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Francis Marion Reeves, of Dreher Island Road in Chapin, is charged with murder, Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts said.

Reeves is in custody at the Lexington County Detention Center.

Deshaun Rashad Clark of Little Mountain was pronounced dead at Palmetto Health Richland at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, said Lexington County Coroner Harry O. Harman. He had been shot once in his lower abdomen.

Metts said Clark and some friends crashed a party Reeves’ son was attending on Lexington Lane. An argument erupted.

Others receiving votes: South Carolina 84, Fresno St. 83, California 59, Utah 53, Cincinnati 44, Florida St. 41, Michigan 36, Boston College 32, Rutgers 32, Michigan St. 21, Boise St. 17, Arkansas 14, North Carolina 14, Connecticut 10, Tulsa 7, UCLA 6, Oregon St. 5, Mississippi St. 4, Virginia 4, Arizona 3, Nebraska 2, Notre Dame 2, Hawaii 1, Washington 1.

The freshman from Irmo will join thousands of new students on campus learning to navigate new situations, from housing to classes to friends — an experience not vastly changed from decade to decade, with one exception.

Twenty years ago, new students arrived on college campuses with few links to their old lives — a land-line phone and snail mail. Weekly phone calls home or to a best friend might be all they could hope for until fall break or the holidays.

Today, Kobos and her contemporaries can maintain near daily contact with friends and family members even when they are hundreds or thousands of miles away, through cell phone calls, texting, e-mail and social networking sites.

“All my friends are on Facebook,” said Kobos, 18.

She has spent the summer buying supplies and decorations for an ocean theme, which includes a fishing net she purchased during a summer beach trip.

And, she’s still shopping — much of it coming from her own pocketbook.

In fact, by the time school starts Thursday at Chapin Elementary in Lexington-Richland 5, Timmerman expects to have spent about $500 on decorations and supplies — about the national average teachers spend of their own money.

A tougher economy is causing some teachers to think more about how they’re spending their money — not only in their own homes, but in their classrooms.

“Don’t forget ‘Seabiscuit,’” she appealed to the 14-year-old seconds before he managed his escape.

“I’m holding up this book that is like two inches thick,” Doran said. “He came back and got it, but he looked at me like I had three heads.”

It’s not the first time Doran has seen that look. As she has for years, the concerned mom was again pleading with her son, Jack, to complete his summer reading assignment before classes begin Wednesday. And as he has for years, the rising Cardinal Newman High School student was cutting it close to the wire.

The Dorans aren’t alone in their plight. While summer reading assignments have become a fact of life for many public, private and home-schooled students, it’s a reality some don’t embrace until the waning days of the summer.

Construction was down by only 100 jobs between June and July. But that sector has lost more than 16,000 jobs since November, said Sam McClary, labor market analyst for the S.C. Employment Security Commission, which released the figures Friday.

“That’s unheard of,” McClary said.

McClary said July was the ninth straight month the construction sector has suffered a setback in jobs. “Being a growing state ... we should be growing construction jobs at a significant rate.”

But the downturn in the housing market has left many in construction out of work, particularly in the specialty trades, such as cabinet making, McClary said.

“There’s always a ton of people walking around, and they can be kinda loud,” the 12-year-old said.

Starting Sept. 5, people 16 and younger will not be allowed to be at the Clemson Road shopping center after 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights without a parent or guardian.

Meisha’s mother, Laura Draper said another daughter, 16, isn’t so thrilled with the new rule, but will be 17 in a couple of months. Most stores are closed after 9 p.m. anyway, she said.

“Personally, I think if they’re 16, they shouldn’t be wandering around out here. There’s no reason for it,” Laura Draper said.

The city announced Friday it was easing its restrictions, which had limited yard watering to every other day on the basis of address numbers.

Residents may water anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. or 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.

Most of the surge in summertime water demand comes from sprinklers, said John Dooley, Columbia’s utilities director.

“When clouds come overhead, people turn their sprinklers off. I don’t know what it is,” Dooley said. “(Thursday) our total demand was what we would expect in February or March, not in August.”

After a 4½-hour closed meeting, the school’s Board of Commissioners announced Friday that Shaw, of Spartanburg, would be replaced by Carol Mabry, who will serve as interim president of the school while a search for a new president is conducted.

Mabry, according to the school’s Web site, was vice president of outreach services.

The commission did not disclose a reason for Shaw’s departure or any contractual terms reached in her leaving the agency.

Shaw earned $115,000 a year in her post, according to state salary records.

Your one-stop faith sampler: Go to www.carolinafaith.com, the web site of the Carolina Campus Ministry Association, where you can read profiles of the various religious traditions that are established on campus. Members of the association, including the network of campus ministers, post weekly articles on issues important to students.

Tuesday evening is one of the most spiritual hours on campus, with many groups holding meetings.

The Presbyterian Student Association, 1702 Greene St., which bills itself as a place to “rejoice together, laugh together, have fun together, grow in faith together, praise God together,” offers Tuesday night dinners along with a program.

Baptist Campus Ministry, 819 Main St., bills itself as a place that’s not just for Baptists. Join participants in acoustic-and-rock-style worship, mission and evangelistic endeavors. Shandon College Ministry, a program of Shandon Baptist Church, also operates on campus and offers Bible study for college students on Sunday mornings.

With the help of a buddy, Brandenburg used his belt to make a tourniquet. Then he walked toward the rear, looking for a medic.

“It was the worst walk of my life,” Brandenburg said Friday, his voice quivering with emotion. “I had to walk by my buddies who were dead in the field.”

Brandenburg, who was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge, talked about his experiences during the annual World War II memorial program at the Dorn VA Medical Center.

Friday’s event marked the 63rd anniversary of the day in 1945 when President Truman accepted Japan’s surrender, ending World War II. Germany had surrendered four months earlier.

Tom Biscardi spent days searching for Sasquatch in Bishopville after a Dodge van was found Feb. 28 with strange bite marks through the front grille. The metal on its fender was peeled back and the mauled vehicle also had deep scratches, blood and hair on it.

On Friday, Biscardi joined Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer at a news conference in Palo Alto, Calif., at which they claimed they had evidence of the elusive Bigfoot.

Biscardi — who heads a group called Searching for BigFoot — found nothing in South Carolina, Lee County Sheriff E.J. Melvin said Friday.

DNA tests conducted on blood swabbed from the van found the culprit was a “domestic dog,” according to results from a forensic laboratory at the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

They’re tiny, slimy and live most of their lives underground.

Flatwoods salamanders crawled their way onto the federal threatened species list in 1999, but one of the two species is now at risk for extinction because of habitat loss, said Tom MacKenzie, spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

To protect the amphibians, the service has proposed adding the reticulated flatwoods salamander to the endangered species list. The frosted flatwoods salamander would remain on the threatened list.

Recent studies have shown the reticulated flatwoods are more at risk for losing habitat, MacKenzie said.

Investigators don’t know whether Kimberly Jones, 24, was the intended target of the shooting early Thursday, Police Chief John Walters says.

Police say Jones, her boyfriend and her four children were in the apartment. No one else was hurt.

Walters would not release information about possible suspects, citing the ongoing investigation.

The teen, whose name was not immediately available, was a passenger in a 1994 Mazda pickup that flipped several times on U.S. 321, authorities said. The 18-year-old driver, also of Blackstock, was injured and taken to a hospital.

Jail records showed Thursday that Maribel Lazaro Lopez is free on $5,000 bail. She was arrested Tuesday after witnesses reported seeing the 2-year-old and 4-year-old in a locked sport utility vehicle.

The children have been placed in emergency protective custody.

Magistrate Kirby Shealy said a preliminary hearing for Hazelene Trexler and her sons, James and Terry Trexler, could not be held in his court because the charges in question were magistrate-level offenses.

Fifth Circuit Assistant Solicitor Jill Andrews told Shealy her office has not decided where the misdemeanor cases will be handled.

The Trexlers were charged with felony and misdemeanor animal abuse counts after 28 horses were seized in February from farms near Hopkins and Eastover. An additional 17 horses were seized later from another farm near Hopkins.

James Trexler, an assistant state agriculture commissioner, resigned his $84,000-a-year job after the horses were seized.

EBENEZER LUTHERAN CHURCH: Holy Communion service, 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays, 1301 Richland St. Service lasts 30 minutes. (803) 765-9430

EASTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: Jubilee service, 5:30 p.m. Sundays, Thompson Hall, 3200 Trenholm Road. Child care provided. (803) 256-1654

SHANDON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: Theology on Tap, 7 p.m. Thursdays at Jake’s, 212 Devine St. (803) 771-4408

COMMUNITY MEMORIAL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST: Worship service with evangelist Carrie Grant, 5 p.m. Sunday, 4727 Roberts St. (803) 786-2524

Now, just a few years later, Bob and Kim Grom are expecting more than 20,000 people to converge on their farm Labor Day weekend for a concert that some call the Christian Woodstock.

“There’s no drugs, no alcohol —_ you just get high on Jesus,” Kim Grom said this week.

In 2005, the Groms, with the help of a team of pastors and volunteers, founded Revelation Generation, a two-day Christian music festival that has quickly become the biggest concert of its kind in the region.

This year’s festival, which takes place Aug. 29 and 30 in Frenchtown, N.J., features an eclectic set of performers who run the gamut from hard rock and heavy metal bands to rap and gospel groups. The festival will have three stages: one for mainstream headliners, another for alternative bands, and another for more acoustic and praise-and-worship acts.

Ashland Road, 2000 block: A man called police at 7 a.m. Wednesday and said two men assaulted him. The man said he had left his home to walk to a nearby store and when he returned, the two men jumped on him. They didn’t steal anything, but they shoved him to the ground and punched and kicked him. He suffered cuts and bruises but refused medical attention.

Old Dunbar Road, 1900 block: Police were called to a business at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday after someone spotted a man going in through a back door. Once security got inside, they found some food, a pair of shoes and some food cartons. Walking through the building, they discovered that three paper towel dispensers had been torn off the wall, a fire extinguisher had been set off and a sink had been destroyed. A discarded cell phone rang while police were there and the caller was the man in the building. He told officers his employer let him sleep in the building and had given him the security code. He said he had left briefly without activating the code. Police were going to call the business owner before any charges were filed, a report said.

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Clemson Road, 2700 block: Police were called to a bank at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday after a teller had gotten two fraudulent checks totaling almost $4,000. The checks were from a local business that is a bank client and looked identical to the business’ regular checks. The teller said two men cashed the checks; both men were on the bank’s surveillance tapes.

Chester County’s former animal control director, Vicky Land, and Arthur Parker Jr. were indicted in 2005 on charges involving fights between hogs and dogs.

Attorney general spokesman Mark Plowden told The Herald of Rock Hill the charges were dropped because hog and dog fighting was not clearly defined as a crime under laws in place at the time. The law now specifically makes it illegal.

Contributing: Staff writers Rick Brundrett; staff reports; The Associated Press

The public donated $4.5 million to the fund after the Sofa Super Store fire, The Charleston Post and Courier reported. The city had decided it would distribute that money based on decisions by the state Worker’s Compensation Commission.

The commission ruled $282,000 should be given to the widow of firefighter James “Earl” Drayton and a stepson.

But his three biological children and two stepchildren from his first marriage were left out. The children, all now adults, are challenging the distribution.

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Among them are former USC basketball player Jamel Bradley, who is hearing impaired.

Bradley joined the Richland County Sheriff's Department in December 2007 and was assigned to the School Resource Officer program. Bradley serves at Forest Lake Elementary and Joseph Keels Elementary.

Bradley, Lott said, was a toddler when he had a very high fever that left him deaf in both ears. As a result, Bradley wears two hearing aides and reads lips in order to understand what someone is saying.

Lott said Bradley, 29, is someone he personally admires and respects for not letting his disability hinder his goals and dreams.

Carla was born in Aiken, SC, March 11, 1980, to George and Deborah Koon. She graduated from Lexington High School in 1998 and earned a B.S. in accounting from North Greenville College in 2002.

On July 13, 2002, Carla married Michael Carnes of Greenville, SC. Julia Linen Carnes was born to Carla and Michael on February 6, 2007, in Fargo, ND. Most recently, Carla, Michael and Linen lived in Statesville, NC, where Carla worked as a group fitness instructor and certified fitness trainer. They are members of Cove Church in Davidson, NC.

Carla’s life had an unquestionable impact on everyone who knew her. As a friend, mother and wife she was unparalleled. It is impossible to capture in words what she meant to the lives she affected. Her joy and the life that she presented in every situation was infectious. We are beyond speechless at the void her death has left in our lives, but believe that the short time she spent with us is worth the immense anguish. We celebrate knowing that she is enjoying the nearness and fullness of God and look forward to the day that we see her again.

The family will be receiving friends at Lake Murray Baptist Church, 1001 Hwy 378 West in Lexington, SC, Sunday, August 17, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. The funeral will be held at 2:00 p.m. at Lexington Baptist Church, West Main Street in Lexington, SC, Monday, August 18, 2008. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel is assisting the family.

«Obituary posted: August 16, 2008»

Mrs. Youngblood died Thursday, August 14, 2008. Born in Lexington County, she was a daughter of the late Millus Porter and Bernice Mae Free Taylor. She attended Columbia schools, graduating from Old Columbia High School in 1945. She began her career in banking in 1964 when she started as a teller at C&S Bank-South Carolina. She worked her way up to assistant to the director of International Banking, retiring in 1991 from what was by then Bank of America. She enjoyed reading, Atlanta Braves baseball, cooking and especially spending time with her family.

Mrs. Youngblood was a member of Resurrection Lutheran Church.

Surviving are sons, Loy Youngblood of West Columbia, and Jerry Youngblood and his wife, Alice, of Cayce; granddaughter, Laura Youngblood of Columbia; grandson, J. Ryan Youngblood of Defiance, Ohio; sisters and brothers-in-law, Myrtis Eleazer of West Columbia, Helen Johnson of Columbia, Lois and Russell Pleasant of Gilbert, Doris Ballenger of Supply, N.C., Marjorie Mitchell of Columbia, and Sandra and Monty Wells of Port Orange, Fla.; brother, Michael Taylor of Columbia; and numerous beloved nieces, nephews and friends. She was predeceased by her husband of sixty-one years, Samuel L. Youngblood; sister, Willene Deaver and brother, Olin Taylor.

The family extends appreciation to caregiver, Millie Hollenbach and the wonderful and loving staff of Lutheran Hospice.

Born to Anna Lee Hudson Noel and Wayne Clifford Noel, he was a graduate of Baylor University and an adventurer, explorer and world traveler, with a fondness for the African continent where he both lived and hunted during his life. He was involved in numismatic and stamp collections from an early age and pursued a career in financial markets. He married Sarah Heriot Guess of Denmark, SC, on New Year’s Day at the home of her sister, Patti Guess Yeats in High Point, NC. The Guess family became his family quickly and completely. He enjoyed many wonderful years of meaningful relationships around the United States and the world, but none so important to him as his friends in Denmark.

Surviving are his wife, Sarah G. Noel, mother-in-law, Martha H. Guess, Clair and Pam Guess, Gage Guess, St. Clair Guess, Patti and Fred Yeats, Margaret Yeats, Sarah Y. Haq, Marissa Haq and Donald and Sara Potts of Dallas, Texas.

Friends are invited for visitation Sunday, August 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the home of Martha Guess, 599 Guess Drive.

Services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, August 17, 2008, at The Church of the Holy Apostles, Barnwell, S.C., followed by interment in Denmark Cemetery.

Mr. Sheely died Thursday August 14, 2008, in Loris, SC. Born May 23, 1912, in Trenton, SC, he was the husband of the late Bertie Mae Porter Sheely and son of the late Jesse Wilbur and Ruby Harrison Sheely. Harrison spent the majority of his adult life in Winnsboro where he reared a family with his wife of 59 years. He worked as the financial control officer for the Uniroyal Corporation in Winnsboro for 40 years before retiring. He was very proud of his Southern heritage and enjoyed traveling the Southeast with family and friends. In 2005, Mr. Sheely moved to Myrtle Beach where he lived at the Eagle Crest retirement living center until February of this year. He spent his time surrounding himself with his family and many new friends. He took on a vital role in the retirement community where he gained the nickname “Lefty.” The last 6 months he lived with his loving granddaughter, Sue Sheely Holloway and her husband Cole in Loris, SC. Affectionately known as “Pop” to his family, Harrison Sheely will be greatly missed.

Mr. Sheely is survived by one son, Frank Harrison Sheely, Jr. and his wife Susan of Florence; two granddaughters, Sue Holloway and her husband, Cole, and Sandy Sheely; five grandsons, Sean Sheely and his wife Bianca, Shane Harrison Sheely and his wife Kelly, Tripp Johnson and his wife Lyndsay, Eric Johnson and Scott McClendon; three great-grandsons, Jacob Sheely, Shane Harrison Sheely and Sean Patrick Sheely; and two great-granddaughters, Sarah Sheely and Molly Sheely.

In addition to his wife, Mr. Sheely was predeceased by one daughter, Edie Sheely Johnson; one brother, J.W. Sheely; and one sister, Edna Glover.

Pope Funeral Home of Winnsboro is serving the Sheely family.

She was the loving wife of the late J. Robert Braithwaite. Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, Bobby and Jane Braithwaite; three grandchildren, Lynn (Troy) Williams, Bill (Stephanie) Braithwaite and Cliff Braithwaite; three great-grandchildren; brother, Clifford (Bessie) Brown; and sister, Ginny Swain.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at South Beltline Baptist Church, Columbia. Officiating will be Pastor Eric Sloan. Visitation will follow the service. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is assisting the family.

A special thank you goes to all the “Angels” at Still Hopes Retirement Community and Hospice Care of Tri-County.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trinity Baptist Church Missions Program, 2003 Charleston Highway, Cayce, SC 29033.

Evelyn was born August 4, 1939, in Duncan, SC. She was predeceased by her parents, Olin and Doris Carter Boiter.

She was a graduate of James F. Byrnes High School in Duncan, SC, and also the Medical College of South Carolina.

Evelyn was a registered nurse with MUSC for 30 years. Additionally, she worked and enjoyed the family business, Duncan’s Boats, which she and her husband founded in North Charleston in 1970.

She was an active member of Rutledge Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and a member of the finance committee.

The family has entrusted J.P. Holley Funeral Home with final rites.

Ms. Bookman died Saturday, August 9, 2008. Born in Lexington County, she was the daughter of the late Broadus Holmes and Lucille Hartley Wise. She was a member of Brookland Baptist Church. Prior to her retirement, Nellie was employed with the S.C. Department of Corrections and Richland County.

She is lovingly survived by her companion of twenty years, Jim Davis of the home; son, J. Keith Bookman, Saluda, SC; daughters, Vickie M. Wise, Blythewood, SC, Bridget Bookman Lockett, Virginia Beach, VA; half brother, Abraham (Gloria) Holmes, Brooklyn, NY.

«Obituary posted: August 16, 2008»

He was a native of Greer, SC, born July 25th, 1914, son of the late Docia Belcher Forrester and Perry Alexander Forrester. He held degrees from North Greenville Academy and Jr. College, 1939; Furman University 1941; and received the Master of Theology degree from Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY, in 1944. He pastored two churches in Kentucky while a student at Southern Bethlehem Baptist Church and the Baptist church at Lockport, KY. Coming back to South Carolina when he graduated, he pastored Philippi Baptist Church, Johnston, SC, Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Columbia, SC and Fork Hill Baptist Church in Lancaster County, SC, from which he also retired at the age of 70. He served as a trustee of the South Carolina Baptist Hospital System for three terms of five years each. After his retirement he had several, long interim pastorates before he really retired. For the last fourteen years he lived in Greenville with Donna and Jerry, was a member of First Baptist Greenville and the Price Sunday School Class.

Vello loved a good story and could tell quite a few, himself. His sincerity and sense of humor won him many friends.

Funeral services will be Sunday, August 17, at 3:00 p.m. at First Baptist Greenville, with visitation from 2 - 3 p.m. in the Narthex of the church. The Rev. Dr. Baxter Wynn and the Rev. Frank Smith will officiate. Burial will be Monday, Aug. 18, at 1:30 p.m. at Fork Hill Baptist Church in Lancaster County outside Lancaster, SC.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Greenville, 847 Cleveland St., Greenville, SC 29601.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, August 17, 2008, at Wiseman Mortuary, Inc., 431 Cumberland Street. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 18, 2008, at First Baptist Church at 302 Moore Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301.

Jim retired as a command sergeant major from Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Augusta, GA, following an illustrious career of 30 years in the United States Army. Recently, he retired as Dean of Students with more than 20 years at Fayetteville State University.

He is survived by his wife, Marsha Coriene Dudley Scurry; sister, Jerrie Lee Scurry Simpkins, Monetta, SC; two brothers-in-law, four sisters-in-law, numerous nephews and nieces; an adopted son, Malcolm (Cathy) Mangum, Durham, NC; and a host of special friends and relatives.

Rev. Dr. Cureton L. Johnson will officiate the service. Burial will follow in Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery, Spring Lake, NC.

She was a daughter of the late Elloitt and Bessie A. Brown and widower of Thomas Gladney.

Survivors: Children, Leroy Gladney (Bessie), Blair, SC, Carrie Woodruff, Newberry, John (Laura) Gladney, Benson, NC, Bessie Ruff (Thomas), Rion, SC; sister, Lucy M. Brown, Blair; grand and great-grandchildren.

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«Obituary posted: August 16, 2008»

Miss Butler died Thursday. Born in Bennettsville, she was a daughter of the late Charles H. and Lottie Campbell Butler. She was a graduate of Bennettsville High School and Marlboro Business School. After a 45 year career in banking, she retired in 1982 as assistant vice president of the First National Bank. She was a lifelong member of Thomas Memorial Baptist Church and was a member of the Friendship Sunday School Class. She was a former member and past president of the Bennettsville Pilot Club. After retirement, she enjoyed traveling and saw most of the United States and many foreign countries.

Surviving are a nephew, Billy Weatherly (Tam) of Bennettsville, nieces, Maryedith B. Morgan of Edgefield, Elizabeth B. O’Neal of North Augusta, and Patty B. Howard of Florence, several great-nieces and nephews and a very special friend, Mrs. Frances B. Lindsay.

«Obituary posted: August 16, 2008»

Ms. Dickson was preceded in death by a brother, Maxcy Dickson.

Surviving are a sister, Ann Hollerbach and her husband, Don, of Mt. Pleasant, SC; her brother, John W. Dickson, Jr, and his wife, Sandi, of Anderson, SC; and her sister-in-law, Nancy Dickson of Wayne, PA.

Recitation of the Rosary will be Sunday, August 17, 2008, at 4:30 p.m. with visitation to follow until 6:30 p.m. at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown, Greenville, SC. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday, August 18, 2008, at noon at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial will be held in Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion, SC, Tuesday, August 19, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.thomasmcafee.com.

Mrs. Outlaw was born February 13, 1940, in Union City, TN, and passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2008. She was a daughter of the late William and Thressie Eddings Tidwell. Mrs. Outlaw worked for Lizard’s Thicket and Stadium Restaurant for 27 years.

Mrs. Outlaw is survived by her husband, James Outlaw; children, Jonathan Outlaw and Debra Outlaw; grandchildren, Alexis Outlaw, Andrew Outlaw, Meredith Outlaw, D.J., Nicholas and Parker; brothers, Bobby Ray, Pete Tidwell, Roy Tidwell; and sisters, Mozelle Liliker, Mavis Titus, Doris Henderson, Geneva Swaggert, Emma Joe Hardin, Jeanie Parish, Kitty Baggett, Peggy Ferguson and Patricia Wilson; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Outlaw was predeceased by brothers, James R. Tidwell, John Tidwell, Loring Tidwell and Charles Ray and sisters, Louise Bondurant, Pearlie Clark and Marie Tidwell.

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«Obituary posted: August 16, 2008»

So much has been said here this morning, but I suppose as usual it falls to the newspaper guy to bring the bad news:

The Capital City Club is an exclusive club. By the very nature of being a club, of being a private entity, it is exclusive.

There are those who are members, and those who are not. And even if you are a member, there are expectations that you meet certain standards. Just try being seated in the dining room without a jacket. And folks, in a country in which a recent Gallup Poll found that only 6 percent of American men still wear a tie to work every day, a standard like that is pretty exclusive.

But it is the glory of the Capital City Club that it changed, and changed for the better, what the word “exclusive” meant in Columbia, South Carolina.

I have two little girls ages 6 and 3 who attend Trinity Learning Center, housed in Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. I pass the State House every morning and often have to sit at the light at the intersection of Gervais and Main streets. This morning was no different except that as I approached the front of the State House, I was greeted by several men holding signs, the largest of which had a very graphic and disturbing image of an aborted fetus.

I was so shocked by this that I immediately said, “Don’t look!” to my two little girls, who were sitting in the back seat. This was, of course, their cue to do the exact opposite.

My 6-year-old was very upset and frightened by what she saw. I’m outraged. Nobody should be subjected to the violent image that I saw today, let alone two small children. This is just over the top.

SARAH FORMYDUVALL

Patrick Serfass, spokesman for the National Hydrogen Association, answers three questions about the tour that is visiting 31 cities in 13 days:

What can visitors expect at the event?

There will be hydrogen-fueled cars from nine automakers on display and available for test driving — from a minivan to a luxury Mercedes. The cars aren’t for sale yet but are being tested for the market.

“The idea is to bring the vehicles to places where people don’t normally get a chance to see them,” Serfass said. The tour is designed to increase awareness about the benefits of hydrogen fuel. Americans in general are more familiar with hybrid technology, he said.

The Los Gatos-based company also offered a 15 percent credit to customers whose discs were delayed by the outage, the longest disruption in service since Netflix launched its subscription service nine years ago.

The outage held up shipments for about a third of the company’s 8.4 million subscribers, meaning the total value of the credits could run into the millions of dollars.

The credits will automatically appear on customers’ next billing statement, according to Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey.

People trying out Netflix with its two-week free trial offer will have the trial period extended by one week if their shipments were held up.

On Wednesday, Victor Cruz-Soto, Daniel Badillo-Baca and Nain Zarate-Camarero were indicted on charges of using counterfeit IDs to gain employment, identify theft and making a false statement to a federal agency, according to federal records. The three men were arrested in July.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Federico Torres-Perez and Juan Francisco Martinez-Olivares last month on similar charges.

The plant’s human resource manager, Elaine Crump, was also arrested last month on 20 felony counts charging that she instructed employees to use fraudulent employment eligibility forms.

In a February series on workplace safety in the poultry industry, the Charlotte Observer reported that some House of Raeford managers knowingly employed undocumented workers, according to five current and former supervisors and human resource administrators. Former supervisors have said the plant prefers undocumented workers because they are less likely to question working conditions for fear of losing their jobs or being deported.

Brown recently introduced a bill to remove part of the island from the protection of the federal Coastal Barrier Resources System. He said he introduced the bill at the request of the town of Kiawah Island and doesn’t have any personal agenda.

Kiawah Development Partners wants to build fewer than 50 homes on 20 acres on the land, donating 100 more acres of the tract to a nature conservancy.

Environmentalists question the change, saying taxpayers should not have to support risky beach development.

Contributor: The Associated Press

The South Financial Group, parent of Greenville-based Carolina First Bank, also announced a quarterly cash dividend of $25 per share on its mandatory convertible preferred stock. That dividend is payable Nov. 1 to shareholders of record Oct. 15.

Shares fell 25 cents to $6.99.

Henry Rayford Privette Jr., 49, of Johns Island, was convicted in federal court of 10 counts of wire fraud. The verdict was returned Wednesday in Elizabeth City, N.C.

Prosecutors said Privette ran an Internet business in Calabash between 2000 and 2003. They said he took deposits but never delivered furniture.

Privette faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $2.5 million.

Privette’s federal public defender, Joseph Gilbert, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.

The decision ends months of wrangling over whether Microsoft's Office Open XML format should be considered an open standard - a requirement for many lucrative government contracts.

Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela had complained that an international ballot held in April was poorly conducted and rushed them into a decision based on incomplete information.

Technical panels at the Geneva-based ISO and its sister organization, the International Electrotechnical Commission, considered the appeals but concluded that they lacked the necessary support of two-thirds of their membership.

The two bodies said it will take several weeks before OOXML officially becomes an international standard.

The Los Gatos-based company also offered a 15 percent credit to customers whose discs were delayed by the outage, the longest disruption in service since Netflix launched its subscription service nine years ago.

The outage held up shipments for about a third of the company's 8.4 million subscribers, meaning the total value of the credits could run into the millions of dollars. The credits will automatically appear on customers' next billing statement, according to Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey.

People who were trying out Netflix with its two-week free trial offer will have the trial period extended by one week if their shipments were held up.

The company has declined to say what caused the outage, which affected all 55 of Netflix's shipping centers. Netflix was able to ship some discs Wednesday and Thursday but none on Tuesday, when the problem was first disclosed.

NASA said it determined that an unspecified compliance issue required it to halt its contract with Oceaneering International Inc., best known for providing deep water services and products to the oil and gas industry.

The agency said its procurement decision will be reconsidered, offering no reason except that the decision was "for the convenience of the government."

The three-phase $745 million contract called for 109 suits, 24 of which will be the lunar suits.

The contract award was protested last month by Exploration Systems & Technology, a joint venture between Hamilton Sundstrand and ILC Dover, two companies that have supplied space suits and components since the 1960s. Exploration Systems & Technology said it did not believe it received adequate information from NASA about why its bid did not win.