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Civil Rights Clinic Staff & Clinicians
Daniel Manville, Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Director of the Civil Rights Clinic
Professor Daniel Manville directs the Civil Rights Clinic at MSU College of Law. Prior to joining the Law College faculty, Professor Manville was an adjunct professor and clinical staff attorney in the Civil Rights Clinic at Wayne State University Law School. He earlier served as a visiting professor in the Civil Rights Clinic at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and as an adjunct professor at Henry Ford Community College, where he taught Personal Injury and Torts Litigation and Civil and Appellate Practice. He also taught Evidence in Antioch School of Law's Legal Technician Program and at Washtenaw Community College.
Professor Manville has published numerous articles and litigation manuals in the area of prisoners' rights. He recently updated Protecting Your Health & Safety: A Litigation Guide for Inmates for the Southern Poverty Law Center and completed the 4th edition of the Prisoners' Self-Help Litigation Manual, published by Oxford University Press.
Professor Manville is a member of several professional legal groups, including the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the American Constitution Society, and the Prisons and Corrections Section of the Michigan State Bar. When not teaching, he engages in private practice, with a focus on providing representation to prisoners.
Contact Professor Manville at 517-336-8088 ext. 1137 or by email at email@example.com
Bar Admission: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (inactive), Michigan
Education:M.A. 1984, Michigan State University
J.D. 1981, Antioch School of Law
B.G.S. 1976, Wayne State University College of Lifelong Learning
B.S. 1976, Central Michigan University


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COLUMBUS - Vanguard-Sentinel students are to continue practicing their skills after the awards ceremony Wednesday for the 61st annual Skills-USA Ohio championships at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
The district was awarded nine gold, 10 silver and nine bronze medals in individual contests. Sixteen students from the Fremont and Tiffin campuses placed first, moving on to the national competition June 23-29 in Kansas City, Mo.
Brett Cassidy, a junior electrical trades student from Hopewell-Loudon High School; Eric Radford, a building trades senior from Upper Sandusky High School; and Alex Martinez, a precision machining junior from Hopewell-Loudon High School, made up Sentinel's chapter display team.
The first place display included a blooming flower representing student growth as they become prepared with their individual skills.
The display involved 83 students in 11 programs. The project cost $3,800 - all from donations - and took 583 hours to complete.
"We are ecstatic," Cassidy said.
"The speech went very well," Radford said.
"Eric killed it and blew it right out of the water," Martinez said. "I am going to be singing tonight. We are going to Kansas City!"
A team of three seniors from Vanguard competed in the career pathways showcase creating augmented reality glasses used for assisting medical students in showing human anatomy.
The glasses use a tracking symbol to reveal three-dimensional images of human anatomy.
"We are proud to move on," said Aaron Triplett, a digital technologies students from Gibsonburg High School.
The project took more than a year to complete.
"We hope to integrate the (project) in every classroom," Triplett said.
The team included digital technologies students Aaron Reasor of Lakota High School and Isaiah Galvan of Old Fort High School.
Hard work paid off for Logan Robinson, a digital technologies student from Bettsville High School who competed in the telecommunications cabling contest. Robinson said he plans to keep practicing to prepare for nationals.
"It felt good," he said.
Senior Veronica Province said she was still shaking and couldn't believe that she won.
Province, a medical technology student from Columbian High School, competed in the nurse assisting contest.
"Honestly, I thought I was going to lose," Province said. "(Throughout) the competition I felt that I was losing confidence."
Skills were not the only things students had to show. Students had to compete with time and accuracy, as the four teamworks students found out.
The team is made up of Salvador Cantero, building trades senior from Fostoria High School; Austin Kelbley, electrical trades senior from Mohawk High School; Jacob Serviss, electrical trades senior from Seneca East High School; and Jacob Welly, building trades senior from New Riegel High School.
The students worked from blueprints to build a mock-up of a living room using several skills such as electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and masonry. The team finished their contest on time, after working together to fix mistakes they had found.
"We are going to keep practicing more than we are now," Cantero said.
"We work well and have a well-formed relationship as a team," Serviss said.
Collision repair students Aaron Maki and Caleb Peacock also will be traveling to Missouri in June.
Maki, from Columbian, got gold in the collision repair technology contest.
"I feel fantastic," he said. "During the contest, I felt nervous and rushed but overall it went smooth."
Peacock said it was a huge relief and that his hard work had paid off. Peacock competed in the automotive refinishing contest.
"There were some things that I feel I could have done better," Peacock said. "I will put in more and more work to practice."
Madisen Cornell, a senior culinary student from Fremont Ross, placed first in the customer service contest and Kelsey Johnston, from Gibsonburg High, placed first in the computer programming contest.
"I feel awesome. I honestly thought I didn't get it," Johnston said.

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Now, the competition begins on where Boeing will build the 777X jet.
The machinists union's decision late Wednesday to resoundingly reject an eight-year labor agreement with Boeing in Washington state puts South Carolina in contention to land production work on the new passenger airplane, a leading state lawmaker said Thursday.
"It gives us an opportunity to contact Boeing and make our case, and we will be going after this as hard as we can," House Speaker Bobby Harrell told The Post and Courier.
He called the union vote "a very bad decision for Washington and a very good move for South Carolina. That puts us right in the mix."
Harrell, like state Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman, was heavily involved in state incentive deals to lure Boeing to South Carolina in 2009 and again in April when the aerospace giant promised 2,000 more jobs and another $1 billion investment in return for $120 million in inducements.
Also like Leatherman, Harrell said no one from Boeing contacted the state recently seeking incentives to build the 777X plant here.
"They weren't talking to anyone other than Washington state," Harrell said. "The union vote changed all of that. The building of the 777 will now be a very competitive battle between several states."
Asked if the state has the money to offer another multi-million-dollar incentive package, Harrell said, "The first thing we have to do is find out what it will take. Our goal will be to make it happen."
Leatherman expects the race to win Boeing's new airplane to be extremely competitive, but he said South Carolina is in a great position to negotiate.
"I can assure the whole world we will be going after the 777X or any part of it just as hard as we can," Leatherman said. "I feel confident that Boeing will give South Carolina due consideration. Boeing likes that we are right-to-work state, not a union state."
Other locations mentioned as possible alternatives for the new jet's production include Long Beach, Calif.; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Huntsville, Ala. All of them already have Boeing plants. An internal Boeing analysis cited by The Seattle Times said those were the leading contenders, not South Carolina. Calls and emails to development officials in those cities elicited no responses Thursday.
Harrell is confident the Palmetto State holds the advantage over competitors.
"We have a proven track record," he said. "We have made commitments to (Boeing) twice, and they are happy with them and very happy with our work force."
Harrell said both he and Leatherman have been in contact with a Boeing official this week and expected to have further talks.
"We made it very clear we are interested," Harrell said.
Boeing has not said when it must make a decision on a site location to have the plant ready for production by 2017 or 2018 and a first flight by the end of the decade, but it is already selling the planes and expects to officially launch the jet during the Dubai Air Show that starts Sunday.
Disappointed Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and other politicians hoped the two sides would return to the bargaining table to resolve their differences, but Boeing said that's unlikely.
"There are no plans to re-engage with the union regarding contract negotiations" until before the current contract ends in September 2016, Boeing said in a statement.
Aviation analyst Scott Hamilton of Washington state said Boeing's comment doesn't say it won't enter talks with the International Association of Machinists.
"Boeing chooses its words very carefully," he said.
Hamilton expects pressure from Washington state politicians for the two sides to come to an agreement since the state has offered Boeing $8.7 billion in tax breaks to build the 777X there.
As Boeing shops the plane around the country, he believes another state will be hard-pressed to offer the same incentives.
"I think it's too early to rule Washington out entirely," Hamilton said.
Nevertheless, he believes the union vote knocked Washington state down to the lower tier of competitors.
"The business case says build it (in Washington state)," Hamilton said. "It all comes down to the relationship with the union."
Asked Thursday if South Carolina was in the running for 777X production beyond design work after the union voted 2-1 against the proposed labor contract, Boeing South Carolina spokewoman Candy Eslinger said, "No decision has been made."
Late Wednesday, Washington's governor said Boeing assured him the Evergreen State was still in the running, but it will have to compete with other states.
While the effort to lure Boeing's new plane production has been very public in the Pacific Northwest, it's been the polar opposite in South Carolina.
Gov. Nikki Haley hasn't said a word about any efforts she is making to land production of the new aircraft in South Carolina. The Commerce Department has been mum as well.
Boeing is buying 267 acres beside its 787 Dreamliner campus at Charleston International Airport for undisclosed future expansion. A paint facility for the 787 may be announced soon for a small part of the property. Currently, Dreamliners are flown to Texas for their final coatings.
"An announcement will be made very soon," Boeing South Carolina top executive Jack Jones said Tuesday after a ground-breaking ceremony for a new jet propulsion factory in North Charleston for the 737 MAX.
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UNIVERSITY PARK -- As long as he remains at Penn State, it's almost certain that Bill O'Brien's name will pop up occasionally for NFL jobs.
His name surfaced Sunday when cbssports.com reporter Jason La Canfora cited sources saying he wouldn't be surprised if the Jacksonville Jaguars and other NFL teams showed interest in O'Brien after this season.
O'Brien wanted nothing to do with the NFL topic Tuesday and said he hasn't given any thought to how he might handle being wooed after the season.
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"No, I'm focused on Indiana," he said. "We are at 6-4, trying to get to a seventh win and just really want to do a great job coaching this team, this week, for the Indiana game."
Whether O'Brien eventually decides to leave for the NFL at some point remains to be seen, but one thing should be clear: If he leaves after this season, it could be devastating to the Nittany Lion football program.
The NCAA sanctions allow Penn State players to transfer and be eligible to play immediately at another school all the way up until August. There's already been speculation that a few players might transfer after the season, but if O'Brien were to leave in, say, January, the uncertainty surrounding the program could lead to a mass exodus of players.
Many of O'Brien's assistants also likely would depart, and it would be a tough sell to hire another quality head coach and staff given that there are still three years of bowl ineligibility and five years of severe scholarship limitations remaining.
The players on this team already have endured a difficult year because of the Jerry Sandusky scandal and NCAA sanctions, and if O'Brien were to leave, many of them could decide to go elsewhere rather than deal with another major coaching overhaul.
If more than 15 scholarship players were to depart, and given that PSU can only offer 15 scholarships for the next four years, that would leave the Lions with fewer than 60 scholarship players next year. The recruiting implications also could be significant since O'Brien and his staff have been able to maintain good relationships with several top recruits for next year.
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Giger's take
For the record, I do not believe O'Brien will be going anywhere after this season. Now, after another year or two, that could be a different story.
No one can say for sure what potential NFL job offers might be out there. And no one knows for sure exactly what's in O'Brien's mind and heart when it comes to a potential next step in his career.
The coach has said and done everything with such class and integrity since arriving at PSU that it seems unthinkable he would bolt after only one season and leave the program high and dry.
I don't think he will.
Still, the NFL offers will come, and O'Brien will have to decide if he would rather take on that challenge than the continual one he will face for a number of years at PSU because of the sanctions.
O'Brien can prevent all that major turmoil simply by staying one more year, through the August transfer deadline. But his decision could depend on which NFL teams come after him, how much money he's offered and what's important to his family.
His original five-year contract was extended to nine years because of the NCAA sanctions, and he makes $2.3 million per year, plus annual raises. If he resigns at some point, he would have to buy out the remaining years on the initial five-year contract (meaning if he leaves after this year, he'd have to buy out four years, or $9.2 million).
O'Brien was asked if he needs to make a definitive statement about his future given that the season is winding down and there are recruiting implications.
"We're 6-4, I'm flattered that you would ask me that question," he said. "I'm worried about Indiana and our Tuesday practice and looking forward to doing the best we can for this team as a coaching staff for this Indiana game."
Some of the Lions' best young players, such as the so-called "Supa Six," already have indicated repeatedly that they will be staying at Penn State. But that's under the impression that O'Brien would be there also, and their plans could change if he were to leave.
The coach said he doesn't worry about things such as players transferring.
"Do you know what I worry about?" he said. "I worry about my son, I worry about my kids, I worry about my family. Those are things to worry about. I don't worry about things that are out of our control."
His potential NFL future doesn't fall into that category since, ultimately, it would be his decision when or if to leave Penn State.
SUBHD: Carter finished
Redshirt freshman tight end Kyle Carter is done for the season, O'Brien confirmed, after suffering a hand injury at Nebraska. The coach did not give any specifics about the injury.
"I'm not going to get into the details of that yet, out of respect for him and his mom, so I don't want to get into that," O'Brien said. "He had an excellent season for us."
Carter did do that, catching 36 passes, which is just five shy of the school's season record of 41 set by Andrew Quarless in 2009. He's second on the team in catches and receiving yards (453) and grabbed two touchdowns.
"Here is a guy, a young player, that came in here trying to learn a position that is a very difficult position to learn," O'Brien said. "This is, offensively, it's the second hardest position to learn behind quarterback. You're involved in the running game, in protections, you're involved in route running, you have to recognize coverage.
"There are so many different things that you have to know, and I thought as a young player he came in here and did a really nice job. He's got excellent hands, he's a tough kid, he's a great kid, just a really good guy to have on the team."
SUBHD: Willis day-to-day
Safety Malcolm Willis is day-to-day, the coach said, after suffering a knee injury Saturday. He will be evaluated throughout the week to determine his status against Indiana.


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Roundup: The Proposed Alternatives to the Sequester
When lawmakers in Congress return from recess Monday, they will have just a few days before $85 billion in federal spending cuts begin Friday, March 1. Many lawmakers are looking for alternative ways to shrink the federal budget deficit. With Republicans and Democrats at odds over whether to include tax increases in any deal, it appears unlikely they will reach a deal before Friday. Here is a summary of some of the proposed alternatives.
SENATE DEMOCRATS ($110 billion over ten years)
Legislation to be formally introduced and brought to a vote in week of Feb. 24
TAX INCREASES: $55 billion over ten years.
Impose a "Buffett Rule'' to require taxpayers with more than $1 million adjusted gross income to pay an effective tax rate of at least 30% ($54 billion); Deny tax deductions to companies for costs associated with outsourcing jobs ; Eliminate a tax break for oil companies that drill in tar sands.
DEFENSE CUTS: $27.5 billion
*Cuts would be postponed until Jan. 2, 2014, then require $3 billion in cuts in fiscal 2015 and 2016 and gradually rise to $5 billion in fiscal 2021.
DOMESTIC CUTS: $27.5 billion
*End direct payments to farmers.
Click here for the Senate Democrats' plan.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ($218 billion over ten years)
Legislation passed by the House twice in 2012, not yet reintroduced in 2013
DOMESTIC CUTS: $218 billion
The savings come mostly from cuts and eligibility changes in entitlement programs like food stamps, Medicaid, social services block grants as well as an increase in pension contributions made by federal employees.
See the House Republicans' plan.
No single proposal has been yet been identified as the official GOP alternative to Senate Democrats' bill, but options include:
*Legislation by Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R.,N.H.) and John McCain (R.,Ariz.) that would block the defense and domestic spending cuts in 2013 and replace them with $85 billion in savings over ten years from reducing the federal workforce by attrition. (See more from the Ayotte website.)
*Legislation by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R.,Okla.) that would allow the spending cuts to take effect, but give the Defense Secretary more flexibility to decide how to implement the savings in Pentagon programs. Some senators are considering expanding the bill to cover all agency heads, not just the Pentagon chief.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS ($121 billion over ten years )
Alternative introduced by House Budget Committee ranking Democrat Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D.Md.)
*TAX INCREASES ($92 billion) : Repeal a range of tax breaks for oil and gas companies ($38 billion). Impose a `"Buffett Rule" to require taxpayers with more than $1 million adjusted gross income to pay an effective tax rate of at least 30% ($54 billion).
*DOMESTIC CUTS : $29 billion from cutting farm subsidies.
See more on Van Hollen's site.
Below, Journal reporter Damian Paletta and others discuss the budget battle on Friday's Seib & Wessel show.


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Lin Laffitte spent months preparing for the 100th anniversary celebration of the Estill Book Club.
The tables were set with her finest silverware, monogrammed linens and fresh flowers from her garden. The four-course meal was prepared (including her melt-in-your-mouth biscuits) with help from her sous chef and daughter Sydney, a junior at the University of South Carolina, who came home from Columbia for the event.
"It's like the queen's coming," book club president Lawton O'Cain said about preparing to host a meeting.
But when Laffitte was a newly married member of the club in 1985, she did not know how to do all of these things. It was her mother-in-law, Lib Laffitte, and other members of the club who would not only teach her the art of hostessing, but would also provide her with something she could pass down to future generations.
The tradition
Not much has changed since the Estill Book Club started on February 17, 1913. There were 12 founding members then, there are 12 members now and there always will be 12 members.
"People don't get out — they die out," said O'Cain, a member since 1962.
Lib Laffitte has been in the club the longest, since 1950, and said it has endured because each member is unanimously voted into the club and they keep it small.
"This is a family," she said.
The ladies meet at 11 a.m. in the home of one of the members on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month from September to April.
Club president and secretary are rotated by alphabetical order. In September, the president hosts a meeting where they plan the year. O'Cain said this process works because "nobody is ever overlooked."
Meetings start with roll call by sharing a favorite quote. And this is not the typical book club where the members read the same book. Each member puts a book into the pool, where they are shared throughout the year.
During the meeting, the secretary reads the minutes from the last meeting. The earliest record books holding the club's minutes and attendance were donated in 2003 to the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina.
"I don't know of anywhere else that has minutes from 100 years ago like we do. They should be preserved for posterity," O'Cain said.
After that, members give book reviews and close by discussing current events. Once the meeting is over, the women gather for lunch or dinner.
Why they join
Many of the current members are descendants of past members.
"When I was a little girl, I remember when I got out of school I would get to pass out the biscuits at book club," O'Cain said. "It's just been part of my heritage. It's something I've known about, cherished and honored."
Shortly after O'Cain was married and had her first child, a spot opened in the club. Her mother asked her to join, but she declined because she didn't have anyone to care for her newborn.
"I said to my mama, 'I can't do this.' Then I just watched her face fall," she said.
Seeing the hurt that it caused her mother, O'Cain asked her husband, Harold, if he could watch the baby. She has been in the club ever since.
Lin Laffitte said that the women who come into the club don't join for just social reasons. They all have a genuine love for reading.
"I joined because I liked reading. I was an only child. My mother would take me to the library, just her and me," Lib Laffitte recalled fondly. "It is so worthwhile to get to read these books. Reading is important because you learn about your past, present and future."
Lin Laffitte said she was not a big reader as a child, but came to love books while visiting her sister's home when working as a flight attendant for Delta Airlines.
"I just started pulling books off my sister's shelves," she said. Now her children, Usher, Sydney and Mary Madison, share the love of books with her.
O'Cain said books do much more than entertain them.
"We all have such different interests, but the tie that binds is those books," she said. "That's the beauty of the book club. There are books I would have never chosen to read that I have learned about and loved. Nobody's feelings get hurt. It's not a book of approval club."
The future
After the 100-year celebration was over, Lin Laffitte reflected on her early days in the club and remembered how much she has grown since then.
"I didn't know how to do all the things these women taught me. When it was time for me to join, Grandmama (Elizabeth Lucius Laffitte) and Mamie (her caretaker) taught me. I borrowed all their linens, and they held my hand the first couple times," she said.
Elizabeth Laffitte had resigned from the club and was housebound when Lin Laffitte joined.
When her husband, Sterling's, grandmother died, she left behind her silver and tea service and monogrammed linens — the very ones she was loaned. She was honored when her mother-in-law passed down these family treasures to her because she knew how important his grandmother was to her husband and how much it meant to him that she took her place in the club.
"Book club was special to her. She just nurtured those things in me," Lin said. "I hope my legacy will be that I have been a good caretaker of something great, that I've been a good steward of it and loved it. And I want my children to know that this treasure is here for them if that's the path one of them chooses to take."
Reach Jade McDuffie at 937-5560 or jmcduffie@ postandcourier.com.
Estill Book Club secretary Anne McLaurin Lawton (left) and Lillian Peeples Solomons listen to book reviews at the celebration.×
The Estill Book Club celebrates its 100-year anniversary in February at the home of Lin Laffitte (standing, at left).×
Anne Solomons Harper (left) and Lib Usher Laffitte share reviews of their books.×


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EDISTO ISLAND — More than half of the children at Edisto Beach Elementary gathered in Linda Hirschfeld's classroom for their social studies lesson.
For most schools, cramming half of their student body into one room would be impossible. That's not a problem here in the state's smallest school.
The school has a total of nine — yes, nine — students in kindergarten through sixth grades, so multiple grades in the same classroom is the norm. And they wouldn't have it any other way.
"I like that it's small," said fourth-grader Julia Camp. "When you're the only student, you get more help when you need it. It's not so crowded, and it's not so loud."
What the school lacks in size it makes up for with love. The community has embraced it for nearly 30 years, and many feel heartbroken about the Colleton County School Board's decision last week to shutter it in 2013-14.
It came down to money and a harsh reality: small schools are more expensive to operate.
The looming closure is the second blow in recent weeks for this island community. Just five miles down the road, Jane Edwards Elementary in Charleston County is slated to lose its sixth graders this fall, and that will shrink the already small school of 110 students. Residents fear that will make it easier to close.
A similar scenario has been playing out nearly 100 miles away in McClellanville, which is on the northern end of Charleston County. Residents are fighting the school superintendent's plan to pull middle grades out of their lone high school, Lincoln High, in part because they worry it could doom the school to closure.
This battle to sustain small rural schools is being waged across the county and the country. Residents are fiercely protective of their schools because they often are centers of their communities. Generations of families pass through the same classrooms, and the buildings serve as gathering spaces for everything from reunions to fundraisers.
Although many school leaders recognize the importance of having schools in remote communities, they face pressure to make the best use of limited dollars.
So the question confronting decision-makers is the same: At what point is a small, rural school too small and too expensive?
It's a heart-wrenching dilemma with no easy answers.
Life in an island school
Edisto Beach is just a slip of sand surrounded by water and the borders of Charleston County. It's about an hour south of Charleston.
At the elementary school, it's not unusual for the entire student body to be together.
During one recent day, two third-graders were doing a science experiment involving angles and balloon rockets.
The whole school of eight students — one kindergartner was out sick — ended up watching, and they laughed and clapped afterward. Some asked whether they could take a turn launching a balloon.
The whole school goes to the playground at recess, and they sit around the same table at lunchtime.
In a bigger school, a fourth-grader probably wouldn't interact much with a fifth-grader. Here, Camp, a fourth grader, is best friends with Gypsy Scott, a fifth-grader.
"We're all friends," Scott said.
With so few students, the hallways and classrooms lack the constant chatter and movement that's typical in larger elementary schools.
Teachers tend to be facilitators, and older students work more independently. During one class, Hirschfeld told a third-grader to play an educational game on his iPad until she could finish a lesson with another student. The student dutifully did as told.
Changing demographics
Aside from when Edisto Beach Elementary first opened, this is the smallest enrollment the school ever has seen. A typical year would see anywhere from 30 to 50 students, but that's plummeted during the past couple of years.
Although the community had about 100 more residents in 2010 compared to 2000, the number of school-age children has dropped by about 100, according to U.S. Census figures.
Jan Dossett, one of the school's former teachers who now is its office manager, pointed to the economy as the biggest reason for the decline in school-age children. Families have moved away for work-related reasons, she said.
Martha Strickland, who serves as the school's principal one day per week, agreed.
"The jobs are just not here anymore," she said.
Families with young children don't often move to the island, and the children of those who have lived there are grown up, they said.
Edisto Beach Elementary students would have to travel about an hour to get to the nearest county school, but Jane Edwards Elementary, which is in Charleston County, is just five miles away.
School leaders in both districts said they hope to work out an arrangement so Edisto Beach students would be allowed to enroll in Jane Edwards Elementary. State law allows the transfer if both school districts' boards approve it.
Making it work
Two teachers for nine students sounds like an educator's dream job. Perhaps it would be, if all of those students were in the same grade.
The students at Edisto Beach Elementary span seven grades, so each teacher must cover two subjects — science and math for Sophie Sanders, and English/language arts and social studies for Hirschfeld.
Sanders and Hirschfeld each make 14 different lesson plans daily, and they must execute many of those simultaneously. Sanders keeps a skeletal sketch of her goals on a whiteboard in her classroom as a quick refresher.
The school's small size meant teachers already had more than one grade in their classes, but fewer students has been a challenge. Sanders needed a piece of paper and a pencil to make a chart showing how she and Hirschfeld cover four subjects for nine students in seven grades every day.
"We've had a lot of practice," she said. "After 21 years, you get a knack for it."
Sanders said she's able to address each student's strengths and weaknesses better than a teacher in a class with 25 students could.
And their test scores prove she does it well. The school's state report card rating is "good," and it has been "excellent" for the three previous years.
There's no denying these teachers know their students. Sanders and Hirschfeld can tell you the names of their students' parents, siblings and pets.
They've been to most students' homes, and they've taught many of their relatives.
Both teachers live in the community, so they run into students at the grocery store and church. They've spent summers in beach chairs, watching babies grow into children who they later would teach.
That won't be the same, come this fall.
The end
The Colleton County School Board decided it no longer could afford to keep the school open, and its chairman, John Barnes, said he wished he didn't have to make that call. It cost about $200,000 to run the school this year.
"If the world were perfect, there would be no boundary on the cost of educating kids," he said. The reality is different, he said.
The board called it a "suspension" rather than closure, which he said keeps its option open for reviving the school.
Many feel uncertain about the immediate future. Parent Rev. Wey Camp doesn't know yet where his daughter will be next year. If the arrangement with Jane Edwards works out, that could be the most appealing, he said.
Three of his children have gone to Edisto Beach Elementary, and his youngest daughter, Julia, is there now.
He doesn't live on the island, but he pastors a church there and bought property in his children's name so they could enroll.
He understood the financial reasons for the board's decision, but he worries about what the absence of a school will mean for the community.
"Any family that has small children is going to have to think twice if they want their child to have an excellent education about moving out to Edisto," he said.
Sanders has taught for 29 years. She's spent 21 of those at Edisto Beach Elementary, and she can't imagine sending her children anywhere else.
"No one is going to love these babies like we have," she said.
Reach Diette Courrégé Casey at @Diette on Twitter or 937-5546.
All the students at Edisto Beach Elementary ran into the lunch room to watch teacher assistant Reed Hoerner (left) conduct a science balloon rocket experiment with the two third graders including Ella VanBakergem (right). There are only nine children enrolled at rural Edisto Beach Elementary School where students are split into two groups of younger students and older and are taught by two teachers and one teachers assistant Wednesday March 6, 2013. (Grace Beahm/postandcourier.com)×
Flags representing the Gold Palmetto Awards line the hallways along with student work as Julia Camp and Ella VanBakergem change classroom to go art at Edisto Beach Elementary School Wednesday March 6, 2013. (Grace Beahm/postandcourier.com)×
There are only nine children enrolled at rural Edisto Beach Elementary School, including (clockwise from left) Jaxon Scott-Kuhn, Logan Gressett, Hayden Mercer, Keefer Young, Gypsy Scott-Kuhn, Hannah Reyes, Julia Camp and Ella VanBakergem, who all share a table for lunch.×
Teacher Linda Hirschfeld works one-on-one with third-grader Ella VanBakergem who celebrates a correct answer as she learns about South Carolina history.×
The nine apples reflect the entire student body enrolled at rural Edisto Beach Elementary School, where students are split into two groups of younger and older students taught by two teachers and one assistant.×
Gypsy Scott-Kuhn, 11, is the second oldest student at the school.×


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Monday, June 2, 2014
This is an update on my very first Fanfare for the Common Man column titled An Ode to Jeffrey.
I wrote the first incarnation of this column back in 1990 and it has appeared in newspapers and magazines from Key West, Florida, to somewhere in the Great White North of Canada.
It was a column about my best friend growing up, and this column has been around for almost 25 years.
Everybody had a Jeffrey growing up.
Jeffrey was the kid who lived across the street, an only child who had all the best toys, and did all those stupid stunts the rest of us were afraid to try. Jeffrey would do it, and do it first.
When the rest of our neighborhood gang really thought we could fly like Superman with nothing strapped to our backs but moms good bath towel, Jeffrey took it to the next extreme.
Jeffrey was no dummy. He knew people couldnt fly like Superman.
No, they parachute instead.
You see, Jeffrey thought outside the box.
While we couldnt fly like Superman we certainly should be able to parachute off say the corner of our neighbors roof and glide like a leaf in autumn gently and nonviolently to earth.
Remember how Wile E. Coyote did it?
Jeffrey did it like that but with a flair for the dramatic.
If he was going to jump off any roof and test Isaac Newtons whole thought process, he wasnt going to do this without an audience, and with his Moms good bed sheet kite-stringed to his back, Jeffrey gathered all the neighborhood gang together to show us how he planned to parachute off the corner of the roof and glide, safely and slowly, back to good old terra firma.
Did any of us believe that Jeffrey might succeed?
We were only in fourth grade. We didnt understand quantum physics, laws of displacement, or Newtonian fundamentals of gravity.
Did any of us try to talk Jeffrey out of jumping off the roof?
Not really.
Back then I understood one elementary concept of Newtonian theory: What goes up must come down.
How fast was up to Jeffreys parachute.
With the neighborhood gang gathered round to watch and World War I flight goggles affixed firmly in place, Jeffrey stepped to the edge of the roof, counted down from ten to one, and took flight in a graceful swan dive.
We gasped in true awe.
He actually jumped.
And like most surreal moments, time seemed to stop.
Jeffrey seemed to levitate overhead, frozen in that moments pause between beats of my hammering heart.
Jeffreys parachute opened.
Then closed.
And Jeffrey fell.
Like a brick.
A two-bounce belly flop into the front yard a twelve-foot belly flop no less from rooftop to terra firma, impressive on its own merit, but not quite how Jeffrey envisioned things turning out.
Tommy, being in sixth grade and the oldest of the neighborhood kids, and out of all of us, the only one who suspected Jeffreys jump wouldnt really work and had no chance of working, knelt down and looked at Jeffreys color-drained face.
Chute didnt open, Jeffrey.
Tommy had a way of stating the obvious.
This seemed to wrench Jeffrey back to reality. His cheeks flushed red. He caught his breath. His eyes squinched shut. Then he screamed all the way home like his momma beat him with a stick, bed sheets trailing behind him.
For a parachute, Jeffreys bed sheets made a nice Superman cape.
So I pay this homage to Jeffrey, my childhood friend, who couldnt tell the difference between bravery and innocent ignorance. I always wondered how he lived to be ten.
Heres to you, Jeffrey, a Common Mans tip of the hat.
I could never tell the difference either.
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Since January 2013, the ACTION Team has been meeting monthly to share information from around the country on how they are supporting advocacy efforts in their communities. With the mission to inspire others to take action for myeloma patients, this team works together to strengthen support for oral chemotherapy parity legislation, build strong grassroots networks in every state, and raise the awareness of myeloma across the country. Members participate in many different ways depending on their location, level of interest, and health.
We would like to honor everyone on the team as Advocates of the Month for July!
The biggest way they participate is as a resource for others looking to break into the advocacy space. A majority of our team members serve as advocacy liaisons to their respective support groups. Members like Ed, from San Francisco, report to their group the status of relevant state and federal legislation and the different programs group members can participate in via advocacy (i.e. postcards, in-district meetings, and e-advocacy).
The team created a user-friendly website where they can share their experiences and expertise with the community via blogging. Some examples of what you can find there are Cindy C's "politician pitch" for the Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act, HR 1801 and Cindy R's tips on showing a video to get folks excited at her support group meeting.
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But rather than be a cause for celebration, Frederickson, 24, and her transformation has sparked concern that the 5'4" contestant may have taken her weight loss too far.
Frederickson started the show at 260 lbs. and, as a finalist, left the ranch weighing 150 lbs. to work on losing weight at home on her own. By the finale about three months later she had shed another 45 lbs. and weighed in at 105 lbs. to a size 0/2.
"I just love myself and I am embracing it," Frederickson told PEOPLE on Tuesday night, seemingly unaware of the concern over her appearance.
In a statement, NBC and show production company Shine America said, "We support Rachel and all of The Biggest Loser contestants who have shared their journeys over the past 15 seasons. We remain committed to helping contestants achieve healthy weight loss and live healthier lifestyles, and to inspiring viewers to do the same."
The show's trainers – Jillian Michaels, Bob Harper and Dolvett Quince – are remaining mum about their reactions to the finale.
"Jillian Michaels will not comment on Rachel's journey as she was not her trainer. She is celebrating the at-home win of her contestant, Tumi. Any questions about any of the other contestants on the Biggest Loser should be directed to the show's producers," a rep for Michaels tells PEOPLE.
Harper posted a similar message on Facebook: "Jillian and I want to take a moment to congratulate all of the BL contestants on their hard work. We're not comfortable commenting on Rachel's journey because we weren't her trainers and weren't given an opportunity to work with her at any point. Any questions about the contestants on The Biggest Loser should be directed to the show's producers.
But one source who works closely with the show says people were shocked by Rachel's transformation before the live finale. "Executives honestly thought that maybe she'd look okay and that no one would notice," says the source, "but people gasped."
When asked by PEOPLE how many calories she had been ingesting daily leading up to finale, Frederickson avoided answering with specifics. "I am in maintenance mode now so it is just balancing it with life and making sure that I work out and eat right and healthy and make good choices," she said.
Frederickson says of the Biggest Loser experience: "I came here to gain back my life and I did exactly that."
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Biobanks are now recognized as vital tools in disease and therapeutic research as well as in drug discovery and development. To conduct large-scale studies with reliable results, bigger biobanks are being created today, along with consolidated facilities. Biobanks are maintained by pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and research organizations, and in some cases by governments.
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During a heart attack, every minute costs more heart muscle.
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Summa Barberton Hospital and Summa Emergency Department at Wadsworth-Rittman are accredited Chest Pain Centers by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC). Summa Akron City Hospital is accredited as a Mission Lifeline STEMI receiving center and has been re-accredited as a Chest Pain Center with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), which is a mechanical means of treating heart attack patients by eliminating blockages in coronary arteries. These accreditations bring the total number of Chest Pain Centers to three within Summa Health System.
Each year, thousands of Americans have a type of heart attack known as ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), in which blood flow is completely blocked to a portion of the heart. Unless this blockage is eliminated quickly, the patient's health and life are at serious risk. Door-to-balloon time is defined as time measured from the moment a heart attack patient enters a hospital until the blocked artery is opened either through stenting or balloon angioplasty. Quicker treatment means less heart muscle is damaged – which translates to better outcomes for patients.
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Complete the online application at Apply Now. Be sure that you choose "2017". The application includes information required by the University of Texas as well as specific information required for MSF applicants. When your application is complete, you will be given the option to submit your application and essays either together or separately.
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Women's Tennis Competes At Cincinnati Invite
CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Ball State women's tennis team continued its fall action at the University of Cincinnati Invitational Friday in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Cardinals notched four singles victories over host Cincinnati. Courtney Wild took down Kelly Poggensee-Wei, 6-4, 5-7 (6) while teammate Courtney Earnest posted a victory in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4 against Ashleigh Witte. Kristel Sanders collected a 6-4, 6-2 win versus Caitlin O'Gara. Rounding out the wins in singles action for Ball State was Bethany Moore who defeated Katya Bure, 6-3, 7-5.
Moore and Sanders paired up to claim an 8-4 win over Xavier's Alex Brinker and Sydney Liggins. Also earning a doubles victory on the day was the Ball State twosome of Toni Ormond and Earnest after beating the Musketeers Cristina Di Lornezo and Daniella Patton, 8-7 (4).
The Ball State women's tennis team will resume play at the University of Cincinnati Invitational Saturday with two rounds of singles and one round of doubles.


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Readers continue to weigh in on the pitfalls of mail-in rebates. Here's a sampling.
Q: I feel like companies make rebate rules hard to follow so fewer people try to redeem them. I now know they can change the rules on the fly, too. I bought a bottle of wine and there was a printout form to send in for a $3 rebate. The form printed at the register. After I sent it in, I got a postcard saying I didn't send in the receipt. I didn't send in a receipt because the form didn't say I had to! I have done rebates before and know what I'm doing. I called and the wine manufacturer said they changed the rebate requirements after the offer began. How can they do this when nobody with the original form would know they had to send a receipt? After I complained, they agreed to send me my money, but I am done buying this brand of wine!
Q: There was a free mail-in rebate on first-aid ointment in the newspaper, and you had to print the rebate form online. I wanted to print the form first so I could make sure to buy the right thing, but when I went online, the website said the rebate forms were all gone already! This was 9 a.m. Sunday morning, and the deal was in the coupon inserts that the whole country gets. How many forms could have been available if they were all distributed before most people were out of bed? I was pretty ticked and glad I didn't buy the product before trying to get a form!
A: I'm generally wary of rebates. I have been burned several times. I've filled out rebate forms and included exactly what was asked for, and then gotten a letter saying I didn't qualify for the rebate. I sent in a rebate for a free six-pack of juice. The rebate was attached to the product packaging, and I sent in the form and receipt. About a month later, I received a card that stated my rebate was disqualified for being mailed after the deadline date. I know it was mailed on time, but how can I prove that? I suppose I could have sent it with a postal tracking number, but the extra expense to do that would have eaten up most of the rebate's value.
So I've become selective about the rebates I send in, as well as what products I'll buy. I wonder if companies that repeatedly deny rebates consider the ramifications of disgruntled consumers leaving their brands.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Thousands of pages of witness accounts, police reports and other documents in the investigation of the Arizona shooting rampage that wounded former Rep....
Giffords survived the shooting. I dare anyone to name one of the six who died--w/o looking their names up. You can't do it. A wounded politician is much more valuable to the cause than six common citizens.
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MARTINSBURG — FirstEnergy's Lighting Rebate Program workshops premier in Martinsburg next week for commercial, industrial, church and governmental customers of Potomac Edison....
I smell a rat! When Todd "the school girl" Meyers has his name on a project, be verrrrry careful sippin' the Kool aid he will be serving. The chosen location is a well known focus group meeting room and far more eyes will likely be watching the audience than what's in the room proper. Those big mirrored walls are only mirrors on the side you will be seeing. Keep in mind the price tag for this meeting is being footed by YOU the rate payer. If First Energy really wants to "give back" to the consumer, they should stop the frivilous spending on unecessary money grab projects and quit lining the fat cats pockets at our expense.
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"It's the result of a rate settlement in 2009" said Todd Meyers. In other words, they HAVE to provide this seminar to the ratepayers. They didn't volunteer to do it out of the goodness of their hearts. Typical PR move which the Journal bought hook, line and sinker.
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Let's ask them why they don't consider integrated resource planning as a way to cut wasteful electricity consumption and give the regulators more certainty on where the electrical production will be coming from going forward.
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I remember back in the early 80s when I was working for a facility and we got a notice that we could take advantage of a new,free program that could save us thousands of dollars in energy costs. All we had to do is set up an appointment with this office and they would take care of the rest. The office was what we know today as the EPA and the program was Asbestos Abatement. Hundreds of thousands of dollars later both in legal fees and other related issues, this was the last so called free program I ever got involved with again. Do you blame me???
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New York State would love to get a bite of Apple Inc., which plans to move some of its Macintosh computer production from China to the United States next year.
Whether the Empire State is in the running for the manufacturing operation is not clear. Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive officer, has not specified where the company will make the Macs, and that has only fueled speculation.
An Apple plant would be a high-profile catch wherever it lands, both in terms of the investment and the publicity associated with a prominent company bringing back U.S. manufacturing jobs. Cook said Apple will spend $100 million on the project, creating opportunities for suppliers that would support the plant.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was asked on an Albany radio show this week whether Apple was the unnamed company behind a large-scale high-tech project reportedly scouting the Albany and Utica regions as potential candidates.
"We're shopping a lot of businesses at any given time," Cuomo told the host, Fred Dicker. "Apple has a lot of competition obviously for their location, and I don't think they're anywhere yet in their decision-making."
California-based Apple has faced criticism for the working conditions in plants where its products are made in China and for its failure to use American workers to make its popular consumer electronics. Bringing some of that work stateside is seen as a plus for Apple's image, as well as a boost for U.S. manufacturing.
State Sen. Timothy Kennedy, D-Buffalo, wants Apple to pick the Buffalo area for its production. He made his pitch in a letter to Cook last week.
"Buffalo is an ideal site for Apple's new American production line not only because of our skilled workforce, but also because of the low-cost power accessible through the nearby Niagara Power Project and our strategic geographic location along the nation's border with Canada," Kennedy wrote.
Apple's media representatives did not respond to a message Tuesday to comment on whether the company was considering New York. The governor's press office cited Cuomo's statement in the radio interview as his view on the topic.
Albany publications have reported that a global consulting firm, working on behalf of an undisclosed client, is considering the Albany and Utica regions as potential sites for a high-tech business prospect dubbed "Project Azalea." But it appears that prospect might be entirely different from a U.S. Apple operation.
Tom Kucharski, chief executive officer of Buffalo Niagara Enterprise, said he couldn't talk specifically about trying to lure Apple, due to confidentiality commitments.
But Kucharski said in general, a state and a region have to make a credible case that they have the attributes, such as a large tract of land ready to use; an educated, available workforce; and nearby colleges, that high-tech companies want.
"It's a lot of moving parts on these really big projects to get in the game," he said. Then the key is to stay in the running, with more specific information, as the prospect cuts down its list of favorites, he said.
In Genesee County, plans are progressing for a high-tech business park that would seem to be a suitable setting for Apple or a computer chip-fabricating plant. The Western New York Science Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Park, or STAMP, would consist of more than 1,200 acres aimed at attracting technology-intensive companies.
The Town of Alabama this week voted, 5-0, in favor of a rezoning that will help STAMP move forward. Steven G. Hyde, chief executive officer of the Genesee County Economic Development Center, called the vote a "major milestone" for the project, which has been several years in the making.
Backers of STAMP are working on securing funding, acquiring land and designing the infrastructure to make the site ready for businesses. Taking care of those steps will give business prospects added confidence about the park's plans, Hyde said.
If Apple's timetable for starting U.S. manufacturing gets stretched out, giving STAMP more time to take shape, the Genesee County business park would be an ideal fit, Hyde said. "That's exactly the type of thing that STAMP is being built for."
As for Project Azalea, Hyde said STAMP is probably too early in its own development cycle to "go hard" at that prospect, which seems to be moving closer to choosing a location.
But he noted there are plans for chip-fabricating plants on the near horizon, and economic development officials got positive feedback when they talked up STAMP at an industry conference in San Jose, Calif.
Hyde said the Town of Alabama's vote was an important signal of local support for STAMP. A survey of residents and landowners found 68 percent of respondents were in favor of the project, he said.
The STAMP site is five miles north of the Pembroke exchange on the State Thruway. Advocates say the business park would benefit both the Buffalo and Rochester regions, by creating thousands of jobs and generating work for suppliers.
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MORGANTOWN - Those classic rivalries of years gone by have gone by the wayside with West Virginia University's move to the more midwestern Big 12 Conference.
But the lone border battle on the Mountaineers' schedule looms at 3:30 p.m. Saturday when they travel to Baltimore to battle the Maryland Terrapins.
"We don't have many regional rivalries left," WVU coach Dana Holgorsen said Tuesday. "This is the only one that we play this year. I look forward to meeting more in the future. It's something our boys are looking forward to."
The game will be played at M&T Bank Stadium, the home of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
"It's important to our administration, and it's important to our fan base," Holgorsen said. "It's important to our kids and recruiting. I'm looking forward to playing at the Ravens' stadium in front of a good crowd and a good atmosphere. It will be good for WVU and Maryland."
Maryland coach Randy Edsall said playing in such a large venue just a short distance away from campus is part of a plan to make the state's flagship school more accessible.
"We're trying to develop that Maryland pride," he said. "I think from the standpoint you take a look at the number of kids that we have from the state and from that area that are going to be participating, it's a great way for the people in Baltimore and in Baltimore County to come out and support some of their own and the rest of the football team."
Holgorsen said he expects "some Mountaineer energy" to be packed into the stadium.
"It's not a 100 percent home crowd," he said. "It's much like the Big East was. When you went to Pitt, West Virginia had a lot of people. When I went to South Florida, there were a bunch of West Virginia people.
"Much like Mountaineer Field is, the other nine opponents in the Big 12 have 95 percent of the fans of their own team."
Despite leaving the confines of campus, Holgorsen takes a different view of this weekend's contest.
"I don't view this as an away game," he added. "It's more like a neutral site game. I know it's a home game for Maryland. But I feel we travel pretty well, and there will be some Mountaineer energy there."
Holgorsen also used his weekly press conference to announce the senior defensive back Brodrick Jenkins is no longer with the team. He declined to discuss the reasons for Jenkins' departure, but he did elaborate on who would be replacing him.
"We're excited about (sophomore) Terrell Chestnut," the coach said. "We've wanted to get him more involved. Avery Williams will get some reps this week at corner. Daryl Worley played a good bit last week and has got tremendous upside potential as a starting cornerback."


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Voters in Dorchester District 2 and Berkeley County School District agreed with their school boards that new schools are needed, supporting the Yes 4 Schools bond referendums in both districts, according to unofficial results.
Were going to start moving forward tomorrow, said Berkeley County School Superintendent Rodney Thompson. In Dorchester District 2, Superintendent Joe Pye echoed Thompsons remarks.
Dorchester 2 sought $179.9 million to build four new schools and renovate 10 others. The bonds would raise taxes on a $150,000 house by about $102 annually.
Berkeley asked for $198 million to build five new schools and renovate 29 others. The measure adds $60 to the tax bill on a $150,000 house for three years, doubles that until 2023, then goes back to $60 for three years.
Voters in Dorchester 2 voted 59 percent in favor of the referendum and 41 percent against with 51 of 63 precincts reporting, according to Yes 4 Schools co-chairman Brian Moniz.
I thought it was going to come down to the wire and Im pleasantly surprised that its not tighter than it is, but I thought the community would rally behind it, Moniz said.
Dorchester County was slow in reporting results because of a computer glitch, so the campaign sent representatives to the polls to get results, Moniz said.
He wasnt concerned about the vote being turned over by the remaining 12 precincts because Weve got about a 4,500-vote cushion at this point, so there would have to be zero votes for it in those precincts, he said.
A second question in Dorchester 2, which would add a $7.5 million Aquatic Center that will be a joint project of the district and the Summerville Family YMCA, also looked like it was going to pass. It would add $3 to tax bills. With 12 precincts still unreported, the vote was 52 percent for the center and 48 percent against it.
Berkeley Countys Yes 4 Schools campaign faced vocal opposition from Berkeley Citizens for Sustainable Education, which shifted the campaigns focus to ethics questions in recent days. The vote was passing 56 percent to 43 percent with 52 of 66 precincts reporting.
The students and employees of the district were the winners tonight, said Thompson. Id like to thank our board for having the vision to let the public decide this issue.
Reach Brenda Rindge at 937-5713 or www.facebook.com/brindge.


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While her husband Matthew is busy filming The Dallas Buyer's Club in New Orleans, Camila McConaughey is keeping very good company.
The mom-to-be spent time with McConaughey pal Sandra Bullock on Tuesday, taking their little ones – Louis and Vida, both 2½ – to watch the Warren Easton Charter High School's marching band and drill team perform.
"Camila seemed happy to attend the event with her kids. The kids all go along and seemed to have fun," a photographer tells PEOPLE. "It was a bit windy and all the kids wore their hoodies. They looked very cute. Sandra and Camila chatted and both looked happy."
Warren Easton (the oldest public high school in Louisiana) is special to Bullock, who "adopted" it in 2007 and has donated "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to help pay for an on-campus health clinic, college scholarships and band uniforms, her rep told PEOPLE in 2011.
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7-Year-Old Has Raised Over $600,000 to Help Cure His Best Friend's Disease
Dylan is 7 years old. His best friend, Jonah, has an extremely rare liver disease, and funding for his treatment almost dried up at one point. So Dylan decided to help by writing a book, The Chocolate Bar Book, which has helped raise over $600,000 for research into Jonah's disease.
Jonah has Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1b, which is a rare liver disorder that causes dangerously low blood sugar. As one of 500 children in the world with the disease, Jonah has to be fed every few hours through a feeding tube in his stomach. There is currently no cure.
Dylan describes his friendship with Jonah as "awesome as a chocolate bar," which is where he got the title of his book. People in all 50 states and 42 countries have purchased copies of The Chocolate Bar Book, with every cent going to Dr. David Weinstein's Florida lab, where a cure for the disease is apparently near to being reached.
"It is now reality. It's not just a dream that these children can be cured," Dr. Weinstein told ABC affiliate KGO-TV.
Dylan seems to think so, anyway. Asked where he and Jonah would be 10-15 years from now, he told KGO-TV, "Um, high school and probably [Jonah's] disease would be cured."
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Budget Cuts Force Reduced Public Hours
Beginning August 15, 2011, Social Security field offices nationwide will close to the public 30 minutes early each day. That means a field office that is usually open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. will close at 3:30 p.m. each day.
"While agency employees will continue to work their regular hours, this shorter public window will allow us to complete face-to-face service with the visiting public without incurring the cost of overtime for our employees," said Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security. "Congress provided our agency with nearly $1 billion less than the President requested for our budget this fiscal year, which makes it impossible for us to provide the amount of overtime needed to handle service to the public as we have in the past."
Most Social Security services do not require a visit to an office. For example, anyone may visit www.socialsecurity.gov to apply for retirement, disability, or Medicare benefits. Also on our website, beneficiaries may sign up for direct deposit, replace a Medicare card, obtain a proof of income letter, or inform us of a change of address or telephone number.
100 Disability Conditions Now Fast-Tracked
This month, Commissioner Astrue announced 12 additional Compassionate Allowances conditions involving severe heart diseases, bringing the total number of conditions in the expedited disability process to 100.
Compassionate Allowances are a way to quickly identify diseases and other medical conditions that, by definition, meet Social Security's standards for disability benefits. "We have reached a significant milestone," Commissioner Astrue said. "We have an obligation to award benefits quickly to people whose medical conditions are so serious they clearly meet our disability standards. We are now able to do precisely that for 100 severe conditions."
This year, the agency expects to fast-track nearly 150,000 cases. To find out what the new conditions are, read the recent press release www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/pr/compassionate-allowances100conditions-pr.htm.
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Social Security, Congress, and the President share the goal of encouraging people who receive disability benefits to go to work. However, the existing work incentives can be confusing, which results in payment errors.
In response to this, the FY 2012 President's budget includes the Work Incentives Simplification Pilot (WISP) legislative proposal. Under the pilot, work would no longer be a reason for terminating disability benefits. Social Security would continue to pay cash benefits for any month in which a beneficiary's earnings are below our established threshold, but would suspend benefits for any month in which earnings are above the threshold.
To learn more about this pilot, read Deputy Commissioner Carolyn Colvin's congressional testimony from earlier this year www.socialsecurity.gov/legislation/testimony_031711.html.
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Residents of Charleston County Councils District 6 must decide between a Democratic incumbent, who touts a lifetime of public service, and a petition candidate who heralds her success in the business world.
Carolyn Hughes
Age: 63Family: Husband, Billy Hughes; two children; four stepchildren; two grandchildren; six stepgrandchildrenParty: Petition candidateOccupation: Real estate sales brokerEducation: R.N., Trident Technical College; certified broker certificate, Palmer Business CollegePrevious elected office: NoneWhy are you running? Because County Council needs a member who is a business person, someone who can deal with the everyday business of the people. She also thinks council needs to better listen to constituents, and thats something she is willing and able to do. What is the biggest issue facing county residents? The completion of Interstate 526, which she supports.Contact information: 224-7700, email@example.com
Vic Rawl, a Democrat who has held the seat since 2008, and petition candidate Carolyn Hughes differ more on who they are and their perspective than where they stand on important issues.
Vic Rawl
Age: 66Family: Wife, Laura Rawl; son, Vic Jr.Party: DemocratOccupation: Retired circuit court judgeEducation: Law degree, USC; bachelor of science, College of CharlestonPrevious elected office: Charleston County Council, 2008 to present; S.C. House of Representatives, 1977-78 and 1980-86Why are you running? To complete the projects on County Council that are important to Charleston County: the solid waste program, consolidation of services, transportation and senior services.What is the biggest issue facing county residents? The quality of life in Charleston County, including the completion of Interstate 526, which he supports.Contact information: 766-7334, email@example.com, facebook.com/vic.rawl.75
Hughes originally filed to run as a Republican but was disqualified from the ballot in June, along with five other GOP candidates who failed to file a paper copy of a statement of economic interest in time.
Both candidates said there are no big issues specific to District 6, which encompasses parts of North Charleston, West Ashley and the largely rural southwest part of the county.
But there are important countywide issues, the most pressing of which is the completion of Interstate 526 across Johns and James islands. Both candidates support the controversial project. And both of them said they think the majority of the residents of District 6 also support it.
The road is needed, The people are here. The traffic is here, Hughes said.
The idea that Johns Island is rural or can remain rural is simply wishful thinking, Rawl said.
Hughes said she also supports, in a general way, improving and increasing infrastructure that supports growth. The area is growing, she said, so its better that it grow in a controlled, planned and smart way.
She also supports streamlining government services, especially those that affect small businesses. Hughes, a real estate broker, said many small business people now have to get numerous permits before they can move ahead with simple projects. She thinks processes could be improved to save business owners time and money.
She also said she thinks she would listen to her constituents better than her opponent has over the past four years.
Rawl said he also supports infrastructure improvements, as well as a consolidation of public services to increase efficiency and lower the cost.
And he would like to have another four years on the job, for which he accepts no stipends, to see through some important initiatives such as the comprehensive overhaul in the way the county handles solid waste, and the improvement of services for senior citizens.
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Gonzalez spent that one season - 2006 - pitching at Reading and assembled a line of 7-12 with a 4.66 ERA. Even with the down year, he was highly regarded and the White Sox were very eager to get him back from the Phillies a year later.
Now, Gonzalez has gone on to pitch in the majors for the Oakland A's and the Washington Nationals. The Nationals signed Gonzalez to a five-year, $42-million deal prior to the 2012 season, meaning he's got four more rather lucrative seasons coming his way.
The bad news for Gonzalez is that his name has shown up on a list obtained from a former employee of an anti-aging clinic in Miami. That list details people who purchased performance enhancing drugs from the now defunct company known as Biogenesis. The owner of the company, Tony Bosch, is nowhere to be found and the company abruptly closed last week.
Bosch's name could sound familiar, since he was one of the people who allegedly sold HCG, a human growth hormone to Manny Ramirez back in 2009.
In addition to Gonzalez' name on the list, the names of Alex Rodriguez, Nelson Cruz, Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon show up. Most of the names have some link to the Miami area and Gonzalez is no exception. He was born in Hialeah, Florida and attended Monsignor Pace High School in Miami.
Rodriguez and Gonzalez have quickly come out to deny the accusations.
Last season with Washington, Gonzalez posted a major league best 21 wins against just eight losses, with a 2.89 ERA.


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Which is why by the end of KCWC my kids have new summer clothes and a very tired mother.
But this skirt really does take no more than 1 hour.
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4 cups water
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1/2 cup julienne carrots
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1 cup bok choy or baby spinach, chopped
2 Tbsp Eden Genmai Miso, puréed with 2 Tbsp water
1/4 cup scallions, thinly sliced
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