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rrcmt? tEir Cannonballer finds his job is a real blast Page 1C Hot-shooting Mississippi scorches USC Page 1B The mystery continues Page 7B Vw www- 1 uU iiit A GREENWOOD nd neighboring LAKELANDS Today's weather MOSTLY SUNNY High FORECAST, pag 12A 83rir.No.a38SC Copyright 2002, Ttw Indax-Joumal Co. I HMMil i i IP i ir (1 I hjl howcase Greenwood Mills: Pension, Thrift Plan money safe The following article is sup- caused employees to ask ques-plied by Greenwood Mills and tions about their own company is written in response to recent retirement and savings plan. stories about mill employees In order to survive, Green-and the status of their company Wood Mills, like many textile benefits. The article is written companies, has also had to lay by Greenwood Mills' James P. off employees and close plants.

Grffin, vice presidentrisk mart- i These employees are asking the agement WP question, "Is my Pension 'j and Thrift money safe?" The We have recently seen new answer is absolutely! Your Pen-paper articles and television Sl6tfand Thrift Plan money is reports that employees all over. the country are losing their I 1--. I 1 reureuiciu pcnciiis tuiu iiic ings because companies have gone broke. In a majority of, these instances they have lost funds because their benefit plans were heavily invested in their own company stock. The most famous occurrence is the Enron failure in Houston, Texas.

This case, and others, has Stall photo attached," Kelly said of the own kidney to her Kelly Snclling, left, knew what she needed to do when husband Roland needed a kidney transplant. MIt was a gift no strings Palestinian leadership calls for halt to attacks She gave him A gift By RICK HENDRICKS Regional editor Gr REENWOOD given their husbands Kelly Snelling gave "It wok a gift no lh ilnnniion nf her completely safe and secure. JLet explain. Government regulations require that funds for both the Pension and Thrift be deposited into separate trust accounts. These accounts are totally separated from Greenwood Mills.

In fact, both plans must be managed by a trustee solely for the benefit of the employees. See COMPANY, xw I2A But the bloodshed persisted Saturday. Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian who was passing through an army checkpoint in a village in the West Bank, Palestinians said. 'In the Gaza Strip, several violent incidents were reported including one in which Palestinian militants were apparently hit by a tank shell when they tried to lay an explosive near a border fence, Israeli radios reported. In addition, at least four mortar shells were fired at Israeli posts but caused no injuries.

Responding to harsh criticism on Friday by U.S. administration officials, Arafat made an appeal Saturday to the American people, asking them to compare the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation to their own against British forces in the War of Independence. Few spouses can cluim to have or wives a gift of the magnitude husband Rolund last November. strings attuched." Kellv said of by Steven Reynolds donation of her the best gift: of life own kidnev to her husbund. "I'm presidency Functions of the kidney raddtth-bimin o(gn lood-tdonhwdolWw ipm lull bdow th prinwy function ol the Ktd-ncyi to nxnov wuM lromtoay(hroontr production ot urtw.

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However, with the violence escalating in recent days, it was not clear whether militant Palestinian groups would heed the message. Several recent shooting attacks have been carried out by gunmen linked to the Fatah movement of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The Palestinian Cabinet issued a statement early Saturday calling on all Palestinian groups to "cease fire completely and stop all military operations against Israelis. "These operations do not serve our national cause at all." Bush looks tmuiy 4 month wttK mmV) IfcdWfaV trynt4iM 57 V) TaAce a ooc at fie month In pictures. Page 1D 12 1 AWhat time does that show tome on Find out.

Women pastors sQcurGlnihefr Page3A I 1 Saturday's story on the Ten Commandments contained an Incorrect word In a paraphrase of Rep. Jim Klauber's comments. The sentence should have said he reviewed the legislation and that It does meet the constitutional test. The Index-Journal regrets the error. CZZ3SEZZZ3 ABBY ACCENT BUSINESS 10A-11A CLASSIFIEDS CALENDAR 1C CAMPUS EDITORIALS 4D-9D OOLF.

7B HOROSCOPE -2C MOVIES JC OBITUARIES SPORTS MB-SB WEATHER 12A CALLUS On Saturdays and Sunder. reports of mlaaing pa-para ara raoordad and monitored Irom 7 Ml una 1 am. ea 221-1411. AdvftrtMng LID I in i iiiwimi imiJ glad he understands that. The only omigauon ne goi is uicsc marriage vows." "And to take care of myself," Roland added.

Roland. 37, and Kelly, 36, have been married for 17 years. They have three children Buddy, 15, Ben, 12, and Brooke, 6. The Snellings were high school sweethearts. They started dating while they were students at Greenwood High, then got married while they were students at Lander University.

Roland went on to become director of manufacturing at VELUX, where he has worked for 17 years, and Kelly became a high school science teacher. Kelly worked at Greenwood High for nine years, and taught at Emerald High for one year. "They're both very good high schools." Kelly added politically. See GIFT, page I2A to offer blueprint for next stage of Promise more jobs and a fattened domestic agenda. With the Enron bankruptcy becoming a political problem.

Bush intends to promote pension protections and more financial disclosures by companies. Unveil plans to tap the burst of community spirit inspired by the Sept. 11 attacks. America's enemies infest every comer of the globe, he will promise to do "whatever it takes" to win the war, according to a summary of the address given to key Republicans. Reassure the public that Washington is doing everything possible to prevent a terrorist strike.

grow impatient with Bush unless he builds on his success in Afghanistan with a State of the Union address that offers a bold blueprint for the next stage of his presidency. They say Bush will use Tuesday's prime-time address to: Outline the post-Afghanistan phase of the war against terrorism. Warning that WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush will stand before Congress on Tuesday with his popularity at heroically high levels, his performance as a wartime commander in chief softening Americans' concerns about the weak economy. But his advisers fear the grace period won't last that voters will eventually Marines' accounts offer glimpse into world of al-Qaida, Taliban the painstaking search of caves and other remote locations for. al- -Qaida and Taliban renegade! Mv Pf Two killed when car flips onS.C.34 By STEVEN REYNOLDS Index-Journal staff writer NINETY SIX Two people were killed Saturday morning when the car they were riding in flipped over and struck a tree.

Greenwood County Assistant Coroner Marcia Kelly said Carol Rae Smart, 18, of Apt- 1 1C in The Villas in Greenwood, and Oscar Conway 18, of 410 Edgewood Circle in Ninety Six, died at the scene of the wreck on S.C. 34 at about 6:30. Cpl. Jeff Daniels of the Highway Patrol said the car 1997 Ford four-door driven by Conway was traveling toward Ninety Six from Greenwood at highspeed. Neither Smart nor Conway was wearing seat belts, Daniels said.

"The driver was partially trapped, partially ejected and the passenger was totally ejected," Daniels said. Kelly said the bodies will be sent to Anderson County for toxicology tests. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) The guns and ammunition were expected. The poster of New York's Twin Towers set against Afghan mountains was not. U.S.

Marines who joined elite Navy SEALS in searching al-Qaida caves said Saturday they made some unsettling discoveries: a photo of President Bush with blood running down his face and another of Osama bin Laden holding a Kalashnikov rifle and marked with the words "Leader of Peace." The Marines' accounts, given during interviews at the U.S. military base here in southern Afghanistan, provided a rare glimpe into the cave-by-cave war being waged by U.S. forces hunting for elusive al-Qaida and Taliban fighters and any tidbits of information about bin Laden 's worldwide terrorist network. With the Taliban ousted from power and hiding out in Afghanistan's rugged mountains and valleys. U.S.

bombing is winding down. Instead, the battle against terrorism has shifted to well as intelligence loronnanon to prevent further terrorist Marines described the cave complex they searched this month as elaborately constructed. Reinforced with concrete and till enough to walk freely around, the caves had an irrigation system to water trees arid flowers outside. "It didn't look like a Someone put some time into this place." said Sgt. Charles Calfee, 28.

of Dublin. Va. "It reminded me di the I TinUtooes." Originally, the 30 Marines from Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 36 of the 26th Marine hxpedifjonary Unit were flown to the caves in the area between Khost and Gardez in eastern Afghanistan to guard the SEALS while they searched. The mission was meant to last 10 hours. Instead, it took several days and the SEALS overwhelmed with the amount of intelligence information they found had to enlist the Marines in their search.

SUN photo by Buford Durr Classified New rvft -223-W3 Accent .22 3-1 811 Business offloe He loves a Parade Greenwood High School's Ricardo Hurley, center, displays his Parade All-America Football Team plaque. Muody Price, left. Index-Journal director (if community relations and Newspaper! In Education, and Assistant Managing Editor Crrg Deal presented the award. Hurley is honored in today's Parade Magazine Insert. A story nbout Hurley' recent encounter with legendary high school football coach Herman Boone is on page IB.

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