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Midlands Tech board powerless on president's paycheck
Marshall “Sonny” White became president of Midlands Technical College two years ago with a promise from the chairman of the school’s board: Do well and your below-market salary will be raised.White, by all accounts, has done well, exceeding expectations, according to Robert Dozier, chairman of the board when White was hired. But White’s $141,096 salary is frozen and cannot be raised by trustees.A two-year-old change in the role of an obscure government commission means it, not the board of trustees, sets the salaries of the state’s technical college presidents.Some in higher education fear the change will limit South Carolina’s ability to attract top-notch leaders to technical colleges.Opponents of the change say that would be an especially troubling development as technical schools become an increasingly popular alternative for students priced out of major universities.
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Marshall “Sonny” White became president of Midlands Technical College two years ago with a promise from the chairman of the school’s board: Do well and your below-market salary will be raised.White, by all accounts, has done well, exceeding expectations, according to Robert Dozier, chairman of the board when White was hired. But White’s $141,096 salary is frozen and cannot be raised by trustees.A two-year-old change in the role of an obscure government commission means it, not the board of trustees, sets the salaries of the state’s technical college presidents.Some in higher education fear the change will limit South Carolina’s ability to attract top-notch leaders to technical colleges.Opponents of the change say that would be an especially troubling development as technical schools become an increasingly popular alternative for students priced out of major universities.
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Memorial honors Irish who built canal
Gaily dressed in saffron-colored kilts and playing “When the Battle’s Over,” Irish pipe band Ceol na Gael led a throng down the path to Riverfront Park Saturday for a date with history.They marched past flags from 32 Irish counties and stopped in the shadow of the remains of Columbia’s old prison.The walls of that prison furnished the granite blocks for the I-shaped memorial to Irish people who came Columbia as indentured servants and built the Columbia Canal in the early 1800s.The prison likely was built by descendants of those who built the canal.“I said I want to use those blocks to bring history full cycle,” said Jim Lawracy, who led the effort to build the memorial.
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Gaily dressed in saffron-colored kilts and playing “When the Battle’s Over,” Irish pipe band Ceol na Gael led a throng down the path to Riverfront Park Saturday for a date with history.They marched past flags from 32 Irish counties and stopped in the shadow of the remains of Columbia’s old prison.The walls of that prison furnished the granite blocks for the I-shaped memorial to Irish people who came Columbia as indentured servants and built the Columbia Canal in the early 1800s.The prison likely was built by descendants of those who built the canal.“I said I want to use those blocks to bring history full cycle,” said Jim Lawracy, who led the effort to build the memorial.
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Woman arrested in ex-boyfriend's stabbing
A woman was arrested Saturday on charges she stabbed her ex-boyfriend in the leg with a kitchen knife, Richland County sheriff’s deputies said.Whitney D. Howard, 20, is charged with aggravated assault, a sheriff’s department news release said.Howard is accused of stabbing her ex-boyfriend about 8:30 a.m. at a Garners Ferry Road apartment complex. He was taken to Palmetto Health Richland with non-life-threatening injuries, deputies said.Howard is at Richland County jail.— Lee Higgins
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A woman was arrested Saturday on charges she stabbed her ex-boyfriend in the leg with a kitchen knife, Richland County sheriff’s deputies said.Whitney D. Howard, 20, is charged with aggravated assault, a sheriff’s department news release said.Howard is accused of stabbing her ex-boyfriend about 8:30 a.m. at a Garners Ferry Road apartment complex. He was taken to Palmetto Health Richland with non-life-threatening injuries, deputies said.Howard is at Richland County jail.— Lee Higgins
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Nonprofit presents DJJ with $2.8 million facility
A nonprofit group presented the Department of Juvenile Justice with a $2.8 million facility Saturday where offenders can connect with family members, therapists, educators and others as they prepare to re-enter society.The 10,000-square-foot Bill Rogers Community Connections Center opened at DJJ’s Broad River Road complex.DJJ policy administrator Jenny Mangum, who is battling cancer but continues to work from home, was given the ceremonial key.“I believe children are the most valuable thing in the world,” Mangum said after the event. “I think they deserve an opportunity to succeed and I believe that in the right environment, with the right education, work ethic, love and discipline, that they all can succeed.”The center is named for Bill Rogers, a local philanthropist and founder of Bonitz, a contracting company that started in Columbia.
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A nonprofit group presented the Department of Juvenile Justice with a $2.8 million facility Saturday where offenders can connect with family members, therapists, educators and others as they prepare to re-enter society.The 10,000-square-foot Bill Rogers Community Connections Center opened at DJJ’s Broad River Road complex.DJJ policy administrator Jenny Mangum, who is battling cancer but continues to work from home, was given the ceremonial key.“I believe children are the most valuable thing in the world,” Mangum said after the event. “I think they deserve an opportunity to succeed and I believe that in the right environment, with the right education, work ethic, love and discipline, that they all can succeed.”The center is named for Bill Rogers, a local philanthropist and founder of Bonitz, a contracting company that started in Columbia.
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Drilling debate coming to a head
WASHINGTON — When Congress returns this week from its summer break, the calendar likely will force Democratic leaders to do what Republican lawmakers have so far failed to make them do: vote on lifting the 1982 ban on expanded offshore oil and natural gas drilling.The congressional drilling moratorium, first enacted by a Democratic-controlled House and a Republican-ruled Senate under President Reagan, must be renewed by Sept. 30 each year to stay in effect.Despite recent price drops, the increased cost of gasoline is compelling constituents to pressure Congress to end the drilling prohibition.“A lot of people are joining in the cry, ‘Drill here and drill now,’” said Rep. John Spratt, a York Democrat and the House Budget Committee chairman. “I haven’t polled it, but I do hear it in e-mails and in telephone calls.”At the same time, Spratt noted, many “conservative Republicans from Myrtle Beach to Hilton Head” consider South Carolina’s storied beaches “prized assets” that need protection.
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WASHINGTON — When Congress returns this week from its summer break, the calendar likely will force Democratic leaders to do what Republican lawmakers have so far failed to make them do: vote on lifting the 1982 ban on expanded offshore oil and natural gas drilling.The congressional drilling moratorium, first enacted by a Democratic-controlled House and a Republican-ruled Senate under President Reagan, must be renewed by Sept. 30 each year to stay in effect.Despite recent price drops, the increased cost of gasoline is compelling constituents to pressure Congress to end the drilling prohibition.“A lot of people are joining in the cry, ‘Drill here and drill now,’” said Rep. John Spratt, a York Democrat and the House Budget Committee chairman. “I haven’t polled it, but I do hear it in e-mails and in telephone calls.”At the same time, Spratt noted, many “conservative Republicans from Myrtle Beach to Hilton Head” consider South Carolina’s storied beaches “prized assets” that need protection.
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Man Pulls Neighbor Out of Fire in Roebuck
Firefighters are calling an upstate man a hero after he pulled his neighbor out of his burning apartment on Saturday night.
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Firefighters are calling an upstate man a hero after he pulled his neighbor out of his burning apartment on Saturday night.
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Nuclear power advantages: What supporters say
ENVIRONMENT• Nuclear power plants don’t burn fuels that produce air pollutants such as carbon dioxide, which produces greenhouse gas, blamed for global warming.• Nearly a third of all U.S. greenhouse emissions are linked to the generation of electricity. While only about a quarter of all electrical power comes from clean-air sources, nuclear plants generate three-fourths of that power.COST• Nuclear plants are the cheapest source of electricity. In 2007, the average cost to produce a kilowatt hour from nuclear power was 1.76 cents, about two-thirds of what it costs for coal-fired power.
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ENVIRONMENT• Nuclear power plants don’t burn fuels that produce air pollutants such as carbon dioxide, which produces greenhouse gas, blamed for global warming.• Nearly a third of all U.S. greenhouse emissions are linked to the generation of electricity. While only about a quarter of all electrical power comes from clean-air sources, nuclear plants generate three-fourths of that power.COST• Nuclear plants are the cheapest source of electricity. In 2007, the average cost to produce a kilowatt hour from nuclear power was 1.76 cents, about two-thirds of what it costs for coal-fired power.
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This week in politics
QUOTE OF THE WEEK“I’m not saying Barack Obama doesn’t care. I’m just saying he doesn’t get it.”— U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, addressing the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., last week. Graham spoke Thursday, before Republican nominee John McCain, and used his speech to make the case that Democratic presidential candidate Obama’s foreign policy views are wrong.THE BUZZ• What will Sanford do with his speech?
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK“I’m not saying Barack Obama doesn’t care. I’m just saying he doesn’t get it.”— U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, addressing the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., last week. Graham spoke Thursday, before Republican nominee John McCain, and used his speech to make the case that Democratic presidential candidate Obama’s foreign policy views are wrong.THE BUZZ• What will Sanford do with his speech?
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Anxiety hits long before hurricane
MIAMI — For those who live in its path, hurricane season stirs up anxiety even before devastating winds and rains hit land.And for Suzanne Bonner, that means the days of blissfully lying in bed and listening to the rain no longer exist. Instead, alarms sound at 5 a.m. so she can check the latest forecast. She turns to the Weather Channel instead of watching a tennis match. And the first spot on her speed dial is reserved for a contractor, not her husband.While there’s always a certain nonchalance among those who call islands and coastal lands their home, it is different for those who have lived through devastation — and fear that tragedy is again on its way.“I, like everybody else, would get excited about it and visualize strapping myself to a tree in the winds,” 62-year-old Bonner said. “It’s not until you go through a major hurricane like Andrew and you realize the severity of it and that it’s not a joke. You’re never the same after that. You never look at rain the same.”It was 1992’s Hurricane Andrew that destroyed her dream home and changed her life. Then, 13 years later, Hurricane Wilma damaged it all over again. In between and since, there have been countless storm warnings that kick up her anxiety.
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MIAMI — For those who live in its path, hurricane season stirs up anxiety even before devastating winds and rains hit land.And for Suzanne Bonner, that means the days of blissfully lying in bed and listening to the rain no longer exist. Instead, alarms sound at 5 a.m. so she can check the latest forecast. She turns to the Weather Channel instead of watching a tennis match. And the first spot on her speed dial is reserved for a contractor, not her husband.While there’s always a certain nonchalance among those who call islands and coastal lands their home, it is different for those who have lived through devastation — and fear that tragedy is again on its way.“I, like everybody else, would get excited about it and visualize strapping myself to a tree in the winds,” 62-year-old Bonner said. “It’s not until you go through a major hurricane like Andrew and you realize the severity of it and that it’s not a joke. You’re never the same after that. You never look at rain the same.”It was 1992’s Hurricane Andrew that destroyed her dream home and changed her life. Then, 13 years later, Hurricane Wilma damaged it all over again. In between and since, there have been countless storm warnings that kick up her anxiety.
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5 things we learned about S.C. during conventions
1. S.C. will remain influentialRepublicans committed to South Carolina retaining its “First in the South” presidential primary. Democrats could do the same, although the close race between Hillary Clinton and Democratic nominee Barack Obama could spur some changes.2. S.C. Republicans wield more powerU.S. House Majority Whip James Clyburn is the most powerful elected official in South Carolina and the state’s most important Democrat. That was clear in Denver, where Clyburn was in high demand.But S.C. Republicans are more influential in their national party than are S.C. Democrats.
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1. S.C. will remain influentialRepublicans committed to South Carolina retaining its “First in the South” presidential primary. Democrats could do the same, although the close race between Hillary Clinton and Democratic nominee Barack Obama could spur some changes.2. S.C. Republicans wield more powerU.S. House Majority Whip James Clyburn is the most powerful elected official in South Carolina and the state’s most important Democrat. That was clear in Denver, where Clyburn was in high demand.But S.C. Republicans are more influential in their national party than are S.C. Democrats.
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