The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) articles from February 2005

The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) archives from February 2005

Discovery Informatics program finding a home at C of C.
February 28, 2005... Byline: DANIEL CONOVER Hurdle No. 1: To understand the new scientific field called Discovery Informatics, one must first imagine the vastness and speed of the information flood now spilling into the world's databases and hard drives. ...

KEEPING FIT.
February 28, 2005... KEEPING FIT Children's fitness: FitKids, a program sponsored by MUSC Harper Student Center, will hold camp beginning April 5. It is designed to help children acquire the knowledge, attitude and skills needed for healthy eating and...

Runners look to step up training for Bridge Run.
February 28, 2005... Byline: DAVID QUICK With a little more than a month before the Cooper River Bridge Run, participants in the Countdown series are hitting their strides training-wise. Injury-plagued Anne Boone, 58, of Hollywood logged 33 miles for the...

DISCOVERY INFORMATICS FAQS.
February 28, 2005... DISCOVERY INFORMATICS FAQS Discovery Informatics? Say what? In simple terms, it's the study of computer and mathematical techniques that get useful information from large streams or collections of data, the science of getting new...

Identity theft's rising threat.(Editorial)
February 28, 2005... The growing modern phenomenon of identity theft has hit home in South Carolina, with more than 2,300 state residents being notified that they could be victims of that modern crime. In an economic environment where credit-card numbers can be...

Let Hollywood's voters be heard.(Editorial)
February 28, 2005... If two hearings last week are any indication, the voters of Hollywood are ready to reject a change in town government that would diminish the mayor's authority. We hope residents are given the chance to repudiate the efforts of four council...

Progress for Rivers, Brentwood.(Editorial)
February 28, 2005... The Charleston County School Board is expected to move forward tonight on the administration's proposal to close, and then reconstitute, Rivers and Brentwood middle schools. Action at the constituent board level last week says the necessary...

Hearing to debate controversial St. George borrowing plan.
February 28, 2005... Byline: DAVE MUNDAY ST. GEORGE -Critics claim it's a surefire path to bankruptcy. Elected leaders say borrowing more than half a million dollars to refinance existing debt is the best way to assure a brighter future for their town. ...

LOCAL / STATE.
February 28, 2005... LOCAL/STATE Police charge man who might know who killer is Police say they think a North Charleston man knows who shot and killed 32-year-old Clifton Lamar Anderson early Saturday. But because Ahmad Abdul Waheed, 39, has refused...

LOWCOUNTRY'S MOST WANTED.
February 28, 2005... DEANGELO JOHNSON CHARGE: Assault and battery with intent to kill, failure to stop for a blue light and child endangerment. Johnson is accused in connection with a Sept. 8, 2004, shooting incident in which a victim was wounded. Police say...

ROADWATCH.
February 28, 2005... ROADWATCH TODAY'S CLOSINGS S.C. Highway 402: Expect construction activity from Huger to Moncks Corner for bridge project. S.C. Highway 45: Expect construction activity from Jamestown to McClellanville for bridge replacement...

Rural colleges, only hope for some, may face cuts.
February 28, 2005... Byline: ANDY PARAS WALTERBORO-To the governor's office, it is a prime example of a higher education system that is "full of waste, duplication and inefficiency." To Bill Thompson, a 38-year-old single parent from Edisto Beach, the...

Contemporary composers featured in 'mystical' Choral Series concert.
February 28, 2005... Byline: LINDSAY KOOB The well-filled Cathedral Church of St. Luke & St. Paul resounded to the choral music of three leading contemporary composers, in a Sunday concert featuring the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus under...

Arkansas men, Tennessee women take SEC indoor track championships.
February 28, 2005... STATE REPORT FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. - The South Carolina women's track and field team, wrapped up the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championship with 70-1/2 points, earning fifth place in the two-day event at the University of Arkansas on...

Area ProCup team wins first race.
February 28, 2005... Byline: DAVID CARAVIELLO Shane Huffman had a feeling something good was going to happen when he woke up Saturday morning. He felt even better late Saturday night, as the Knight's Racing team of Summerville celebrated in victory lane...

Clemson denies Fla. State AH: Tigers now only one victory away from NIT eligibility.
February 28, 2005... Byline: LARRY WILLIAMS CLEMSON 83, FLORIDA STATE 74 CLEMSON-Less than six minutes remained Sunday, and Florida State had quickly turned a 12-point deficit into a tie. For Clemson fans who have watched several other teams march...

MISSED OPPORTUNITY AH: Gamecocks suffer another heartbreaker.
February 28, 2005... Byline: CHARLES BENNETT COLUMBIA-South Carolina missed shots, missed free throws, and missed rebounds, but what the Gamecocks missed most on Sunday against Florida was an opportunity. The Gators played less than their best, but...

Keeping the batteries going and going.
February 28, 2005... Byline: ROBERT BEHRE SULLIVAN'S ISLAND - As Eric Hutchinson chisels the final few chunks of black coal tar off the vast concrete roof of batteries Bingham and McCorkle, some might ask: Why is the National Park Service going to all this...

DEATHS / FUNERALS.(Obituary)
February 28, 2005... ANDERSON, Clifton, N Charleston BARNETT, Renty Jr., Goose Creek BETHUNE, Lula, North Charleston BIASCAN, Melba, Goose Creek CORDRAY, Nell, Charleston COX, Charles, Gaffney CRAVEN infant, Charleston DANIELS,...

Builder wants TIF district to boost project AH: Ashley River Center proposal includes condominiums, botanical garden, parks.
February 28, 2005... Byline: WARREN WISE When Robert Clement III looks at the vacant buildings and unused grounds near the abandoned Roper Hospital North on the Ashley River, he envisions a multimillion-dollar development that includes offices, condominiums,...

Keeping in residential character AH: Revised plan to make it harder to turn West Ashley houses into businesses.
February 28, 2005... Byline: DAVID SLADE For the past 18 years, Lisa Wilson has lived on a quiet West Ashley street lined with grand live oaks, a residential oasis just a block from the rush of traffic on Savannah Highway and Folly Road approaching the...

Housing pitched for scenic site AH: Conservationists receptive to plan near Ashley River.
February 28, 2005... Byline: DAVE MUNDAY SUMMERVILLE-Here's a slightly different twist in the ongoing battles between real estate developers and conservationists. A developer announces plans for 1,800 houses and condos in the area where the Ashley River...

Old Slave Mart Museum to reopen, share history.
February 28, 2005... Byline: ADAM FERRELL All that's left of Charleston's central slave clearinghouse is a tiny, two-story building at 6 Chalmers St. It's where, from 1856 to 1863, thousands of blacks were cleaned up, told to stand up straight and auctioned...

English soccer manager ejected by police.
February 28, 2005... Chelsea Football Club manager Jose Mourinho was ejected during the English League Cup final in Cardiff, Wales, on Sunday, saying police thought he was inciting Liverpool fans by gesturing that they remain silent. Mourinho said the...

GOOD MORNING LOWCOUNTRY.
February 28, 2005... For the same reason GMLc likes dumb jokes like this one... What makes men chase women they have no intention of marrying? The same urge that makes dogs chase cars they have no intention of driving.... we like strange stories like these: ...

AT THE PORT.
February 28, 2005... AT THE PORT Vessel****Length****Start****From****To WANDO WELCH Columbia Elizabeth****343****8 a.m.****Miami****Savannah Sealand Motivator****856****1 p.m.****Houston****Norfolk Maersk Newcastle****692****7...

Stay-at-home mom reaching her goals through exercise.
February 28, 2005... Byline: DAVID QUICK Stay-at-home mom Marsha Farrior will never forget the moment she realized she needed to make a major change in her life. She and her husband, John, were sitting on the front porch of their home that sat on a busy...

Altman deals to aid raffles AH: Amendment seeks to make them legal.
February 28, 2005... Byline: BRIAN HICKS Sitting with her hand-knitted quilt and raffle tickets, 78-year-old Gerry Pfaehler hardly looks like she's running a high-stakes gambling ring. Technically, though, this PTA matriarch is breaking South Carolina...

DEATHS SUMMARY.(Obituary)
February 28, 2005... CHARLESTON COUNTY ANDERSON, Clifton, of North Charleston died Saturday. Arrangements by North Area Funeral Home. BETHUNE, Lula Davis, 90, of North Charleston, widow of Ervin Bethune, died Sunday. Arrangements by Smith-McNeal Funeral...

Teaching computers threefold.
February 28, 2005... Byline: DANIEL CONOVER How do you teach a computer to learn? According to Jim Young, a mathematics professor at the College of Charleston, you approach the task from three directions: 1. Deductive inference, or working from the...

Robot-copter venture taking off.
February 28, 2005... Byline: KYLE STOCK Rotomotion LLC has been flying under the radar in the Charleston economy - not necessarily a bad thing for a company in the surveillance business. The fledgling Mount Pleasant-based venture makes "robot...

ON THE ROAD.
February 28, 2005... Byline: Jessica Vanegeren The South Carolina Department of Public Safety earlier this month released the results from its January drivers' safety campaign, with preliminary data suggesting things went better than expected for...

New shopping center coming to area.
February 28, 2005... Byline: CAROLINE FOSSI A new shopping center is in the works in North Charleston, near the Wal-Mart Supercenter off Dorchester Road. The Shops at Wescott will consist of two buildings totaling 37,000 square feet of space. It's being...

Independent boat shops fight for repair data.
February 28, 2005... It seems independent boat repair shops have something in common with their auto repair counterparts. As cars and boats become increasingly computerized, independent repair shops have been fighting for full access to technical repair...

EXECUTIVE ITEMS PEOPLE.
February 28, 2005... Architecture Alan Purvis has joined Goff-D'Antonio Associates of Charleston as an associate. Purvis holds a master's degree in architecture from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree from Kansas State. He will serve in an...

Hospitals better prepared for season of coughs, chills.
February 28, 2005... Byline: JONATHAN MAZE When people around here sneeze, Charleston-area hospitals get sick. At least that seems to have been the case over the years, when even a routine flu season would give many a hospital worker headaches, testing...

WEEK IN REVIEW.
February 28, 2005... CABLE RATES TO RISE Dominant cable provider Comcast Corp. is raising the price of its most popular bundle of channels by 6.9 percent starting April 1. The cost of its "preferred basic" service of 67 channels will go from $40.55 to...

DISTINCTIONS.
February 28, 2005... F. Joe Fisher of Cullum Constructors Inc. of Charles-ton was named Engineer of the Year by the Charleston Engineers Joint Council for outstanding achievements in engineering throughout his 36 years in the profession. The Center for Women...

New Verizon office in North Charleston ready to ring AH: Former store transformed into high-tech call center with cafeteria, fitness facility.
February 28, 2005... Byline: JOHN MCDERMOTT Officials from Verizon Wireless, which inked the biggest local office leasing deal of 2004, will snip a ribbon today to mark the grand opening of the company's new call center in North Charleston. The company...

Infrastructure needs abroad help spur $2B boost in S.C. exports.
February 28, 2005... Byline: KRIS WISE South Carolina's exports in 2004 showed big increases in outgoing goods to countries that couldn't be farther apart on the economic spectrum. The year was marked by an unprecedented $2 billion jump in exports from...

New reservation system for state parks a big hit with tourists.
February 28, 2005... Byline: KYLE STOCK A new central reservation system for state parks went live recently and was tapped into by a mob of tourists clamoring to get dibs on campsites and lodge beds. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism reaped...

FREE-POUR MANDATE AH: State lawmakers consider new liquor laws that may include minis, bigger bottles or a combination of both. At stake is the prickly issue of how bars, restaurants will have their liquor delivered.
February 28, 2005... Byline: CAROLINE FOSSI Jeff Goldstein is looking forward to the day that he can serve mixed drinks as they do in 49 other states: by free-pouring liquor from regular-sized bottles. The co-owner of the Charleston-based Sticky Fingers...

MEMOS.
February 28, 2005... Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic International of Charleston has been involved in a number of recent transactions. Brent Case and Brian Aiken represented the seller in the sale of 7,000 square feet in a retail shopping center at 6541...

THE BIOPIC.
February 27, 2005... Byline: BILL THOMPSON Born in 1928, and not looking a day older, the Oscar depicts a featureless knight holding a crusader's sword and standing atop a reel of film. The five spokes of the reel signify the original branches of the Academy...

Church, center team up to build ramps.
February 27, 2005... Byline: MOLLY CINQUEMANI Rosa Jackson will be rolling down her new wooden ramp in style. The ramp, constructed last weekend, will enable the wheelchair-bound woman to leave her North Charleston home with ease, thanks to the workers...

CBT to put 'Captured Angel' in 'Blue Jeans'.
February 27, 2005... Byline: DOTTIE ASHLEY The celebrated dance piece "Captured Angel" has been described as "a wordless heaven where only dance can take us, as it follows a captured angel and sets her free." "Captured Angel" will be performed by the...

Chris Rock may be only interesting thing about Oscars.
February 27, 2005... Byline: PRENTISS FINDLAY Generally, I can take or leave the Oscars. But the 77th Annual Academy Awards at 8 p.m. today on WCIV-TV looks like it could be interesting. The reason is host and comedian Chris Rock. Will Rock mind his...

Hollywood is totally into Kate.
February 27, 2005... Byline: DANIEL CONOVER Judging solely by Vanity Fair's annual pre-Oscar "Hollywood Issue," apparently two-thirds of modern screen actresses are named "Kate," or at least some close derivative. This Kate trend hasn't gotten much...

Jerk seasoning spices up meat with savory flavors of Jamaica.
February 27, 2005... Byline: TERESA TAYLOR I went to Jamaica with a friend some years ago for a rare "big" vacation. The trip was cheap, even in those days - a $600 package that included airfare and a hotel in Negril for a week. It sounded great to us,...

Spelman jazz ensemble to perform at Links Inc. fund-raiser.
February 27, 2005... Byline: JACK MCCRAY CORRECTION 3/2/05: ARTS & TRAVEL Because of incorrect information provided to The Post and Courier, a story on the Spelman College Jazz Ensemble on Page 10G in Sunday's editions erroneously reported the...

Author claims Bush 'spinning' out of control.(Book Review)
February 27, 2005... Byline: Adam Parker THE LIES OF GEORGE W. BUSH. By David Corn. Crown Publishers. 324 pages. $24. David Corn's rigorous, well-documented "The Lies of George W. Bush" is one among a flurry of anti-Bush books, many published in the...

This murder mystery lightly seasoned.(Book Review)
February 27, 2005... Byline: Carol Edwards ASSAULT AND PEPPER. By Tamar Myers. New American Library. 227 pages. $19.95. The reverend's dead. Let the fun begin. The good Rev. Schrock's much-disliked widow knows there must have been peanut butter...

Jazz saxophonist's profile well-analyzed, complimentary.(Book Review)
February 27, 2005... Byline: Jack McCray FOOTPRINTS: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter. By Michelle Mercer. Tarcher/Penguin. 298 pages. $24.95. Michelle Mercer's biography of jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter is the first such treatment of...

SOUL MAN AH: James Brown pops and sizzles, but seems to take himself too seriously.(Book Review)
February 27, 2005... Byline: Jack McCray I FEEL GOOD: A Memoir of a Life of Soul. By James Brown, with Marc Eliot. New American Library. 272 pages. $24.95. There was a time when you could see the inimitable James Brown regularly at venues on Calhoun...

Down to the sea in ships.(Editorial)
February 27, 2005... I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. - John Masefield Remember when the Navy lured young men with stars in their eyes to enlist with the slogan,...

Time for Putin to lean on Iran.(Editorial)
February 27, 2005... Before his trip to Europe, President Bush said on Feb. 9 that the world must speak with one voice against Iran's nuclear weapons program. Mr. Bush appeared to achieve this goal when German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Russian President...

DEATHS SUMMARY.(Obituary)
February 27, 2005... CHARLESTON COUNTY CORDRAY, Nell Dora, 85, of Charleston, widow of Thomas P. Cordray, died Friday. Arrangements by James A. Dyal Funeral Home of Summerville. COX, Marion Leroy, 74, of James Island, a veteran of the U.S. Airborne...

DEATHS/FUNERALS.(Obituary)
February 27, 2005... ANCRUM, Julia, Edisto Island ANDERSON, Robert, Walterboro BARTON, Robert, Cayce BRELAND, William, Lodge BURROWS, Sarah, Kingstree CHAPLIN, Leroy, Walterboro COKER, Hinson Jr., Greenville CORDRAY, Nell,...

Legend's daughter advances in Junior Family Circle Cup.
February 27, 2005... Byline: JAMES BECK Tall, lean, blonde, and with a lethal weapon for a left hand. That might describe the daughter of Hall of Fame tennis player Stan Smith. Austin Smith is this 18-year-old tennis prodigy's name. She is headed for the...

ROADWATCH.
February 27, 2005... ONGOING CLOSINGS Berkeley County -- College Park Road: Expect delays 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. through August. -- S.C. Highway 402: Expect construction activity from Huger to Moncks Corner through Monday for bridge project. -- S.C....

Board decision due on closing of schools AH: Reconfiguration plan designed to deal with academic problems.
February 27, 2005... Byline: SEANNA ADCOX Charleston County School Board members will decide Monday whether to close two of the county's worst-performing schools. The vote comes one month after school district officials first presented their plan to...

Crowding into homes opens door for complaints AH: Large families face rising housing costs, shrinking subsidies.
February 27, 2005... Byline: JAMES SCOTT Few know how tough it is to fit 10 people in a singlewide mobile home better than Cenobia Lomas, a native of Mexico who shares a roughly 1,100 square-foot home off Stall Road in North Charleston with her husband and...

Gamesmanship in tennis simply part of the game.
February 27, 2005... Byline: JAMES BECK Tennis is a head game. The most successful players not only manage their own heads, but often the heads of their opponents simply by staying in charge of their own emotions. Unfortunately, some players appear to...

York found 'zone' on way to 10-under.
February 27, 2005... Byline: TOMMY BRASWELL Shooting your age is one of golf's crowning achievements. Mo York of Isle of Palms missed that milestone by a stroke last Sunday in a round at Yeamans Hall Club, but he still managed to set a course record with his...

8-AAAA schools shine at state wrestling championships.
February 27, 2005... Byline: BILL HENLEY COLUMBIA-It was a particularly good day for Region 8-AAAA as Summerville, Battery Creek and Fort Dorchester combined to win seven individual titles at the state wrestling championships on Saturday at the Carolina...

'A Breath of Fresh Air'.
February 27, 2005... Byline: GENE SAPAKOFF Former Clemson head coach Larry Shyatt returns to South Carolina today as a Florida assistant It's not so much the orange necktie as the infectious smile. Larry Shyatt has that familiar, enthusiastic look of...

Sellers seals victory for Lake Marion.
February 27, 2005... Byline: PHILIP M. BOWMAN CLASS AAA BOYS SUMTER-O'Tey Sellers was A-OK. Lake Marion's sensational guard hit three free throws with 9.9 seconds left to force overtime in Saturday night's Class AAA boys' Lower State championship game...

BE's future bright with 2 returning champs.
February 27, 2005... Byline: BILL HENLEY COLUMBIA-Bishop England has had good finishes before at the state championships, but Saturday will linger more than any other. Sophomore Matt Terza and junior Alex Nazon captured individual titles at 125 and 215...

Chigges flirts with no-hitter as Charleston shuts out Le Moyne.
February 27, 2005... COLLEGE BASEBALL College of Charleston sophomore Nick Chigges took a no-hitter into the eighth inning as he and Danny Meszaros combined to shut out Le Moyne, 12-0, at Patriots Point Field on Saturday in the Charleston Challenge. ...

Second-half letdown sinks Cougs.
February 27, 2005... WOMEN Chattanooga opened the second half with an explosive 14-4 run to erase a halftime deficit and defeat the College of Charleston, 69-56 on Senior Day in front of 406 fans Saturday at the John Kresse Arena. The Cougars drop to...

City to finance new middle-income apartments.
February 27, 2005... Byline: DAVID SLADE AND ADAM FERRELL This summer, Charleston Housing Authority expects to start building and renovating $10 million worth of new apartments, intended for middle-income families, on King Street in Charleston and on Daniel...

Game Thief protects resources.
February 27, 2005... Using your eyes and ears at the right time could be profitable. What's the right time? Anytime you see acts of poaching, baiting, illegal dumping, and catching of over-sized game fish committed. Cash awards of up to $500 provide the right...

Jeter 'obscene' in Boston.
February 27, 2005... Since Derek Jeter won his first World Series ring with the New York Yankees in 1996, it's been mumbled throughout New England, but now it's official: 'Derek Jeter' is a dirty word in Boston. When the home of Boston's Celtics and Bruins...

Fund-raiser to feature Snuka, Valentine and Foley.
February 27, 2005... Byline: MIKE MOONEYHAM It may seem like 1980 when Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine step inside a steel cage to do battle Saturday night at the Conway High School gym. But the time warp will quickly fast forward when...

Cougars crush Citadel in 32-point victory.
February 27, 2005... There was no last-minute drama this time as the Cougars cruised to their largest win ever in the rivalry. The college's third straight win sewed up a No. 2 seed in this week's SoCon tournament as well as a first round bye. Meanwhile, the...

Police look for suspect in shooting AH: Man found dead in residential area of N. Charleston.
February 27, 2005... Byline: ANDRE BOWSER Mystery surrounds the death of a man found shot in the head early Saturday in a residential enclave of North Charleston. Little is known about how or why the body of Clifton Lamar Anderson, 32, reached the...

Stop a bad billboard bill.(Editorial)
February 27, 2005... The aptly described "billboard protection act" would be a great deal for the outdoor advertising industry, but not for local governments in South Carolina that want to restrict their use. This affront to Home Rule should be rejected by the...

AT THE PORT.
February 27, 2005... Vessel****Length****Start****From****To WANDO WELCH Cape Charles****815****8 a.m.****Norfolk****Miami APL Panama****855****8 a.m.****Norfolk****Manzanillo Nedlloyd Clarence****689****1 p.m.****New York****Jacksonville ...

A town out of order Civility collapses in small community of Hollywood AH: Bickering between mayor, council overshadows issues.
February 27, 2005... Byline: JASON HARDIN HOLLYWOOD-The voice is rising, fueled by indignation and anger, leveling accusations of lies, of deception, of faults and shortcomings and sins. It's a woman's voice, and it is filling the small room in which...

LUXURY LIVING, CONDO-STYLE AH: Evolving lifestyles, low interest rates help drive sales.
February 27, 2005... Byline: JOHN P. MCDERMOTT Seabrook Island residents Marge and Steven Bottcher love the tranquillity of their private beach community, some 30 miles from the hustle and bustle of downtown Charleston. Yet their desire for city living still...

Kwadjo Campbell vows he'll stay in office AH: Councilman freed from jail after Saturday hearing.
February 27, 2005... Byline: NITA BIRMINGHAM Kwadjo Campbell was released from jail Saturday after what he described as a long two nights and said he has no intention of giving up his seat on the Charleston City Council. Mayor Joe Riley released a...

Colleton Medical bleeds cash AH: Hospital has better reputation but struggles financially.
February 27, 2005... Byline: JONATHAN MAZE WALTERBORO-To the people it serves, Colleton Medical Center just isn't what it used to be. "It's really changed a lot over the years," said Paul Mears, a longtime county resident who is area supervisor for the...

Special Olympics a source of pride AH: Lowcountry hosts winter competition, which ends today.
February 27, 2005... Byline: DENESHIA GRAHAM Eighteen-year-old Val Lynch sauntered across Summerall Field at The Citadel Saturday morning, donning a shiny new medal. The Swansea High School special needs student had just earned the bronze in the...

LOCAL/STATE.
February 27, 2005... Citadel alum heading up presidential search panel William Sansom, a 1964 Citadel graduate, will lead the search committee charged with finding the next president of the military college. Sansom and other participants of the 12-member...