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

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

Federer's reign may already be over.
January 31, 2005... Byline: JAMES BECK Roger Federer was the undisputed king of tennis as he raced toward the baseline and swatted the ball between his legs. The effort was valiant, yet disguised by showmanship. As the ball crashed into the net, a match...

Role has changed but Allen's contribution to tennis strong as ever.
January 31, 2005... Byline: JAMES BECK Leslie Allen wasn't just another WTA Tour player. She was a trendsetter. Not only was Allen one of the few black women in professional tennis in the early 1980s, she was taller than most tour players of that era....

Ex-Tiger takes Dickie V to task.
January 31, 2005... Recently, Dick Vitale claimed that this season's point guards in the Atlantic Coast Conference, led by Chris Paul of Wake Forest, Raymond Felton of North Carolina and Jarrett Jack of Georgia Tech, were the best in the league's 52-year...

'Thank Good it's Monday' AH: Terriers could test the Bulldogs' Monday success.
January 31, 2005... Byline: JEFF HARTSELL Monday Night Basketball has been a big hit this season at The Citadel. The past two weekends, the Bulldogs have rebounded from Saturday disappointments to win on Monday. If they are to avoid their first losing...

South Carolina can't crack Cats' home-court advantage.
January 31, 2005... WOMEN Kentucky improved to 11-1 at home and kept South Carolina winless in the Southeastern Conference with a 66-50 victory over the Gamecocks on Sunday. South Carolina fell to 6-15 overall and 0-7 in the SEC with the loss, while...

Training too hard too soon hurts runner AH: Picking up the pace results in calf injury.
January 31, 2005... Byline: DAVID QUICK Anne Boone knows how to train. Nearly 20 years ago, she finished the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, and was among the top female runners in the state. In fact, she still holds the state...

Runners face colds, soreness, low temps.
January 31, 2005... Byline: DAVID QUICK Colds are wreaking a bit of havoc on a few of the Countdown to the Bridge Run participants. For Daniel Island resident Shannon Praete, 34, the week of Jan. 17-23 started out great with walk-runs of four miles on...

'Welcome, New Iraq' OPINION.(Editorial)
January 31, 2005... Iraq's citizens broke through the barrier of fear that has oppressed their nation for generations and turned out to vote Sunday in large numbers with a festive air, while their children played soccer in streets emptied of traffic - and...

Provide options for school choice OPINION.(Editorial)
January 31, 2005... The state House of Representatives has increased the options for charter schools by providing a new avenue for applicants. The Senate should join the House in encouraging the creation of more alternative public schools that offer students and...

Dorchester zoning needs a workover, official says.
January 31, 2005... Byline: DAVE MUNDAY After 40 years of working for the Air Force and the U.S. Postal Service, Larry Kinard invested his nest egg in a house on two acres of land near Summerville. That was seven years ago. He staked his future in...

Victorian jewel buffed up on college campus.
January 31, 2005... Byline: ROBERT BEHRE By the late 1880s, Charleston was shrugging off the worst economic effects of the Civil War and building again. Few people did so with more flair than Samuel Wilson. In 1890, this successful King Street merchant...

Model center cares for medically fragile children AH: Program hailed as better health care at lower price.
January 31, 2005... Byline: JONATHAN MAZE COLUMBIA-When Walter and Shawna Davis finally took their infant daughter home from Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital on Oct. 3, 2002, they had more to worry about than diaper rash. Jazaria Davis was 7 months...

How sweet it is.
January 31, 2005... Rob Pflueger, a senior at The Citadel, throws back an oyster Sunday during the Lowcountry Oyster Festival at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant. Photos only, no text.

Misdiagnosis may bear on case, doctor says.
January 31, 2005... Byline: HOLLY AUER As Christopher Pittman goes on trial today for killing his grandparents, jurors will be asked to decide the answer to this central question: Did prescription drugs make him do it? At issue in the case is whether...

Hanahan mulls job contract.
January 31, 2005... Byline: NADINE PARKS Council to review list of applicants for administrator Former Hanahan City Administrator Dennis Pieper starts work Tuesday as Summerville town administrator while Hanahan officials debate whether his...

Help SPCA build its new home OPINION.(Editorial)
January 31, 2005... The John Ancrum SPCA is buying a tract of land near Dorchester Road in North Charleston for a new home as it makes room for the planned expansion of the Charleston County Jail into the organization's current site. The community, including...

GOOD MORNING LOWCOUNTRY.
January 31, 2005... If you're the sort who plans what to wear every day, GMLc has nothing in common with you. But Friday, National Wear Red Day, is worth planning for. WEAR RED: Wear Red Day (or Red Dress Day) is part of The National Heart, Lung and Blood...

A boy, a drug, a killing AH: Are psychosis and violence among Zoloft's side effects?
January 31, 2005... Byline: SCHUYLER KROPF Orange flames filled the night sky as 12-year-old Christopher Pittman drove away from his grandparents' house. With him was the pump-action shotgun police say he admits using to kill them, and the strange voices...

Walgreens eyes S.C. for new distribution center.
January 31, 2005... Byline: CAROLINE FOSSI Walgreens pharmacy chain is continuing its rapid expansion in the Palmetto State. The company had no stores in South Carolina several years ago. Today, there are 33, including six in the Charleston area. ...

DEATHS SUMMARY.
January 31, 2005... CHARLESTON COUNTY ADAMS, Eleanor Hanna, 95, of Charleston, widow of Robert S. Adams, died Sunday. Arrangements by Stuhr's Downtown Chapel. CAMERON, Nan Althouse, 68, of Mount Pleasant, owner of Nan's New Image Hair Salon and widow of...

Wachovia to start integrating former SouthTrust customers into its system.
January 31, 2005... Byline: MATTHEW MOGUL Wachovia Corp. will soon move most accounts held by customers of its latest merger partner, SouthTrust Corp., over to accounts carrying the same terms it offers its own customers. For former SouthTrust account...

Hollings Center takes step across river.
January 31, 2005... Byline: JONATHAN MAZE Starting today, some Mount Pleasant cancer patients won't have to cross the bridge to get treatment. The Medical University of South Carolina's Hollings Cancer Center is opening its new outpatient treatment...

Port enjoyed record-breaking 2004.
January 31, 2005... Byline: KRIS WISE The Port of Charleston finished 2004 with a record-breaking number of shipping containers moving on and off the docks. Almost 1.9 million containers were shipped through the port last year, up from about 1.7 million...

Tour guides to have competition from celebrity voices from tourists' phones.
January 31, 2005... Byline: KYLE STOCK Downtown tour guides beware: Your jobs may soon be outsourced to Hollywood. Talking Street, a unit of New York-based Candide Media Works Inc., is canvassing the country, offering prerecorded walking tours to anyone...

Palmetto Pitch AH: Unveiling of ad campaign to headline tourism conference.
January 31, 2005... Byline: KYLE STOCK The spotlight at the 40th annual South Carolina Governor's Conference on Tourism and Travel this week won't be on Gov. Mark Sanford. Instead, the 550 or so hospitality industry executives who will gather for the...

25 lots to go to the highest bidder at I'On auction.
January 31, 2005... Byline: JOHN MCDERMOTT I'On is breaking out the gavel as it begins to wind down its home-site sale program. The acclaimed neo-traditional development in Mount Pleasant, which has about 100 vacant parcels left to sell, is putting 25...

In GriefShare, talking to others about loss can begin healing process.
January 30, 2005... Byline: MICHAEL GARTLAND An ex-boyfriend took his life by hanging himself from her favorite tree on Folly Beach. For anyone, it would have been hard, but for Ella Richardson, the suicide led to a sort of social paralysis. She shut...

Family hunting a relaxing hobby, rite of passage.
January 30, 2005... Byline: MICHAEL GARTLAND The days for deer were dwindling. Little Lyndsey DeStefano still hadn't shot her first, and the season soon would end. New Year's Eve would pass, and then she and her family would have to wait until August for...

Keeping out the cold with honey-glazed ham, hearty soups.
January 30, 2005... Byline: TERESA TAYLOR A Mount Pleasant reader asked a few weeks ago if anyone knew how to duplicate the glaze on spiral-sliced Heavenly Hams. Sue Cavanaugh of Charleston points me to the "Top Secret Recipe" guru, Todd Wilbur. He's the...

Churchgoers cite major Oscar snub for 'Passion'.
January 30, 2005... Byline: KATIE MILLER Lowcountry worshippers flocked to theaters in droves when "The Passion of the Christ" was released nearly a year ago. Many left in tears, overtaken by the power of the film. Today, they are livid. Several area...

Christian message behind tsunami aid criticized.
January 30, 2005... Byline: MICHAEL GARTLAND Like everyone else, Jason LaMonica doesn't have the perfect answer. He doesn't have a magic Band-Aid to make everything right for the people who lost almost everything - their families, their homes, their jobs....

Jacksonville to host citywide Super Bowl bash.
January 30, 2005... Byline: PRENTISS FINDLAY Imagine sitting on the banks of the historic St. Johns River with Super Bowl XXXIX on your battery-operated TV amid the real, live roar of the professional football championship crowd at nearby Alltel Stadium. ...

Carson was one of a kind.
January 30, 2005... Byline: PRENTISS FINDLAY I was watching the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers play last Sunday on CBS when the news suddenly appeared. Without warning, there was a picture of a smiling Johnny Carson. Beneath the photo, "Johnny...

Foreign words, phrases readers won't understand best avoided.(Book Review)
January 30, 2005... Byline: James J. Kilpatrick A couple of years ago, well before the invasion of Iraq, Rep. Sue Myrick spoke to the Chamber of Commerce in Matthews, N.C. The local News & Record covered the story: "Asked about Iraq, Rep. Myrick said...

Batista jumps past Orton in bid for heavyweight crown.
January 30, 2005... Byline: MIKE MOONEYHAM There's a new sheriff in town, and it isn't Randy Orton. The monster Batista has leapfrogged over his former Evolution cohort and has assumed the role as heir apparent to Triple H's world heavyweight crown....

Hunting tradition continues at Webb Center.
January 30, 2005... Deer hunts at the Webb Wildlife Center in Hampton County are a perennial favorite, and the beauty of the area and the tradition of the hunts keep hunters coming back year after year. Named for the late James W. Webb, former director of...

Bad idea for bus system OPINION.(Editorial)
January 30, 2005... The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority's problems have long been associated with a lack of money. With the passage of the half-cent sales tax in November, CARTA finally will get the funds it needs to operate a mass transit...

Bucs come up short in effort to sweep Big South foe.
January 30, 2005... Byline: CHRIS WILLEMSE UNC-ASHEVILLE 66, CHAS. SOUTHERN 63 Freshman guard Chris Moore missed three free throws in the final seconds Saturday night as Charleston Southern dropped its fourth straight contest, falling 66-63 loss to...

Odom's bud nippin' might be too late.
January 30, 2005... Byline: GENE SAPAKOFF G GAINESVILLE, FLA.-The South Carolina basketball team is unraveling at exactly the wrong time, not that having your season crash into a wall of discipline problems and character issues is ever swell. But...

The state of the state in basketball.
January 30, 2005... Byline: KEN BURGER So, how's your team doing? Good question if you live in the Palmetto State. The answer, of course, depends on which of our college basketball teams your heart strings are attached to. Usually, by this time of...

Spoleto Festival reports to be in tip-top shape AH: Organization's 29th season has record $7.2 million budget, $9 million in assets.
January 30, 2005... Byline: DOTTIE ASHLEY A wet and gray day did little to spoil the mood at the Spoleto Festival USA winter board meeting Saturday. Board chairman Eric Friberg announced that the festival is in the best shape ever. It is debt-free, has...

Bishops exceeding coach's expectations.
January 30, 2005... Byline: PHILIP M. BOWMAN The Bishop England boys' basketball team might not qualify for the surprise team of the season since the Bishops have four starters back from last year's team which upset defending state champ Silver Bluff in the...

UNSUNG HEROES.
January 30, 2005... Byline: TONY BARTELME Many years ago, Edward Jones didn't like being around kids. For those who meet Jones now, this might seem hard to believe. Especially when he tells you he's coaching not one but eight youth basketball teams. ...

Area hospitals to treat heart patients faster AH: Wireless modem sends data to ER.
January 30, 2005... Byline: JONATHAN MAZE Heart-attack treatments have advanced to the point that patients' chances for survival are high, so long as they're in the hospital. Trouble is, most heart attack victims aren't close to a hospital. Now a...

'Coaches Are On Pins and Needles'.
January 30, 2005... Byline: LARRY WILLIAMS AND CHARLES BENNETT Hours after it happened, Dabo Swinney was virtually speechless. Almost a year after it happened, he still struggles to come up with words to describe the feeling of being jilted by Mike McIntosh....

Director, cast team up for home run in powerful 'Fences'.
January 30, 2005... Byline: SUSAN KAMMERAAD-CAMPBELL For the third season in a row, director John Barracuda has tested comfort zones by bringing to the Flowertown Player's stage a classic black play that takes on racism and desegregation. "Fences,"...

Catamounts handle Cougs.
January 30, 2005... WOMEN Jennifer Gardner scored 25 points and had 18 rebounds to lead Western Carolina Catamounts to a 69-59 win over the College of Charleston and a sweep of the season series in front of 409 fans at John Kresse Arena. The race was...

DEATHS SUMMARY.
January 30, 2005... CHARLESTON COUNTY AHNER, Mary Marguerite, 72, of Johns Island, a former employee with Ideal Dry Cleaners, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Dyal Funeral Home of Summerville. BALL, Curtis B., 73, of North Charleston, husband of...

Firefighters seal chemical leak at port.
January 30, 2005... Byline: ANDRE BOWSER A chemical leak from an overseas-bound shipping container at the downtown Columbus Street Terminal kept fire and port officials busy Saturday, but posed little threat to the community. The chemical was an...

Heritage to tee off with fishing pro-am.
January 30, 2005... Byline: TOMMY BRASWELL Fishing is one of the favorite forms of relaxation for professional golfers. And this year, many of them will get to unwind from the pressure of the Masters by fishing in the first MCI Heritage Pro-Am, a fishing...

2 million red drum stocked.
January 30, 2005... During fall 2004, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources stocked red drum into South Carolina's estuaries in Charleston, Beaufort and Georgetown counties. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) biologists released more...

Readers will have new forum to get answers on newspaper's policies COMMENTARY.(Editorial)
January 30, 2005... Byline: Elsa McDowell On most days, at least a few readers have questions or comments about the way The Post and Courier has handled something in the news. Some of those questions lead to larger discussions about newspaper ethics or...

TIGERS LOSE FIFTH STRAIGHT.
January 30, 2005... Byline: LARRY WILLIAMS CLEMSON-Sharrod Ford stared vacantly ahead as Clemson's pep band played the alma mater. His teammates raised their hands with the rest of the crowd near the end of the song, but Ford didn't bother. Ford, a...

'Result is the same' for short-handed USC.
January 30, 2005... Byline: CHARLES BENNETT GAINESVILLE, FLA. - Florida beat South Carolina 80-72 Saturday at the O'Connell Center and the difference in the game was not to be found on the stat sheet, but rather the rosters. The Gators are a team full...

Winters buries Citadel with 24-point outburst.
January 30, 2005... Byline: JEFF HARTSELL DAVIDSON, N.C.-As far as The Citadel Bulldogs have come this season, they were not quite ready for what awaited them Saturday night. Davidson gave the Bulldogs an up close look at why it has to be considered the...

Teacher of autistic children wins new state education award.
January 30, 2005... Byline: DENESHIA GRAHAM Helping students with autism interact with the world is Tara Gregori's passion, so much so that she's willing to bring the world to them. When the Boulder Bluff Elementary School teacher learned that one of...

FSU shuts down Bucs in two-hitter.
January 30, 2005... STATE REPORT TALLAHASSEE, FLA. - Gibbs Chapman and Aaron Cheesman drove in two runs and two Florida State pitchers allowed only two hits to lead the Seminoles to a 9-2 win over Charleston Southern on Saturday. The Seminoles (2-0)...

Top pit crew coach leaves Roush for Yates.
January 30, 2005... Byline: DAVID CARAVIELLO AUTO RACING NOTES The biggest free agent acquisition this winter in NASCAR? Forget drivers and crew chiefs. It could be Robert Yates Racing's hiring of the sport's top pit crew coach from Roush Racing, where...

Goose Creek plans to create a downtown.
January 30, 2005... Byline: WARREN WISE GOOSE CREEK-Ask folks at the post office in this city of 30,000 residents where downtown Goose Creek is and they furrow their brows. "I don't think Goose Creek has a downtown," UPS worker John Fredrickson says....

THE COST OF WAR, U.S. presense overseas hits home in Lowcountry AH: Reservists battle to keep jobs, win promotions back home.
January 30, 2005... Byline: JAMES SCOTT Lt. Col. Charlene Nelson gave up far more to the Air Force Reserve than one weekend a month and two weeks a year. Activated in early 2003, she lost her chiropractic business as a result. Nelson, a wing executive...

THE COST OF WAR, U.S. presense overseas hits home in Lowcountry AH: American families fighting a war of generations.
January 30, 2005... Byline: PHILLIP CASTON For the Perrys, the war in Iraq is a family affair. Bobby Perry, 52, is an Army National Guardsman helping run convoys from Kuwait to Iraq. His 29-year-old son Michael, a lance corporal in the Marine Reserve,...

THE COST OF WAR, U.S. presense overseas hits home in Lowcountry AH: Iraq war causing more PTSD than previous conflicts.
January 30, 2005... Byline: ANDRE BOWSER Bobby Cole Jr. can't sleep at night. The 22-year-old veteran of the war in Iraq is awakened by dreams in which people with guns are trying to kill him. That's not all. The Beaufort native said driving past...

Ungrangsee will conduct CSO concerts.
January 30, 2005... Byline: Dottie Ashley Bundit Ungrangsee, principal guest conductor and former associate conductor with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, will lead two final performances with the CSO in February. Ungrangsee resigned last spring to...

Some hope for shorter sessions OPINION.(Editorial)
January 30, 2005... What's become an annual effort to shorten the time S.C. legislators spend in the Statehouse isn't a partisan fight. Jim Hodges, the former Democratic governor, championed the idea when he was in office, and the Republican-dominated House, led...

A break with tradition AH: Gibbes Museum of Art celebrates centennial with provocative exhibit.
January 30, 2005... Byline: JACK MCCRAY The Gibbes Museum is dusting itself off for its 100th birthday. A couple of South Carolina black architects are "rearranging the furniture" in the main gallery with an installation that's designed to reorder people's...

Serena owes Lindsay gratitude for collapse.
January 30, 2005... Byline: JAMES BECK Thank you, Lindsay Davenport. That should be Serena Williams' response to what happened in Saturday's Australian Open final. Yes, Davenport collapsed again. Serena didn't have to defeat Davenport. Serena had only...

Bridges closed during freezing rain.
January 30, 2005... Byline: DENESHIA GRAHAM Old man winter is expected to be a little less grumpy today, warming up a bit on South Carolina's coast and sparing the Lowcountry from more dangerous, icy conditions. Today's temperatures should climb to the...

Poveromo's goal is to educate, entertain anglers.
January 30, 2005... Byline: TOMMY BRASWELL Face it. You'd rather be fishing, but the weather isn't exactly conducive to an enjoyable day on the water. So do you attack the list of honey-do's you've been putting off for too long? Or do you turn on the TV,...

Overstating the case against 'strutting Texan mountebank' COMMENTARY.(Editorial)
January 30, 2005... Byline: Frank Wooten Should a U.S. attorney general defend a torturer? Make that former attorney general Ramsey Clark, who served in that position under President Lyndon B. Johnson and has offered to represent Saddam Hussein against...

MITCHELL SPARKS COUGARS AH: Second-half shooting lifts Cougars to victory.
January 30, 2005... Byline: DAVID CARAVIELLO Tony Mitchell figured something had to be physically wrong. After missing seven of his first nine shots, the College of Charleston's most reliable outside shooter sought out not an assistant coach, but the team's...

Banning the Bible ad? OPINION.(Editorial)
January 30, 2005... Media outlets, including this newspaper, routinely reject advertising they deem inappropriate. But Rolling Stone magazine's recent rejection of an ad for a new translation of the world's all-time best-selling book delivered a jarring reminder...

Is it Jasper County's turn? AH: Officials pin hopes on deep-water port terminal for better future.
January 30, 2005... Byline: KRIS WISE Until about five years ago, people driving through Jasper County might have had the easiest time recognizing where they were by looking for the string of fireworks stands along the side of the road. Today, things...

Community divided on school plan AH: Proposal to close 2 campuses draws praise, criticism.
January 30, 2005... Byline: SEANNA ADCOX Charleston County School District's proposal to close and reorganize two historically failing, predominantly black middle schools have stirred high emotions. The idea of shuttering Rivers Middle in peninsular...

Legislation could limit malpractice awards.
January 30, 2005... Byline: MATTHEW MOGUL Kate Thompson was a spirited sophomore at the College of Charleston before her operation. In 1996, the then-20-year-old cheerleader underwent brain surgery to remove a benign tumor. By all accounts, the...

Bulldogs need fast start at Davidson.
January 29, 2005... Byline: JEFF HARTSELL The Citadel's basketball history at Davidson is not a happy one. The Bulldogs' last win on the Wildcats' home floor came in 1990, when Randy Nesbit was The Citadel's coach. Current coach Pat Dennis is 0-7 in...

Pair of Smiths help Cyclones grab victory over rival Panthers.
January 29, 2005... Byline: BILL HENLEY PORTER-GAUD 76, PINEWOOD PREP 64 In the second of a possible five meetings, the Porter-Gaud Cyclones got the better of Pinewood Prep and earned themselves much-needed confidence for when the meetings grow in...

Three to be inducted into C of C athletic hall today.
January 29, 2005... STATE REPORT Women's basketball player Kelli Garrett, sailor John Lovell and swimming and diving coach Bill King will be inducted into the College of Charleston's Athletic Hall of Fame today. The induction ceremony is set for 10 a.m....

Three former Citadel stars face crucial years in pursuit of pro careers.
January 29, 2005... Byline: JEFF HARTSELL BIG-LEAGUE DREAMS As he does every year, Dallas McPherson came back to The Citadel this winter. "This is my ritual," said McPherson, the Bulldogs' former All-Southern Conference third baseman. "I come back...

Gamecocks seek first road win.
January 29, 2005... Byline: CHARLES BENNETT GAINESVILLE, FLA.-A question about the NCAA Tournament and South Carolina's potential participation in it draws a lengthy response from Gamecocks coach Dave Odom, who covers a complex array of factors that could...

Wright gives Gators narrow win.
January 29, 2005... Byline: PHILIP M. BOWMAN GOOSE CREEK 50, JAMES ISLAND 49 The Goose Creek High School boys' basketball team has suffered some heart-breaking losses during the 2004-05 season. Friday, the Gators finally got a break. Brandon Wright...

Growing Pains AH: Positives outweigh negatives, Herrion says of freshmen.
January 29, 2005... Byline: GENE SAPAKOFF Josh Jackson, all 6-9 and 250 pounds of him, has been in and out of head coach Tom Herrion's doghouse. J.R. Hairston, a major conference-caliber talent, has been hobbled by an ankle injury. Tavon Nelson is starting...

Coach Carter rules should be S.C. policy.
January 29, 2005... Byline: GENE SAPAKOFF "Coach Carter" is a modest-budget movie with a grand idea: If academic achievement isn't more important than athletic participation, we as a society have failed our youth. The real Ken Carter of Richmond,...

Clemson opens key homestand.
January 29, 2005... Byline: LARRY WILLIAMS CLEMSON-Clemson's basketball team probably feels as if it has spent more time in airports than in Littlejohn Coliseum recently. The Tigers have played five of their first seven Atlantic Coast Conference games...

Cozy, conveniently located Laurel Grove draws intense interest.
January 29, 2005... Byline: JIM PARKER T he exciting news for home shoppers was this: The second phase of the new Laurel Grove neighborhood offered some of the lowest new home prices in Mount Pleasant, from $197,500 to $247,500, enticing more than 300...