
the inning.
NOTES: Atlanta 3B Chipper Jones
took a cortisone shot and could return to
the lineup on Tuesday. Jones has missed
five games with inflammation in his right
ring finger. ... Haren worked eight scoreless
innings in a 1-0, 10-inning loss at Los
Angeles on June 1. ... Johnson's leadoff
single in the first was his first career hit
against Lowe in 13 at-bats. ... Lowe had
allowed four runs combined in his previous
three starts.
Celtics beat Lakers, game 3 tonight
Kobe Bryant scored 21
points while battling more
foul trouble for the
Lakers, who couldn't
catch up to Boston's
dynamic guards in Los
Angeles' first home playoff
loss since last season's
Western Conference
finals, ending a 12-game
streak and a 9-0 start to
these playoffs. Gasol had
25 points and eight
rebounds for the Lakers,
and Bynum added 21
points and six rebounds.
The Lakers' aura of
invincibility at Staples
Center didn't make it
through the fourth quarter.
Bryant picked up
three fouls while shooting
poorly in the first
half. He committed his
fifth early in the fourth
quarter, keeping him shy
of 30 points for just the
sixth time in the postseason.

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The Union Daily Times/Union, S.C., Tuesday, June 8, 2010 7
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday,
June 8, 2010:
This year, when you least expect to
achieve your desired results, the unexpected
occurs and drops what you
want into your lap. Because of the
manner in which this event occurs,
you might not witness this fact until
later. Sometimes you could be stressed
out. What might be important is establishing
a habit or hobby that helps you
relax. If you are single, though you easily
could be taken with someone - and
he or she with you - don’t count on
this bond being long-term until it is.
An element of surprise runs through
your days. If you are attached, your
mate could have a difficult time adjusting
to all the quirky happenings in
your life. TAURUS makes a great healer.
The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll
Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average;
2-So-so; 1-Difficult
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
★★★★★ Odd as it might seem,
you surprise yourself with a newfound
rashness this morning. You respond to
a different drummer. By midday, it is
business as usual. In sync mentally
and emotionally, you could make a
strong impression. Tonight: Treat yourself
on the way home.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
★★★★ Understanding evolves to a
new level if you spend the a.m. observing.
You could be stunned.
Understanding more, once you decide
to take the lead in the p.m., others
encounter your strong energy and
charge ahead. Tonight: Pursue a vacation
idea.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
★★★ You are full of fun and excitement.
You don’t have to worry about
making an impression on anyone -
you will anyway. A meeting provides a
lot to think about. Do just that before
acting. Tonight: Where the action is.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
★★★★ How you think you will
deal with someone and how you really
deal with this person could be dramatically
different. Your high energy
comes through in the afternoon, when
a new path is forged. Make sure it is
the winning path. Tonight: Living it
up.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
★★★★ Use your adventuresome
mind to find unusual and effective
solutions. Though many people would
run when they hit a blunder in their
Today’s Answers
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Jacquelene Bigar’s HOROSCOPE
path, you will not. Your competence
comes through an innate resourcefulness.
Tonight: Could be late.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
★★★★★ Keep pushing to meet
someone halfway. You could be overwhelmed
by a change in someone’s
tune. What seemed great in the morning
becomes impossible in the afternoon.
You could be taken aback by this
change. Stay centered; look at the big
picture. Tonight: Follow the music.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
★★★★ The smart move is to do
nothing and let others play out their
agendas. You’ll come out ahead of the
game if you just observe. An important
discussion is best had in the afternoon.
Tonight: How about dinner for two?
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
★★★ Focus especially in the a.m.
on the job at hand. The sum total of
recent stress might be taking more of a
toll on you than you initially thought.
Try to schedule a light and easy afternoon.
Tonight: Sort through invitations.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
★★★★ Your creativity peaks in the
morning. You actually might not be
able to come up with a solution in the
afternoon, to your surprise, and others’
as well. Do relax with the moment. Let
others show off their interpersonal
skills. Tonight: Try to make it early.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
★★★ You are the snail this morning,
but by the afternoon, you become
the hare. Someone close might be
impossible to stop. No matter what,
you dodge a problem, and actually
might skip over it. Tonight: Let your
hair down.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
★★★★★ You could surprise many
people, including yourself. Be aware of
your internal process and how you are
changing. Your darting in new directions
reflects this profound depth and
transformation. Consider revising
some opinions, too. Tonight: Happy to
go home.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
★★★ Be sensitive to a tendency to
become extravagant and go way overboard.
How you deal with others
could change radically in the afternoon.
Remember your long-term
goals, and don’t give in to momentary
passion. Tonight: Having a good time.
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8 The Union Daily Times/Union, S.C., Tuesday, June 8, 2010
FSA County Committee nominations being accepted
Those interested must have completed nomination petitions postmarked or to office no later than Aug. 2
REGIONAL — USDA Farm Service
Agency County Executive Director Glenn
Thomas announces farmers and ranchers
in Union County — Local Administrative
Area No. 3 — will be electing area farmers
to represent them on the Spartanburg-
Union-Cherokee FSA County Committee
for the next three years.
Nomination petitions for this year’s
election are being accepted at this time
and must be postmarked or received in the
county office by the nomination deadline
of Aug. 2. Elections will take place this
fall. “County Committees are the most
direct link between the farm community
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture
IVEY Construction Company Inc.
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Over 45 Years in Business! Residential Construction of any kind!
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To get pre-qualified for the U.S.D.A. Loans, just call 864-427-1857 and we at
Ivey’s Construction will personally help you fill out all necessary forms. At
absolutely no Initial cost to you. Why continue paying rent when you could
build your own home at a very affordable payments. Maximum availability for
Union County is $143,400.
Call 864-427-1857 TODAY!! (Ask for Petey)
and give landowners, farmers and ranchers
a voice in how the programs are administered
in their counties,” Thomas said.
The County Committee system helps
shape nation-wide programs into programs
that work at the local level such as
disaster and conservation programs, emergency
programs, commodity price support
loan programs and other important agricultural
issues in the farming community.
To be eligible to serve on a Farm
Service Agency county committee, a person
must participate or cooperate in a program
administered by FSA, be eligible to
vote in a county committee election and
reside in the local administrative area in
which the person is a candidate. A com-
plete list of persons who are eligible to
vote in this year’s election are available in
the FSA office.
Producers can nominate themselves or
others and organizations representing
minorities and women may also nominate
candidates. To become a candidate, an eligible
individual must sign the nomination
form, FSA-669A. The form and other
valuable information about FSA county
committee elections are available at the
Spartanburg/Union/Cherokee FSA Office
located at 105 Corporate Drive, Suite G,
in Spartanburg as well as online at
www.fsa.usda.gov/elections.
The Spartanburg-Union-Cherokee FSA
County Committee is made up of repre-
Helen Thomas retires in flap over Israel remarks
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Longtime Washington journalist
Helen Thomas abruptly retired
Monday as a columnist for Hearst
News Service following remarks she
made about Israel that were
denounced by the White House and
her press corps colleagues.
The 89-year-old Thomas, dean of
the White House press corps, has
been a fixture in Washington and has
been lauded as a pioneering female
journalist who has covered presidents
since 1960.
Known for her confrontational
questioning, Thomas apologized for
comments that were captured on
video and have spread widely on the
Internet. On the May 27 video,
Thomas says Israelis should "get the
hell out of Palestine" and suggests
they go to Germany, Poland or the
U.S. Hearst announced her retirement,
effective immediately, shortly after
White House press secretary Robert
Gibbs called her remarks "offensive
and reprehensible" during his daily
Freeway closed after
bear wanders in lanes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern
California freeway was briefly shut down
while state wildlife officials tried to
remove a bear that wandered into lanes.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Kerry
Carter says the adult black bear was spotted
just after midnight Sunday on surface
streets near the Foothill Freeway in
Duarte. The animal later walked onto the
freeway, which was closed for about a half
hour.
Fish and Game Department workers
were eventually able to corner the bear in
a flood control channel, where they tranquilized
it with a dart gun.
The bear, estimated at 250 pounds, was
taken to a remote forest area for release.
Duarte is about 20 miles northeast of
downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel
Valley.
Police: Break-in suspect
falls asleep in hallway
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) —
Police say a Rhode Island man broke into
an East Providence home and fell asleep
on a hallway floor.
East Providence police said 29-year-old
Jeremy Menard was found sleeping in the
basement of the two-family home Friday
morning and arrested.
Resident Carmine Balzano said his
wife found Menard.
Menard was arraigned on breaking and
entering charges Friday. He was released
and is due back in court in August. It was
unclear whether he had hired a lawyer.
Balzano said Menard "would have
never made it out of (his) house" if he has
hurt his wife.
Name released of teen who
drowned in bridge jump
SOCASTEE (AP) — Officials have
released the name of a teen who drowned
after jumping from a bridge over the
Intracoastal Waterway in South Carolina.
Multiple media outlets reported that 15year-old
Kevin Samir Duarte of Horry
County died after jumping from the swing
bridge near Socastee. Duarte was a student
at Socastee High School.
Authorities say the teen was swimming
with friends Sunday afternoon when he
jumped from the bridge and didn't surface.
Horry County Deputy Coroner Tony
Hendrick says a preliminary autopsy
showed that Duarte drowned.
Man dies after being
found shot on street
CHARLESTON (AP) — A South
Carolina man has died after being found
with gunshot wounds on a street.
The Post and Courier of Charleston
reported that officers found 21-year-old
Robert Williams of Charleston on a street
early Sunday.
The Charleston County coroner's office
briefing with reporters. Thomas, who
has had a front-row seat in the briefing
room for many years, was not
present.
The White House Correspondents
Association also issued a rare statement,
calling her comments "indefensible."
"Many in our profession who have
known Helen for years were saddened
by the comments, which were
especially unfortunate in light of her
role as a trail blazer on the White
House beat," said the statement,
signed by journalists who are officers
of the association.
Thomas had been scheduled to
speak at the June 14 graduation of
Walt Whitman High School in the
Washington suburb of Bethesda,
Md., but Principal Alan Goodwin
wrote in a Sunday e-mail to students
and parents that she was being
replaced.
"Graduation celebrations are not
the venue for divisiveness," Goodwin
wrote.
Thomas wrote on her website, "I
NEWS BRIEFS
says Williams died about 2 a.m. at the
Medical University of South Carolina
Hospital.
The sheriff's Office is investigating. No
arrests have been reported.
About 50 people arrested
in cockfighting raid
GREENVILLE (AP) — About 50 people
have been arrested in raid at a cockfighting
ring in northern South Carolina.
Multiple media outlets reported the
people were charged Sunday with betting
on cockfights in northern Greenville
County.
Sheriff's Lt. Shea Smith says deputies
found the bird fighting ring in woods
almost a mile behind a house in Cleveland
near the North Carolina state line.
Smith says deputies acted after getting
a tip. He says other charges could be filed.
Smith says those arrested on the misdemeanor
charge were released at the scene.
The names of those charged have not been
released.
Smith says the birds were turned over
to the Humane Society of America.
Dozens of SC teachers
attend training sessions
ORANGEBURG (AP) — A faculty
development academy under way this
week in South Carolina is sort of summer
school for teachers.
Dozens of teachers from across the
state are attending the weeklong session
beginning Monday at South Carolina State
University in Orangeburg.
Faculty members from S.C. State,
Claflin College, Benedict College and
Allen University are attending. Other
schools represented include Columbia
College, Greenville Tech and Midlands
Tech as well as two area elementary
schools.
In all, about 65 teachers are attending
the workshops focusing on the science of
teaching and learning.
Officials discuss hurricane
season at SC expo
MYRTLE BEACH (AP) — It's
Atlantic hurricane season, and officials
along South Carolina's coast are getting
ready.
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of
Commerce and Horry County are hosting
their fifth annual hurricane preparedness
conference Monday in Myrtle Beach.
The free event features a number of
sessions, including an update on predictions
for this year and preparation tips for
homeowners.
Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1
through the end of November. Forecasters
say cooler ocean temperatures in the
Pacific and warmer temperatures in the
Atlantic increases the risk for the East
Coast to be slammed by a hurricane this
season.
Nine named storms developed last season.
Three became hurricanes, and none
came ashore in the U.S.
deeply regret my comments I made
last week regarding the Israelis and
the Palestinians."
She added: "They do not reflect
my heart-felt belief that peace will
come to the Middle East only when
all parties recognize the need for
mutual respect and tolerance. May
that day come soon."
The national director of the Anti-
Defamation League, Abraham H.
Foxman, said Sunday that Thomas'
apology didn't go far enough.
"Her suggestion that Israelis
should go back to Poland and
Germany is bigoted and shows a profound
ignorance of history," Foxman
said in a statement. "We believe
Thomas needs to make a more forceful
and sincere apology for the pain
her remarks have caused."
Thomas began her career with the
wire service United Press
International in 1943 and started covering
the White House in 1960,
according to a biography posted on
her website. She became a columnist
for Hearst in 2000.
Paper industry
tests genetically
altered trees
By MITCH STACY
Associated Press Writer
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) —
The commercial paper
industry's plans to plant
forests of genetically
altered eucalyptus trees in
seven Southern states have
generated more cries from
critics worried that such a
large introduction of a bioengineered
nonnative plant
could throw natural ecosystems
out of whack.
ArborGen, a biotechnology
venture affiliated with
three large paper companies,
got U.S. Department
of Agriculture approval last
month for field trials
involving as many as
250,000 trees planted at 29
sites during the next few
years. Much smaller lots of
the genetically altered trees
have been growing in some
of the states for years.
Australian eucalyptus
trees grow faster than native
hardwoods and produce
high-quality pulp perfect
for paper production, but
thus far, they have been
able to thrive only in very
warm climates. ArborGen,
based in Summerville, S.C.,
genetically altered the trees
to withstand freezing temperatures,
and the idea with
the test forests is to see how
far north they can now be
grown.
The test sites will cover
a total of about 300 acres in
Florida, South Carolina,
Texas, Alabama,
Mississippi, Georgia and
Louisiana.
While genetically engineered
crops such as corn
and soybeans have become
common, ArborGen's
experiment marks the first
large planting of designer
trees in the United States.
The company says plantations
of hearty, faster-growing
eucalyptus could produce
more timber in a
smaller area and allow conservation
of natural forests.
But critics say that
despite the USDA's assurance
that the trees pose no
environmental threat, not
enough is known about
their effect on natural surroundings.
"We have many reservations
about it," said Neil J.
Carman, a biologist who
serves on the Sierra Club's
genetic engineering com-
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sentatives from three Local
Administrative Areas (LAA) with each
LAA (county) represented by one member
on the committee.
FSA will mail ballots to eligible voters
beginning Nov. 5. The voted ballots are
due back to the local county office either
via mail or in person by Dec. 6.
Newly elected committee members and
alternates take office Jan. 1, 2011.
If you have an address change or purchased
farmland in any of those three
counties and not reported it to the office,
please call or come by the office immediately
to update your records so that you
will receive your ballot in a timely manner.
Dutchman confesses
to killing Lima woman
By FRANKLIN BRICENO
Associated Press Writer
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Dutchman Joran van der
Sloot, long the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance
of a U.S. teen in Aruba, has confessed to
killing a young Peruvian woman in his Lima hotel
room last week, a police spokesman said.
Peru's chief police spokesman, Col. Abel
Gamarra, told The Associated Press that Van der
Sloot admitted under police questioning Monday
that he killed 21-year-old Stephany Flores on May
30.
The broadcaster America Television reported
that Van der Sloot killed Flores in a rage after learning
she had looked up information about his past on
his laptop. It said it had access to details of the confession
but did not cite its source.
Gamarra would not provide details of the confession.
Nor would the chief of Peru's criminal
police, Gen. Cesar Guardia, when the AP reached
him by telephone. Guardia said only police director
Gen. Miguel Hidalgo could authorize the information
to be divulged. Hidalgo's cell phone rang unanswered.
Asked about the Van der Sloot confession, a
brother of the victim, Enrique Flores, told the AP
"we are not going to make any comment. This is in
the hands of the police, of the justice system."
Van der Sloot's confession came on his third full
day in Peruvian police custody, on the eve of a
planned trip to the hotel in which he was to participate
in a reconstruction of the events leading to
Flores' slaying, Gamarra said.
Flores, a business student, was found beaten to
death, her neck broken, in the 22-year-old
Dutchman's hotel room. Police said the two met
playing poker at a casino.
Police released video on Saturday from hotel
security cameras that shows the two entering Van
der Sloot's hotel room together at 5 a.m. Saturday
and Van der Sloot leaving alone four hours later
with his bags. Police say Van der Sloot left the hotel
briefly at 8:10 a.m., returning to the room with two
cups of coffee and bread purchased across the street
at a supermarket.
Gamarra said the case would now be turned over
to prosecutors to present formal charges and Van
der Sloot will be assigned to a prison while he
awaits trial. Murder convictions carry a maximum
of 35 years in prison in Peru and it was not immediately
clear if a confession could lead to a reduced
sentence.
Van der Sloot remains the prime suspect in the
2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee
Holloway, then 18, on the Caribbean resort island
of Aruba while she was celebrating her high school
graduation.
He was arrested twice in the case — and gave a
number of conflicting confessions, some in TV
interviews — but was freed for lack of evidence.
A fixture on true crime shows and in tabloids
after Holloway's disappearance, he gained a reputation
for lying — even admitting a penchant for it —
and also exhibited a volatile temper. In one Dutch
television interview he threw a glass of wine in a
reporter's eyes. In another, he smashed a glass of
water against a wall in a fury.
The 6-foot-3 (191-centimeter) -tall Van der Sloot
had been held at Peruvian criminal police headquarters
since arriving Saturday in a police convoy
from Chile, where he was captured on Thursday.
He had crossed into Chile on Monday, nearly a
day after leaving the Lima hotel — five years to the
day after Holloway's disappearance.
Flores' battered body was found on the floor in the
room more than two days later. Lima's deputy medical
investigator, Victor Tejada, told the AP on Monday
that she was killed by blows with a blunt object, probably
the tennis racket found in the hotel room.
Guardia told the AP her body was found face
down and clothed with no indication of sexual
assault.
In video taken of the Dutchman that was broadcast
Sunday by a TV channel, Peruvian police were
seen searching Van der Sloot's belongings in his
presence. They were shown pulling out of his backpack
a laptop, a business-card holder and 15 bills in
foreign currency.
Chilean police who questioned Van der Sloot on
Thursday said he declared himself innocent of the
Lima slaying but acknowledged knowing Flores.
Van der Sloot was represented by a stateappointed
lawyer during Saturday's questioning and
both a Dutch Embassy official and his U.S.-based
attorney told the AP on Sunday that he was seeking
to hire his own counsel.
The suspect's father, a former judge and attorney
on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba, died in
February. Van der Sloot has two brothers.
There were indications Van der Sloot may have
been traveling on money gained through extortion.
The day of his arrest in Chile, Van der Sloot was
charged in the United States with trying to extort
$250,000 from Holloway's family in exchange for
disclosing the location of her body and describing
how she died.
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Ex-DSS finance chief
gets 10 years for fraud
By MEG KINNARD
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBIA (AP) — The former
finance director of South Carolina's social
services agency was sentenced Monday to
10 years in prison for stealing more than
$5 million from the agency, money he has
admitted spending on strippers, alcohol
and gambling.
"Never in a million years did I think I'd
be standing here in this position today,"
Paul Timothy Moore, 61, said during his
two-hour hearing in federal court in
Columbia. "I let my negative actions over
the course of four years erase all of the
positive ones over the previous 16."
Moore, who had worked at the social
services agency for 20 years, pleaded
guilty in October to conspiracy to commit
mail fraud and theft of government funds.
From 2004 to 2008, authorities say
Moore and another man, Jonathan Moses,
recruited hundreds of people, including
strippers, to cash checks Moore had made
out to them from agency funds, checks he
marked "Process special. Return to Paul
Moore." The recruits then cashed the
checks at a variety of South Carolina
banks, keeping some money from each
transaction for themselves but turning
over most of the cash to Moore and
Moses.
"He spent a good portion of it at strip
clubs and nightclubs throughout the
Columbia area," said Assistant U.S.
Attorney Debbie Barbier, adding that
Moore let some of the strippers keep all of
the money from the checks they cashed.
"There were a number of lives ruined
because of this case. ... It was a very senseless
crime."
Three of those women have already
been prosecuted for their roles in the
scheme, and the case of a fourth is pending,
Barbier said.
By ANNA SIMON
The Greenville News
CLEMSON (AP) — For Clemson University students
Jeff Plumblee and Jackie Blizzard, civil engineering is
about more than building better cars or stronger bridges.
They are among an increasing number of students seeking
a greener curriculum to prepare them for jobs of the
future — "green jobs" that aren't growing as fast as the
nation's crop of college graduates.
Part of Clemson's Engineering Sustainable Solutions
team, they are concerned about the environmental, social
and economic impact of products built and produced
here and around the world.
It's "a way to make a bigger impact, a better contribution
to society," said Blizzard, 21, of Cockeysville, Md.,
a civil engineering graduate student doing research
focused on sustainable solutions to engineering problems
such as making cars more fuel efficient.
Plumblee, a doctoral student from Greenville, is
researching the environmental impact of products
designed to better protect homes against natural disasters
and is concerned with the materials intensive and energy
intensive nature of homebuilding and other construction.
"The more environmentally conscious we are, the better
materials we'll have in the future; the better materials
we can utilize now, the less energy we use," Plumblee
said. It saves money for companies and "saves us all a
big headache in the long run."
Nadim Aziz, chair of Clemson's civil engineering
department, has a list of businesses already interested in
future graduates of a new Sustainable and Resilient
Infrastructure program that starts with seven students
this fall and deals with sustainable solutions to infrastructure
problems that range from aging roads and
bridges to water supplies and power grids.
Supported by a $700,000 grant from the National
Science Foundation, the new program is among the latest
offerings that are cutting a growing green swath
through the curriculum at Clemson and nationally to prepare
students for jobs with corporations where sustainability,
in environmental, social and economic terms, is a
bottom-line priority.
"Having that kind of knowledge is a very marketable
skill for almost any kind of organization these days,"
In all, prosecutors say Moore requested
about 750 checks cut from state Treasury
Department funds, for about $7,000 each.
Prosecutors have said none of the check
cashers or Moses worked for the
Department of Social Services. Authorities
learned about the scheme in October 2008,
after one of the check cashers alerted the
U.S. Secret Service.
So far, Moore, Moses and 50 others
have been prosecuted, and prosecutors say
more arrests are expected. In all, Barbier
says authorities think the two men recruited
more than 300 people to help embezzle
the money, telling the check cashers that if
anyone asked they should say the money
was from grants or child support payments.
Last year, Moses was sentenced to
eight years in prison after pleading guilty.
Moore had faced up to 30 years in
prison and $500,000 in fines. Prosecutors
and Moore's attorney had asked for a
lighter sentence, citing Moore's role in
helping federal authorities figure out how
much money was missing from the
agency's coffers and identify people who
had cashed the fraudulent checks.
Seymour waived any fines but ordered
Moore to pay nearly $5.5 million in restitution.
Moore, who said he was drinking heavily
before his arrest, said Monday he used
alcohol as an "escape hatch" during difficult
times in his life, including a divorce
and death of his oldest daughter in 2003.
After his arrest in January 2009, Moore
completed an alcohol treatment program.
Seymour ordered him to undergo drug
testing as part of his probation after he finishes
serving his prison sentence.
"No one could have gotten a dollar
without me," Moore said. "My prayer is, I
don't want to cause anyone any pain, any
more."
Bank of America to pay
borrowers $108 million
By ALAN ZIBEL
AP Real Estate Writer
WASHINGTON (AP)
— Bank of America will
pay $108 million to settle
federal charges that
Countrywide Financial
Corp., which it acquired
nearly two years ago, collected
outsized fees from
borrowers facing foreclosure.
It's the latest evidence
of misconduct at
Countrywide, once an
industry giant that has
since fallen. Last year,
three top executives,
including former CEO
Angelo Mozilo, were
charged with civil fraud
and insider trading by the
Securities and Exchange
Commission.
The settlement, which
seeks to refund money to
about 200,000 borrowers,
was announced Monday by
the Federal Trade
Commission. It is the largest
mortgage industry settlement
for the agency, which
oversees non-banking functions
such as debt collection.
The FTC's chairman,
Jon Leibowitz, accused
Countrywide of "callous
conduct, which took
advantage of consumers
already at the end of their
financial rope."
Bank of America purchased
Countrywide in
July 2008. The actions in
the case took place before
the acquisition.
The Charlotte, N.C.,based
bank, which did not
admit or deny the charges,
said it agreed to the settlement
"to avoid the expense
and distraction associated
with litigating the case."
Grads outpace jobs
Countrywide hit borrowers
who were behind
on their mortgages with
fees of several thousand
dollars at times, the FTC
said. The fees were for
such services as property
inspections and landscaping
that far exceeded market
rates. Countrywide created
subsidiaries to hire
vendors, which marked up
the price for such services,
the agency said.
"Countrywide profited
from making risky loans to
homeowners during the
boom years, and then they
profited again when the
loans failed," Leibowitz
said.
It will take several
months to contact the
affected borrowers,
Leibowitz said. He called
Countrywide's recordkeeping
"beyond abysmal.”
Blizzard said.
Ed Koc, director of research at the National
Association of Colleges and Employers, said the
response from colleges integrating green technology into
the curriculum outpaces development of green jobs in
industry.
"The reason is the investment hasn't been there yet,"
Koc said. "I'm sure there are companies interested in
green technology, and there are jobs here and there, but
as a general trend, I don't see that yet."
Oil and gas prices have retreated from the 2008 price
spike and have stabilized below $3 a gallon, deflating the
economic incentive for the government and private sector
to invest in developing the technology, Koc said.
Enrollment in "green" courses and majors at Clemson
has grown 70 percent in five years, according to
Clemson Institutional Research.
Students can choose from 20 sustainability-related
courses in various areas, 17 sustainability-related majors
and 11 minors. The sustainable environment is one of the
university's eight emphasis areas, with researchers active
in fields from alternative energy to sustainable agriculture.
"Prospective students realize that sustainability is
something that is very important for their future, and
they are considering that when choosing a college," said
Bob Bennett, associate director of admissions at
Clemson.
Patsy Hammett, director of college relations at
Milliken, said the company considers itself to be one of
the areas "greenest companies" and begins new product
development with the question, "What is the impact on
the environment?"
"A sustainability mindset would help us in that
regard," Hammett said. "Although our selection criteria
currently does not focus on 'green' curriculum, we would
certainly look at such a curriculum as this trend continues
to emerge. We believe a curriculum including sus-
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mittee. "We don't think the
scientific evidence is in yet
that says this is a good
idea."
Anne Petermann, executive
director of the activist
group Global Justice
Ecology Project, said eucalyptus
trees are invasive,
require vast amounts of
water that could reduce
groundwater levels, and
increase the wildfire risk
because they are so flammable.
"This is quite a dangerous
tree to be mass planting,"
Petermann said.
But ArborGen CEO
Barbara Wells said eucalyptus
trees have not
proven invasive in dozens
of tropical countries where
they are widely grown on
plantations. Also,
ArborGen genetically
modified the trees to limit
their ability to disperse
seed and spread.
Although the new field
trials will significantly
increase the number of
genetically engineered
trees being grown, Wells
called it "very confined
research."
"The total is 300 acres,
but when you're doing tree
research, that really is very
small acreage," she said,
noting that about 20,000
acres of genetically unaltered
eucalyptus trees are
already grown in central
and southern Florida for
production of wood chips
and mulch. The new test
forests will show whether
the genetically altered trees
can thrive farther north in
Florida, where freezing
temperatures can occur in
the winter.
Donald Rockwood, a
professor emeritus in the
University of Florida's
School of Forest Resources
and Conservation, has
worked for about 30 years
on developing eucalyptus
trees that thrive in Florida.
He uses traditional breeding
techniques, not genetic
modification.
The genetically unaltered
trees growing in controlled
plantations in
Florida have not proven
invasive, are relatively efficient
users of water and are
no more flammable than
other hardwoods, said
Rockwood, who was hired
by ArborGen to do a report
tainability does add value and would be a complement to
our existing culture."
Respect for the environment is a core value at
Michelin, said Mike Ungar, head of recruiting at the tire
maker's Greenville headquarters.
"Michelin has designed and produced tires with green
technologies since 1992, so green engineering is not new
to us," Ungar said. "This new curriculum at Clemson
University appears to strengthen students' respect for the
world around us and will help to prepare new college
graduates hired from this program to better adapt to
Michelin's corporate culture."
The growing sustainability movement isn't a fad, said
Josetta McLaughlin, a management professor at
Roosevelt University in Chicago. Students and colleges
are making wise investments in a greener education and
corporations are moving in that direction.
"From a business perspective, we think there's going
to be a lot of new opportunity for industry out there that
we don't even know about yet," McLaughlin said.
Corporations "are looking for people who understand the
sustainability revolution that's taking place. We are
rethinking how man and institutions should function
along with the natural world."
From Koc's perspective, the best way students can
attract employers' interest is through internship programs.
And as for the engineering students at Clemson and other
universities that have traditionally been engineer factories,
there are jobs, but the competition's fierce.
Engineering graduates, along with accounting, business
administration, computer science and math majors,
are more likely to get and accept job offers than graduates
in other majors, according to spring NACE research
on the graduating class of 2010. Just under a quarter —
24.4 percent — of the 2010 college graduates who
applied for jobs had one waiting after graduation,
according to NACE. For engineers it was 31.8 percent.
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on eucalyptus trees' invasiveness
because of his
experience working with
them at the university.
Still, Rockwood said,
introduction of any genetically
altered species poses
risks. For example, the
gene that makes the trees
resistant to cold could be
transferred to surrounding
plants, allowing them to
spread farther north than
nature intended.
"It certainly needs to be
done carefully, it needs to
be regulated and there
needs to be a period of
well-defined observations,"
Rockwood said.
The ArborGen trees will
be planted in seven counties
throughout Florida,
four counties each in South
Carolina and Texas, two
each in Alabama and
Mississippi and single
counties in Georgia and
Louisiana. Rockwood said
they can grow about 25
feet per year and be ready
to harvest in less than three
years.
ArborGen is a joint venture
of International Paper,
MeadWestvaco and
Rubicon Ltd.
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for a license/permit
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and on premises consumption
of beer,
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To object to the issuance
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farm-to-school initiatives and related educational
and training opportunities.
The school kitchen transition need not
happen overnight, but it needs to happen.
We owe it to our children, ourselves, and
our communities.
Power
Continued from Page Four
GENEVA (AP) —
Switzerland's efforts to calm
a banking furor hit a major
setback Tuesday as nationalist
and left-wing lawmakers
blocked a treaty with the
United States that would
have allowed UBS to hand
over thousands more files
on its American clients to
U.S. tax authorities.
The Swiss government
and Washington had
painstakingly crafted the
treaty last August to resolve
a long-standing dispute over
the bank's alleged role in
aiding tax evasion but 104
lawmakers in Switzerland's
lower house voted against
the deal Tuesday, compared
to 76 in favor. Sixteen law-
makers abstained.
The government had
urged lawmakers to approve
the deal to avert harm to the
Swiss economy, which is
heavily dependent on the
country's banking industry.
The deal is crucial to
UBS — the country's largest
bank — which has faced
intense pressure from U.S.
authorities since 2007.
Last year the bank
agreed to turn over hundreds
of client files and pay
a $780 million penalty in
return for a deferred prosecution
agreement. But
Washington has signaled
that unless UBS reveals a
further 4,450 American
names demanded in the
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Foster Park Elementary held its annual "Relay for Life Read-a-Thon" during the month
of May. Students received monetary pledges for books they read. Top readers for the
event were: Gavin Lawson, Cyamrin Reynolds, Katie Wagner, Cecelia Knox, and
Zakiyah Hardy. These students received a certificate and a pizza party.
Today in history
By The Associated Press
Today is Tuesday, June 8, the 159th day
of 2010. There are 206 days left in the
year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day
War, 34 U.S. servicemen were killed when
Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats
attacked the USS Liberty, a Navy intelligence-gathering
ship stationed in the
Mediterranean. (Israel later said the
Liberty had been mistaken for an Egyptian
vessel.)
On this date:
In A.D. 632, the prophet Muhammad
died in Medina.
In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh
president of the United States, died in
Nashville, Tenn.
In 1861, Tennessee seceded from the
Union.
In 1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated
for another term as president during
the National Union (Republican) Party's
convention in Baltimore.
In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt
offered to act as a mediator in the Russo-
Japanese War.
In 1915, Secretary of State William
Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement
with President Woodrow Wilson
over U.S. handling of the sinking of the
Lusitania.
In 1948, the "Texaco Star Theater"
made its debut on NBC-TV with Milton
Berle guest-hosting the first program.
(Berle was later named the show's permanent
host.)
In 1966, a merger was announced
between the National and American
Football Leagues, to take effect in 1970.
In 1978, a jury in Clark County, Nev.,
ruled the so-called "Mormon will," purportedly
written by the late billionaire
Howard Hughes, was a forgery.
In 1995, U.S. Marines rescued Capt.
Scott O'Grady, whose F-16C fighter jet
had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on
June 2.
Ten years ago: Two gunmen shot to
death Brig. Stephen Saunders, a British
defense attache, in Athens, Greece; the
elusive terrorist group November 17
claimed responsibility, saying it killed
Saunders because of his role in NATO
* Identify and make public those elected
representatives who owe their jobs to
corporate largesse and cast their votes
accordingly.
* Insulate the election process from
corporate funding. Bills in both the Senate
and House that would forbid campaign
spending by contractors who receive more
than $50,000 in taxpayer funds would be a
good start.
* Prohibit lawmakers and lobbyists
from interacting with each other, except to
The Center for Rural Affairs was established
in 1973 as an unaffiliated nonprofit
corporation under IRS code 501(c)3. The
Center for Rural Affairs was formed by
rural Nebraskans concerned about family
farms and rural communities, and we
work to strengthen small businesses, family
farms and ranches, and rural communities.
airstrikes against Yugoslavia. Pulitzer
Prize-winning cartoonist Jeff MacNally
died in Baltimore at age 52.
Five years ago: The Senate confirmed
California judge Janice Rogers Brown for
the federal appeals court, ending a twoyear
battle. Former Boston Bruins star
Cam Neely, the late Valeri Kharlamov
and Murray Costello were named to the
Hockey Hall of Fame.
One year ago: North Korea's highest
court sentenced American journalists
Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years'
hard labor for trespassing and "hostile
acts." (The women were pardoned in
early August 2009 after a trip to
Pyongyang by former President Bill
Clinton.) Omar Bongo, 73, the world's
longest-serving president who'd ruled
Gabon for 42 years, died at a Spanish hospital.
Today's Birthdays: Former First Lady
Barbara Bush is 85. Actor-comedian Jerry
Stiller is 83. Comedian Joan Rivers is 77.
Actress Millicent Martin is 76. Actor
James Darren is 74. Actor Bernie Casey is
71. Singer Nancy Sinatra is 70. Singer
Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 68.
Musician Boz Scaggs is 66. Actor Don
Grady is 66. Rock musician Mick Box
(Uriah Heep) is 63. Author Sara Paretsky
is 63. Actress Sonia Braga is 60. Actress
Kathy Baker is 60.
Country musician Tony Rice is 59.
Actor Griffin Dunne is 55. "Dilbert" creator
Scott Adams is 53. Actor-director
Keenen Ivory Wayans is 52. Singer Mick
Hucknall (Simply Red) is 50. Musician
Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 48.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Doris Pearson
(Five Star) is 44. Actress Julianna
Margulies is 43. Actor Dan Futterman is
43. Actor David Sutcliffe is 41. Rhythmand-blues
singer Nicci Gilbert is 40.
Actress Kelli Williams is 40. Actor Mark
Feuerstein is 39. Contemporary
Christian musician Mike Scheuchzer
(MercyMe) is 35. Rapper Kanye
(KAHN'-yay) West is 33. Blues-rock
musician Derek Trucks (The Derek
Trucks Band) is 31. Folk-bluegrass
singer-musician Sara Watkins (Nickel
Creek) is 29.
Thought for Today: "Malice drinks
one-half of its own poison." - Seneca,
Roman statesman (circa 5 B.C.-A.D. 65).
exchange ideas on legislation, and require
them to publish a record of their contacts.
It may take several election cycles to
scrub corporate influence and control from
our political system, but once it starts it
will gain momentum. And once we've
accomplished this feat, appropriate regulation
and control will follow. The horse will
be before the cart, and the driver will be a
human person.
John Steel is a lawyer and the former
mayor of Telluride, Colorado.
Swiss lawmakers reject deal with US in UBS tax row
U.S.-Swiss agreement, it
may face a crippling civil
investigation just as the
bank is recovering from the
subprime crisis and seeking
to rebuild its U.S. business.
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Continued from Page Two
ROD McGUIRK
Associated Press Writer
CANBERRA, Australia
— Two Australian soldiers
were killed by an improvised
explosive device in
southern Afghanistan, the
worst fatalities the country
has suffered in a single day
during military deployments
in Iraq and
Afghanistan, an official
said Tuesday.
The men were among a
total of 10 International
Security Assistance Force
troops, including seven
Americans, killed in separate
attacks on Monday on
the deadliest day of the
year for foreign forces in
Afghanistan. A U.S. civilian
contractor who trains
Afghan police also died in
a brazen suicide assault.
It was the first multiple
fatalities Australia has suffered
in a day in either
Afghanistan or Iraq, Acting
Defense Force Chief Lt.
Gen. David Hurley told
reporters in the capital
Canberra. The deaths bring
Australia's casualty toll in
Afghanistan to 13 since
2001.
The soldiers, on their first
deployment to Afghanistan,
were on a foot patrol that
involved only Australian
troops in Uruzgan province,
Hurley said.
One soldier died at the
scene while the second was
flown by helicopter to a
hospital at the Australian
military base in Tarin
Kowt, where he died. An
explosives detection dog
was also killed in the blast.
"I think we're just seeing
a hard day in theater,"
Hurley said. "There are a
lot of troops in action, a lot
going on at this present
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NATO is readying its
next major operation in
Kandahar province, the
Taliban movement's birthplace
— key to the Obama
administration's strategy of
turning around the nearly
nine-year war.
Australia is the largest
contributor outside NATO
to the Afghanistan campaign,
with 1,550 troops.
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under NATO command.
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Ellen Gregory was this year's recipient of the Foster Park Eagle Scholarship. She is pictured
reading her winning essay to the 5th grade graduating class at Foster Park
Elementary School. The $1,000 scholarship is offered to UCHS seniors who completed
all of their elementary years at Foster Park. The scholarship is funded by donations and
special events held throughout the year.
Donna Gault Rector
Union High Graduate
CHARLESTON, SC —
Donna Gault Rector, 49
227 Haas Street, Union, SC
died Monday, June 7, 2010
at the Medical University
of SC in Charleston, SC.
Ms. Rector was born in
Union, SC, Oct. 14, 1960, a
daughter of the late Harold
Ray Gault and Martha
Prince Gault. She was a
graduate of Union High
School, attended
Spartanburg Technical
College and was of the
Baptist Faith.
Surviving are a son,
Jody Lynn Rector of
Union; two grandchildren,
Jaiden and Nathan Rector;
a sister, Sherri Gault
Rhinehart and husband
Michael of the home;
three brothers, Billy Gene
Gault and wife Cindy of
Spartanburg, Ronald Gault
of the home and David
Ray Gault of Union; three
nephews, Christopher
Rhinehardt, Joshua Gault
and B.J. Gault, Jr; two
nieces, Elizabeth and
Deanna Gault; two greatnieces,
Valerie Belue and
Layla Jeter; two greatnephews,
Aiden and
Bryson Rhinehardt.
Ms. Rector was predeceased
by a son, Logan
Mitchell Rector.
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at5to10
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low 90s and
lows in the
low 70s.
Fri
6/11
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chance of a
thunderstorm.
Graveside services will
be held 3 p.m.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
at Fairview Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be held
1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday at
SR Holcombe Funeral
Home prior to the service.
Memorials may be
made to Donna G. Rector
Memorial Fund, P.O. Box
293, Union, SC 29379.
The family is at the
home, 227 Haas Street,
Union.
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Off to the movies!
Yearbook dedication
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Buffalo Elementary School is pleased to announce its 2009-2010 yearbook dedicatee,
Sarah Oshields. Mrs. O’Sheilds, music teacher at Buffalo, has been married to Lynn
O’Shields for 22 years. She has a son, Hayden, who attends SOAR Academy in
Spartanburg, and a daughter, Caitlynn, who attends Union County High School. She is
an active member of First Baptist Church in Union, SC. She also is a board member
for SOAR Academy. In her spare time, Mrs. O’Shields enjoys reading, writing, spending
time with her family, and creating graphic layouts and designs on the computer. She
likes to eat steak and usually has a Diet Mt. Dew in her hand. She also likes “Jelly
Belly” jelly beans and Sweet Tarts. She is especially known for making people laugh
and for her creativity. Mrs. Sarah O’Shields is a 1982 graduate of Union High School.
She attended Limestone College, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in
Music Education in 1986. She received her master’s degree in 2008 from Southern
Wesleyan University. Mrs. O’Shields is certified in Music Education and Special
Education. She taught Special Education for ten years. She is currently in her 24th
year of teaching. She has been teaching 11 years at BES. She also served on a team
for four years that created and operated the Assistive Technology Evaluation Lab for
special needs children and adults throughout the Piedmont Region. Aside from teaching
music to the students of Buffalo, she also coordinates PTA musicals for each grade
and is the school’s webmaster.
All As Honor Roll
3rd Grade: Baylee
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Aubrey Garner, Daniel
Grant, Brianna Hill,
Mackenzie Parks, Tayla
Smith, Sydnie Vanderford
4th Grade: Justin
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Hannah Hill, Kira
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Daniel Hill, Ryan Vaughan
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Goldman, Caitlin Grant
7th Grade: Betsy
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Melton
A and B Honor Roll
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Garcia, Cheyenne Gist,
Ryan Jordan, Kristin
Lancaster, Christian
McLaren, Chandler
Northern, Parker
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Patterson, Destiny Sanders
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Gore, Shaealia Lindsey,
Anthony McLaren, Loren
Melton, Joey Roberts,
Jordan Smith, Dalton
Vinson, Makayla Walker,
Bobby Wentz, Brittany
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Adams, Cole Belue,
Mariah Boler, Seth Parker,
Elizabeth Parks, Heather
Petty, Devin Richards
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Brown, Dylan Fowler,
Stanley Gaston, Alaina
Inman, Macy
Scarborough, Mary
Scarborough, Les Wentz
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Students reaching their Accelerated Reader goals this year at Foster Park Elementary
were rewarded with a trip to the movies. Two hundred students in grades 1-5 were
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train rides for outstanding behavior. Pictured is third-grade student Jason Pugh.
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A packed house celebrated the completion of 4-year-old kindergarten at Foster Park Elementary School. These students shared some of the highlights of the great year and
entertained the audience with songs and movement. Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Alexander wished them a great summer and encouraged parents to continue reading with and to the
students during the summer. Most of the students will attend Foster Park 5-year-old kindergarten in the fall.
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