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South Carolina TIE RDEX-JOIMAI 2A Area news State news (TCalhoun Fans A fr fcMcCormlck i MONDAY, June 23,1997 Teen pregnancy prevention veto has council upset TODAY'S WEATHER GREENVILLE (AP) A plan to expand a ride the veto. Joy Campbell, president of the South Carolina Council on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, said Sunday the $125,000 was seed money to help implement proven programs in other communities. "The problem is so complex that we can't expect that any one single program is going to make an impact," she said. "You have to have multi-programatic things going on all at the same time." Klein said the Republican governor was concerned the program could counsel teenagers about abortion. "He assumes all teen sex.

There's no safe sex other than no said. Campbell also said solely abstinence-based programs do not take into account sexual abuse, such as rape or incest. The councils coordinate programs to reduce alcohol and drug abuse, school dropouts and violence, Klein said. Karr said the veto also was based on figures that show two state health agencies already spend $25 million on family planning programs. The governor also has not seen proof that the councils actually reduce teen pregnancies, Karr said.

pregnancy councils are Planned Parenthood offices," she said. Beasley' spokesman Gary Kan, though, said abortion was not a factor in deciding whether to veto the funds. Beasley wants to promote abstinence-only programs, Kan said. "The governor very strongly believes that the state of South Carolina, when talking about unmarried teens, needs to be holding up, as the achievable ideal, abstinence," he said. Klein said her group preaches abstinence.

"People think we tell them, 'Here's a condom, go have We don't believe in safe teen-age pregnancy prevention program to other communities was not given a chance because Gov. David Beasley vetoed the proposal's funding, an Upstate council leader said. "It seems to me that you may not understand who we are or what we do," Joyce Fishman Klein, executive director of the Greenville Council for the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy, wrote to the governor. The state Senate had put $125,000 in the $4.6 billion budget to help get the programs started, but that money was rejected by Beasley and the Legislature chose not to over June July 27 4 LAST QTR. NEW MOON July July 12 JJ 20 FIRST QTR.

FULL MOON Columbia man sentenced to life for stabbing death SUN SCHEDULE Set: 8:44 p.m. Rise: 6:18 a.m. TEMPERATURES Temperature at 7 a.m.: 69 F. Sunday's high: 89 F. Sunday's low: 64 F.

PRECIPITATION Sunday: .04 inches. Total precipitation for June is 3.07 inches (7.80 cm). Average precipitation for June is 3.65 incnes (9.27 cm). Total precipitation for the year through june is zo.uo incnes w.vs cm). COLUMBIA (AP) A 20-year-old Columbia man has been sentenced to life in prison in the stabbing death of a state employee whose body was found in a parking lot behind his office building.

A Richland County jury convicted Lavar Bryant last Monday then sentenced him to life without parole fate Saturday. Bryant could have received the death penalty for the murder. Bryant killed 43-year-old Mike Suber, a Greenwood native and a photographer for the state Department of Health and Environmental Control, in August 1995 after Suber caught Bryant breaking into his truck. After the verdict, prosecutor Barney Giese said it was appropriate to ask for the death penalty in the case, but he was satisfied Bryant would be behind bars for life. "I know he'll never get out of prison except in a pine box," Giese said.

"I'm pleased with that because he's very violent. That's some consolation." LAKELANDS LOG Saturday's inmate count at the Greenwood County Detention Center: 177. The Greenwood City Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at Callie Self Baptist Church at 12:45 a.m. Saturday. The city fire department also responded to a fire at a residence on 321 Park St.

at 3:37 a.m. on Saturday. Also on Saturday, the fire department responded to a gas leak at 735 Truett Ave. at 7:29 a.m. They also responded on Saturday at 11:58 a.m.

to a fire alarm at Cambridge Apartments. Greenwood County EMS responded to one non-emergency call Saturday and Sunday and to emergencies at the Bypass at CSX Overpass, Sweetwater Road, Grier Street, New Haven Apartments, Ridge Road, Woodlawn Street, White Oak Lane, S.C. 246, Edgewood Circle, Montague Extension and Fairview Street. The Greenwood City Police Department responded to seven simple assaults, five reports of larceny, four aggravated assaults, three drug-narcotic violations, two missing person reports, two obscene phone calls, two reports of disorderly conduct, two reports of vandalism, one burglary, one driving under suspension, one report of drunkenness, one report of indecent exposure, one report of intimidation, one liquor law violation and one suicide attempt. The Greenwood County Sheriff's Department responded late Saturday and Sunday to seven reports of five reports of criminal domestic violence, one shoplifting, two trespassing, two assault and batteries, one unlawful use of the telephone, one reckless driving, two reports of malicious injuries to real property, four reports of malicious injuries to personal property, four assault and batteries of a high and aggravated nature, three burglaries, two reports of recovered property, one breach of trust, one simple assault, three reports of public disorderly conduct, one attempted burglary, one harassing phone call, one report of an open container, one report of a peeping torn, one breaking and entering and a report of a deceased person.

DAVID BEASLEY funds District 50 gets grant for student program COLUMBIA Gov. David; Beasley presented a $37,640 grant to Greenwood School District 50! for the "Greenwood Cooperates" i program. This program enables students with disabilities to make a smooth transition into community train--ingemploymeht or post secondary education institutions. "The delivery of services tp: more than 63,000 South Carolinians with developmental disabilities is vital in our efforts to increase op-: portunities and help them improve Former Marine finds girl who kept his hopes alive City police following leads in death of Greenwood man From staff and wire reports GREENWOOD Police are following leads today in the investigation of the death, of a Greenwood man. Michael Arlington, 34, Karen Apartments 4, was found Friday in his bedroom lying on his back, according to police reports.

Blood was found in the area under his head and officers observed bruises on his face. The cause of death was severe head trauma, according to an autopsy performed Saturday by County Coroner Grady Hill. Police are treating the case as a murder, according to Greenwood City Police reports. According to the report, officers found a lamp lying on its side in the living room. i The State Law Enforcement Division in Columbia was called in to do a forensic investigation of the crime scene, according to city reports.

Hill said an exact time of death is hard to define in the case, but said the man had talked with his father on Wednesday. "It's really hard to say (when it happened)," he said. "I don't know." Items in Arlington's apartment were out of place, showing signs of a struggle, Hill said. The autopsy also indicated Arlington had been dead at least a day and a half before his body was found Friday by his father, Jack Arlington. Assistant Chief Michael Butler said the man lived alone, but he had some people staying with him.

"Some guys have stayed there, but we've cleared them," he said. "We're pursuing other leads." The younger Arlington was born with cerebral palsy and had limited use of the right side of his body. His father described him as having a "pleasing personality, a very polite gentleman, an excellent communicator and extremely well-mannered." The Greenwood High School graduate often helped the elderly by running errands for them and he loved to talk to people, his father said. NORTHERN GREENVILLE, NORTHERN OCONEE, NORTHERN PICKENS: sunny. High 85 to 90.

Light wind becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph. Low in the middle 60s. Light wind. sunny. A slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm.

High 85 to 90. Chance of rain 20 percent. ANDERSON, CHEROKEE, CHESTER, LANCASTER, SOUTHERN GREENVILLE, SOUTHERN OCONEE, SOUTHERN PICKENS, SPARTANBURG, UNION, YORK: Mostly sunny. High around 90. Light wind becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph.

Low in the upper 60s. Light wind. sunny. A slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. High around 90.

Chance' of rain 20 percent. AIKEN, ALLENDALE, BAMBERG, BARNWELL, BERKELEY, CALHOUN, CLARENDON, DORCHESTER, EDGEFIELD, FAIRFIELD, HAMPTON, KERSHAW, LEE, LEXINGTON, NEWBERRY, NORTHERN COLLETON, ORANGEBURG, RICHLAND, SUMTER: sunny. A slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. High in the lower 90s. Light wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph.

Chance of rain 20 percent. A 20 percent chance of an evening Otherwise fair. Low around 70. Light wind. sunny.

A slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. High in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent. CHESTERFIELD, DARLINGTON, DILLON FLORENCE, MARION, MARLBORO, WILLIAMSBURG: sunny. High in the lower 90s.

Light wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph. Low near 70. Light wind. sunny. High in the lower 90s.

GEORGETOWN, HORRY: sunny. A 20 percent chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. High from the middle 80s coast to the lower 90s inland. Light wind becoming southeast 10 mph. 20 percent chance of an evening Otherwise fair.

Low around 70 inland to the middle 70s coast. Light wind. sunny. A 20 per- cent chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. High from the middle 80s coast to lower 90s inland.

BEAUFORT, CHARLESTON, JASPER, SOUTHERN COLLETON: sunny. A 20 percent chance of afternoon thunderstorms. High in the middle 80s coast to lower 90s inland. Light wind becoming southeast 10 mph. 20 percent chance of an evening Otherwise fair.

Low around 70 inland to the middle 70s coast. Light wind. sunny. A 20 percent chance of afternoon thunderstorms. High in the middle 80s coast to lower 90s inland.

GREER (AP) After 55 years, Raleigh P. DeBord can finally thank the Greer girl who kept his hopes alive during a frightening ordeal in 1942. Emily Lou Brown Long, 70, says she was speechless when she learned of the Powell, man's quest to find the 16-year-old who sent him a picture signed "Best of Luck, Emily Lou" when he was fighting on Guadalcanal during World War II. "It kind of startled me," said Mrs. Long, a Greer native.

"I've never heard of anything like this happening." DeBord, now 72, was a 17-year-old Marine when he received the picture and accompanying letter. He said he began the search for Emily Lou because he wants to thank her for helping him through his nightmarish time in World War II. "You've made my day," he said last week when he learned that his correspondent had been located. "I'm thrilled. I didn't dream she could be found." In the years since the war, DeBord had lost the letter, but had kept the picture in his wallet.

His only clue in his search for the sender was a notation on the photo showing it had been taken at the mer Monarch Bros, photography studio in Greer. Mrs. Long, who graduated from Greer High School in 1945, said she doesn't remember writing DeBord. "I don't remember that name. We probably did it in class or through the Woodmen (of the World)," she said.

"The schools gave us names and addresses. Newspapers gave us names and addresses, too." She said she plans to get in touch with DeBord and his family initially through the mail. DeBord said he and his family are eager to correspond with Mrs. Long. But eventually he hopes to meet her.

"I'd like to take a day and load up my wife and come over and meet her," he said. "You just don't know how meaningful the letter was to me." Mrs. Long said she understands his desire to say thank you for the letter. Her own husband, who was drafted at age 18, participated in the invasion of Normandy before they were married. "He was in the Navy on a boat carrying troops to the shore.

He saw friends die," she said. She said shes happy she helped DeBord all those years ago. Auto insurance enforcement their quality of Beasley said. "This grant will help Greenwood County Schools prepare students! with disabilities for allowing them to remain self-suffi-; cient and productive members of: the community." This grant represents a portion of the money allocated to South Carolina by the U.S. Department of: Health and Human Services under: the Developmental Disabilities Basic State Grant program.

Administered by the Office of the Governor, S.C. Developmental Disabilities Council, the money will be used by Greenwood School District 50 to pay a portion of the salary and travel expenses of a job coachtrainer who will provide training in occupational skills for students with disabilities, place stu- dents on jobs and monitor performance, implement a life-centered curriculum and develop a response handbook for students with disabilities. The money will also be used to' pay for office supplies. to increase under new system COLUMBIA (AP) Drivers will have tn hp morf alfrt nhnnt If-APrvinrr auto insurance if the Legislature's Dlan to overhaul the current svQtpm tv. comes law, industry officials say.

ne legislation requires the state Public Safety Department to send out at least 500 letters each dav asking random motorist-; to nmvp thev r3r lia bility insurance or have paid $550 to remain uninsured. Motorists wno receive a letter would have 35 days to respond or face a suspension of their driver's licenses. "The lesislation ereatlv enhances unirmirerl mntnrict tnfrmmtnt viiiwivvillVUl, Jim Edwards, assistant vice president of legislative affairs for Unisun Clemson police catch wandering emu Man presumed drowned in Lake Wateree LAKE WATEREE (API I JOIUYU. Authorities are searching for the body of man who jumped into Lake Wateree and never resurfaced. CLEMSON (AP) An emw wandered around the Clemson area for three days before being lassoed by police this weekend.

Officials caught the four-foot, 70-pound bird on Sunday afternoon by herding it into a fenced yard behind a house. Police started getting reports about a wandering creature on S. 261-540 Messer was boating with a friend, Chester resident James Dillard Singley, when he dove in for a swim without a life jacket, the state Natural Resources Department said Sunday. Officials searched the lake and Sunday without finding his body. Donald Wavne Messer.

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People said the bird was tame, drinking water from people's backyards and posing for curious townsfolk as they took pictures. Authorities have no clue as to where the creature came from. The bird may be someone's pet, Clemson Police Lt. Matt Culbreath said. "It was kind of strange to see," Culbreath said.

'You don't expect to see those kind animals just walking around." GARDENS: Tours Continued from page 1A about all that's there with the gardens until you can stop and look at them. I almost feel out of place." Sandra Anglin of Greenwood commended the labor and time the gardeners gave to their creations. "These gardens are wonderful," she said. "After seeing them, 1 don't think of myself as a gardener. These people are gardeners.

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