The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 2

Tn fezx-Jcam A Greenwood, Lakelands SC August 3, 2003 EST" West Cambridge Park may open as soon as September, volunteer says 1 the 11 -acre park includes the creation of an open-air pavilion, a public restroom for park users, picnic shelters and benches and two playground areas. The project has been broken into three construction phases, but most of the work will be completed in two phases, Madden said. The park is part of the Rails-for-Traus project, which converts "retired" railroad tracks into cycling and walking trails. Plans are for the West Cambridge Park to have lighted pedestrian walking trails and bicycle riding trails. For information, or to volunteer for the park project, contact Natalie Parramore at 941-5135 or Kim Madden at 223-3831.

Wallace McBride covers Greenwood and general assignments in the Lakelands. He can be reached at 223-1811, ext. 3302, or: By WALLACE McB RIDE Index-Journal senior staff writer For years, West Cambridge Park was little more than a dream, made from equal parts aspiration and soil. All of that will change this fall, when the first phase of the park becomes open to the public. Located on West Cambridge Avenue near the Greenwood Country Club and American Legion Post 20, the park may open as soon as September, according to Kim Madden, a West Cambridge Park project volunteer.

"It's been a lot of years and a lot of people," Madden said. The park is the result of private donations, grants and volunteer labor. Project coordinators hope to have 100 people commit to raising $1,000 or more for the park. So far, Madden said, 52 people have made this Staff photo by Misty Ebel Authorities interview witnesses at a wreck Saturday on Highway 34 in Greenwood County. Motorcycle, car collide in Greenwood; man dies the park opens.

"We hope the citizens are so pleased with the park that more support will be forthcoming," Madden said. 'This is the citizens' park, and we make park plans based on their suggestions." The first construction phase of MEETINGS By MISTY EBEL Index-Journal staff writer A man was killed Saturday evening in a wreck involving a motorcycle and a car. A motorcyclist, who the Greenwood County Coroner's office would not identify, died at the scene of the wreck, which happened at 5:12 p.m. along Highway 34, about one mile east of Greenwood. He was not wearing a helmet.

Mary Grant Morris, 83, of 104 Frances Greenwood, was headed east and attempting to turn left when her car and the Monday i Greenwood City Council, 5:30 p.m., Municipal Building, room 207 Greenwood School District 52 Board of Education, 6:30 p.m., district offices. A McCormick County Board of Education, 6 p.m., district offices, 821 N. Mine McCormick. Ninety Six Town Council, 5:30 p.m.. Ninety Six Town Hall.

Tuesday Greenwood County Council, 5:30 p.m., Greenwood County Courthouse, room 201. National Night Out Against Crime, Hodges Fire Department 6-10 p.m. Upper Savannah Land Trust, 5 p.m., Greenwood Country Club, 607 W. Cambridge Ave. U.S.

Rep. Gresham Barrett, town hall meeting, 6 p.m., Greenwood County Courthouse. Cadets GreenpM, AbhejiUe wmcbndewindexjoumal.com SATURDAY'S LOTTERY NUMBERS err! among S.C. Police Corps-gKaduates Staff photo by Misty Ebel Rage Against the Haze Amber Baragona, left, of North Charleston helps Brittany Sledge of Greenville launch a homemade raft Saturday at the Greenwood YMCA's pool. The two were part of the "Transmission Tour" sponsored by Rage Against the Haze, South Carolina's teen anti-smoking movement Teams of teen Rage members are competing in various challenges during a five-day tour of cities across the state.

In Greenwood, teams had to build rafts and race them down the pool. The grassroots nature of the project has helped in securing several grants, she said, but more money still needs to be raised. About $270,000 of the $350,000 needed for the project has been raised, with the remainder expected to be collected before miscellaneous expenses. Today's graduates of the S.C. Police Corps program will join five of the state's local law enforcement agencies.

These departments, which include the Charleston County Sheriff's Office, Charleston Police Department, Greenville County Sheriff's Office, Goose Creek Police Department, and the Richland County Sheriff's Office, will assign the new officers to community patrol within their jurisdictions. but must be on the property specific to the sign. It also has to be at least 10 feet away from the nearest property line, and can receive a government permit for three-month intervals. A new zoning plan is currently being considered by city and county government, which will alter standing sign laws. It's not a radical revision, Lindler said, and will mostly affect how temporary sign permits are renewed.

The new plan would allow someone to renew a sign three times in a calendar year, rather than indefinitely in three-month cycles. The new zoning plan has not yet gone into effect ever getting above or below, cer-tain temperatures. There are two science labs for each grade level and two computer labs. "The major improvement for-the computer labs is that they're actually designed to be computer labs," said Sherri Tommie, who teaches business computer applications. Those at Southside were adapted from other classrooms.

Wiring and cables for the computer are hidden underneath counters. Science teacher Gina Sargent said she and other science teachers are excited about being able to have a lab as a permanent classroom, instead of having to take classes to a separate lab. "We were almost flabbergasted when we walked in here to see all that we're going to have," she said. The special education classes, which were all together in portable classrooms at Southside, will be grouped with their grade level at Westview, according to motorcycle collided, according to Highway Patrol spokesman Steve Sluder. The motorcycle struck the car's right front fender and then the driver hit the car's windshield.

A female passenger on the motorcycle, who also wasn't identified, flew over the car and landed on the road, Sluder said. She was taken to Self Regional Medical Center. She was wearing a helmet, but one that is not approved by the Department of Transportation, Sluder said. Morris was also taken to Self. She was wearing a seat belt.

serve four years as community police officers through a program funded by the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs. "We congratulate these exceptional men and women on their achievement and applaud them for their commitment to public safety," said Deborah J. Daniels, assistant attorney general for the Office of Justice Programs. "By successfully completing this rigorous training program, while others do not. "We don't need to ban signs altogether, but we need some kind of standard so they don't go out of control," sai County Planning Director Phil Lindler.

The difference between a permitted sign and an illegal sign is usually a matter of location, he said. Zoning regulations vary from district to district, he said, with business zones having more relaxed rules than residential areas in regard to temporary signs. I "We understand that not everyone reads our ordinances every day," Lindler said. Planners will usually make courtesy contacts with sign owners about "When teachers are using- it to teach and students are using it to learn, you know it's successful." Linville said the system is an "open" system, meaning it's flexible and adaptable with new-advances in technology. 'It's the best promise we have for saying five years from now, if something new comes along, the system will be able to accommodate it" he said.

Four wings, one for sixth, seventh and eighth grade, and a fine arts wing, create the school's footprint In the center, surrounding the commons area, are administrative offices, guidance offices, the nurse's office, the media center and a cafeteria featuring a giant kitchen and three serving lines. The band room, chorus room and practice rooms are in the fine arts wing. Private dressing rooms are behind a stage in the cafeteria and performers can enter the stage through a back entrance instead of walking through the cafeteria, like students did at Southside, a feature from S.C. GEORGIA DAY Cash 3: 5-0-0 Pick 3: 1-7-7 Cash 4: 9-2-4-3 Pick 4: 7-0-5-5 Change Game: NIGHT S-1-3-8-6-P Pick 3: 7-9-0 M-0-7-8-4-L Pick 4: 9-1-8-9 J-3-9-9-8-R Powerball: 41-42-17-40-46 NIGHT Power Ball: 25 Cash 3: 5-7-3 VIRGINIA DAY FLORIDA Pick 3: 4-0-5 Cash 3: 7-0-8 Pick 4: 7-6-6-0 Play 4: 9-0-0-3 Cash 5: 9-16-18-19-34 CHARLESTON Cadets from Greenwood and Abbeville were among 14 recent S.C. Police Corps graduates.

Jonathan W. Lane of Greenwood and Fletcher W. Ferguson of Abbeville graduated from the Police Corps, which has added a total of 53 highly trained officers to community patrol throughout South Carolina. South Carolina is one of 22 states and territories that recruit and train college graduates to SIGNS Continued from page 1 A "They told me my sign was illegal, that I did not have a permit for it," Ackerman said. msidering how many signs yon see I can't believe that ev ryone has a permit.

Certainly the permit costs more than the sign. Ackerman said he took down the sign, located near the former Buffalo's restaurant, but has put others up around the county. He admits he is still confused about laws governing temporary signs, specifically why some signs receive permits SCHOOL Continued from page 1A 'The technology at this school is onino tn raisp the har" said JptfF Linville, vice president of tional technology for Cynergi Systems. Besides providing security, the school's integrated technology system provides teaching tools. Each classroom has three computers and a television monitor.

Teachers can access instructional videos from the system or schedule video teleconferences with experts who have agreed to volunteer their time. That means a pest speaker might visit classes from across the country via television. A video production studio in the school's media center can be used by teachers to make their own videos, or to give students experience in production. "This is cutting edge," Linville said. There are very few schools like this in the country.

these new police officers are equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and leadership to become effective officers in this new era of community policing." The Police Corps is a competitive college scholarship program for students who agree to work in a state or local police force for at least four years. Scholarship funds cover education expenses, including tuition, books, supplies, transportation, room and board, and violations, he said, rather than taking immediate legal action. "Sign standards are regulated for different reasons," Lindler said. "The size and dimensions of those signs are based on the ability to see one sign versus another, and to keep your eyes focused on the highway and not away from the road." In residential districts, temporary signs advertising construction, development, sales and public events must be removed one week after the end of the event, Lindler said. These signs cannot be larger than 12 square feet in size.

In commercial areas, signs can be larger no more than 60 feet that pleases choir director Janice DeVore. DeVore is also happy that students won't have to expose their voices to cool air by walking through a breezeway to get to class. A large open art room is across from the music rooms, with a large patio area outside. "It's probably one of the biggest art rooms you'll find in a school," said Director of Maintenance Terry Willard. The gymnasium is also in the fine arts wing, but with near-constant rain delaying some construction at the school, the gym won't open until September.

The gym will be the only one in 'the district with air conditioning, according to Willard. Each classroom has an individual heating and air conditioning unit, and an energy management system schedules the systems so they're not running when no one is there, Willard said. High and low limits keep the building from Meanwhile, Ackerman is still looking for his lost dog. He has taken down the disputed sign on the bypass, as well as a sign in Abbeville after a complaint from the S.C. Department of Transportation.

There are other signs still posted in the county, he said. "I got several calls, but by the time they saw the dog and saw the sign, it was too late" he said. "The dog had moved on." i Wallace McBride covers Greenwood and general assignments in the Lakelands. He can be reached at 223-1811, ext. 3302, or: wmcbrideindexjoumal.com special education teacher Teri Jaeger.

'That will be great for the kids to be irainstreamed," she said." Those classrooms also have large bathrooms with changing -areas. The building features a metal gabled roof that should prevent some of the roofing problems mat plague older schools with flat roofs, Willard said. In front of the school is ample parking with a long drive to keep cars from stacking into the street when picking up students. The school opens for student orientation Wednesday, with the first day of classes Thursday. After the gym is complete, the district plans to have an open house and dedication for the public.

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