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Austin had originally included more than $621,000 in the police department’s budget to hire 14 new police officers after City Council members set a goal for 19 new officers in three years.

But in order to add the 14 officers, Austin cut the department’s equipment budget to make ends meet. During today’s budget workshop, Austin said he has decided to phase in the 14 new officers over two years — seven officers for this 2008-09 budget, and seven officers for the next year’s budget. That leaves about $300,000 left over in this year’s budget to go back into the equipment budget.

“It doesn’t make sense to hire the officers and not have the equipment,” Austin said.

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Work on the project at Lake Murray Boulevard and North Lake Drive is set to start this fall.

Johnson Development Associates of Spartanburg recently bought the site next to the lake Visitor Center.

_By Tim Flach, tlfach@thestate.com

An angry Obama told reporters yesterday he was "outraged" by what he called a "performance" by Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday and added that he was "saddened by the spectacle."

Wright used the forum to reiterate some of his charges against the U.S. government, including his suggestion that the government invented the AIDS virus to destroy "people of color."

Obama calls the comments "divisive and destructive" and says "they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate."

The Illinois senator will hold a major rally tonight at Indiana University six days before crucial Democratic primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.

The systems have been operating in various schools for some time, but the district recently completed installation of the systems in elementary schools.

The new Lobby Guard system scans drivers’ licenses and checks the data against a national database of sex offenders. A red-flag alert is emailed instantly to the front desk when a banned visitor attempts to enter.

Lobby Guard will be installed in all Richland 2 schools by the beginning of the next school year.

— Joy L. Woodson, jwoodson@thestate.com

Guard spokesman Colonel Pete Brooks says the entire 1,800-member unit should be back home by mid-May. So far, 500 have arrived. Those soldiers are either in Fort Bragg, N.C., or back in South Carolina. Earlier this month, a contracted airline's bankruptcy got in the way of about 200 soldiers getting home on time.

Brooks says hundreds more soldiers are expected to arrive at Fort Bragg this weekend. A different Guard unit of 200 military police is expected to arrive back from Iraq over the weekend.

Jim Hamilton, with Owens Downtown airport, said there was no crash.

Hamilton said alarm was raised by a low-flying crop duster whose work required the pilot to fly below the treeline, raising dust that may have given the appearance of smoke.

An ambulance and two fire trucks, among other emergency vehicles, were parked in the median of Bluff Road near the interstate.

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Those receiving $2,500 scholarships are Frances Ellerbe, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School; Daniel Kellogg, Dreher High; Michael Levinson, A.C. Flora High; Graham Van Schaik, Spring Valley High; Christina Galardi, Lexington High; and William Mounfield, Hammond School.

The graduating seniors competed among finalists chosen in South Carolina. There were about 15,000 finalists nationwide, and 2,500 won National Merit scholarships.

Corporate-sponsored National Merit winners and National Achievement Program winners, also initiatives under the National Merit Scholarship Corp., were previously announced.

In the summer, some 4,600 college-sponsored winners will be announced.

Beaufort County Sheriff's Lt. Glenn Zanelotti says that Paul Danao was charged with the lewd acts Tuesday after families of two children who recently had contact with the Bluffton man called authorities.

Zanelotti said deputies are investigating whether more children may be involved.

Danao was arrested on April 12 after bomb-making materials and child pornography were found in his van.

Danao's attorney, public defender Gene Hood, was in court Wednesday and did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

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Alois Lissl, the chief of police of Upper Austria province, told The Associated Press that although no evidence had surfaced so far, police have widened their investigation into the unsolved murder 22 years ago to include the incest suspect.

The bound body of 17-year-old Martina Posch was found on a shore of the Upper Austrian lake of Mondsee in 1986. Josef Fritzl's wife owned part of an inn and camping ground on the other side of the lake at that time.

Fritzl would be asked for an alibi because the property owned by his wife could mean he was in the area when Posch was killed, Lissl said.

"We are looking at the case from a third angle," he said of the new direction the investigation has taken.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that Ronald Edward Riley of Saluda was released Tuesday on a $7,500 bond. He has been charged with assault and unlawful conduct.

Riley was a volunteer counselor at a Clarendon County camp for children of deployed soldiers or those preparing to go overseas. Authorities say he choked one boy unconscious twice and choked another boy until he passed out.

The Centers for Disease Control said earlier this year that 82 children had died from the "choking game." The fad has grown among youth for the euphoric, dreamlike feeling that people get as blood rushes back to the brain.

One of those companies' violations was rescinded after the company appealed, The Associated Press has learned.

Audits by the Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service resulted in "noncompliance" records to a National Beef Packing Co. plant in Dodge City, Kan., and a Cargill Meat Solutions plant in Fresno, Calif., according to information obtained by the AP under a Freedom of Information Act request.

The audits of 18 slaughterhouses found that some cattle were not being stunned properly on the first try, others were subject to overcrowding conditions, and others had to be electrically prodded to get them to move.

FSIS conducted the audits after humane handling violations at Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. in Chino, Calif., led to the largest beef recall in the nation's history. That plant, which was a major supplier of ground beef to the National School Lunch Program, was shut down after the violations were captured on video by an undercover investigator of the Humane Society of the United States. The video showed workers shoving and kicking sick, crippled cattle, forcing them to stand using electric prods, forklifts and water hoses.

The 22-year-old Marine suffered massive internal injuries and wounds to both legs when he was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington has been his home ever since.

But this week, the 22-year-old Stengel and about 30 other seriously injured and recuperating Marines hooted, hollered and high-fived as they chased normalcy in an American pastime: racing fast cars. The Marines took turns zipping around BMW's driving school in South Carolina, using the experience to forget about their devastating injuries for a while.

"It's just being able to get out of the hospital, because you can only stand that scene for so long," said Stengel, of Waterford, Wis. "It's an escape, but I'm learning something at the same time."

The Marines took to the road course in a variety of the latest 2008 models ranging from the sporty 335i to opulent M5 sedans. Five 650i coupes were retrofitted with knob-and-lever hand controls for drivers with leg injuries.

The National Weather Service says a freeze warning is in effect until 9 a.m. Wednesday for the North Carolina counties of Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania and Yancey.

Forecasters say there is also a frost advisory in effect until 9 a.m. for some South Carolina areas, including parts of Greenville and Spartanburg counties.

The Greenville News reported Wednesday the vibrations happened while the pumps were shutting down for a refueling outage on April 12.

Victor McCree of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the agency also wanted to take a look at a simultaneous leakage from one pump, as well as possibly degraded conditions in a second pump.

Officials will issue a report about 30 days after they complete their investigation.

Duke Energy operates the plant near Seneca. In December, federal investigators said Duke could have addressed safety concerns at the site more quickly.

Police told The (Rock Hill) Herald that 27-year-old Brandon Keith Ervin was riding with a couple of friends early Tuesday morning when they stopped at the home.

The friends told investigators that Ervin went to the back of the house, then came running back toward the car with a man in a ski mask chasing him.

Police say the man pointed the gun at the friends and pulled the trigger, but it did not go off. He then started wrestling with Ervin and the gun fired.

The coroner's office says Ervin was shot once in the chest.

The owners blamed sagging sales and the decline of retailing on Main Street.

"In a down economy, the purchase of suits, shirts and ties becomes less of a priority," Store CEO Frank Lourie said in a written statement. "For a big store like ours which carries a large inventory, that broad-based drop in demand undercuts our business model.

"We stuck it out on Main Street long after the other major retailers left, hoping for a retail renaissance that hasn’t yet occurred," Lourie said. "While we enjoyed the heyday of Main Street, we also suffered from its decline."

In December, the owners announced plans to sell its three-story building on Main and Taylor streets and remain open as a smaller store with less inventory and lower costs.

Magistrate Thomas E. Rogers III is weighing whether Ryan A. Schallenberger needs a mental evaluation and is expected to decide in a day or two.

“Given the complexion of this case, I think it’s impossible that there will not be mental issues raised in the trial,” assistant U.S. attorney Buddy Bethea said.

Schallenberger faces federal charges of:

• Attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction

Wildlife biologists aboard the boats peered into the churning Savannah River, ready to scoop up slightly stunned fish with long-handled nets.

More fish experts waited downstream with water tanks on the backs of trucks, primed to take the “catch” on a one-mile ride around the dam.

It was the most unusual mile among thousands of miles of travel and the most unusual day in a four-year journey for 362 shad.

The effort wouldn’t be necessary if the doors on the lock that bypass the dam weren’t stuck. And it wouldn’t be possible if a bunch of wildlife agencies hadn’t decided to make it happen.

It’s part of an agriculture department effort to help customers support local farmers by buying fresh fruits and vegetables grown in the Palmetto State.

“It is something our consumers want,” market manager David Tompkins said. “They want to come in here and easily find the South Carolina products.”

Throughout the year, just 20 percent to 25 percent of the produce sold at the Bluff Road market is grown here.

But the share shoots up to 90 percent from mid-May to the end of August, when local watermelons, cantaloupes, tomatoes and peaches get their day in the sun, Tompkins said.

Three judges on the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., ruled a November decision by an S.C. federal judge should not take effect yet.

The appeals panel, which included the court’s chief judge, issued a stay of Judge Margaret Seymour’s rulings in November 2007 and November 2005.

Seymour decided flood maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency were invalid. She said FEMA failed to give proper public notification that it would adopt the maps, which effectively banned development of most of a then-5,000-acre, $1 billion project called Green Diamond.

An attorney for Cayce residents fighting the developers said Tuesday’s latest legal development would likely delay construction.

E-verify, as it is known, is the federal electronic employment verification system that matches job applicants’ names with their Social Security numbers.

Sen. Jim Ritchie, R-Spartanburg, brought the measure to the floor Tuesday, after Republicans used an emergency procedure to clear the Senate calendar to take it up.

But with the days quickly waning to get legislation passed and sent to the House before the May 1 crossover deadline — after which a two-thirds vote will be needed to send bills across the hall — Senate Democrats rebelled and quickly organized a filibuster.

That threat forced Senate Republicans to reconsider and put off further discussion on their new immigration effort until today, when members will convene at 11 a.m. — three hours earlier than normal — to resume debate.

Lloyd called Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, who told him the local police had the knowledge while the federal authorities had the money. They needed to work together.

Six months later, the creation of the Columbia Violent Gang Task Force was announced, but seemed to disappear as an afterthought.

But in the past week, after four years of wiretaps, undercover work and legal maneuvering, the last of 23 members of the Gangsta Killer Bloods were convicted in federal court, signaling the end of one of the largest — and most comprehensive — gang investigations in the state’s history.

And it all started with a phone call.

He paid $1,088, including court costs.

The Rottweiler escaped a caretaker walking him and jumped on a woman while he was out of town at a municipal conference last summer, Cain said. No problem has recurred, he said.

Police Capt. Henry Sims declined comment.

• Budget includes new sheriff’s substation

A Barack Obama supporter, Somer says he has been repulsed by her use of “slimy insinuations” in the campaign. He especially disliked her attacking the Illinois senator for his relationship with William Ayers, a former Weather Underground radical with provocative views.

“She’s better than that,” said Somer, 72, a retired professor from Clinton, N.Y. He said he expects the Democrats to carry New York anyway, so he might not vote “as a protest to Mrs. Clinton.”

Somer is not the only Democrat whose views of his party’s rival candidate have soured.

Party members increasingly dislike the contender they are not supporting in the bruising nomination fight, an Associated Press-Yahoo News survey and exit polls of voters show. That is raising questions about how faithful some will be by the November general election.

“The transformation has been wonderful,” class member Noushin Sprossel said. “And the best thing is to see the look of amazement on the faces of these kids when they see all the changes taking place That’s the biggest prize for me.”

Sprossel was among several members of this year’s Leadership Columbia class who came out to the home Tuesday to formally mark the completion of their renovation effort. It was carried out by class members with the help of several area businesses.

The 55-member group selected the Carolina Boys Home for its community outreach in September and began gutting and restoring it earlier this year. The work in the two-story building includes a renovated kitchen and upstairs bathroom, new carpet throughout, new heating and air system and ductwork, and outdoor landscaping.

Class member Stephen Ross said the kitchen upgrades were a particularly significant part of the effort, as the young, at-risk residents of the home learn to cook as preparation for independent living.

Fernandina Road, 3000 block: A woman called police at 3:30 p.m. Sunday and said she had been held against her will by a man she knows. The 34-year-old woman told deputies she and the man were arguing over a woman calling him on his cell phone. The woman said an argument ensued and she wanted to leave, but the man wanted to “work through” the problem. He wanted her to stay and talk, but she just wanted to leave the house, she said. Both people were leaving the location when deputies arrived, according to a report.

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Broad River Road, 7000 block: Police were called to a home at 5 p.m. Friday after a 74-year-old man said his caregiver had forged and cashed checks stolen from him. The man told deputies the woman who had been his caregiver had stolen several checks from his personal checkbook and had cashed almost $300 worth at several local businesses.

Trowbridge Road, 200 block: A woman called police at 9 p.m. Sunday after a man who had been harassing her called her again and threatened to kill her. The 33-year-old woman said she had saved numerous messages from the man, and all of them were threatening. She said she had filed a previous report on another harassment charge, and this time she wanted to prosecute.

“If you think you don’t have time to perform your duties now, just wait until you get into the high school sports business.”

— Rep. Walt McCleod, D-Newberry, arguing against a proposal by Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Bamberg, for lawmakers to establish legislative oversight over the High School League. The league regulates high school sports in South Carolina. A bill before the General Assembly would allow students who switch schools because of bullying to retain their sports eligibility. The High School League had revoked the sports eligibility of a bullied student in Beaufort County who had switched schools.

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Days left until the June 10 primary: 41

Earmarks: Requires members of the General Assembly to put their names beside any request that involves the expenditure of money. The House delayed discussion until today.

Grocery tax exemption: Allows counties to exempt unprepared foods from local sales tax. The House postponed debate until today.

Prohibiting fake IDs: Carrying or making a counterfeit ID in South Carolina would carry a 30-day jail sentence or $500 fine. The bill received key approval from the House Tuesday and moves to the Senate.

Wireless cloud: A study to decide whether ETV broadcast licenses should be leased to private companies to pay for a seamless, wireless Internet cloud over South Carolina. The House is scheduled today to take up the bill, which has been amended and passed by the Senate.

Nathan Dickson, who is accused of shooting his father, stepmother, stepsister and brother Saturday morning, was arrested that evening outside friend Brantley Creel’s home.

“I thought my heart was going to stop beating,” said Creel’s grandmother, Sybil Philyaw, who saw the arrest.

The teens had spent the day together and had gone to get supplies for a cookout when authorities arrived on Philyaw’s doorstep, she said. They told her and her husband that four members of Dickson’s family had been killed and that Dickson didn’t know police were looking for him, she said.

Her husband called their grandson’s cell phone, telling him to come home because it was about to rain and the four-wheelers needed to be cleaned and put away. When they returned, Dickson was arrested, she said.

Frank Deihl has figured out one of them: He knows why men love motorcycles.

They draw women, he says, and he discovered that appeal as a teenager seduced by the power of speed.

“The female attraction definitely has something to do with it,” said Deihl, while sitting inside Classic Cycleworks, his business in the Choppee community of Georgetown County. “You didn’t have to go very far. All you had to do is slow down so the women could jump on.”

At 67, Deihl still is smitten with motorcycles. He has a serious crush on Birmingham Small Arms bikes, which he has been repairing and restoring for 50 years.

USC officials said that Homecoming Weekend previously has been the time for class reunions and events that revolve around Carolina football. But the tentative nature of kick-off times for football games has made planning events for alumni increasingly difficult, university officials said.

The Carolina Alumni Association has launched Spring Reunion 2008 to respond to alumni interest in reunions.

"The weekend is designed to give alumni the opportunity to see how campus has changed and to take part in classes, reunions, musical concerts, tours, social activities and many other programs," said Lynn Bradley, assistant executive director of alumni engagement.

Many events will tie into events from schools and colleges. In addition to reunions for particular classes, a full list of events for all alumni is on the Carolina Alumni Association Web site: www.carolinaalumni.org.

Al Parish, a former Charleston Southern University professor with a penchant for loud sport coats and pricey sports cars, wore a charcoal suit as he told Circuit Court Judge James Barber he understood the charge and knew what he was doing.

“Guilty,” he said simply, when the judge asked him how he pleaded.

Prosecutors will recommend that any sentence be served at the same time as Parish’s federal court sentence, said Assistant Attorney General Jason Peavy.

Parish pleaded guilty in federal court last year to several federal fraud charges as well as lying to investigators. He faces between 30 years and life in prison on those charges and is expected to be sentenced in June.

Prosecutors argued in a federal courtroom that the statements are an indication that 18-year-old Ryan Schallenberger needs a psychological evaluation. The straight-A Chesterfield High School senior was arrested April 19 and faces several state and federal charges, including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. That charge carries a possible life sentence if he is convicted.

"His conduct is bizarre," prosecutor Buddy Bethea told Judge Thomas Rogers III, who did not immediately issue a ruling. "I think it screams out in his conduct that he be evaluated."

Defense attorney Bill Nettles said the request was premature, and that Schallenberger was competent to help in his defense.

Prosecutors want Schallenberger, currently at Chesterfield County jail, moved to a federal facility because they think he may try to commit suicide. His journal writings have become increasingly violent over the past year, prosecutor Rose Mary Parham said.

A new Web site launched by Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom's office will let taxpayers keep an eye on the spending of 89 state agencies.

Eckstrom's office says taxpayers should know where their money is being spent.

The site breaks down expenditures on things like travel and office supplies.

State Sen. Kevin Bryant says he wants to expand the idea to county and local governments. The Anderson Republican has sponsored a bill that would set up a test project to expand the site.

The bill also allows lawsuits against employers from workers whose jobs were taken by illegal immigrants.

"We stand at the verge of a historic moment that would come with the passing of what many believe represents the most comprehensive immigration reform package in the country," Republican Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday in a news release.

The measure is the product of weeks of haggling between Senate and House lawmakers who were divided about how employers could best verify the nationalities of their workers.

Under the compromise, public agencies and businesses with public contracts would have to check employees' legal status with a driver's license or a federal Internet-based program.

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Mr. Neeley died Monday, April 28, 2008. Born in Columbia, he was a son of the late Oscar P. and Nettie Martin Neeley. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean conflict. He was an avid NASCAR fan and enjoyed fishing and gardening.

Mr. Neeley loved his family and enjoyed spending time with them.

Surviving are his wife of 53 years, Mary Neeley; son and daughter-in-law, Roy and Beverly Neeley of Elgin; daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Paul Jacobs of Easley, Sherri and Robbie Stevens of Elgin, Bonnie and Johnny Singletary Jr. of Elgin, Cindy Neeley of Lugoff and Windy and Michael Rawl of Lugoff; sister, Ruth Courtney of Columbia; 15 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by brothers, Robert Neeley, Julian Neeley and Richard Neeley and sister, Helen Dial.

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J.P. Holley Funeral Home has been entrusted with final arrangements.

Ms. Moore died Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Born in Gadsden, she was the daughter of the late Dave and Lannie Jones Moore. She was a member of St. Mark Baptist Church.

She is survived by her brother, William Moore; sister, Elaine Pringle.

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Darryl lost his battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on Sunday morning, April 27, 2008. He died at home in the loving embrace of his family. He was the son of the late Raymond and Ruth Crumpton. He was born November 1, 1969, in Columbia, SC. He attended Fairwold School in Richland County School District One and Babcock Center in Columbia. Darryl will be remembered for his sense of humor, his love for singing and dancing, and his love for family and God as he fought bravely to maintain it in the face of his illness.

Darryl leaves to cherish his loving memory with eleven sisters and borthers, Carolyn Crumpton, Belinda (Charles) Boykin, both of Columbia, John (Linda) Crumpton, of Greenville, SC, Bernard Crumpton of Charlotte, NC, Rachel (Reginald) Phelps, Ronald (Toni) Crumpton, Anthony (Patricia) Crumpton, Alfred Crumpton, Orlando Crumpton, all of Columbia, Lanetta (Larry) Arnold of Jonesboro, GA, and Terrie Maple of Columbia; and a host of nieces and nephews.

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Mr. Jesse R. Williams Jr. died Saturday, April 26, 2008.

He was a son of the late Deacon Jesse R. and Matilda Hudson Williams Sr.

He is survived by his three children, Bonita Williams, Albany, NY, Gwendolyn Robinson and Michael (Felicia) Williams, both of Columbia, SC; mother of his children, Ocie Williams; one sister, Vera Williams Brown of Uniontown, AL; seven grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

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She was born in Gilbert, SC, daughter of the late Drayton and Edna Smith Kaminer. She was a member of Ebenezer Southern Methodist Church and church secretary and treasurer for 40 years. She was a retired seamstress.

Surviving are her sister, Grace James of Batesburg; a number of nieces and nephews and a number of deceased sisters and brothers.

Family will receive friends from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home. Milton Shealy Funeral Home of Batesburg-Leesville is assisting the family with arrangements.

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He is survived by sons, Rev. William G. Yon, Jr. and his wife Jennie of Whitmire and James Stephen Yon of Six Mile; daughters, Rebecca Hughes and her husband Bobby of Abbeville and Gloria Willoughby of Calhoun Falls; eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and sister, Sarah Yon Strawhorne of Hodges.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 1st at 2:00 p.m. at Faith Harvest Fellowship in Calhoun Falls. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in Abbeville. The family will receive friends Wednesday, April 30th from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Calhoun Falls Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

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Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Pleasant Pines Baptist Church in Gaston with Rev. Glenn Shealy and Rev. Jewell Jeffcoat officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Survivors include her mother, Cynthia Jumper Galloway of Gaston; her father, Wayne Bodie of Batesburg; three sisters, Annette (Sonny) Carraway of Columbia, Amanda (Edward) Furr of Gaston and Angela Chavis of Pelion; two brothers, Ronald Galloway, Jr. and Michael Galloway, both of Gaston.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Friday at Pleasant Pines Baptist Church. Culler-McAlhany Funeral Home in North is in charge of arrangements.

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Mrs. Rogers was born February 22, 1917, in Chapin, SC, and passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. She was the daughter of the late James B. and Martha Haltiwanger Addy. She was retired from Seibels-Bruce, Inc. after 30 years of service.

Mrs. Rogers is survived by her husband, John Paul “Jeep” Rogers; daughter, Joyce (David) Ellisor of Irmo; grandchildren, Casey (Amy) Ellisor of Columbia and Julie (Dennis) Harris of Kingstree; great-grandchildren, Lucy Ellisor, Elliott Harris and EdnaLee Harris; brothers, Aubrey Addy of Columbia and Julian B. (Lou) Addy of Little Mountain and many loving nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her siblings, Evans Addy, Inez Shealy, Wilborn Addy, Virgil Addy, George Addy, Harvey Addy, Reba Monts and Katherine Derrick.

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Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Larry Nelson; daughter-in-law, Julie Bodie; grandchildren, Jay Touchberry, Matt Touchberry and his wife, Jenny, Ernie Bodie and his wife, Angie, Scott Bodie and Melissa Bodie; and great-grandchildren, Forest, Jackson, Mason, Mady, Sydney, Jake, Emma and Cole.

Mrs. Bodie’s friends, extended family and the wonderful caring staff at Generations of Chapin and Harmony Hospice helped make the last years of her life happy and peaceful.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 10, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. at Chapin United Methodist Church, 415 Lexington Ave., Chapin, where she was a member during the last years of her life. Pastor Jody Flowers will officiate. The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall immediately following the service. After the service the immediate family will spread her ashes at Lake Wateree to join her husband and son.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Chapin United Methodist Church Organ Fund, The Chapel at Lake Wateree, Autism Society of South Carolina, 806 12th Street, West Columbia, SC 29169, or to Harmony Care Hospice, 100 Ashland Park Lane, Suite K, Columbia, SC 29210.