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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. Pete Ivey • Petey Ivey Over 45 Years in Business! Residential Construction of any kind! 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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- See Tree, Page 9 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. Post-hospital skilled nursing and rehabilitation. 864.427.0306
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. 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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. Classy Pet G r ooming 503 S. Duncan Bypass • 864-427-4459 GROOMER: Shelly • Feline & Canine Grooming • Offering Boarding Services • Monthly Specials • We can order your special products & supplies for your favorite pets! Hours: Mon - Tues 8 am - 5 pm Wed 7:30 am - 5:30 p m Thur - Fri 8 am -5:30 pm Sat 9 am - 2 pm ©2009 Hometown Content, listings by Zap2it 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. Colleges integrating green technology into curriculum ahead of the curve when it comes to development of that work force Walk-ins Welcome Before Noon Tri Force will be available April 25
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