The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 04, 1985, Page A2, Image 2
Utility seeks ;
By ASSOCIATED MESS
GEORGETOWN, S.C. ? Santec C
ing approval to open South Carolina'!
chery for raising Chinese grass ca
aquatic weeds year round on state lak
The utility's aquaculture center is
with the fish.
In addition, the South Carolina i
Management Council is considei
roughly 2.5 million carp into lakes
Moultrie over a six-year period to
aquatic vegetation.
An Alabama man and a South Care
detained by game wardens near Flon
mer for bringing Chinese grass carp in
prosecuted, they face up to five years
a $20,000 fine on federal charges, ai
and $1,000 fine on state violations.
Confused?
There's one big difference betweei
legal carp. The fish state agencies wa
lakes are sterile. The other variety repi
a rate that they devour vegetation tha
bream and even waterfowl need to su
department spokesman Michael Cree
"It's like the Door sucker who br
zu," admits James S. Tuten, superv:
Cooper's aquaculture center near G
explaining the hazards of reproducti
are banned in South Carolina and 3'
and are allowed only in the Mississip
where they were introduced accidentl
But through modern genetic engir
tists in the last two years have been al
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eating abilities of its fertile brethren.
Santee Cooper is hoping that carp
round alternative to the tropical tal
eater that dies when water gets cold in
Chinese grass carp, a member ol
family, grow to a yard long, weigh 17
and eat about four times their body
would cost $35 per acre to raise, coi
$145 per acre Santee Cooper is spei
bicides, utility Environmental Resoi
Wheelchair ;
ner irom inc cooper ruver miugc
Run despite a resolution of support
from the state House of
Representatives. But Marshall
Competed unofficially, leaving
before the 5,400 other runners
and wheeling fier way across the
bridge and across the finish line,
where she met a battery ot television
cameras and reporters.
She said she competed to raise
money for Darby Ragland, a
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approval for 1
Howard B. Roach
-ooper is seek- Sterilization has
j first fish hat- several years. R<
ip to devour carps, but they wo
;es and ponds. born deformed, F
experimenting surgical sterilizati
regenerated, he sai
\quatic Weed Genetic sterilizat
ing siocKing saiu. twu private t
; Marion and sterile carp fish hat
:at submerged ned the fertile fish
The Florida game
>lina man were sterile carp on reqi
ence this sum- In May, the sti
ito the state. If Marine Resources
; in prison and to experiment wi
nd six months utility's aquacultui
Tuten and equij
and Samuel Bailey
n legal and il- 10 ponds around
int to stock in bought from an A
roduceatsuch spawn next March
t striped bass, The sterile tripoi
rvive, wildlife chromosomes ? v,
1 said. posed to two sets i
ought in kud- To sterilize the <
isor of Santee at a time and plat
eorgetown, in are given hormoi
ve carp. They reproductive cycl<
7 other states, female's eggs drop
pi River basin mixed with a featl
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y in ivoj. uttin wucic 111cy
leering, scien- After about five
3le to produce baby carp are p
he same weed- transferred to the
The center un
can be a year- Arkansas-bred cai
lipia, a weed- procedure was toe
i late October. better next spring
r the minnow status, limited mai
to 25 pounds, 18 months, spokes
weight. They Various protect
npared to the diploid carp and 1
riding on her- nearby Winyah
iirces director reservoir.
athlete accu
2-year-old Hanahan child with irreversible
brain damage.
Now, six months later, the
24-year-old Hanahan athlete is in
the Berkeley County Jail charged
with assault and battery with intent
to kill Ragland.
And she faces a possible death
sentence in Florida, where she
was indicted last month on
charges of suffocating two other
children and attempting to suffocate
a third. Authorities allege
all incidents took place while
Marshall was baby-sitting the
children.
Marshall was indicted by an
Escambia County, Fla., grand
jury on charges of first-degree
murder in the Jan. 30, 1981,
death of 2-year-old Kathleen
Ricks. She also was indicted on a
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said.
? been tried unsuccessfully for
:searchers tried cross-breeding
uldn't eat weeds and many fcere
Loach said. Scientists also tried
ion, but the removed areas
d.
ion is a brand-new procedure, he
:ompanies in Lonoke, Ark., have
cheries, and most states that banallow
the non-reproductive kind,
and fish deDartment distributes
nest, Roach said.
ite Department of Wildlife and
gave Santee Cooper permission
ith genetic sterilization at the
re center near Georgetown.
pment operators Lester Drayton
are working with a dozen carp in
the center site. The fertile carp,
labama hatchery, are expected to
d offspring will have three sets of
hich carry genetic traits ? as op
in tne rertiie diploid carp,
offspring, carp are captured one
:ed in holding tanks, where they
ne injections to speed up the
In two or three days, the
. Eggs and melt from the male are
iier and then emersed in a water
: heat shocked, Tuten explained.
: days of incubation, the hatched
ut in holding tanks and later
ponds.
successfully experimented with
rp this summer. Tuten said the
> rushed this time. If results are
; and the center gains hatchery
keting of the carp could begin in
iman Daniel C. Coleman said,
ions have been set up to keep
heir fertile eggs from entering a
Generating Station cooling
corl nf
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charge of second-degrec murder
in the death of 6-month-old
Joshua Skinner on Jan. 20, 1981,
and with attempting to murder
Richard Hanna, then 14 months
old, on the same day.
The South Carolina charge,
which alleges Kagland sunered
permanent brain damage this
past February after he temporarily
stopped breathing while under
Marshall's care, will be considered
by a Berkeley County
grand jury Tuesday.
Marshall was confined to a
wheelchair when her right leg was
amputated as a result of a 1981
motorcycle accident. Her husband
is a Navy corpsman who
was stationed in Pensacola, Fla.,
at the time of the alleged Florida
incidents. He's now stationed in
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CHARLESTON ? It was this
past March when most folks first
heard of Manny Marshall ? the
wheelchair athlete determined to
compete in a 10-kilometer road
race over the Cooper River
Bridge.
Race organizers, citing the
safety of other runners, barred
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Capitol view
The sun sets behind the South Carol
ulting child
Charleston.
Investigator Charles Joye of
the Escambia County Sheriff's
Department credited a Navy
nurse stationed in Pensacola,
who is now in Charleston helping
authorities in the investigation.
He said after Navy officials in
South Carolina began investigating
the Ragland case,
"this nurse recognized Marshall
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cidents in Florida when she was
here. 1 think she was on duty
when the kids were brought into
. .the ISavy.foospitftU'!.
Originally, the Florida deaths
were attributed to natural causes.
"We've had some bad luck and
some good luck in this case too,"
Joye said.
Marshall has a two-and-a-half
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she babysat
year-old daughter, Elsa, who was I
rut in the custody of the Berkeley it
County Department ot Social
Services at the time of Marshall's tl
arrest in July. d
But after a closed-door,custody
hearing last week, a family court el
judge ruled the child could be p
returned to her home in the h
custody of her. father, after
counseling that could take as long 1
as six months. L
Following her arrest, Marshall w
was examined at the State h
Slospital in Columbia, where
Wtqr$.? found her ..nieMttlly. ,I<,K
competent. a
During a recent jailhouse inter- b
view, Marshall said she didn't ti
recall hurting anyone. tl
"I sit in my cell sometimes and si
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Jury selectii
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in fatal S.C.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) ? Jury
death penalty trial of Raymond F
shooting of a West Virginia man.
Twenty potential jurors had been "
a pool of 35 required before 12 jurors
spokesman forSolictor Donald V. W
Under U.S. Supreme Court standai
qualified jury as long as he can folio
sentence in some cases. Excluded are i
ed to the death penalty or who wou
avoid an execution.
State law allows prosecutors to seek
a murder is committed while anotl
crimes, including armed robbery, ra|
policeman, are considered aggravatir
Patterson is charged in the deat
Ceredo, W. Va., who was killed in the
Motor Inn, a suburban motel northv
uwayne Keels, iz, also is charged
be tried later.
Patterson was charged with murdei
him in connection with Brooks' deat
Brooks was shot once in the head f
from snatching his wife's purse as th
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did hurt those children?' My inial
reaction is I think I'll die
. . I could have and I think ^
lat's the scariest thing. I just
on't know.
"All I can do is pray I don't get
lectrocuted and that I get life in
rison. They're really getting
arsh with the death penalty."
Marshall, meanwhile, has a
980 lawsuit pending against a
os Angeles hospital, where she
a i r f ! i r
'as ircaieu ior a leg injury ociorc
cr leg was amputated.
The suit alleges that doctor* at o
[aUer,.<.Foundation -Hospitals
llowed an infection in her leg to
ecome chronic and a bone infecon
to grow after treatment at
lie hospital for a knee injury she
uffered in a 1977 motorcycle
ccident.
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selection began Tuesday in the
atterson, charged in the fatal
death-qualified," Tuesday, with
and two alternates are picked, a
lyers said. ^
ds, a juror can serve on a death- ^
w state law and impose a death
those who are adamantly opposId
find a defendant innocent to
the death penalty in cases where
ler crime is taking place. The
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