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OnFeb.8,1968,threestudentswerekilledand28peoplewereinjuredintheeventthatcame
tobeknownastheOrangeburgMassacre.Ayearlater,amonumentwaserectedhonoring
thosewhodied.Whatfewknewwastherewasanerror...
ETCHEDINTIMEMistakeinS.C.State monumentcontinues throughouttheyears
By DIONNE GLEATON T&D Staff Writer Whatsinaname? Well, to the
family of the late Delano H. Middleton, a legacy. Middleton, a
Wilkinson High School student, was among three young men who were
killed on Feb. 8, 1968, in what is known as the Orangeburg
Massacre. On that night, S.C. Highway Patrol troopers opened re on
a crowd of protestersfollow- ingthreenightsofescalating
racialtensionovereffortsto desegregate the All-Star TriangleBowl.
SouthCarolinaStateCol- lege sophomore Henry E. Smith and S.C. State
fresh- man Samuel Hammond Jr. also died in the incident, and 28
other people were injured. The Orangeburg Mas- sacre is remembered
each year with a ceremony. This past Feb. 8, a friend and
classmateofMiddletonno- ticedsomething. Sam Haynes said while
Middleton was affection- ately known as Bump by family and friends,
his middle initial has been in- correctly written as a B.
Middletonsmid- dle name was Herman. The incor- rect initial was
printed on a sign that the uni- versity erected in honor of the
threeslainduring theincident,and engraved into a marker placed on
the campus in their honor in 1969. The mistake has also l- tered
its way into coverage of the event, including ma- terials
distributed by the university and news stories
inTheTimesandDemocrat andotherpublications. Havingthecorrectname
printed means everything. Im sure if Bump was here
anditwasoneofhisfriends, hewouldadvocatethatitbe done the right
way. Thats thekindofpersonheexem- Each year, members of the
university family and Orangeburg community gather around the
monument to remember Feb. 8, 1968. The 1992 ceremony is pictured
here. Delano Herman Middleton LARRY HARDY/T&D The three
students who died in the event that has come to be known as the
Orangeburg Massacre were honored with a monument on the South
Carolina State University campus. The monument, which was installed
in 1969, incorrectly states Delano H. Middletons name is Delano B.
Middleton. See NAME, A7 CECIL J. WILLIAMS/SPECIAL TO THE
T&D
- 7. Cloudy. High 67. Low 58. Complete 5-day forecast, B10 INSIDE
Charleston, North Charleston, S.C. $2.00 THE SOUTHS OLDEST DAILY NE
WSPAPER FOUNDED 1803. POSTANDCOURIER.COM Doyouagreewith
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ProductoftheYear contestwinners Inside GRACE BEAHM/STAFF All across
Forgotten South Carolina, stores in once-thriving farm towns sit
boarded up, such as this one in Bowman in Orangeburg County along
U.S. Highway 178. Farming no longer needs the number of workers it
once did, and factory or service jobs remain elusive for many in
these rural parts of the state. 20counties 26counties ForgottenFo
Modern Pickens Greenville Spartanburg Cherokee York ChesterUnion
LaurensAnderson Oconee Newberry Saluda Edgefield McCorm ick
Abbeville Greenwood Fairfield Kershaw Lancaster Marlboro Darlington
Lee Sumter Richland Lexington Aiken Marion Dillon ClarendonCalhoun
Williamsburg Chesterfield Florence Allendale Bamberg Orangeburg
Berkeley Dorchester Georgetown Horry Charleston Colleton Ham pton
Barnwell Jasper Beaufort The two South Carolinas BY DOUG PARDUE
dpardue@postandcourier.com T ake interstate highways between South
Carolinas largest met- ropolitan areas and the scene remains
similar thick forests, meandering rivers and lush farms punctuated
with thriving suburbs and vibrant downtowns. Get off those
interstates and something else emerges towns where poverty rules,
illit- eracy passes to children like an inherited dis- ease, and
diabetes strikes 9-year-olds because of bad diets and obesity. This
is the other South Carolina. It runs along the Interstate 95
Corridor through the mostly majority black counties made infamous
by the Corridor of Shame docu- mentary about inequities in public
schools. It also includes the Mill Crescent, the swath of rural,
largely white, old textile mill counties between the I-85 economic
powerhouse and greater Columbia. If you took this other South
Carolina away, the state would no longer rank at the bottom of
nearly every list you want it to be at the top of. Instead, it
would basically mirror the nation as a whole in income, education
and health. Many crippling disparities linger in these metropolitan
counties, but the areas have been pushed into the national
mainstream by four decades of economic growth, deseg- regation and
an influx of people from other states and countries with new ideas
and high expectations. The other South Carolina remains shrouded in
despair by the legacies of slavery, depen- dence on a marginally
educated workforce, and political and economic domination by an
elite few. Additional social, political and economic forces
conspire with that three-part legacy to keep the region of some 1
million people, a fifth of the state population, locked in stagna-
tion: The impact of generational poverty, the shift of political
power from rural to urban areas, the decline of agricultural and
textile- mill employment, and a lack of tax base to support schools
and build infrastructure to attract business. Viewed on its own,
the other South Carolina resembles many third-world nations.
Forgotten South Carolina AL egacy of Shame A Blueprint for the
Future SPECIAL REPORT | PART ONE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES More InsideA
detailed map and charts comparing county statistics can be found on
Page A13 Special online dataFor an interactive map with comparative
data examining each county in South Carolina, go to
postandcourier.com/forgotten-sc VideoTo watch a video about
Forgotten South Carolina, go to postandcourier.com/forgotten-sc
Inside today 10-page special section Pages A11-A20 Editorial:
Remember forgotten counties. A8 SUNDAY, February 10, 2013
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Wall St. Journal..............F2 INDEXSetting the record
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- 8. AFFILIATED OR NICHE WEBSITE Open Division THIRD PLACE: The
State Dwayne Mclemore, Rick Millians, Josh Kendall, David
Cloninger, Neil White and Tracy Glantz
- 9. AFFILIATED OR NICHE WEBSITE Open Division SECOND PLACE:
Herald-Journal Sports Staff
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Post and Courier Staff
- 11. CARTOON Open Division THIRD PLACE: Herald-Journal Robert
Ariail
- 12. CARTOON Open Division SECOND PLACE: Index-Journal Mike
Beckom
- 13. CARTOON Open Division FIRST PLACE: The Greenville News
Roger Harvell
- 14. ILLUSTRATION Open Division SECOND PLACE: Herald-Journal
Gary Kyle Falling Sleepy?
- 15. INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS PORTFOLIO Open Division THIRD PLACE:
The Post and Courier Gill Guerry T T T S S Expo and packet pickup
When: Thursday, April 4, from noon to 8 p.m. and Friday, April 5,
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. There is no race-day packet pickup. Where:
(New) Charleston Area Convention Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North
Charleston. Registration: Regularly priced ($45) entries are sold
out, but organizers think $150 charity bibs will be available.
Transportation to expo: Shuttles will run from the Charleston
Visitor Center bus shelter on Ann Street between King and Meeting
Streets every 15 minutes during the hours of expo. Kids Run &
Wonderfest When: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, April 5; races start at 5
p.m. Where: Hampton Park, Charleston. Registration: $10 with a
T-shirt, free without a T-shirt; noon- 8 p.m. Thurs- day, April 4,
at Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston or
noon-4:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, at Hampton Park. Parking:
Brittlebank Park, Stoney Field and on the east side of Johnson
Hagood Stadium at The Citadel. Shuttles will take participants to
and from Hampton Park. Taste of the Bridge Run What: Sample dishes
from about 25 local restaurants at one of three locations. When:
5-8 p.m. Friday, April 5. Where: Downtown Charleston (Maritime
Center, 10 Wharfside St.); Mount Pleasant (Harborside East, 28
Bridgeside Drive); and North Charles- ton (Charleston Area
Convention Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive). Overnight parking
Discounted overnight parking for $5. When: 5 p.m. Friday, April 5,
to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6. Where: Charleston Visitor Center
parking garage on Mary Street, between King and Meeting, S.C.
Aquarium garage on Calhoun Street between East Bay and Concord
streets, and Gaillard Auditorium garage on Alexander Street between
Calhoun and George streets. Race day shuttle buses Runners and
walkers must have official race bibs to gain access to free shuttle
buses. Before the race: Runners can start boarding buses at 5 a.m.
on Saturday, April 6, but must be in line before 6 a.m. For the
first time ever, buses will depart from four different locations,
including the major point: Calhoun Street at Anson Street. Other
locations will be the Charleston Area Convention Center in North
Charles- ton, Mount Pleasant Towne Centre and Daniel Island Park.
Those parking in the aquarium garage can catch a limited number of
buses from the alley north of the garage. After the race: Buses,
clearly marked for return locations, will leave from Calhoun Street
back to the original departure points. Boat shuttle A boat shuttle
will take a limited number of participants from Fountain Walk (near
S.C. Aquarium) to Patriots Point, then a bus to the race starting
area. The boat shuttle, however, usually sells out. Road closures
Coleman Boulevard in Mount Pleas- ant and the bike/ped lane on the
Cooper River bridge close at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, April 6. The
bridge closes, both ways, at 7 a.m. For a detailed list of road
closures, including those for the Kids Run at Hampton Park on
Friday, April 5, go to www.bridgerun.com/event.php 526 17 17 52
Charleston Expo and package pickup Charleston Area Convention
Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston. 1 CooperR. AshleyR.
Springt. Springt. MeetingSt. St. ConcordSt. Houston Northcutt Blvd.
Coleman Blvd. Shem Creek Drum Island KingSt. Kin g St. RutledgeAve.
St. Sim m onsSt. McCants Dr. Line St. Cannon St. W oolfe Aquarium
Parking Calhoun St. Marion Square Finish festival Maritime Center
Taste of the Bridge Run Fountain Walk Boat shuttle Patriots Point
Boat shuttle Harborside East Taste of the Bridge Run Hampton Park
Kids Run & Wonderfest Mount Pleasant Charleston Cooper River
TownCreek TownCreek Mile 3 Mile 4 Mile 5 Corral area (details
below) Mile 6 Mile 2 Mile 1 The 2013 Cooper River Bridge Run starts
8 a.m. April 6. Use this page as a reference to know where to line
up at the start, where to watch the race or how to get to the
start. Read The Post and Courier and
postandcourier.com/news/bridgerun/ all week to stay in the know on
race updates, results, background, race tips and more. 36th Cooper
River Bridge Run Sea Island Shopping Center Moultrie Middle School
Moultrie Shopping Center Royall Hardware Brookgreen Town Center
Hibben Church Coleman Blvd. Coleman Blvd. SimmonsSt. FairmontSt.
VincentDr. CamelliaDr. PherigoSt. Ben Sawyer Blvd. ChuckDawleyBlv
d. CooperRiverBridg e2miles Shuttle bus drop-off Who: Elite runners
who range from invited athletes to the very best in local runners.
Limited to 200 runners. Yellow Blue Orange Sub-corrals I- K Who:
Runners who walk/walk run - approximately 3, 000 per corral. White
Who: Runners competing for age group awards or who run under 45
minutes. Limited to 2,000 runners. Red Sub-corralsE-H Who: Runners
who run over 1 hour - approximately 4,000 per corral. Green
Sub-corrals A-D Who: Runners who run 45-60 minutes - approximately
4,000 per corral. Who: Runners expected to finish in under 40
minutes. Limited to 1,000 runners. SOURCE:COOPER RIVER BRIDGE RUN
GILL GUERRY/STAFF = Portable toiletsT = Sweat shuttleS Marion
Square Gaillard Auditorium (Under Construction) Johnnie Dodds
Blvd.Johnnie Dodds Blvd. Corrals and the Wave Start Participants
are assigned to color-coded corrals and number-coded
sub-corrals.Yellow and blue corrals, which include elite and sub-40
minute runners, start at the 8 a.m. gun. Subsequent sub-corrals
follow in "waves" at three-minute intervals.Total of 14 waves this
year to further improve the flow of people along the course. Yellow
and Blue start at the gun Each subsequent sub-corral will start at
3-minute intervals First aid stationFi Water stationWW ParkingPaPP
P P P OOP W W W W Finish line Meeting St. near George St. Start
line Coleman Blvd. near Simmons St. Start MeetingSt. Gaillard
Auditorium Gaillard Auditorium Shuttle bus staging 5 a.m. race day
Participants will line up on Calhoun and be directed to waiting
buses near the Gaillard. One lane of Calhoun will remain open for
emergency vehicles. Buses Calhoun Street shuttle bus staging
Runners and walkers will start boarding buses at 5 a.m. Saturday,
April 6. Of four departure locations, the largest will be Calhoun
Street at Anson, where 130 buses are designated to transport about
12,000 participants to the starting line in Mount Pleasant.
Participants can start lining up on Calhoun Street at 5 a.m.
Saturday, April 6, but must be in line by 6 a.m. The last bus
allowed to cross the Cooper River bridge will be at 6:45 a.m. Buses
departing after that will have to use I-526 to get to Mount
Pleasant. 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 14 COOPER RIVER BRIDGE RUN 2013
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT COOPER RIVER BRIDGE RUN 2013 15
Expwy. Expwy. GILL GUERRY/STAFF Reported areas of flooding- related
traffic problems 26 Filled-in creeks + rain + high tide = flooding
When the Charleston peninsula floods, as it did on Wednesday, its a
reminder that much of the present-day downtown is built upon
filled-in creeks and marsh. City officials say several major
drainage projects will be finished by 2020. ERRY/STA Historic
elevation details from a map created by A.O. Halsey in 1949. GILL
GUGILL GU Historic elevation details from a map created by A.O.
Halsey in 194 is built upon filled in creeks and marsh. City o
Reported areas of flooding- related traffic bl major drainage
projects will be finished by 2020.j g p F problems Fire on Front
Street The early morning fire on Georgetowns historic waterfront
destroyed about one-half a block of businesses, apartments, shops
and restaurants between Screven and Broad streets. Damages are
estimated to be between $1 million and $6 million. The origin of
the fire remains under investigation. Fire Front Street Harbor Walk
729 725 723 721 719 715 713 709711 Screven Street Clock Tower &
Rice Museum S.C. Maritime Museum Broad Street Parking Lot City Park
F T w b b e T DetailFront St. WinyahBay GEORGETOWN 17 17 SampitRi
ver SampitRi ver SampitRiver GILL GUERRY/STAFF
- 16. INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS PORTFOLIO Open Division SECOND
PLACE: The Post and Courier Chad Dunbar BY HANNA RASKIN ||
hraskin@postandcourier.com M uch of what grocery shoppers will miss
about the Pig- gly Wiggly cant be perfectly calculated. Its nearly
im- possible to quantify intangibles such as the security of
knowing a manager really will make good on his offer to order a
missing item, or the comfort that comes from always seeing the same
smiling clerk at the register. But faithful customers mourn- ing
the scaling back of the chain are also worried about where theyll
find specific foods and drinks. While many of the follow- ing
items, old and new, arent exclusive to The Pig, the stores fans
firmly believe that buying them elsewhere just wont feel right.
Mrs. Macs fried chicken Created in 1967 by former cafeteria worker
Nel McNaughton, this peppery, thick-crusted fried chicken has
picked up fans from as far away as Oklahoma. The original recipe
still hangs in the Meeting Street stores kitchen. Pig Swig Piggly
Wigglys private label pilsner and ale debuted in 2011 as the chain
tried to capture a larger share of the craft beer market. Brewed by
Thomas Creek, the beers have generally pleased online critics, with
the ale scoring a respectable OK from Beer Advocate. Most
importantly, it comes from the Pig. Grace Bridge wine Slightly less
successful than its private label beer, budget-friendly Grace
Bridge wines were rolled out in 2009 for $7.99 a bottle. They were
intended as good-value sipping that offered a bridge between
Lowcountry food and California wines. The Cabernet Sauvignon,
Merlot, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are made by Brownstone Winery in
Lodi, Calif., and the labels display a vintage, sepia-toned photo
of the John P. Grace Memorial Bridge, a predecessor of the Ravenel
Bridge. DAllesandros frozen pizza The citys first frozen pizza line
is sold at smaller gourmet markets around town, but The Pig was the
only major retailer to take a chance on DAllesandros hand-tossed,
heat- and-eat pies. The St. Philip Street pie shop was opened in
2006 by Philadelphia natives and brothers Nick and Ben DAllesandro.
Signature Savoure Dip Piggly Wigglys spreadable cheese led off a
list of THE MAIN THINGS Im worried about disappearing submitted by
reader Jean Louisa Steele, whos been shopping at The Pig for 40
years. The recipe was developed at the Meeting Street Pig many
years ago. Macs Pride peaches TheMacsPride peachesarethebest
Iveevertasted,reader KathyCooleywrites oftheMcLeodFarms
product.Ilovetheprice, too.Whentheygoon sale,Ibuylotsofthem
andfreezethemforthe winter.TheMcLeod familyhasbeengrowing
peachessince1916on orchardssurrounding thesmalltownofMcBee,
S.C.,andnowhave650 acresand22varieties. Hayes Star Brand field peas
Ask any Charlestonian: hoppin John is made with rice and field
peas, NOT black-eyed peas. Piggly Wiggly, ever attuned to local
tastes, creates special displays or fills its aisle endcaps with
them at holiday time. On a recent visit, a cashier told us she
planned to stock up on the bagged field peas before the store
closes. Blenheim Red Cap ginger ale South Carolinas Blenheim makes
a milder ale, but drinkers who make a point of buying their six-
packs at The Pig swore by the original recipes sinus- cleansing
sting. What else would you expect from a company that dates to 1903
and is located on the grounds of the famous I-95 pit stop, South of
the Border. Fresh green peanuts Any old grocery can sell canned
boiled peanuts, but home cooks who prefer to boil their own batches
need the fresh green nuts that Piggly Wiggly makes a point of
carrying. Mepkin mushrooms The attentiveness thats a hallmark of
the Trappist monastic tradition has led to the order acquiring a
green-thumb reputation. Mepkin Abbey, located outside Moncks
Corner, is the only U.S. monastery that has applied its growing
skills to mushrooms, sold first by The Pig. Turkey necks, small
chickens Southern food diva and Charleston resident Nathalie Dupree
swears by the back shelf of the Meeting Street stores meat case.
Shes especially taken with the small chickens, sized right for
frying, and the turkey necks, which can be served up with such
Southern classics as lima beans, collards and gumbo. Mr.
Bullwinkels Famous Whipped Cream Cake When George Bullwinkel closed
his Charleston bakery in 1974, the Piggly Wiggly invited the
62-year-old to set up shop in its Meeting Street store. He brought
with him a family recipe for three-layer cake made with whipped
cream and raspberries. Around Christmas, the now-deceased baker
would make more than 1,000 cakes. 12 favorites Pigfans squealabout
What Piggly Wiggly shoppers will miss PHOTOGRAPH BY GRACE
BEAHM/STAFF AND GRAPHIC BY CHAD DUNBAR/STAFF Which product will you
miss most. Vote at postandcourier.com. Poll
- 17. INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS PORTFOLIO Open Division FIRST PLACE:
The State Meredith Sheffer C O L U M B I A S O U T H C A R O L I N
A SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2013 WWW.THESTATE.COM SECTION C SUNDAY SPORTS
BASKETBALL: BIG NAMES FLOCK TO S.C. PRO-AM C4 BRYN RENNER 6-3/225,
senior Record vs. USC: 0-0 AARONMURRAY 6-1/208, senior Record vs.
USC: 0-3 AUSTYN CARTA-SAMUELS 6-1/220,senior Recordvs.USC: 0-0
BLAKE BORTLES 6-4/227,junior Recordvs.USC: 0-0
JALENWHITLOW6-2/208,soph. Recordvs.USC:0-0 BRANDON ALLEN
6-3/212,soph. Record vs.USC: 0-0 JUSTIN WORLEY 6-4/213,junior
Recordvs.USC: 0-1 JAMES FRANKLIN 6-2/230,senior Recordvs.USC: 0-1
TYLER RUSSELL 6-4/220,senior Record vs.USC: 0-1 JEFF DRISKEL
6-4/237,junior Recordvs.USC: 1-0 ALEX
ROSS6-1/200,soph.Recordvs.USC:0-0 TAJH BOYD 6-1/225, senior Record
vs. USC: 0-3 A look at the signal-callers USC will play this fall.
Only one has a win against the Gamecocks. INSIDE Statistics and
analysis of each of these QBs, C3
- 18. INNOVATIVE CONCEPT Open Division THIRD PLACE: The Island
Packet Mike McCombs Preseason Football special section
- 19. INNOVATIVE CONCEPT Open Division SECOND PLACE: The Times
and Democrat Staff Not just a newspaper anymore
- 20. INNOVATIVE CONCEPT Open Division FIRST PLACE: The Post and
Courier Staff eBooks
- 21. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Open Division THIRD PLACE - TIE:
Index-Journal Frank Bumb Saluda mayoral mileage reimbursements
Mayor claims $26K in mileage Saludas top official says travel was
for economic development FRANK ADDY By FRANK BUMB
fbumb@indexjournal.com While the cost of gas, getting to and from
work, school and family activities has risen for every American
during the past few years, the mileage reimburse- ments for Saluda
Mayor Frank Addy rose exponentially since 2010. According to
documents obtained by the Index-Journal, the reimbursements for
travel Addy received increased by 1,100 percent from 2010 to the
end of 2012. In 2010 Addy received $2,347.30, $8,849.40 in 2011 and
$26,621.76 in 2012. The mileage needed to receive such imburse-
ments, paid from the towns gen- eral fund, with a reimbursement
rate of 55 cents per mile, would be 4,267.8 miles in 2010, 16,089.8
miles in 2011 and 48,403.2 miles in 2012. Addy said the
reimbursements stemmed from trips seeking eco- nomic development
opportuni- ties for Saluda. Weve made a sincere effort for economic
development, Addy said. And its more than See MILEAGE, page 5A By
FRANK BUMB fbumb@indexjournal.com SALUDA Saluda Mayor Frank Addy
insists mileage claimed by him from 2010 to 2012 is above board and
done for the best interests of the town. But there is almost no
docu- mentation supporting the legiti- macy of Addys claims. On
Tuesday, the Index-Journal reviewed vouchers, check stubs and other
information at Saluda Town Hall in response to a Free- dom of
Information request sent Jan. 18. According to information obtained
by the Index-Jour- nal through that request, Addy claimed more than
68,760 miles for reimbursement from Saludas general fund since
2010. That represents a total of $37,818.46 in reimbursements for
mileage since 2010. Of that total, 48,403.2 miles for $26,621.76
reimburse- ment were claimed in 2012. Addy included documentation
supporting his travels for only 60 miles out of the roughly 68,760
claimed since 2010. The documentation was a signed thank you card
from a Hometown, South Carolina Regional Advocacy meeting. The
meeting, according to the Documents shed little light FRANK ADDY
Evidence exists for only 60 miles of Saluda mayors claimed mileage
See LIGHT, page 3A Saluda passes mileage ruling Resolution does not
require evidence of trips, only vote By FRANK BUMB
fbumb@indexjournal.com SALUDA In response to growing inquiry about
the reimbursement of travel expenses to elected officials, Saluda
Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a resolution for a
for- mal policy concerning future reim- bursements. This sets some
guide- l i n e s for reimburse- ments in the future, Town
Administrator Randy Cole said. It says you have to get prior
approval before a trip. The town lacked any for- mal, written
policy for the reimbursement for mileage by elected officials
before the adoption of the resolution. The Index-Journal recently
obtained documents that showed Mayor Frank Addy claimed
reimbursements for more than 68,760 miles from Saludas general fund
since 2010. That represents a total of $37,818.46 in reimburse-
ments for mileage since 2010. Of that total, 48,403.2 miles for
$26,621.76 reimbursement were claimed in 2012 alone. I did what I
needed to within policy, and I was try- ing to do what was best for
the town, Addy said previously. But thats why were going to have
this resolution to sort everything out. The total reimbursements
claimed by the rest of Council, Cole and Town Clerk/Treasur- er
Claudia Cochran amounted to $2,184.14 combined, from 2010 to 2012.
Addy previously stated the determination to seek a for- mal
reimbursement policy was because of Freedom of Information Act
requests and increased scrutiny of the expenses incurred for the
reimbursements. But it was also because Council had asked for more
clarification on how to go FRANK ADDY S SALUDA 3A Parties deny
meeting Addy Saluda mayor claims reimbursement of 68,760 miles from
2010-12 FRANK ADDY By FRANK BUMB fbumb@indexjournal.com SALUDA
Mayor Frank Addy insists mileage reim- bursements he claimed from
2010-12 were proper and done for economic development purposes.
However, none of the organi- zations contacted by the Index Journal
have any record or rec- ollection of meeting with Addy on the days
claimed on Addys expense vouchers. As previously reported, Addy
claimed more than 68,760 miles for reimbursement from Saludas
general fund since 2010. That represents a total of $37,818.46 in
reimbursements, paid from the towns general fund, for mileage since
2010. Of that total, 48,403.2 miles for $26,621.76 reimbursement
were claimed in 2012 alone. Addy included documenta- tion
supporting his travels for only 60 miles of the 68,760 he claimed
since 2010. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED)
launched a preliminary inquiry into the reimbursements received by
Addy and the role other town officials played in the reim-
bursements. Thom Berry, a spokesman for SLED, said Thursday there
was no new information to be released. At this time, the investiga-
tion is still ongoing, Berry said. Other than that I dont have
anything I can give you. According to documents obtained by the
Index-Jour- nal, Addys claimed trips, often hundreds of miles
during short time periods, were to a variety of businesses and
organizations around South Carolina and surrounding states. S DENY
4A
- 22. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Open Division THIRD PLACE - TIE:
Index-Journal Scott J. Bryan and Chris Trainor GCSO expenditures By
SCOTT J. BRYAN and CHRIS TRAINOR Index-Journal staff H undreds of
thousands of Greenwood County Sheriff's Office dollars were spent
on a trip to Disney World, restaurants, pag- eants and even
Victoria's Secret, a compre- hensive look at GCSO's finances
reveal. The Index-Journal reviewed nearly 750 pages of documents
provided by the sheriff's office, through Greenwood County interim
attorney Stephen Baggett Jr., in response to a Freedom of
Information Act request. The sheriff's office finances are being
investigated by the South Carolina Law Enforce- ment Division
(SLED). SLED asked Baggett on April 12 to not release the
documents, but Baggett complied with the FOIA and released all
information not exempted. "The premature release of this
information, that was compiled in the process of detecting and
inves- tigating alleged crimes, could jeopardize our ongo- ing
investigation," SLED executive assistant to the chief Kathryn
Richardson wrote Baggett in an email. The Index-Journal review of
debit expenditures and checks found a wealth of unusual
transactions. GREENWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOCUMENTS REVEAL
UNUSUAL PURCHASESGCSO spent money on Disney World, Victoria's
Secret, pageants and more ComingFriday The Greenwood County
Sheriff's Office spent thousands of dollars in funds for food,
including more than $26,000 with one out-of-town catering company.
TONY DAVIS Sandi McAlister- Owens, the former GCSO administrative
assistant, was fired Feb. 4, according to a Greenwood County
Personnel Action form included in the FOIA request. On the
personnel form, dated Feb. 4 and signed by Greenwood County Sheriff
Tony Davis, it says McAlister- Owens would not be rehired. In the
explanation, Davis wrote, "investigation turned over to SLED." "The
investigation is open and ongoing." SLED spokesman Thom Berry, via
a short email statement See UNUSUAL, page 7A
- 23. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Open Division SECOND PLACE: The
State Sammy Fretwell South Carolinas effort to enforce
environmental laws hasnt stopped companies and government agencies
from re- peatedly breaking rules to pro- tect the air, land and
water dur- ing the past two decades. Nearly 25 percent of the 4,700
businesses and govern- ments cited for violating envi- ronmental
laws since 1991 have done so multiple times, and in some cases,
their fail- ures to follow the rules are continuing today,
according to civil enforcement records ana- lyzed by The State
newspaper. Repeat offenders in South Carolina include power com-
panies, local wastewater utili- ties, military bases, private
shipyards, national garbage corporations, major cement factories,
farm companies and public universities, according to Department of
Health and Environmental Control records. EXCLUSIVE | REPEAT
OFFENDERS Environmental lawbreakers still at itFINDINGS About 1,100
of 4,700 companies and governments cited for state envi- ronmental
violations in the past 20 years have had more than one offense.
About 200 violators had five or more citations, including at least
14 that broke the law 15 times or more. At least 120 of those with
five or more violations have had violations during the past five
years. ONLINE See a full listing of companies and governments with
the most violations that continue to run into trouble, at
thestate.com. INSIDE Offenders with more than 10 violations, A11
Nearly one-fourth of the 4,700 business and government offenders
since 1991 are repeat offenders By SAMMY FRETWELL
sfretwell@thestate.com SEE REPEATERS PAGE A10
- 24. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Open Division FIRST PLACE: The Post
and Courier Doug Pardue Forgotten South Carolina Cloudy. High 67.
Low 58. Complete 5-day forecast, B10 INSIDE Charleston, North
Charleston, S.C. $2.00 THE SOUTHS OLDEST DAILY NE WSPAPER FOUNDED
1803. POSTANDCOURIER.COM Doyouagreewith theAPsGrammy predictions?
Arts & Travel, E1 Parade:Meetthe ProductoftheYear
contestwinners Inside GRACE BEAHM/STAFF All across Forgotten South
Carolina, stores in once-thriving farm towns sit boarded up, such
as this one in Bowman in Orangeburg County along U.S. Highway 178.
Farming no longer needs the number of workers it once did, and
factory or service jobs remain elusive for many in these rural
parts of the state. 20counties 26counties ForgottenFo Modern
Pickens Greenville Spartanburg Cherokee York ChesterUnion
LaurensAnderson Oconee Newberry Saluda Edgefield McCorm ick
Abbeville Greenwood Fairfield Kershaw Lancaster Marlboro Darlington
Lee Sumter Richland Lexington Aiken Marion Dillon ClarendonCalhoun
Williamsburg Chesterfield Florence Allendale Bamberg Orangeburg
Berkeley Dorchester Georgetown Horry Charleston Colleton Hampton
Barnwell Jasper Beaufort The two South Carolinas BY DOUG PARDUE
dpardue@postandcourier.com T ake interstate highways between South
Carolinas largest met- ropolitan areas and the scene remains
similar thick forests, meandering rivers and lush farms punctuated
with thriving suburbs and vibrant downtowns. Get off those
interstates and something else emerges towns where poverty rules,
illit- eracy passes to children like an inherited dis- ease, and
diabetes strikes 9-year-olds because of bad diets and obesity. This
is the other South Carolina. It runs along the Interstate 95
Corridor through the mostly majority black counties made infamous
by the Corridor of Shame docu- mentary about inequities in public
schools. It also includes the Mill Crescent, the swath of rural,
largely white, old textile mill counties between the I-85 economic
powerhouse and greater Columbia. If you took this other South
Carolina away, the state would no longer rank at the bottom of
nearly every list you want it to be at the top of. Instead, it
would basically mirror the nation as a whole in income, education
and health. Many crippling disparities linger in these metropolitan
counties, but the areas have been pushed into the national
mainstream by four decades of economic growth, deseg- regation and
an influx of people from other states and countries with new ideas
and high expectations. The other South Carolina remains shrouded in
despair by the legacies of slavery, depen- dence on a marginally
educated workforce, and political and economic domination by an
elite few. Additional social, political and economic forces
conspire with that three-part legacy to keep the region of some 1
million people, a fifth of the state population, locked in stagna-
tion: The impact of generational poverty, the shift of political
power from rural to urban areas, the decline of agricultural and
textile- mill employment, and a lack of tax base to support schools
and build infrastructure to attract business. Viewed on its own,
the other South Carolina resembles many third-world nations.
Forgotten South Carolina A Legacy of Shame A Blueprint for the
Future SPECIAL REPORT | PART ONE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES More InsideA
detailed map and charts comparing county statistics can be found on
Page A13 Special online dataFor an interactive map with comparative
data examining each county in South Carolina, go to
postandcourier.com/forgotten-sc VideoTo watch a video about
Forgotten South Carolina, go to postandcourier.com/forgotten-sc
Inside today 10-page special section Pages A11-A20 Editorial:
Remember forgotten counties. A8 SUNDAY, February 10, 2013
Piecingtogether thenewfaceof Carolinabaseball Sports, C1
CharlesTowneLanding: Halfofffamilyadmission
withaudiotours,souvenirs See A2 Doyo theA predi Arts & the
eYear ers Arts &Travel...................E1
Classifieds..................... H1 Dear
Abby......................G6 Crossword ......................E5
Editorials........................A8 Faith
&Values.................G1 Home & Garden..............D1
Horoscope......................G6 Local News.....................B1
Money............................F1 Movies
...........................E7 Obituaries ......................B4
Pets................................D5 Sports
............................C1 Television.......................E8
Wall St. Journal..............F2 INDEXSetting the record
straight....................A2 N S
- 25. MIXED MEDIA ILLUSTRATION Open Division THIRD PLACE: The
Times and Democrat Kristin Coker
- 26. MIXED MEDIA ILLUSTRATION Open Division SECOND PLACE: The
State Meredith Sheffer Hook, Line and Bubba J immy Koosa looks at
the roughly five-foot gap between two cedar trees, and you can
almost see the gleam of anticipation in his eye. The trees stand to
the right of the Country Club of Lexingtons driving range, where on
a chilly March morning, the long-time Irmo- and Lexington-based
golf instructor is demonstrating the art of
thehookshotspecifically,theleft-hand- ed hook. If you watched the
end of the 2012 Mas- ters, you saw probably the most famous example
of that little-appreciated skill. On the second hole of a
sudden-death playoff with Louis Oosthuizen, Bubba Watson he of the
untamed hair, hot-pink driver It took the skill and the imagination
of Bubba Watson to hit the incredible hook shot that won the 2012
Masters. By BOB GILLESPIE bgillespie@thestate.com SEE HOOK PAGE S3
MASTERS PREVIEW S4: Why the Honorary Starters are the best
tradition at Augusta National. S5: Jack Nicklaus six Masters wins
on the 50th anniversary of his first triumph S7: Famous golfers
girlfriends to watch for during the Masters ONLINE Learn how to hit
a hook from local golfer Jimmy Koosa at thestate.com. MORE SPORTS
A1: Jackie Robinsons impact on S.C. race relations C1: Whats the
future of USCs Zone Read running game? C1: Jordan Mosely, from
Spring Valley, takes winding road to NFL C1: NCAA Final Four
SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA WWW.THESTATE.COM
SECTION S
- 27. MIXED MEDIA ILLUSTRATION Open Division FIRST PLACE: The
Post and Courier Luke Reasoner BY GENE SAPAKOFF ||
gsapakoff@postandcourier.com J anuary 6 is three months and tons of
tailgate foodaway.Butthecollegefootballelimination process leading
to the BCS National Cham- pionship Game at the Rose Bowl in Pasade-
na, Calif., is about to get as serious as touchdown algebra, and
Clemson has a front-row opportunity. A victory over Boston College
on Saturday the Tigers are 24-point favorites sets up No. 3 Clemson
vs. No. 6 Florida State on Oct. 19 at Death Valley in what projects
as the highest combined ranking for any game played in South
Carolina. Official BCS rankings come out the next day. The five
keys to Clemson making it to the BCS Championship Game against
Alabama or Oregon. Or Stanford, Georgia or Ohio State are: Will it
all line up? Five keys to Clemson punching a ticket to Pasadena
Please see CLEMSON,Page C4
- 28. ONLINE COLUMN WRITING Open Division THIRD PLACE:
Herald-Journal Eric Boynton
- 29. ONLINE COLUMN WRITING Open Division SECOND PLACE:
Herald-Journal Eric Boynton
- 30. ONLINE COLUMN WRITING Open Division FIRST PLACE: The Post
and Courier Gene Sapakoff
- 31. ONLINE NEWS PROJECT Open Division HONORABLE MENTION: The
State Darren Price and Dwayne McLemore Clowney Interactive
- 32. ONLINE NEWS PROJECT Open Division THIRD PLACE:
Index-Journal Matt Walsh and Chris Trainor The Pursuit of Heat
- 33. ONLINE NEWS PROJECT Open Division SECOND PLACE - TIE: The
Post and Courier Tony Bartelme Salary Database
- 34. ONLINE NEWS PROJECT Open Division SECOND PLACE - TIE: The
Post and Courier Gill Guerry Charleston Area Homicides
- 35. ONLINE NEWS PROJECT Open Division FIRST PLACE: The
Greenville News William Fox, Lyn Riddle, Mykal McEldowney
andMelissaHall Homeless in Greenville
- 36. SERIES OF SPORTS ARTICLES Open Division THIRD PLACE: The
Post and Courier Gene Sapakoff Blacks in baseball
- 37. SERIES OF SPORTS ARTICLES Open Division SECOND PLACE: The
State John Devlin Dozen Dynasties ORANGEBURG Of all Bill Hamiltons
accomplishments as South Carolina States first and only sports
information director and over 40 years working at his alma mater,
that covers a lot of territory perhaps none is as astound- ing, or
mind-numbing, as the landfill-like mayhem that is his desk. Enter
Hamiltons cozy of- fice in S.C. States Nix Hall, and the first
impression is: When does the HAZMAT team arrive? A seeming ava-
lanche of paper media guides, press releases, news- papers plus a
few unex- pected finds (reading glasses, a ball cap, a small sports
tro- phy, a Carolina Hurricanes hockey puck) creates a
moundrisingaboutsixinches BILL HAMILTON | SPORTS INFORMATION
DIRECTOR S.C. STATES BIGGEST FAN Bill Hamilton, the sports
information director at South Carolina State, is retiring after 40
years. Hamilton will be honored at a Roast and Toast in Orangeburg
on June 28. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KIM KIM
FOSTER-TOBIN/KKFOSTER@THESTATE.COM By BOB GILLESPIE
bgillespie@thestate.com SEE HAMILTON PAGE C7 C O L U M B I A S O U
T H C A R O L I N A SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 WWW.THESTATE.COM SECTION
C SUNDAYSPORTS USC: SUMMERVILLES SMALLS COMMITS C3 BRAVES: BREWER
COLLECTS 300TH SAVE C4 Phil Savitz has been on hand for parts of
four decades of success as the boys soccer coach at Irmo. The
veteran coach says the recent- ly completed 2013 season might be at
the top of his personal highlights list.
HisfinalYellowJacketssquadlimped through an unimpressive regular
season, but put together a brilliant postseason run to claim the
pro- grams 16th state championship. It was the 14th state title
under Sa- vitz, who went 634-83-5 in 33 sea- sons, and puts the
Irmo boys soccer program among The States Dozen Prep Dynasties in
the Midlands. We started the season with a young, inexperienced
team, and I really had no idea what to expect, Savitz said. We lost
our first three gameswithoutscoringagoalinapre- season tournament.
We lost the last three games in the regular season. Blythewood and
us took turns giving the region championship back before we finally
won it. We were the first Irmo team to lose to Chapin and the first
Irmo team to lose on Senior Night. Its safe to say that we never
did establish an identity. All that changed in the state play-
offs. Perhaps it was motivation to send Savitz, who is leaving to
launch the program at first-year River Bluff SAVING THE BEST FOR
LAST IRMO TITLES Irmo boys soccer state championships: 1978 1979
1982 1987 1988 1989 1990 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2003 2004
2013 COMING MONDAY The Lexington girls golf team. ONLINE Follow the
Dozen Dynasties series with additional photos at thestate.com Coach
Phil Savitz closes his career at Irmo with another title By JOHN
DEVLIN Special to The State SEE IRMO PAGE C6 W E SHOULD not be sur-
prised by the recent vandalism to Howards Rock, one of the more
iconic sym- bols in college football. We live in an age where it is
not enough to win games and capture championships. We must also
taunt our opponents, chastise them publicly and, yes, damage and
defame their history and traditions. Such is life in 2013 college
athletics. We do not know who broke into Clemsons Memorial Stadium
and smashed the Plexiglas case before taking a chunk out of the
rock in Vandalism is fandom for losers Ron Morris Columnist
rmorris@ thestate.com SEE MORRIS PAGE C5
- 38. SINGLE ONLINE PHOTO Open Division THIRD PLACE: Independent
Mail Ken Ruinard
- 39. SINGLE ONLINE PHOTO Open Division SECOND PLACE:
Herald-Journal Tom Priddy
- 40. SINGLE ONLINE PHOTO Open Division FIRST PLACE: Independent
Mail Ken Ruinard
- 41. SPORTS SPECIALTY PUBLICATION OR SPORTS MAGAZINE Open
Division THIRD PLACE: The State Staff 2013 COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE
MARCUS LATTIMORE MARCUS LATTIMORE GREATEST GAMECOCK A SPECIAL ISSUE
OF WITH A FOREWORD BY STEVE SPURRIER 21
COMMEMORATIVEISSUESUMMER2013
- 42. SPORTS SPECIALTY PUBLICATION OR SPORTS MAGAZINE Open
Division SECOND PLACE: The State Staff
- 43. SPORTS SPECIALTY PUBLICATION OR SPORTS MAGAZINE Open
Division FIRST PLACE: The State Staff
- 44. EDITORIAL/COLUMN IN SUPPORT OF FOIA All Daily Division
THIRD PLACE: The Post and Courier Charles Rowe I n November, the
Charleston County School Board found itself in violation of the
states freedom of information law when six members turned up for a
tour of the renovated campus of the former Rivers Middle School.
School officials explained that they didnt expect a majority of the
board to attend, thereby triggering the FOIA require- mentfor
publicnotificationofboardmeetings.
Anaccident?Thatshowadistrictspokesman explained it.
Butaniteminarecentdistrictnoticeemailed to school board members
suggests that the practicemaybemorecommonthanimagined. Under the
heading of Small Group Meeting it states:
AmeetingisscheduledattheTownofMount Pleasant at 9 a.m. on January
31st to discuss schoolfunding.Mr.[Michael]Bobbyisextend-
inganinvitationtoMr.[John]Barterandthree other Board members to
attend. ... Since no publicnoticewillbedoneforthismeeting,only
fourboardmembersareallowedtoattend.An- other meeting will be
scheduled if others are interested in this topic. If five members
were in attendance, it would constitute a quorum, requiring public
notice to be given. Mr.Bobby,thedistrictschieffinancialofficer,
tells us that the meeting will give new board
membersachancetohearaboutissuesrelatedto
fundingschoolsinMountPleasant.Mr.Barter is among the recently
elected board members. Town officials also are expected to attend.
Mr. Bobby explained the reasoning behind having a meeting of board
members that doesnt trigger FOIA requirements: We have to have the
ability to do work, he explained. Were not doing the publics busi-
ness. Were doing training. Tothecontrary.Whattheyarereallydoingis
circumventing the law, which gives the public access to the publics
business. Schoolfundingdiscussionsthataredesigned
toavoidtherequirementsofthestateFOIAwill
erodeconfidenceinthewaythedistrictspends school money or to put it
another way, the publics money. The board should stick to
transparency as it discusses the publics business. Meanwhile, if an
unexpected trustee or two weretoshowupattheJan.31meeting,thedis-
trict would again find itself in violation of the FOIA. Thats what
happened at the November tour of the former Rivers Middle School
cam- pus,whichisnowbeingsharedbytheCharles- ton Charter School for
Math and Science and the new Lowcountry Tech Academy. Such a
repetition of that blunder would di- minish confidence in the board
and the dis- trict. Elected school board members shouldnt
countenancemeetingsthataremeanttoevade
thepublicseyebylimitingattendeestoanum- ber below a quorum. It
violates the spirit of the law. No school secrets allowed
EDITORIALS
- 45. EDITORIAL/COLUMN IN SUPPORT OF FOIA All Daily Division
SECOND PLACE: Index-Journal Scott J. Bryan School board sings a
disturbing tune From time to time, it might seem we overly espouse
our belief in transparency in government and open records. In fact,
it might seem a limitless, unabated chorus, with the newspaper
singing the same song again and again, as if we were trapped in the
closing credits of Lamb Chop's Play-Along. "This is the Freedom of
Information Act that never ends. Yes, it goes on and on, my
friends." After countless stories, columns and editorials stressing
the importance of elected officials adhering to the law, it could
be understood readers are exhausted by the constant reminders to
public entities and their representatives state leaders, council
members and school board members of how to best serve the public in
an open manner. And perhaps there are some good, honest people who
think there could simply be no way elected officials would violate
the law, not after repeated press clippings reveal illegal
behavior. We've got bad news for you. You've got a better chance of
finding a leprechaun riding a unicorn in downtown Atlantis than you
do of elected officials behaving transparently. Today's front-page
story by Index-Journal education report- er Michelle Laxer
testifies to the sad reality. No matter how fre- quently we
lambaste public officials for indiscretions, the same behavior
persists. This time, the McCormick school board is disregarding the
law. Based on emails received from the McCormick County school
district, the school board formed a consensus, via email or some
place other than in public, to institute a hiring freeze and try to
keep former superintendent Earlean Smiley in place during this past
spring's budget process. First Amendment lawyer and South Carolina
Press Associa- tion attorney Jay Bender said that violates the law.
"It avoids public debate and the fact that it's been polled in
advance means that action can be taken immediately without anybody
really having an opportunity to weigh in on one side or the other,"
Bender told the Index-Journal. How do we know the McCormick board
violated the law? The chairman of the board, Jim Lambeth, spelled
it out in an email dated Jan. 14 to fellow board member Al Bell.
OUR VIEW
- 46. EDITORIAL/COLUMN IN SUPPORT OF FOIA All Daily Division
FIRST PLACE: Herald-Journal Michael Smith Open up, county
council
- 47. FEATURE SPECIALTY PUBLICATION OR MAGAZINE All Daily
Division THIRD PLACE: The Post and Courier Staff
- 48. FEATURE SPECIALTY PUBLICATION OR MAGAZINE All Daily
Division SECOND PLACE: Herald-Journal Staff
- 49. FEATURE SPECIALTY PUBLICATION OR MAGAZINE All Daily
Division FIRST PLACE: Aiken Standard Staff Steeplechase March 23
Pacers & Polo March 30 Aiken Standard Aiken Trials March 16
aikenstandard.com
- 50. NEWS SPECIAL EDITION OR SECTION All Daily Division THIRD
PLACE: The Island Packet Staff
- 51. NEWS SPECIAL EDITION OR SECTION All Daily Division SECOND
PLACE: The Post and Courier Staff Cloudy. High 67. Low 58. Complete
5-day forecast, B10 INSIDE Charleston, North Charleston, S.C. $2.00
THE SOUTHS OL DE ST DAILY NE WSPAP E R FOUNDE D 1 8 0 3.
POSTANDCOURIER.COM Doyouagreewith theAPsGrammy predictions? Arts
& Travel, E1 Parade:Meetthe ProductoftheYear contestwinners
Inside GRACE BEAHM/STAFF All across Forgotten South Carolina,
stores in once-thriving farm towns sit boarded up, such as this one
in Bowman in Orangeburg County along U.S. Highway 178. Farming no
longer needs the number of workers it once did, and factory or
service jobs remain elusive for many in these rural parts of the
state. 20counties 26counties ForgottenFo Modern Pickens Greenville
Spartanburg Cherokee York ChesterUnion LaurensAnderson Oconee
Newberry Saluda Edgefield McCorm ick Abbeville Greenwood Fairfield
Kershaw Lancaster Marlboro Darlington Lee Sumter Richland Lexington
Aiken Marion Dillon ClarendonCalhoun Williamsburg Chesterfield
Florence Allendale Bamberg Orangeburg Berkeley Dorchester
Georgetown Horry Charleston Colleton Hampton Barnwell Jasper
Beaufort The two South Carolinas BY DOUG PARDUE
dpardue@postandcourier.com T ake interstate highways between South
Carolinas largest met- ropolitan areas and the scene remains
similar thick forests, meandering rivers and lush farms punctuated
with thriving suburbs and vibrant downtowns. Get off those
interstates and something else emerges towns where poverty rules,
illit- eracy passes to children like an inherited dis- ease, and
diabetes strikes 9-year-olds because of bad diets and obesity. This
is the other South Carolina. It runs along the Interstate 95
Corridor through the mostly majority black counties made infamous
by the Corridor of Shame docu- mentary about inequities in public
schools. It also includes the Mill Crescent, the swath of rural,
largely white, old textile mill counties between the I-85 economic
powerhouse and greater Columbia. If you took this other South
Carolina away, the state would no longer rank at the bottom of
nearly every list you want it to be at the top of. Instead, it
would basically mirror the nation as a whole in income, education
and health. Many crippling disparities linger in these metropolitan
counties, but the areas have been pushed into the national
mainstream by four decades of economic growth, deseg- regation and
an influx of people from other states and countries with new ideas
and high expectations. The other South Carolina remains shrouded in
despair by the legacies of slavery, depen- dence on a marginally
educated workforce, and political and economic domination by an
elite few. Additional social, political and economic forces
conspire with that three-part legacy to keep the region of some 1
million people, a fifth of the state population, locked in stagna-
tion: The impact of generational poverty, the shift of political
power from rural to urban areas, the decline of agricultural and
textile- mill employment, and a lack of tax base to support schools
and build infrastructure to attract business. Viewed on its own,
the other South Carolina resembles many third-world nations.
Forgotten South Carolina A Legacy of Shame A Blueprint for the
Future SPECIAL REPORT | PART ONE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES More InsideA
detailed map and charts comparing county statistics can be found on
Page A13 Special online dataFor an interactive map with comparative
data examining each county in South Carolina, go to
postandcourier.com/forgotten-sc VideoTo watch a video about
Forgotten South Carolina, go to postandcourier.com/forgotten-sc
Inside today 10-page special section Pages A11-A20 Editorial:
Remember forgotten counties. A8 SUNDAY, February 10, 2013
Piecingtogether thenewfaceof Carolinabaseball Sports, C1
CharlesTowneLanding: Halfofffamilyadmission
withaudiotours,souvenirs See A2 Doyo theA predi Arts & the
eYear ers Arts &Travel...................E1
Classifieds..................... H1 Dear
Abby......................G6 Crossword ......................E5
Editorials........................A8 Faith
&Values.................G1 Home & Garden..............D1
Horoscope......................G6 Local News.....................B1
Money............................F1 Movies
...........................E7 Obituaries ......................B4
Pets................................D5 Sports
............................C1 Television.......................E8
Wall St. Journal..............F2 INDEXSetting the record
straight....................A2 N S
- 52. NEWS SPECIAL EDITION OR SECTION All Daily Division FIRST
PLACE: The Herald Staff The Herald Wednesday July 31, 2013 Area
students write about their favorite teachers CLASSBack-to-School
Special Section
- 53. SPORTS SPECIAL EDITION OR SECTION All Daily Division THIRD
PLACE: The State Staff J immy Koosa looks at the roughly five-foot
gap between two cedar trees, and you can almost see the gleam of
anticipation in his eye. The trees stand to the right of the
Country Club of Lexingtons driving range, where on a chilly March
morning, the long-time Irmo- and Lexington-based golf instructor is
demonstrating the art of thehookshotspecifically,theleft-hand- ed
hook. If you watched the end of the 2012 Mas- ters, you saw
probably the most famous example of that little-appreciated skill.
On the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Louis Oosthuizen,
Bubba Watson he of the untamed hair, hot-pink driver It took the
skill and the imagination of Bubba Watson to hit the incredible
hook shot that won the 2012 Masters. By BOB GILLESPIE
bgillespie@thestate.com SEE HOOK PAGE S3 MASTERS PREVIEW S4: Why
the Honorary Starters are the best tradition at Augusta National.
S5: Jack Nicklaus six Masters wins on the 50th anniversary of his
first triumph S7: Famous golfers girlfriends to watch for during
the Masters ONLINE Learn how to hit a hook from local golfer Jimmy
Koosa at thestate.com. MORE SPORTS A1: Jackie Robinsons impact on
S.C. race relations C1: Whats the future of USCs Zone Read running
game? C1: Jordan Mosely, from Spring Valley, takes winding road to
NFL C1: NCAA Final Four SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013 COLUMBIA, SOUTH
CAROLINA WWW.THESTATE.COM SECTION S
- 54. SPORTS SPECIAL EDITION OR SECTION All Daily Division SECOND
PLACE: The State Staff J erry Jacksons football coaching career had
come to a crossroads. He sat in his 1998 Dodge Caravan in the
spring of 2004 and watched as a couple of red lights cycled through
at the corner of Chestnut Street and Barhamville Road, the
intersection that frames C.A. Johnson High School. Jacksons 21st
season as an assistant high school coach in South Carolina had not
gone so well, and it had nothing to do with the fact C.A. Johnson
did not win any of its eight games. His frustration had everything
to do with a lack of commitment at every turn to the football
program. Two games that season were cancelled because C.A. Johnson
could field a mere 15 players. Never had Jackson dealt with a
fluctuating roster, players joining the team from one week to the
next or dropping from the lineup without notice. He found most C.A.
Johnson players to be lacking in discipline. Support from home was
minimal. I got depressed, Jackson said. Coming from Fairfield
(Central High), he contin- ued, we had been there and established a
program. Jerry Brown came in and got the program going, then Buddy
Pough came in and took it to another level. We won a cou- ple of
championships. The kids had gotten in the habit of working hard and
not missing practice and things. Jackson paused as he stood eight
years later at that same corner of Chestnut and Barhamville, this
time in his fourth season as C.A. John- sons head coach. Then he
continued. You get over here and its just the opposite, he said.
You cant get them to prac- tice, and they have an apa- thetic
attitude about practic- ing football and the amount of work that it
takes to get it done. It was two different mind- sets. It was just
overwhelming. Jackson was headed to church services that Sunday
morning in 2004. It was as if his mini-van like his ca- reer, for
that matter was stuck in park, unable to pull through the
intersection and down the block to the Pro- gressive Church of Our
Lord Jesus Christ. Jackson said he heard a voice. You need to be
here, Jackson said God told him. Thats why Ive got you here. From
that day forward, Jackson stopped complaining about his situation.
He stopped bemoaning the shortcomings of his job. He no longer
pleaded with the administration for help. Jackson said he realized
his calling was at C.A. Johnson. God directs our path, regardless
of what we say were going to do with our lives, he said. He puts us
in situations where we can either work those situations out or let
them go to rest. We are put in situations to see if we can help
somebody or be an example for them. We wont have an effect on
everybody here, but a lot of people here we have some positive
effect on them. We supply them love. That love was never in short
supply throughout the 2012 season, one that started in mid-August
with 18 play- ers at the first practice and concluded in early
November with 24 players for the final game. In between, Jackson
and his assistant coaches went about teaching more than the
fundamentals of football. Those coaches like the C.A. Johnson
administration and the faculty recognize that this is not just
about teaching a group of young men how to play football and then
saying OK, See you later, at the end of the game. This is about
affecting those players lives, beginning during the season and per-
haps lasting forever. Coaching at C.A. Johnson is about forming a
family within the team, a family that can trust one another even in
the most challenging of situa- tions, a family that learns to
respect and trust other male figures. For some, being on the
football team means be- ing part of a family for the first and
perhaps last time in their lives. It was a season in which C.A.
Johnson dealt with far more downs than ups. It won only two games.
It made the postseason playoffs for only the ninth time since
integra- tion of the schools in 1970. The older sister of one
player died of sickle cell ane- mia and the younger brother of
another was killed when he was struck by a truck. Team members
learned to hug one another and march off the field arm in arm no
matter the games outcome. Before and after every practice, and
before and after every game, Jackson huddled his team and asked
that each member touch another. In unison, he asked them to chant
one phrase that had nothing to do with perform- ing well on the
field or calling for a good outcome in a game. One! Two! Three!
Jack- son shouted. I believe! The team answered. I BELIEVE! There
were more downs than ups for the C.A. Johnson football team but
forming a family was an amazing accomplishment C.A. Johnsons Caesar
Nieto leads the team as it makes its way onto the field for the
game against Pelion. Corresponding video Visit thestate.com for a
photo gallery and a video produced by photojournalist Gerry
Melendez exploring the tight weave of C.A. Johnson High School
students personal lives and their identity as football players.
Reporter Ron Morris and photographer Gerry Melendez spent the 2012
season following the C.A. Johnson football team. Ron Morris The
States sports columnist has won numerous state and national awards
and is a five-time winner of the South Carolina sports writer of
the year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters
Association. Gerry Melendez Twenty years of assignments have taken
him throughout the U.S. and abroad. His work has been recognized by
state, regional and national contests. He is a four-time South
Carolina Photographer of the Year by the South Carolina News
Photographers Association. Designer Meredith Sheffer, Assistant
Sports Editor - Presentation Editor Rick Millians, Executive Sports
Editor PROJECT TEAM G2 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2012 WWW.THESTATE.COM
THE STATE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
- 55. SPORTS SPECIAL EDITION OR SECTION All Daily Division FIRST
PLACE: The Island Packet Staff RBC Heritage
- 56. REVIEW PORTFOLIO All Daily Division THIRD PLACE: The Post
and Courier Bo Petersen BY BO PETERSEN The Post and Courier THE
LAST TRAIN TO ZONA VERDE. By Paul Theroux. Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt. 353 pag- es. $27. Ebook $27. M aybe the most astonishing
thing about Paul Therouxs travel writing is that a lot of people
dont like it. Hes considered the grumpy old man in the field,
continually railing on about this or that disruption of au- thentic
culture by modern incursions instead of tour-guiding hungry
escapists to the wonders of Bora Bora. This is his genius. Theroux
is a real-world traveler: He drops you smack into the dirt and
desires of a land and its people. In The Last Train to Zona Verde,
the chapter called Three Pieces of Chicken is one of the finest
bits of travel gristle you can chew. Strand- ed in the Angolan bush
when the folk taxi hes riding in breaks down, he writes: We drank
beer, we muttered, we listened, and then it occurred to me that if
I didnt claim a place in the car I would have nowhere to sleep.
While they were talking, I went back to the Land Cruiser. I cranked
the seat into reclining position, covered myself with my jacket,
and to the drumming in the distance and the mutter- ing of boys
sitting on the steps of the shed, I sub- sided into sleep. From
time to time I awoke, and I was surprised by the gusto of the
drumming, but in the darkest hours of morning, it ceased. ... In
daylight the place was ugly, more littered and beat up than it had
seemed the day before. The chapter revolves around a bucket holding
three blackened limbs of skinny chicken, covered with black flies,
offered for sale. He turns them down at first, but then buys them
one by one be- cause theres nothing else to eat. The Last Train to
Zona Verde might well not be the last go- round from the prolific
Theroux. It is, after all, his 46th book of travel, fiction or
criticism. He took off on the trip to Southwest Africa after
finishing a novel. But it has the feel of his coda. The
septuagenarian started his travel life as a Peace Corps volunteer
in Malawi in the 1960s and has returned repeatedly to trek and
write about a continent he unabashedly loves. This time, though,
hes brooding about his age and mortality in the early chapters,
then in the closing chapter, What Am I Doing Here, he is coming to
terms with his disillusion about whats become of West Africa: Of
course, I could put my head down and travel farther, but I knew
what I would find: de- caying cities, hungry crowds, predatory
youths and people abandoned by their governments, people who saw
every foreigner as someone they could hit up for money. Theroux
takes you on a rocky safari across infringed wilds, disenfranchised
poverty and coven luxury. He introduces you to a boil of angry
indig- enous peoples and unsettled migrants you wont meet on an
itinerary tour. This trek opens with him on a spear hunt in
Namibia, step- ping over termite hills with bush people, one of the
worlds oldest cultures, pouch-breasted women laughing among them-
selves, an infant with a head like a fuzzy fruit bobbing in one
womans sling, men in leather clouts clutching spears and bows. Go
on, turn the first few pages. Then I dare you to put it down.
Reviewer Bo Petersen is an environmental reporter for The Post and
Courier. Therouxs Last TrainAuthors brooding, brilliant stories of
Africa hard to put down BY BO PETERSEN The Post and Courier STORM
KINGS. By Lee Sandlin. Pan- theon Books. 260 pages. $26.95. Theres
no way that saying anything like, This book is a history of tornado
science, can convince you just how cool it is to read about Ben
Franklin as a pre- statesman youngster, offering himself as an
agent to a theatrical performer who uses static electricity in a
magic show. Or Franklin as a performer himself, setting up stunts
like the Ladys Kiss: The lady in question would sit in a chair
while several aurora tubes were passed over and around her. Then a
suc- cession of young men would attempt to kiss her. Each time, the
crackling static discharge from her lips and forehead would knock
the suitor to the floor. Lee Sandlins Storm Kings is full of tales
like that, stories with human di- mensions that go well beyond the
1800s controversies over whether, first of all, there were such
things as tornadoes, and second, whether they whirled. There are
the heroes youve never heard of: the Sig- nal Corps officer whose
groundbreaking work on twisters was rejected, grudg- ingly
accepted, then curtly dismissed by backstabbing federal bureaucrats
before becoming a standard of the science. Of- ficer John Finleys
near fatal midwinter climb up Pikes Peak is riveting, as he brings
life-saving supplies to the men in one of the countrys first
weather stations: They were obliged to leave the mules behind with
the mountaineer to trudge up on foot. The snow grew so deep they
were often wading up to their armpits. The weather became
increasingly foul. Storms were cresting the mountaintop and
spilling down along the slopes; there was thick fog in the ravines
and a con- tinuous pelting of rain, sleet and snow. There were
terrifying lightning displays and gigantic echoing booms and
crashes of thunder. At one point they were caught in a mysteriously
charged snowstorm, where every flake left a trail of cold fire
through the air, and their hair, beards and fingertips were
emitting endless showers of sparks. Whoa. Thats what Storm Kings is
like. And along the way, Sandlin fends through a line of deadly,
twisting historic storms that stand your hair on end. Any story
that starts with the wild Franklin and ends with Mr. Tornado, the
singular tornado researcher Tetsuya Fujita, is a tale worth the
telling. Enjoy. Reviewer Bo Petersen is an environ- mental reporter
at The Post and Courier. Storm a vortex of good storytelling BY BO
PETERSEN bpetersen@postandcourier.com BACK TO BLOOD. Tom Wolfe.
Little, Brown and Co. 704 pages. $30. Huge huge huge brilliant
brilliant brilliant lurid lurid lurid. Now dont be alarmed; thats
not the reviewer. Thats the provocateur-legend Tom Wolfe describing
the neon sign for the Honey Pot strip club. Or how about
AhhggghHAHAHHHHock hock hock hockdjou, his onomatopoeic rendition
of a characters hacking laugh. This is what youre in for opening
Back to Blood, the latest carving up of Ameri- can culture by the
author of groundswell books such as The Right Stuff, The Elec- tric
Kool-Aid Acid Test and The Bonfire of the Vanities. Check your
serious face at the door. This is lampoon: over-the-top fun with
the boiling unrest of cultures in the unmelting pot of social caste
Miami. There are A LOT OF CAPI- TAL LETTERS in this book. Say, for
instance: BEAT thung BEAT thung BEAT thung BEAT thung BEAT thung
BEAT thung repli- cating lurid music booming from the loud speakers
dur- ing a yacht club regatta that devolves deck to deck into an
offshore orgy. Wolfe burst into popular conscience in the 1960s
with New Journalism classics such as the Acid Test. No sooner did
he become an established anti-establishment figurehead then he
turned to produce classics like The Right Stuff, the real-people
account of NASA astronauts that knocked vaunted James Micheners
Space clean off the literary shelf. Then Wolfe wrote From Bauhaus
to Our House, putting the thumb tacks to malformed 20th- century
architecture. So give him slack. The Bon- fire of the Vanities had
good passages and tedious stretch- es, A Man in Full was less than
that and I Am Charlotte Simmons a sometimes bril- liant but
long-winded, not- quite-nailed-down satire of conflicted North
Carolina folk and academic cultures. Heck, Clyde Edgerton did it
better if far less edgier in Raney. But when Wolfe is good, he is
very good. Back to Blood reels out of control from the interplay of
two young, star- crossed Cuban lovers and their body slams into
various Miami cultural walls. One is a policeman who wants nothing
more than to be respected by his family and community; one a
darting socialite wan- nabe who wants nothing more than to shed
both. To be sure, theres some wading to get through this tall tale.
But theres also some real scene gobbling going on, and an ending
that packs a hyper- bolic punch. If you want onboard, grab the
Dramamine: And every time a boat rocked, usually thanks to the
rolling wakes of speed boats, the bottles and beer cans would roll
across the deck ... the beer cans with a cheap junky aluminum rat-
tle ... the bottles with a cheap junky hollow moan ... rolled
rolled rolled over the flat garbage, the stamped out ciga- rettes,
the cheap plastic beads, the spilt-beer slicks, the used condoms,
the puke fritters. Reviewer Bo Petersen is a reporter at The Post
and Courier. Wolfe lampoons Miami
- 57. REVIEW PORTFOLIO All Daily Division SECOND PLACE: The State
Otis R. Taylor Jr. NORTH CHARLESTON A fter two decades serving a
sentence on a chain gang, its not the laborious conditions of his
past life that cause Jean Valjean, the protagonist in Les
Miserables, to wail in agony. Its the slip of paper he must carry.
Its a mark, a scarlet letter of condemnation. By the time he sings
a soliloquy, falling to his knees at center stage, his pain has
become your pain. In other words, youre hooked. The Broadway in
Columbia production of Les Miserables is the musical to bring the
non-musical fan to see. The two-act stage adaptation of Victor
Hugos novel, which opens Tuesday at the Koger Center, runs through
March 24. A film version of Les Like visiting an old friend
Revamped for its silver anniversary, Les Misrables opens at the
Koger By OTIS R. TAYLOR JR. otaylor@thestate.com Genevieve Leclerc
rehearses her part of Fantine at the North Charleston Performing
Arts Center as the cast and crew prepare for Les Miserables. The
show is opening in Columbia at the Koger Center. Opening night is
Tuesday; its run concludes March 24. KIM KIM
FOSTER-TOBIN/KKFOSTER@THESTATE.COM IF YOU GO Les Miserables When:
7:30 p.m. Tues- day-Friday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and March
24 Where: Koger Center, 1051 Greene St. Tickets: $46-$66
Information: (803) 251-2222 or www.ca- pitoltickets.com One of the
props used in Les Miserables. BY THE NUMBERS 9 Number of 53-foot
semi- trucks it takes to transport the show. 16 Hours it takes to
erect the elaborate set. 8 Hours it takes to tear the set down. 15
Number of traveling set crew members. 75 Number of local stage
hands used in each city to build and take down the set. 15 Number
of musicians in live orchestra. 400 Number of lights the crew
installs in each theater, 100 of which have moving heads.SEE LES
MIZ PAGE E2 Kenny Chesneys return to Williams- Brice Stadium was
triumphant, and it was apparent early in the afternoon that the
threat of poor weather wasnt going to keep No Shoes Nation, the
name given to Chesneys fervent fans, from hanging out with their
best friend. Hours before Satur- days concert, they arrived to
party at the pre-concert tailgate called KennyGate. Though official
numbers wont be re- leased until this week, organizers estimat-
edtheattendanceat45,000,animpressive number since walk-up ticket
sales may have been hampered because of the cool
temperatures.Thefollowingareahandful of observations from the
daylong event that began at 10 a.m. Get on the good foot: On the
very first song of his 2008 stadium concert, Ches- ney broke his
foot because of a stage mal- Kenny Chesney pumps up the crowd
during his performance Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium. RENEE
ITTNER-MCMANUS/RITTNERMCMANUS@THESTATE.COM ONLINE: Concert photos
and fan snapshots. Did our photographer shoot you? Go online and
find out at thestate.com METROSUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013 WWW.THESTATE.COM
SECTION B COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA KENNYS COLUMBIA COMEBACKBy OTIS
R. TAYLOR JR. otaylor@thestate.com SEE CHESNEY PAGE B6 H ip-hop
has, unfair- ly, been oft-ma- ligned in Colum- bia. It has existed
thrived, even in pockets of the city, but tradi- tionally it has
been separated, held at a distance from local
clubs,barsand,especially,fes- tival stages. Love, Peace and Hip
Hop: Columbia Hip Hop Family Day seeks to be inclusive with the
genre as the gatherings foundation. Organized by Non Stop Hip Hop
Live, the citys long- running hip-hop catalysts, the festi- val is
one of a hand- ful of music events related to The Indie Grits
Festival. Arrested Devel- opments perfor- mance at St. Pats in Five
Points last month might have satiated some who have yearned for
hip-hop to be added to the fes- tival.But,forsome, a bitter taste
lin- gers from when Wet Willies jolted the Free Times Music Crawl
in November 2011, two days before the event. It canceled the
scheduled sets citing the performers foul and violent language.
Love, Peace and Hip Hop is an opportunity to show- case hip- hop
culture and hip-hop as a cre- ative art form that includes vi- sual
art, fashion, dance and poetry. The event is headlined by Kool Moe
Dee, a rapper known as much for his wrap- around sunglasses as he
is for his rhymes. His hits include How Ya Like Me Now, Wild Wild
West and the burning ballad Go See the Doctor. His verse on Self
Destruc- tion, the hip-hop unity track, was a prescient invective
against a communitys and genres agitated evolution. Back in the 60s
our broth- ers and sisters were hanged/ How could you gang bang?/ I
never ever ran from the Ku Klux Klan/ And I shouldnt have to run
from a black man. Of course, Kool Moe Dee feuded with fellow rapper
LL Cool J in the 80s. The rappers lobbed sublimi-
naldissesateachother.Onthe cover of his 1987 album, How Ya Like Me
Now, Moe Dee stood in front of a white jeep that had a crushed red
Kangol under its left front tire. The significance: The Kangol, a
type of hat, was to LL what the sunglasses were to Kool Moe Dee.
Moe Dee, a former member of the Treacherous Three, was the first
rapper to perform at the Grammy Awards, so he brings history with
his perfor- mance in Columbia. There is hope that this festival is
histor- ical in a similar manner. Kool Moe Dee THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HIP-HOP A FAMILY AFFAIR The Love, Peace & Hip Hop festival
Saturday on Main Street is a free showcase of the culture and
creative art form that is hip-hop Otis R. Taylor Jr. otaylor
@thestate.com (803) 771-8362 Yameezy PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHS C O L U M
B I A S O U T H C A R O L I N A FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013
WWW.THESTATE.COM SECTION E WEEKEND INSIDE: Otis Taylor picks his
top 15 South Carolina rappers. Page E3 IF YOU GO Love, Peace &
Hip Hop When: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat- urday Where: Main Street Tickets:
Free Late night: At 9:30 p.m., DJ Shekeese Tha Beast, one of the
festivals organizers, will have his birthday bash at New Brookland
Tavern. Special Ed, whose glorious song I Got it Made was,
arguably, the genesis of popular hip-hops addic- tion to lyrical
expositions on excess, is the headlin- er. NBT is at 122 State St.,
West Columbia. $8 Information: www.lovepea- cehiphop.com THE
SETLIST 11a.m.: DJ Q Jack Noon: Hip Hop History 101 with the
founders of Non Stop Hip Hop Live, DJ She- keese Tha Beast and DJ
Kingpin. DJ Prince Ice will spin music through the decades. 12:45
p.m.: Performances by Kevlar and Randy Bruce 1 p.m.: Breakdancing
by Battle Holex Crew World- wide 1:30 p.m.: Performances by DJ
T.O., Ida Divine and Abys and Redd 2:15 p.m.: Performances by
Collard Green, Preach Jacobs, B-Familia Muzik and FatRat Da Czar
with Grand Royal 3:15 p.m.: Performance by The Reggie Sullivan
Band, Yamin Semali and Kool Moe Dee TODAY AT INDIE GRITS A daily
guide to Colum- bias film and arts festival, going on through April
21 7 tonight: The Indie Grits Festival opening party. The free
party will be held on the 1600 block of Main Street. Say Brother
and The Roy- al Tinfoil will perform. There will also be a DJ, food
trucks and beer and wine sales. Lets hope the weather cooperates
unlike it did for last weeks First Thurs- days on Main;
www.indiegrits.com Look for more stories on the Indie Grits Festi-
val at thes- tate.com/ entertainment Ida Divine Rap Shoot MOVIES 42
tells the story of baseball great Jackie Robinson. Review, story,
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- 58. REVIEW PORTFOLIO All Daily Division FIRST PLACE: The Post
and Courier Adam Parker BY ADAM PARKER aparker@postandcourier.com
WASH. By Margaret Wrinkle. Atlantic Monthly Press. 405 pages. $25.
A mong Americas biggest problems is its failure to come to terms
with its greatest sin: slavery. We know the wound is insufficiently
healed. We see its legacy every day in the way forms of rac- ism
persist. And we watch, often too passively, as some among us act to
prevent healing exempli- fied most profoundly by the common
attitude that the past is the past, that the great-great-grandchil-
dren of slave owners cannot be held responsible for the actions of
their ancestors, that blacks should just get over it already. We
know, of course, that these arguments are at- tempts, sometimes
deliberate, sometimes subcon- scious, to evade the truth. And the
truth is: We need much more of it, along with a lot of
reconciliation. Maybe this can eventually happen. Maybe not.
Meanwhile, the wound festers. Consider the Tray- von Martin case.
So it comes as a terrific surprise, a shock really, to read
Margaret Wrinkles novel Wash, which is all about slaves and slave
owners in the early years of the new Republic. It is a graceful
book filled with the brutality of slavery and the humanity of those
involved. It does not avoid the truth. It does not cut corners. It
presents people in full dimension and in con- text, showing how
slavery was a complicated and perverse phenomenon that easily
educed the evil in some people, but could not simply be dismissed
as a mere distortion of history. An entire economic system, a whole
culture depended on it. If you were unfortunate enough to be born
into this system and culture, whether black or white, you were
pretty much stuck. This is not to say that the abolitionist pursuit
was either misguided or futile (Wrinkle touches on it in her
novel). Many thoughtful people fought against slavery, and that
opposition succeeded in chipping away at the institution.
Eventually, it won the day. Lets admit right off that writing
novels about slavery is a difficult endeavor indeed. Few have suc-
ceeded in conveying the nature of the system while simultaneously
presenting believable and sympa- thetic characters. But this did
not stop Wrinkle, a native of Birmingham, Ala., who grew up with an
intimate knowledge of unresolved racial issues. The title Wash
reflects the name of its slave-protago- nist, Washington, but it
also might be an allusion to the writerly effort to scrub the grime
from the issues so they may be seen clearly. Eyes on the clouds The
story is set in the early 1800s, in Western Ten- nessee, which saw
an expansion of the domestic slave trade as settlers ventured forth
into the coun- trys heartland, and it presents characters engaged
in a particularly distasteful aspect of slavery: human breeding for
commercial purposes. Wash is the child of Mena, a captured African
woman purchased in Charleston by the soldier- landowner Richardson.
He lends Mena to his friend Thompson, a humane recluse who takes
the young African with him to a remote North Carolina island, where
he chooses to live out his remaining days. Mena, it turns out, is
pregnant. On the island she gives birth to Wash (named by Thompson)
and steadfastly holds onto her culture and heritage, pass- ing her
knowledge slowly and surely to her young son. Thompson tolerates
the mojo, affording Mena and Wash plenty of slack. His interest in
Mena is infused by affection. In one particularly lovely sequence
in which Thompson dis- covers her pregnancy, he teaches her how to
swim: Soon as she lay back, soon as her dark billowy dress lay
drenched against her front, I saw her belly for the first time. It
reared up so round, I couldnt believe I hadnt seen it before. She
was good and pregnant. Five months by my best guess. My mouth
dropped open as she lay there floating in my palm but she kept her
eyes on the clouds. Wouldnt look at me but she started breathing
shallow just like Id showed her. When I took my hand away, she
floated on her own. Eventually, the old man dies. Mena and Wash are
claimed by Thompsons two brutal sons and put to work on a Tennessee
plantation. Wash finds the adjustment difficult. He has grown up to
be a hard-headed outsider, unwilling to forfeit his African or
forget his ancestors. He is tall, dark, handsome, mysterious, and
he strikes fear in his fellow slaves who hug their Christian bible
and worry about anyone too reluctant to cast his eyes downward in
the presence of whites. This gets him a load of trouble, and
Wrinkle ren- ders it with all the violence and cruelty it demands,
but without excess, always attuned to the context and history of
the time. The story is told from the differing perspectives of its
main characters; Wrinkle writes mostly in the first-person,
shifting quickly from one to another, but she also inserts sections
written in the third person. Its a testament to her achievement
that this mash-up unifies into a cohesive, flowing narrative. The
reader is pulled along, eager to understand what is going through
the minds of each of these fascinat- ing people. Clinging to
identity It is perhaps first and foremost a sweeping psy-
chological portrait, a lesson in how people under stress adapt, how
they connect with one another even when forces beyond their control
regularly tear them to shreds. Its always the dead who got to
stretch out to the living, Wash says. You get so you can read a
liv- ing mans mind. See straight into his heart. But what you got
to tell him aint always what he wants to hear, and the living can
be some kind of hard- headed, acting blind to us even when we could
save em some real time and trouble. But some things stay slow to
learn and I know it can seem easier to slog on the hard way. I
remember making that exact same choice myself. We learn about
Richardsons ambivalence toward slavery, his dependence on Wash,
both for com- mercial gain and human interaction. We learn about
African traditions and how they were tenu- ously conveyed to the
U.S. and into the hearts and minds of those able to listen. We
learn about the dysfunctional dynamics among slave communities and
between whites and blacks. Above all, we enter the minds of Wash,
Mena, Pallas and Rufus, each clinging hard to their African
identities in the face of overwhelming odds. To read about how the
young Pallas, destined eventually to become an accomplished
medicine woman and companion of Wash, was sequestered in an
isolated cabin for the purpose of providing sexual relief to the
young sons of a slave owner, how she emerged nearly dead inside but
somehow found the strength (and the help) to reclaim her soul, is
to come face to face with just one of the terrible lega- cies we
have yet to confront fully as a society. It is a particularly
heartbreaking passage in this remark- able book, yet full of hope
and humanity. Or there is the story of Rufus the blacksmith, who
takes the young Wash under his wing. After the woman he loves is
sold away, he descends into a pit of alcoholism and depression,
never to emerge whole again. And there is Wash himself, confused by
the changing circumstances into which he has been thrust, yet
eloquent and insightful at the same time. The character is fully
formed, endearing and sympathetic. He grows and learns, sometimes
fretfully, falling back into the grip of his story, sometimes with
such grace and poetry the reader is left trembling. It was pretty
soon after that day when my time came for me, Wash recounts. I
guess living full on like I did wore me out. Id learned not to let
my anger light me up so bad, and Pallas stayed steady helping me
smooth my edges. But still, my day came much sooner than I thought
it might. ... It came right on me out of the clear blue sky. Didnt
have no time to fight it. Felt myself lifted up out of myself, like
Id felt plenty of times before, but I could tell this time was
something different. I could tell this time I wasnt coming back, so
I turned my eyes to Pallas. The reader, privy to the immense
psychologi- cal and physical abuse Wash must endure, is left
marveling at how his mind and soul could have re- mained intact. In
the end, it was his heart that gave out. Wrinkle renders all of
this with a carefully simpli- fied language that somehow rings
true. She is con- cerned less with capturing the precise nuances of
actual speech and more with finding a way to reveal authentic
thoughts, ideas, expressions. Her special vernacular is perhaps the
key that unlocks this Pan- doras Box without permitting the furies
of slavery to fly off in all directions. Instead they swirl and
churn before us, contained by the intelligence of the writer and
the beauty of her novel. It seems to me that Wash achieves
something extraordinary: a full-fledged confrontation with one of
the most difficult aspects of our nations history. With a careful,
thoughtful application of her pen, Wrinkle has given us an honest
and important ex- pression of hope. She has illuminated the
darkness of slavery and invited us to explore it as the accom-
plices we surely are. With Wash, Wrinkle has given us a firm foot-
hold that leads in the direction of truth and recon- ciliation. We
would do well to take this step. And to thank her for her help.
Reviewer Adam Parker is the arts writer and book page editor for
The Post and Courier. WashPoignant novel on slavery clears view of
Americas great sin BY ADAM PARKER aparker@postandcourier.com When
it rains it pours. Twice this spring Charleston audi- ences have
been treated to perfor- mances of the monumental Verdi Requiem,
first presented by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in
a special April con- cert, and now again under the baton of Joseph
Flummerfelt, the Spoleto Festivals artistic director for choral
activities, who is ceding his position after years of transition to
the very talented Joe Miller. Flummerfelt, 76, chose to leave the
festival on this note because the Requiem has been one of those
pieces close to his heart for a long time. And among the initiated,
who doesnt love it? At TD Arena Thursday night, the Westminster
Choir, joined by the CSO Chorus (its recent performance still
reverberating in the singers ears) and by the Spoleto Festival USA
Orchestra, tried to blow the top off the venue, which had been bat-
tened down by festival stagehands and acoustician David Greenberg
for the occasion. And they sounded fine, if not es- pecially
present in the big space. The special concert shell built for the
oc- casion was a lot better than nothing, but it couldnt project
the music into the arena with adequate focus and intensity.
Nevertheless, patrons were treated to a brisk and beautiful
rendition of a work that features divinely hushed moments of
spiritual angst and bombastic, full-orchestra flares her- alding
the days of wrath. Flummerfelt, blessed with a fine chorus and
orchestra, and four thoughtful soloists, opted for a somewhat
compact interpretation. His tempi were on the quick side, but
handled deftly by the singers, who never sounded rushed. His skills
were most apparent when the choral Sanctus was sung. The singers
performed with crystalline precision, a beautiful tone, perfect
diction and a joyous understanding of the Latin text (Holy, holy,
holy ... Hosanna in the highest!) The piece begins with a shimmer-
ing, hushed Requiem and Kyrie, beautifully sung by the chorus and
tightly controlled by Flummerfelt. It is critical to keep this
opening as quiet as possible (though in the are- na theres such a
thing as too quiet), both to convey a mood of longing and
resignation and to provide the necessary contrast to the next sec-
tion, the roaring Dies irae, which featured two pairs of trumpeters
positioned at the top of the arena on either side of the stage,
providing a wonderful stereophonic effect. Verdi Requiem in the
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