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SCE&G presents
a view from
Riverbanks Zoo

F R O M T H E C H A I R M A N
Dear Customers and Friends:
We’re pleased to announce
that Kevin Marsh has been
named the new president of
South Carolina Electric & Gas.
He previously served as
SCANA’s chief financial officer.
Marsh is a tremendous asset
to our organization and an
excellent choice to lead our
largest subsidiary.
In addition to his extensive
financial background, he led
PSNC Energy for two years,
gaining valuable operations
experience. You can get to know
him in this issue of Insights.
In another positive
development, one of our largest
industrial customers, Kimberly-
Clark of Beech Island, S.C., is in
the midst of two major
expansions that will make this
plant the company’s largest
manufacturing facility in North
America.
Upon completion of the
expansions next summer,
Kimberly-Clark will employ
approximately 1,750 with plant
facilities exceeding three million
square feet.
We have worked closely with
this company to ensure a
reliable electric supply to
accommodate the new load,
including construction of a new
substation on the Kimberly-
Clark property. Insights was
invited to visit this customer
and share the experience with
our readers.
On a lighter note, you may
want to share with friends and
family who have small children
a unique learning opportunity
with Riverbanks Zoo in
Columbia.
Of course, you can’t beat a
trip to see the zoo animals in
person, but if the summer heat
is too much or the drive is too
far, you can now tune into live
video feed through our Web
site.
SCE&G is proudly
sponsoring what we call the
“ZooView,” broadcast across
our fiber optic cable and
viewable at your computer
from scegzooview.com or
riverbanks.org.
The ZooView has received
national recognition. We hope
you will enjoy using it. It is a
great educational tool to help
children learn more about the
animal world.
At SCANA, we’re committed
to helping our communities and
W.B. TIMMERMAN
providing educational
opportunities just as we are
dedicated to providing you
with safe, reliable energy
service in the sweltering days of
summer.

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Learning the ropes 2
Meet SCE&G’s new president, Kevin Marsh, as he shares
the experiences that have shaped his life and career
An inside view 8
SCE&G joins with Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, S.C.
to provide live video feed of zoo animals via the Internet
Putting Beech Island on the map 14
The current expansions at Kimberly-Clark in Beech Island
will make the plant the company’s largest in North America
A place in history 20
Congressman James Clyburn and his wife have created an
endowment to preserve the history of S.C. State University
Rockin’ robots 24
Keenan High School students were winners in a robotics
competition created to promote math and science skills
Summer 2006
Volume 19, Number 2
Editor
Mary Green Brush
Marketing Communications
Director
Cathy Love
Senior Vice President of
Marketing and
Communications
Sharon Jenkins
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Cover: The Gentoo Penguins, one of the latest additions to
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, are native to subantarctic
islands. The penguins, located at the zoo’s birdhouse, can
swim up to 20 miles per hour. They can be seen by webcam at
scegzooview.com.
PHOTO BY ROBERT CLARK
© 2006 SCANA Corporation.
All rights reserved.
Printed on recycled paper

New SCE&G President
Kevin Marsh visits
McMeekin Station near Lake
Murray, meeting with
employees and touring the
facilities.
learning
the ropes
New SCE&G president
takes the helm
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In 1967, Archie Bell and the Drells recorded the hit song “Tighten Up,” which
inspired a bit of a dance craze in the late ‘60s. Soon after, the tune became the
opening number for a high school cover band from Athens, Ga. On drums —
outfitted in a green ruffled satin shirt, white pants and shimmering white
Corfam ® shoes (with tassels) — was a young preacher’s son named Kevin Marsh.
Marsh, who in May succeeded Neville Lorick as president and chief operating
officer of SCE&G, recalls fondly his turn as a play-for-pay musician. But he’d
prefer to forget the ruffles and tassels. “Obnoxious,” he says of the band’s
outfits. “I mean, they were horrible.”
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These days, you’re more
likely to find Marsh dressed in
business casual as he immerses
himself in the responsibilities of
his new job. He still likes to
bang the skins from time to
time, though. “Most people
probably wouldn’t know that I
play the drums, and that I like
the hard rock stuff,” he said,
smiling. “I have a drum set
upstairs in my house. It’s a
great stress reliever.”
Now in his 22nd year with
SCANA, Marsh stepped into his
newest role after a decade as
SCANA’s chief financial officer.
But this isn’t his first foray into
the operations arena.
From October 2001 to March
2003, he served as president
and chief operating officer of
PSNC Energy, SCANA’s natural
gas distribution company in
Gastonia, N.C., in addition to
his CFO duties.
In pointing out differences
between the operational and
financial sides of the business,
Marsh drew on his passion for
automobiles for an analogy.
“One thing I like about auto
racing is that when a race starts,
it continues until it’s over,” he
said. “There is no time-out. In
the operations area, especially
in the business we’re in, there
are no time-outs.
“In gas, service has got to be
delivered; pressure has to stay
in the lines the whole time or
the pilot lights go out. On the
electric side, if the generation
plants aren’t working or the
lines aren’t in service, the lights
go out.
“Our customer service reps
are always working to respond
to the needs of our customers.
The whole loop of delivering
service never stops. Seeing and
understanding what it takes for
all that to happen is a real
different experience as opposed
to selling bonds or pricing
stock.”
Marsh’s business
perspectives, as well as his
interest in cars and motor
sports, are rooted in his
childhood and the example set
by his grandfather – Marsh
affectionately refers to him as
“Boppy” – who immigrated to
the United States from Lebanon
with his family in 1900.
“He was the sole proprietor
of an automobile repair shop,”
said Marsh. “Watching the way
he treated his customers had a
big impact on the way I treat
people. Watching his
compassion and way of
working with everyone who
came in there really left an
impression on me.
“I would spend my summers
with him, working on cars in
his shop. That’s where I got my
love for cars and auto sports.
Watching the way he ran his
business and the way he treated
people – I’ve never forgotten
that. He was a tremendous
influence on me.”
Marsh still pays tribute to
that influence. Hanging on the
wall next to his desk is a framed
copy of the diploma his
grandfather earned from a
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Kansas City mechanic’s school
in 1923, along with a photo of
the graduating class. “I know
he was a proud man because
he’s the only one in the photo
with a tie on,” said Marsh,
smiling.
Born in Atlanta, Marsh and
his family moved around a bit
as his father pursued a
ministerial career. After stops in
Ft. Myers, Fla. and Sewanee,
Tenn., the family eventually
settled in Athens, Ga. when
Marsh’s father took a post in
1965 as the Episcopal chaplain
at the University of Georgia.
Marsh would remain in
Athens until graduating from
the University of Georgia with
an accounting degree in 1977.
During his somewhat
transient youth, Marsh attended
eight different schools in 11
years; he actually skipped a
grade so he could graduate the
same time as his girlfriend, who
was a year ahead of him.
Marsh was in eighth grade,
Sue was in ninth, when they
were introduced by friends at
an intramural volleyball game
in which his older brother was
playing. They celebrated their
30th wedding anniversary last
year.
Among his proudest
accomplishments, Marsh counts
the “two great daughters” he
and Sue raised together.
“My wife probably deserves
most of the credit,” he said.
“But I believe setting an
example for them in the way I
conduct business has probably
had an impact on them. Both of
my kids are out of the house,
finding their way. That’s
rewarding. I look at that as a
personal accomplishment.”
Growing up as sons of a
minister, Marsh said he and his
brother were taught the
importance of values early on.
That didn’t mean, though, that
the boys wore halos. “We were
mischievous kids,” said Marsh
with a sly smile.
“I’ve sat down a couple
times and started to write a
book about my brother and me.
We’ve had a million experiences.
“If you’ve seen that movie,
‘The Sandlot’ – I could write
that story about me and my
brother. I’ve written the first
page; the first line in the book is
‘We were preacher’s kids.’ My
brother and I knew very clearly
what was right and what was
wrong and where you drew the
line. As I look back on the
things we did, I don’t think we
ever did anything that was
wrong, but, buddy, did we ride
right up to that line plenty of
times.”
Two years into his schooling
at the University of Georgia,
Marsh was still undecided
about his career path. Then an
accounting professor who was
close friends with Marsh’s
father suggested that Marsh try
some accounting classes. “I fell
in love with it,” he said. “I had
a real knack for it.”
Upon graduating, Marsh
accepted a position with
Deloitte & Touche, an
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accounting firm in Columbia,
S.C. SCANA was one of the
accounts he worked on. In 1984,
he was invited to join the
company. He’s never looked
back.
Now, as president of
SCANA’s principal subsidiary,
Marsh said he feels blessed to
be taking the helm of an
organization that is already on a
positive course.
“I use the example of a ship,”
he said. “I feel like my goal is to
keep a firm hand on the rudder
and do my part to keep the
wind in the sails – not to turn
the ship around, because it’s
headed in the right direction.
That’s a fortunate position to be
in.”
Marsh credits that good
fortune, in part, to the
leadership and “impeccable
values” that his predecessor,
Neville, demonstrated in
running the company.
“He never compromised his
values to make a job simple,”
said Marsh. “It motivates you to
do the same thing. I’ve seen the
way Neville works and cares
about people, and that rubs off
on you.”
Marsh said his vision for
SCE&G is twofold. “One, we
need to provide safe, reliable
service to customers at a
reasonable cost. That’s what
we’re here to do. That’s our
mission as a company,” he said.
“Secondly, I want us to be able
to do that without sacrificing
our values and by doing the
right things.”
With hurricane season
having kicked off just two
weeks into his presidency,
Marsh is making an immediate
priority of ensuring that
SCE&G is ready to implement
its storm response plans.
“We have a great storm plan,
but we’ve not been tested like
we were in 1989 with Hurricane
Hugo,” he said. “We hope we
don’t have to test ourselves like
that again, but I believe our
people are ready. Making sure
we are ready to respond, and
understanding my role in that
process, is something I’ve put a
priority on.”
Marsh said he’s also focused
on understanding and
responding to the concerns of
employees and working to help
solve problems to the best of his
ability.
“I can’t always solve them
the way people want me to
solve them,” he said, “but I’ve
always been willing to listen.
Let me understand the issue,
and let’s see if we can address
it.”
Honesty, dedication and
commitment to SCANA’s
values are qualities Marsh said
are consistently demonstrated
by employees of the company.
“I always see our people
ready to step up,” he said.
“They’re ready to do the right
thing.”
Such positive attitudes, he
said, are an important part of
SCANA’s unique culture.
“You hear the term ‘SCANA
family,’ and I think it really is
like a family. I remember one
officer who joined our company
a number of years ago made the
comment, ‘These people are
really friendly.’ I said, ‘Yeah,
what’s so unusual about that?’
He said, ‘They mean it ...
They’re sincere!’ I said, ‘Sure,
that’s how we are.’”
BY ERIC BOOMHOWER
PHOTOS BY JEFF AMBERG
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Favorite food: Steak or hamburger. “I’m a
meat and potatoes guy.”
Favorite time of year: Autumn. “I love
the crispness in the air.”
Favorite movie: Hoosiers.
Favorite way to spend a Saturday
afternoon: Taking his wife in their 1967
Austin Healey 3000 convertible to get
some BBQ.
First car: A Triumph Herald. “I paid $250
for it when I was 13.”
Most exciting experience: Birth of his
children. “Nothing can really compare to
that.”
What makes him smile: Humor. “I think
humor has a definite place in the
workplace, as long as it’s not taken to
extremes.”
What makes him frown: People who work
outside established processes. “It’s
counterproductive. It just kills so much
momentum.”
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Visitors to Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo have long enjoyed watching the
graceful gait of the giraffes, the self-assured swing of the siamangs and
the playful pageantry of the penguins. Now, all of these views and more
are available around the globe thanks to the SCE&G ZooView Webcam.
With the webcam, observers have more opportunities to see the true
nature of the animals, something that might be missed during a zoo
visit, especially if the animal is sleeping or inactive.
Early in 2005 the webcam was installed in the Zoo’s Koala Knockabout
offering “ahh-inspiring” streaming video of the cuddly marsupials.
SCE&G's ZooView was perfectly suited for koalas because of their
sporadic levels of activity and was ranked as one of the 2005 Top 25
most interesting webcams in the world by earthcam.com.
Since the average amount of time spent in front of a zoo exhibit by a
visitor is less than 45 seconds, ZooView offers a significantly more
intimate observation
of an animal's
behavior. SCE&G and
Riverbanks Zoo
have a long
history together of
cooperation and
respect.
AN INSIDE VIEW
This latest venture
together began when
Sharon Jenkins,
SCE&G’s senior vice
president of marketing and communications, joined Riverbanks Society's Board of
Directors and saw the potential of another partnership.

photo by Robert Clark
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SCANA, through its
telecommunications business,
owns and operates a high
capacity, fiber optics network in
South Carolina, North Carolina
and Georgia.
Since the network, capable of
carrying millions of telephone
conversations and data at one
time, is located in the vicinity of
the zoo, the company was able
to expand the line directly into
the zoo and broadcast ZooView
images through live video
feeds.
Concerning the ZooView’s
impact, Jenkins said, “The
SCE&G ZooView project is
representative of SCE&G’s
ongoing commitment to
education and community
service.
“We love that this gives
people who either can’t get to
the zoo or want to experience
the zoo from the convenience of
their own desktop the
‘
July 6, 2006 - White Alligator
Aug. 3, 2006 - Amur Tigers
Sept. 7, 2006 - African Lions
Oct. 5, 2006 - Grizzly Bears
Nov. 2, 2006 - Sea Lions
Dec. 7, 2006 - Gorillas
Jan. 4, 2007 - Meerkats
Feb. 8, 2007 - African Elephants
SCE&G ZooView
tentative schedule
opportunity to invite some of
the world’s most treasured
animals into their homes.”
In an effort to showcase more
of the creatures of Riverbanks,
the decision was made in May
2006 to move the webcam each
month and highlight different
exhibits in the park.
“The next 12 months should
be eye-opening, to say the
least,” said Satch Krantz,
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden’s
executive director. “We’re
excited about this camera
giving guests a unique view of
the zoo.”
As SCE&G’s ZooView moves
throughout the park, viewers
are treated to unique
perspectives of the exhibits as
keepers tend to their animals,
with most cameras running
7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
During July the focus is on a
rare, white alligator whose
story is nearly as fascinating as
March 8, 2007 - Reticulated
Giraffes
April 5, 2007 - Koalas
May 3, 2007 - Siamangs
June 7, 2007 - Lorikeets
Schedule subject to change. Visit
www.scegzooview.com for the latest
information.
his striking eyes. The alligator,
which hatched in a Sea Pines
Plantation lagoon on Hilton
Head Island, has been cared for
at the zoo’s Aquarium and
Reptile Complex for the past
two years. It is being held there
for the S.C. Department of
Natural Resources.
The alligator, Alligator
mississippiensis, is thought to be
the only white alligator in the
state.
The animal is leucistic, a rare
genetic mutation that causes a
lack of color pigments in the
skin, although unlike an albino,
it has brown eyes and a brown
patch on its head.
White alligators rarely
survive in the wild since they
lack the camouflage necessary
to protect themselves from
predators and to hunt prey.
In October viewers will be
treated to the antics of the
young Grizzly Bears, Ursus
arctos horribilus.
Grizzlies are most active in
the morning and early evening
with long rests in the middle of
the day. So, ZooView will offer
a supplemental benefit to a zoo
visit if you miss the bears in
action.
And if you want to see more
of your favorite animal when
the camera moves on, just visit
scegzooview.com to view stored
video.
SCE&G is proud to provide a
limitless ZooView, offering not
only entertainment but insight
into animal behavior and
husbandry reaching far beyond
Columbia.
BY MARY MARLOWE LEVERETTE
photo by Robert Clark
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It started with a tiger
O. Stanley Smith in 1964 purchased a
Bengal tiger cub and named her Happy to
promote his Esso gas station and car wash
and to fuel interest in the establishment of
a Columbia-area zoo. Happy began her
“zoo life” in specially built quarters at
Constan Car Wash on Gervais Street,
where she would remain for the next 10
years.
Simultaneously plans were announced
by the Columbia Zoological Society for a
fund-raising drive to finance the
establishment of a children’s zoo. SCE&G,
owner of the land at the confluence of the
Broad and Saluda rivers, made 16 choice
acres available to the society.
While more than $65,000 was
accumulated from that first fund drive,
the project made little progress during the
next three years as projected costs rose to
$350,000.
Then in 1967 a Richland-Lexington
Joint Planning Committee recommended
the development of some 100-plus acres
spanning the Saluda River into a larger
zoo and park. The management of SCE&G
promptly agreed to a 99-year lease at the
cost of $1 per year to help make the dream
a reality.
Even with SCE&G’s generosity it
became clear to the society and local
officials that governmental involvement
was essential to the success of the project,
and on July 11, 1969 the S.C. Secretary of
State officially swore in the Riverbanks
Park Commission. John Mehrtens was
chosen as the first director, and
construction began in 1971.
Mehrtens was a man of vision. He
guided the architects and builders to
construct exhibits with no bars or visible
barriers, offering the animals and the
visitors the most natural environments
available at the time – much of which is
still in use today. Construction was slow
due to the new techniques and financial
concerns, but the zoo plodded along,
opening April 25, 1974 with Happy finally
in residence.
In the years since, Riverbanks Zoo and
Garden has developed into one of
America’s finest small zoos. The staff, led
for the last 30 years by Executive Director
Satch Krantz, has earned numerous
awards for the breeding of endangered
species, such as the Amur Tiger or
Panthera tigris, in addition to horticulture
and marketing.
When Riverbanks Botanical Garden
opened in June 1995, an additional 50
acres of land with breathtaking river
views, granite outcroppings and the
historic pre-Civil War era Saluda Mill
became accessible to the public.
Today, Riverbanks Zoo draws more
than 850,000 visitors each year to the
banks of the Saluda River and has twice
been awarded the Governor’s Cup as the
top attraction in South Carolina. It all
began with a tiger, a dream and a
generous, community-minded company.
BY MARY MARLOWE LEVERETTE
To extend the scope of the project
to the widest number of viewers,
SCE&G and Riverbanks have joined
promotional partners WLTX-TV
(Channel 19) and The State
newspaper’s Newspapers in Education
program to publicize the site.
The State highlights the online
animals each month in its
Newspapers In Education section.
WLTX-TV airs feature segments
about each animal during its
Thursday morning show and
highlights the SCE&G ZooView on its
Web site.
Photo courtesy of Riverbanks Zoo
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and a dream
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Kimberly-Clark puts Beech Island
on the map
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When it comes to paper products giant Kimberly-Clark, think big.
A current expansion at the company’s Beech Island, S.C. facility will make
it Kimberly-Clark’s largest manufacturing facility in North America upon
completion, with approximately 3 million square feet, a 50 percent
increase in size. Employment will increase from 1,100 positions to 1,300,
with an additional 450 temporary and contractor jobs. Energy
consumption, too, will increase for one of SCE&G’s largest industrial
customers.
Sid Ballentine of
SCE&G and Laura
Dzamka of
Kimberly-Clark
examine giant rolls
of tissue that are
softened and cut
into smaller rolls of
Cottonelle ® toilet
tissue.
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State and community leaders
were ecstatic last April when
Kimberly-Clark officials
announced plans to ramp up
production of Huggies ® diapers
and Pull-Ups ® training pants
during a groundbreaking
ceremony for a previously
announced tissue
manufacturing and packaging
facility.
That announcement meant
the local community and South
Carolina had even more to
celebrate in terms of jobs and
investment in new facilities.
According to Mill Manager
Tom Colgrove, the company is
using economies of scale by
moving toward fewer but larger
production sites.
For example, the popular
Huggies ® brand of disposable
diapers, currently being
manufactured at five locations,
will be produced at only three
by the end of the next 12
months.
One of those locations is the
Beech Island facility, where a
200,000-square-foot addition is
being built to handle the
expansion of baby and child
care products manufacturing.
At the same time,
construction is progressing on a
900,000-square-foot building to
house Kimberly-Clark’s stateof-the-art
toilet tissue
manufacturing process and a
78,000-square-foot warehouse.
The Beech Island facilities
produce the following products:
• Cottonelle ® and specialty
brands of toilet tissue,
• Kleenex ® facial tissue,
• Moist wipes in a number of
variations,
• Huggies ® disposable diapers
and Pull-Ups ® training pants.
Kimberly-Clark built its first
facility in South Carolina in
1968 with two tissue machines,
a couple of processing areas
and warehouse space.
The plant expanded in 1997
to accommodate a state-of-theart
toilet tissue manufacturing
process. Current expansions are
scheduled for completion by the
summer of 2007.
To meet the needs of what
will become its largest North
American manufacturing
facility, Kimberly-Clark had
three basic requirements,
including:
• An available work force
• Affordable, reliable energy
• A good business climate with
support from local and state
governments.
Beech Island was a winner
on all three fronts. Colgrove
anticipates plenty of qualified
applicants for the new positions
that will become available. The
company recently received
1,000 applications to fill 17
positions.
“We have developed a track
record of excellent results over
38 years with very low
turnover,” he said. “We are
fortunate to have a good
reputation in the community.
We get a lot of applicants when
we go to hire.”
The Beech Island facility runs
24 hours a day, seven days a
week and must have reliable
energy to do so.
“Kimberly-Clark could have
gone to other sites. One reason
they chose this one is because
we have cost efficient, reliable,
high quality energy,” Colgrove
said.
“I’ve worked at a number of
other locations. The reliability
here is terrific. It’s better than
any other locations where I
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have worked. When we do
have upsets such as severe
electrical storms, we’ve been
pleased with their
responsiveness.”
Electricity costs and
utilization are monitored closely
by Kimberly-Clark’s energy and
environmental engineer, Laura
Dzamka.
She communicates regularly
with Sid Ballentine, SCE&G’s
large customer representative
for Kimberly-Clark concerning
all aspects of Kimberly-Clark’s
electric service.
In one instance, the customer
was having a problem with
lightning strikes damaging
equipment inside the plant.
“Sid helped us design a
system that was more robust to
address these problems,” she
said. “We also have regular
energy meetings on partnership
opportunities with SCE&G.”
At one time, SCE&G tried
burning Kimberly-Clark diaper
scraps as fuel at nearby
Urquhart Station, but the mill
could not supply enough to
make the project feasible. With
increased production, that
project may become feasible in
the future, Dzamka said.
Kimberly-Clark is a good
neighbor and a good steward of
the environment with a bright
future.
The parent company recently
earned top honors from the
United Way of America for “its
commitment to improve lives in
local communities.” The South
Carolina plant follows that
same commitment, with local
employees donating
approximately $100,000 a year
to the United Way and the
company matching that
donation.
Tom Colgrove,
manager of
Kimberly-Clark’s
Beech Island
facilities, explains
the factors that led
the global paper
products giant to
make the South
Carolina plant its
largest
manufacturing
facility in North
America. Behind
him are products
made at Beech
Island.
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In addition, plant employees
volunteer with local schools to
further science education.
While tissue manufacturing
requires large amounts of water,
Colgrove proudly notes that
design changes and new
processes currently being
implemented will reduce water
consumption at the plant by 75
percent.
With its prominent role in a
worldwide organization,
Colgrove anticipates that the
Beech Island facilities will
eventually add more products
to their manufacturing lines.
Innovation is a major focus at
Kimberly-Clark. “We’re very
focused on our global business
plan. Our goal is to expand the
appeal of existing products and
come up with new ones,” he
said.
Big expansion, big numbers
880,000
square feet of new building space
Equivalent to: 21 acres
18 football fields
450 average houses
1 million
man-hours to construct
75,000
tons of gravel for roads, trailer parking, foundations
400,000
cubic yards of dirt hauled, all available on site
Equivalent to: 41,000 dump truck loads
A 24-story building the size of a football field
500
miles of wire
Equivalent to: Driving from Augusta National
to U.S. Golf Association Hall of Fame, St. Petersburg, Fla.
38,000
cubic yards of concrete
Equivalent to: 4,200 concrete trucks
130 miles of city sidewalk
3,480
Tons of building steel
Equivalent to: 7 million pounds of steel
2,500 Ford Mustangs
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With its 124-year history, the
company has stayed on the
cutting edge in its field, from
inventing paper towels in 1907
and Kleenex ® in 1924, to
advertising toilet tissue on
national television for the first
time in 1955 and
revolutionizing baby care with
Huggies ® , Pull-Ups ® training
pants and Huggies ® disposal
swimpants, more recently.
With expansion in the works
and new jobs on the horizon,
Kimberly-Clark’s Beech Island
facility is positioned to play an
increasingly important part in
the Wisconsin-based company
and an equally important role
as employer, taxpayer and
corporate citizen in South
Carolina.
BY MARY GREEN BRUSH
PHOTOS BY ROBERT CLARK
SCE&G employees
work on the new
substation SCE&G
built for Kimberly-
Clark. In an
extremely rare
move, the plant had
to turn off all
power for three
days to switch
over.
Summer 2006 19

A place in history
Clyburn Endowment preserves history
and legacy of S.C. State University
S.C. State Dean of
Library and
Information
Services Mary L.
Smalls, at right,
and Pearl Davis,
administrative
specialist, review
historical
documents.
As a student at South
Carolina State College in 1960,
Sixth District Congressman Jim
Clyburn and six other students
from S.C. State and a
neighboring institution
organized the first sit-ins in
South Carolina during the civil
rights era.
The seven students were
inspired by four other African-
American college students who
organized the first sit-in at a
Greensboro, N.C. Woolworth’s
restaurant, seeking equal
treatment and service as white
customers.
Those Greensboro students
helped to form the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) to push
along integration in many areas
of the South.
Clyburn and the classmates,
whom he still refers to as “my
family,” became early SNCC
members. What they were
doing was dangerous to both
their physical safety and their
academic future; 15 students
were either expelled or
suspended from S.C. State four
years earlier for peaceful
campus protests.
But, Clyburn and the others
persisted.
“I had a sense that what we
were doing was important,” he
said. His career and life have
been defined by that sense of
obligation. If you ask him,
however, about his most
important, most lasting S.C.
State memory, he will very
quickly tell you that “it was the
day in 1959 that I met my wife,
Emily.”
Following their graduation
from S.C. State, the couple
began their professional careers
in the Charleston County public
schools. Clyburn became a
history teacher, and his wife
became a librarian.
Their experiences as students
during a tumultuous time in
history and their early
professional backgrounds
fostered their appreciation of
history, and a love for their alma
mater led them to establish the
James E. and Emily E. Clyburn
Endowment for Archives and
History.
Endowments have thrived at
many public universities for
hundreds of years. However,
endowments at most of the
nation’s Historically Black
Colleges and Universities have
been severely underfunded, and
often nonexistent. The Clyburn
Endowment is the first of its
kind in S.C. State University’s
110-year history.
“Emily and I have been
richly blessed by our
relationship over the years with
S.C. State, and we wanted to
create this endowment as a way
of giving back,” Clyburn said.
The couple is indeed giving
back, raising more than $1.25
million thus far for the
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endowment with proceeds from
a December 2005 holiday gala
and corporate and individual
contributions, including
support from SCE&G.
The Clyburn Endowment
includes a needs-based
scholarship component and
provides a unique opportunity
for S.C. State University to
present academic symposia,
host eminent scholars and
historians on the campus and
house and showcase historic
papers and documents in a new
S.C. State University Profile
South Carolina State University opened in 1896 as
an historically black co-educational, state assisted
land-grant institution. Among its unique programs
are the following:
• only doctor of education degree in S.C.;
• only master of business administration degree with
a concentration in agribusiness in S.C.;
• only master of business administration degree with
a concentration in entrepreneurship at an
historically black college or university in S.C.;
• only master of science degree in transportation in
South Carolina;
• only undergraduate degree in nuclear engineering at
an HBCU;
• only undergraduate environmental sciences field
station in the U.S.
University accomplishments include:
• Commissioning nearly 2,000 officers in the United
States Army, producing the highest number of
minority military officers in the country.
• Developed model and is the resource center for the
National Summer Transportation Institute;
• Named in 1998 by Congress and the U.S.
Department of Transportation as one of 33
University Transportation Centers in the nation and
the only one in South Carolina;
• Maintains the highest graduation rate among
athletes in NCAA Division I.
university archives. “I have
pledged whatever time I have
left on this earth to try to make
sure the people of this state get
to know S.C. State University,”
said Clyburn.
For him, that history not only
includes recognizing the
achievements of African
Americans from the Palmetto
State, but also understanding
the fierce opposition that was in
place to educate the
descendants of former slaves at
the university’s founding.
“People also need to know
why this school is here and how
it got here,” he said.
He relates the importance of
that effort to an axiom that he
often heard his father use: “It’s
much better to light a candle
than curse the darkness.
“I think that it’s incumbent
on me to light as many candles
as I can,” he said.
The program will be housed
in the Emily E. Clyburn
Archives and History Library,
part of the forthcoming $70
million, 475,550-square-foot
James E. Clyburn
Transportation, Research and
Conference Center. A
groundbreaking ceremony for
the facility was held late last
year.
The university archives are
currently located near the center
of campus on the second and
third floors of the Miller F.
Whittaker Library. The majority
of historic papers and
documents are housed on the
third floor of the library,
inhabiting an area previously
used for Department of Library
Science offices and classrooms.
“So far, we’ve been fortunate
enough to find space to store
archival materials,” said Mary
L. Smalls, dean of library and
information services. “We have
had to turn all of the study
rooms on the third floor into
archival space and half of the
study rooms on the second
floor, as well as a few closets
and unused offices.
“We’ve been fortunate that
we have not yet had to tell
anyone, ‘No, we can’t accept
your collection,’” she added.
Among the growing holdings
in the S.C. State University
Historical Collection are:
• University administrative and
financial records dating back
to the institution’s inception;
• University publications such
as yearbooks, catalogs,
student newspapers and
alumni magazines;
• Donated materials that reflect
the university experience
from a student perspective;
• News clipping files that
reflect or affect the university
directly or indirectly;
• A 20,000-plus photographic
collection; and
• An audio-visual collection
that includes an oral history
collection.
Researchers — ranging from
historians and scholars to the
media — are constantly making
requests to use these resources.
“We have gotten requests
from CNN and a number of
other media outlets over the
years to provide information,”
said Smalls. They even come in
and perform the research
themselves, particularly as it
relates to the annual observance
of the 1968 “Orangeburg
Massacre.”
Showtime network recently
commissioned a motion picture
based on the civil rights era
confrontation at the front of the
campus that left three young
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men dead and 27 wounded at
the hands of state highway
patrolmen. Smalls anticipates
that the filmmakers will use the
archives for research.
Clyburn himself has already
made a sizable contribution to
the archives, having pledged his
own papers in 2001.
“I had quite a few schools
and other entities asking for my
papers, but I always knew that
if I had the chance to give back,
it would be to S.C. State
University,” he said.
Asked how he thinks
researchers might define his
legacy decades from now,
Clyburn shared that he only
hopes that they will determine
that he never shirked his
responsibility.
“I just feel that I have a
certain responsibility to the
order of things that I strive hard
to live up to,” he said.
The university archivists
continue to sort through the
first third of the Clyburn
papers.
“It’s definitely a growing
collection, and I see more
growth in years to come,” said
Smalls. “I think that housing
the archives in the new location
is very positive and will
complement people’s thinking
and desire to give even more —
thanks to Congressman
Clyburn.”
Smalls looks forward to the
day when the archives will be
able to relocate from Whittaker
Library to the new Emily E.
Clyburn Library.
“In the new facility, we are
projecting a research room with
a lot more space,” she said.
They are even planning space
for a larger processing room.
“You need a lot of space to be
able to sort through materials
when you’re processing a
person’s collection.”
Smalls added that the extra
space will allow them to
process multiple collections
simultaneously.
However, space is not the
only reason that a move is
anticipated.
Located on the top floor of
an older building, the current
archival space is subject to
seasonal shifts in temperature
and humidity. The staff
constantly tests the archives’
temperature and relative
humidity and monitors
documents to make sure that
they do not prematurely age.
According to Smalls, the
temperature in the vault and
stack areas of the new archives
will be maintained at a constant
55 degrees Fahrenheit and 40
degrees relative humidity. The
reading room, offices and work
areas will have a standing
environment relative to the rest
of the facility.
Smalls is also hoping for
good exhibit space to do
monthly or rotating exhibits of
materials from some of the
collections to generate further
interest from potential donors.
“I believe that having the
new facility will aid and assist
us in getting more collections,”
she said. “Hopefully, we’ll be
able to add some collections
that we’ve been working
toward for a number of years.”
BY JASON DARBY
photo by Rolondo Davis
U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC)
• Born in Sumter, S.C.
• Graduate of S.C. State University
• Former history teacher, S.C. Human Affairs commissioner
• Elected in 1992 as the first African American to
represent South Carolina in the U.S. Congress since
post-Reconstruction
• Nationally recognized expert and leader in historic
preservation issues
• Single-handedly pushed through Congress the
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic
Preservation Program, which provides funds for HBCUs
to renovate and preserve historic buildings on their
campuses
• Chair, U.S. House Democratic Caucus
• Member, House Appropriations Committee
Emily and Jim
Clyburn are shown
with soprano
Kimberly Haynes
at a holiday gala,
benefiting the
James E. and Emily
E. Clyburn
Endowment for
Archives and
History at S.C.
State University.
Haynes, an opera
singer and a
winner of the
Seventh Montreal
International
Czech and Slovak
Voice Competition,
was one of the
performers at the
gala.
Summer 2006 23

Rockin’
ROBOTS
Hip-hop music blares from huge overhead speakers, and the
smell of motor oil hangs heavy in the air as six robots careen
around the floor of the Colonial Center. The ‘bots – some sleek
machines with custom paint jobs, others awkward and boxy –
jockey for position as they engage in a high-tech version of
basketball. “Smells like robot sweat down here!” booms an
announcer to a raucous crowd of cheering, dancing teenagers.
This was the scene at the third annual Palmetto FIRST (For
Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Regional
Robotics Competition held this spring in Columbia. Forty-eight
teams of high school students from South Carolina and beyond
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Keenan High School students operate their robot in fast-paced competition.
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Keenan High
School’s robotics
team won the
Chairman’s Award
for their
community
outreach program
to teach younger
children about
robotics.
participated in the two-day
competition. SCE&G is a
corporate sponsor of the event.
Through the FIRST
competition, students learn the
principles of mathematics,
engineering and computer
science, as well as other skills
needed to succeed in the
workplace of the future.
Each year, participating
teams are given six weeks to
build a robot designed to solve
a specific engineering problem.
Teams are required to use a
standard kit of parts and a
common set of rules. For the
2006 competition, students and
their mentors were challenged
to build a robot that could shoot
or sweep foam balls into a goal
while maneuvering around
other competitors in a playing
area similar to a basketball
court.
Al Pressley, assistant vice
president at Keenan High
School in Columbia, said the
competition gives students an
opportunity to experience
science and mathematics in a
fun, creative way. The Keenan
team has participated in the
Palmetto FIRST Regional
Competition since the event’s
inception three years ago.
“Our intent in starting a
team was to make science, math
and engineering more exciting
and enjoyable for our students,”
Pressley said.
“The challenge is not getting
students interested in science
and math. The challenge is
maintaining their interest. You
have to give them the
opportunity to learn, but they
also need to see the results of
their work.”
But the competition is not
just about building robots.
Students also get involved in
writing a business plan for their
team, Web site design,
fundraising and community
outreach.
That's one of the biggest
benefits, said SCE&G
journeyman lineman Casey
Forrester, whose daughter
Alyshia is a member of the
Keenan team.
“The program ties into
almost any career interest a
student might have because
there are so many aspects to it,”
said Forrester, who supports the
team through a variety of
fundraising activities.
“Alyshia is leaning toward
going to law school, and she's
been able to work on her
writing skills. It gives the
students a lot of self
confidence.”
Keenan won the Chairman’s
Award for its community
outreach project in the Palmetto
FIRST Regional competition.
The award is considered the
highest honor in the
competition, and it qualified the
team to compete in the
championship event in April.
The team received a Judge’s
Award for their project in that
event.
“The Chairman’s Award
recognizes the effort made by
the team to get people
interested in FIRST robotics,”
said math teacher Martin
Cwiakala, an advisor to the
team.
“It was a real honor for our
students to compete for the
award on the national level.
Although the team didn’t win
the Chairman’s Award, they
made an excellent showing and
won a Judge’s Award.”
Keenan’s unique project
combined storytelling and
puppetry to teach younger
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children about robotics.
The team’s program featured
a robot puppet named Robbie
Robo Raider. Designed and
built by the students, the robot
puppet has a face made of light
emitting diodes and electrical
switches to change its
expressions.
Robbie Robo Raider earned
the team first place in the group
competition at the Visual
Literacy Festival held by
Richland School District One
this spring.
The team also did a
presentation at the Richland
One Technology Fair and held
storytelling programs at several
schools in the district.
The effort put forth by the
team impressed the judges at
the Palmetto FIRST
competition, according to
Cwiakala.
“At first, the idea of
combining robotics and
puppetry sounded kind of
strange,” said Cwiakala. “But
the students had a blast with it.
It’s shown them that the
concepts they learn in science
and mathematics can have real
meaning.”
From SCE&G’s perspective,
the Palmetto FIRST robotics
competition addresses a critical
need to get more students
interested in careers in science
and engineering. The company
employs hundreds of workers
with highly technical skills in a
state where demand exceeds
supply.
“Of the 33 regional events,
the Palmetto Regional is
recognized as one of the best in
the nation,” said SCANA Senior
Vice President Sharon Jenkins,
who served as judge adviser for
the event.
“Because of the educational
opportunities it provides, it’s a
very important event for the
state of South Carolina and the
children growing up here.”
BY JIM POINDEXTER
PHOTOS BY ROBERT CLARK
Below, Keenan
High School
students put the
final touches on
their robot, while
robotics
competition judges
Jasper Salmond
and SCE&G’s
Angie Webb confer.
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N E W SS C A N
Weatherization program provides ‘extreme makeovers’
Hester Kneece wasn’t
starring in any reality television
programming, but her Vaucluse
home did receive an “extreme
makeover” Monday, May 15.
SCE&G and its
employees weatherized
Kneece's home as part of
its Spring Weatherization
Blitz and ongoing
community service
efforts.
As part of this effort,
employee volunteers from
SCE&G, in cooperation
with the
Aiken/Barnwell/
Lexington Community
Action Agency caulked,
weather-stripped, replaced
windows and doors and made
other improvements to the
home. The Kneece home was
selected based on criteria
established by the agency.
Nearly 100 SCE&G employee
volunteers weatherized homes
in Vaucluse, Charleston,
Columbia and Mullins May 15
as part of ongoing
community service
efforts.
With a $150,000
contribution from
SCE&G, and in
collaboration with the
Governor’s Office (Office
of Economic
Opportunity), three
community action
agencies weatherized
more than 142 homes
throughout the state.
Lake Murray Backup Dam wins national recognition
SCE&G's Saluda Dam
Remediation Project has been
honored with the prestigious
American Society of Civil
Engineers’ 2006 Outstanding
Civil Engineering Achievement
award.
The OCEA award recognizes
the project’s significant
contribution to the civil
engineering profession and its
local community. The award is
one of the highest honors for
civil engineering projects
worldwide.
The remediation project was
selected over several noteworthy
finalists, including two
other South Carolina-based
projects, the Liberty Bridge in
Greenville and the Arthur
Ravenel Jr. Bridge in
Charleston.
The other finalists were the
Neutrinos at the Main Injector
Project in Batavia, Ill. and
Soudan, Minn., and the Bridge
Apollo in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Past recipients of the award
include the relocation of the
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the
Trans-Alaska Pipeline, the
World Trade Center Towers and
the St. Louis Gateway Arch.
“South Carolina Electric &
Gas Company officials were
faced with an extraordinary
challenge when [it was
discovered what] the impact a
repeat of the 1886 Charleston
earthquake could have on
Columbia's three-quarters-of-acentury-old
Saluda Dam,” said
ASCE President Dennis R.
Martenson.
“Their proactive approach to
protecting the surrounding
communities, and the
innovative methods they
implemented to achieve that
goal, make this project the
embodiment of everything for
which the OCEA award stands.
We are proud to honor the
Saluda Dam Remediation
Project with this year's award.”
South Carolina State
University art students’
work dries following
class in the Fine Arts
Center.
photo by Robert Clark
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