Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S.C. thunderstorms knock down trees, snap powerlines Associated Press AIKEN- The postponed football game between Lexington and Aiken high schools finally wrapped up with just a few hardy fans who waited out Mon day’s severe thunderstorms and heavy downpour to watch the end of the de layed game. Monday’s storm, pushed along by a cold front moving across the South, downed a few trees and dropped as much as 1.5 inches of rain as it moved across South Carolina, according to the National Weather Service. No injuries were reported. In Aiken, thousands of fans rushed to their cars when heavy rains came out of nowhere. As an Aiken kicker lined up to kick an extra point for a tying score, refer ees called the game, sending players and coaches to the locker rooms. The game resumed later with just a handful of fans watching as Lex ington beat Aiken 28-26. “We had two trees down and some heavy water on the roadways, but that was about it for us,” said Capt. Tom Galardi of the Aiken Department of Public Safety. “There was some flooding in some spots, had heavy water on the road ways. Of course, whenever we have a thunderstorm, we have a lot of alarms going off,” Galardi said. A ham radio operator in York County reported a 60 mph wind gust, and officials reported trees down all across Chester County, according to the weather service. Power lines and trees were also re ported down in Abbeville, Kershaw, Laurens, Lancaster, Lexington, Ricliland, Saluda, Union and York coun ties. The rain was welcomed in the Up state but presented flood possibilities for the coast, wiiich has been hit twice this month by the remanants of trop ical storms from the Gulf of Mexico. Tom Matheson, a meteorologist ' ir f iational Weather Service in Wilmington, N.C., said as much as 3 inches could fall along the northern South Girolma coast,-bringing the Wac camaw River to flood stage by.Thurs day. The Waccamaw River at Con way was at 5.9 feet on Monday, Math eson said. Flood stage is 7 feet. “It’s going to go up a little bit, maybe a few inches,” he said. The Waccamaw River at Con way is forecast to be at 6.3 feet on Thursday, Matheson .said. Six from page 1 vote on the nominations. Each team will then work to bring the select ed national or international figure in their respective category to cam pus during the Bicentennial year. Through creativity and persis tence, the teams will compose let ters, make telephone calls and cre ate videotapes that will provide necessary information to the selected people and encourage them to vis it campus. Furthermore, exhibits will be developed centering on the select ed honorces. Including biographical and miscellaneous information about the nominees, the exhibits will be displayed in the Russell House lobby about one month prior to the person's visit. Those selected will receive suf ficient financial support for their travel, lodging and meal expenses. In addition, the individuals will have dinner with the sponsoring students who worked to bring them to cam pus. Jerry Brewer, director of student life, said he is both excited and con fident about the Search for Six pro gram. “The process involved is very incredible and gives students an ex cellent chance to become in vnlvpH in Ihp rplphmtirm nf Ihp uni versity's Bicentennial,” he said. Several students offered their opinions on who they felt exempli _ fied the Creed and who was worthy of receiving an invitation to cam pus. “Anyone who is working to do good in the world rather than just make money would be a good can didate for the search,” said Julie Broxten.ian, a sophomore advertis ing major. Honors College anthropology major Ben Johnson felt John Mc Cain was worthy of invitation be cause he “manages to be a Repub lican without being a hypocrite.” Johnson also nominated the Dalai Lama, saying “he treats everyone and everything with respect.” Oth er students' nominees include Tiger Woods, Bill Gates, and U.N. Secre tary General Kofi Annan. The bicentennial will officially begin January 10,2001, with a pub lic ceremony on campus. Events and celebrations will carry on through out the course of the year. Sched uling of the honored speakers and additional activities will be deter mined as the time draws closer. Oiganizations and departments may obtain a sign-up sheet from Rus sell House 218. A kickoff meeting is scheduled for Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. in the Russell House Theater and is open to the public. The university desk can be reached at aamecockudesk@hotmail.com. Most Southerners satisfied with quality of life, survey reports 1 by James Jefferson Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Southerner! believe they live in safer, friendlier communities, brimming with more eco nomic and recreational opportunities thai anywhere else in the country, according to survey results released to the region’s governors Monday. Many hold fast to traditional ties ol family, community and church, even as they embrace the need for greater eco nomic growth, two national pollsters tolc chief executives attending the Southern Governors Association conference. “Southern people are liighly satisfice with conditions, highly satisfied with the quality of life,” Republican pollster Dick Dresner said. “There are no longer any traces ol any sense of being behind the rest of the country or a sense of inferiority,” Dres ner said. The SGA commissioned the survey as part of its focus on the South’s quality of life as a major attraction for luring high technology companies to the region. Another area of focus for improving quality of life is the Southern States En eigy Board. On Monday, South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges succeeded Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore as chairman of the energy board, a non-profit interstate compact cre ated in 1960. Hodges said his primary goal is to ere ate a Southern States Bio-Based Al liance. “In spite of being the national leader in bioeneigy, the Southern re gion still has tremendous untapped po tential,” Hodges said Monday. In the quality of life poll, 15 per cent of those surveyed rated the South’s quality of life much better titan in oth er parts of the country, while 33 per cent said it was better and 35 percent said living in the South was about the same as anywhere else. Six percent felt the Southern quality of life was worse than in other parts of the country, and 2 percent rated life much worse than in other places. Dresner and Democratic pollster Paul Maslin conducted a telephone survey of 814 randomly selected adult residents of SGA states and territories between Aug. 21 and Aug. 25. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percent. By a 2-to-l margin, respondents said they were satisfied with their Jobs, busi ness and investment opportunities and the availability of the latest technology in the South. Blacks, particularly black women, were less satisfied with economic condi tions. About a third of the respondents had school-age children, and 77 percent of them enrolled their children in public schools. Fifty-one percent rated their schools as excellent or above average, and 31 per cent rated boutnem scnoois as better tnan schools elsewhere in the country. “It’s not an overwhelming affirma tion, but certainly there is no sense that the region trails when it comes to edu cation,” Dresner said. Sixty-two percent of those surveyed believed a suige in high-tech business in the region was a good thing, while 24 per cent viewed high-tech growth as bad be cause of such potential side effects such as sprawl or pollution. Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glenden ing said Southern governors need to work hard to make sure residents understand they can have technology-spurred growth without the undesirable side-effects. “People are confusing economic growth ... with the issue of sprawl, con gestion and loss of environment,” he said. “The real challenge for us is to figure out how we can have a really strong grow ing and expanding economy and not mean that automatically leads to sprawl and degradation. “We do not have to give up our air quality and our water quality to get jobs,” Geoigia Gov. Roy Barnes said. 'I Nearly two-thirds of respondents said attending regular worship services, living close to a house of worship in their own denomination or being part of a close-knit faith community was important to them. The survey found Southerners enjoy a varied and active recreational life. Sixty-six percent said they walk or run regularly, 47 percent said they hunt ed or fished more than once a year and 30 percent said they played golf or tennis more than once a year. Other popular recreational activities included swimming, cycling, playing team sports, boating and hiking and camping. The real challenge for us is to figure out how we can have a really strong government and expanding economy and not mean that automatically leads to sprawl and degradation.' Parris N. Glendening Governor of Maryland 1 Second guard arrested for sex with inmate • Associated Press COLUMBIA - A second prisot guard accused of having sex with con victed child-killer Susan Smith wai arraigned Tuesday. Capt. Alfred R. Rowe Jr. wa: charged Monday with one count o' sexual intercourse with an inmate punishable by up to 10 years in prison He was held in lieu of $ 10,000 bond Smith, who is serving a life sen / tence for drowning her two sons in a lake, told investigators she had sex with Rowe at the Women’s Correc tional Institution between July and August. He confessed, according to an arrest warrant. A woman who answered at a Co lumbia telephone number given for Rowe said he did not live there. Prosecutors said Rowe was a su pervisor who worked with the Cor rections Department for nearly 13 years. Charges that another guard, Lt. Houston Cagle, had sex with Smith triggered the investigation that re vealed the second encounter. The first encounter was discov ered when Smith was treated for a sexually transmitted disease, prose cutors said. Corrections Department spokesman John Barkley refused to comment on whether she had a sex ually transmitted disease but said Smith was not pregnant. Smith was sentenced to life in prison after drowning her two sons in a South Carolina lake in 1994. She had staged the boys’ disappearance as a kidnapping and pleaded tearfully for their safe return on national televi sion broadcasts. LOTTERY SEPTEMBER 28, 200C Priority Reservations Lottery 2nd Floor Lobby Russell House September 28,2000 9:00 A.M. - 1st Ballroom Date 10:00 A.M. - 2nd Ballroom Date For more information, contact the Event Services Office at 777-7127 or stop by Russell House 218. v Russell House University Union Priority Reservations Deadlines January - July 2001 Priority I: University Wide Events.by September 20,2000 (See definition on page 101 in the Carolina Community Priority II: Carolina Productions.by September 25,2000 (See definition on page 101 in the Carolina Community Priority III: Registered Student Organizations.on September 28, 2000 (See information below about the Lottery on February 22,2000) Priority IV: Other.after October 2,2000 (Academic Departments or administrative units or other student organizations as designated in the Carolina Community, page 101) NOTE: Academic Space will not be reserved until January 30,2001 (See definition on page 101 in the Carolina Community) Because of the high demand for space in the Russell House a lottery system is used to ensure equitable distribution of space to registered student organizations. 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