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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
All Daily Division HACKER STEALS
RESIDENTS’ DATA Breathtaking heist exposes 387,000 credit,
3.6 million Social Security numbers
Earlier breaches may have MORE ON THE STORY »» Not the first time Earlier breaches may have affected 410,000, 7A Profit driven Hackers turn data into cash, 4A

affected 410,000 in state

SECOND PLACE:
Many involved health care of the notices sent to af-
fected consumers. A
public access to the
names.
financial organizations
turned in 12 breach no-
organizations, agency report says breach is defined as the The law requires ev- tices affecting almost
unauthorized access of ery business or agency 19,000 consumers; and
By Tim Smith The report doesn’t in- items containing per- reporting to them to noti- other industries submit-
Capital Bureau clude the most recent fis- sonal identifying infor- fy affected customers or ted 29 notices affecting
tcsmith@greenvilleonline.com cal year, or the database mation. It doesn’t neces- residents. about 17,000 residents,
theft earlier this year of sarily mean the informa- The law went into ef- according to the data
COLUMBIA — South almost 230,000 records tion was actually stolen fect in July 2009, al- from Consumer Affairs.
Carolina state agencies from the Department of or misused. though some companies A total of six breaches
and businesses over a Health and Human Ser- Some organizations reported breaches for were reported last year
three-year period report- vices, said Juliana Har- didn’t report numbers of 2008 as well. but the number of people
ed dozens of computer se- ris, spokeswoman for the people affected, officials The agency has so far affected far exceeded
curity breaches that po- agency. said, so the actual num- received a total of 56 no- previous years, accord-
tentially could affect at State law requires ber could be much high- tices of computer breach- ing to the report, which
least 410,000 people, a re- businesses or govern- er. es with a total impact of doesn’t detail any conse-
port obtained by Green- ment agencies to report The report doesn’t list 410,865 residents, ac- quences of the breaches.
villeOnline.com shows. computer security the names of businesses cording to the report. Health-care organiza-
Much of that, accord- breaches to the Consum- or government agencies Of the 56 disclosures, tions alone reported

The Greenville News
ing to a report by the state er Affairs Office if the reporting the security the health-care industry, 325,000 people impacted
Department of Consum- potential impact is at breaches. such as hospitals, submit- from three security
er Affairs, came from least 1,000 people. GreenvilleOnline.com ted nine notices affecting breaches in 2011, accord-
health care organizations They must also notify has filed a South Carolina 340,000 residents. Gov- ing to the data.
last year, which reported the major credit bureaus Freedom of Information ernment agencies sub-
breaches affecting a pos- and include the timing, Act request, which the mitted six breaches af-
sible 325,000 people. distribution and content agency required, to gain fecting 35,000 residents;

WARNING cies have already
strengthened their infor-
tion security system is
only a function of how
well above the others,
four or five in the middle
employees with duties
that require such access.
mation security, and bad somebody wants to and two agencies with Updated tools now al-
Continued from Page 1A we’re not going to stop look at it. I can assure more substantive find- low officials to identify
until we have the strong- you, if somebody wants ings. personal information
Motor Vehicles told law- est information-security to get into your system, He would not disclose contained in emails.
makers that foreign practices in the country.” they can get into your the identities of the agen- And a new policy on
hackers were attacking Lindsey Kremlick, system. The question is cies or the exact details outside employment “is

Tim Smith, David Dykes,
his agency’s computer spokeswoman for the how much time, energy but said he will eventual- designed to deter em-
systems on a daily basis, state Budget and Control and commitment they ly release his reports. ployees from improperly
trying to get into data- Board, which houses the have and how hard are He said the Depart- benefiting from their po-
bases that contained a state’s information tech- you going to make it for ment of Revenue is sition and/or the data
treasure trove of driver nology office, said there them to minimize that among the nine reviewed they may have access
personal information. is no centralized comput- risk. There is no risk-less but would not discuss his to,” according to the
In April, a state Medi- er system for state agen- system.” findings yet, saying he agency’s summary ob-
caid employee was cies in South Carolina, State Law Enforce- wants permission from tained by GreenvilleOn- Gov. Nikki Haley expressed her anger
charged with six counts making it impossible to ment Division Chief law enforcement first. line.com. Friday towards a hacker who breached
of violating confidential-
ity and Medicaid laws af-
ter authorities accused
know exactly how many
security breaches have
occurred.
Mark Keel said South
Carolina is not unique in
attempts by hackers to
Common problems
The most common
At the Department Tim Smith
Employment and Work-
By of
force, remote access to bureau
Capital
Government remedy Department of Revenue information. At
right is state Department of Revenue
him of transferring rec-
ords on nearly 230,000
Medicaid patients to his
“Agencies indepen-
dently manage their own
information technology
breach computer securi-
ty at state agencies.
“It’s nationwide,” he
problems he found, he
said, were that agencies
did not have a response
computer systems is now
COLUMBIA —
secured using a “best- The first intrusion
practices” authentica- unnoticed by any
began in August, SPEAK OUT
frustrates residents Director James Etter. HEIDI HEILBRUNN/STAFF

email account and then including data, applica- said. “Systems are con- plan in case of a security tion, controls have been
officials operating the Department By David Dykes
sending a copy to another tions, security and infra- stantly being hit trying to breach, lacked adequate implemented to revokecomputer system, » Go to Greenville MAKING YOUR
person. structure,” she said. find a way into them, security for the paper
of Revenue’s
access to computer sys- Online.com/
Staff Writer
VOICE HEARD WHAT YOU CAN DO
And in August, the “Agencies are not re- whether it’s just to plant a records that contain con- tems once an employee is not far from the
which is located

Eric Connor and
Facebook to tell us A crush of South Carolina the deluge of calls from resi- Taxpayers are being asked to call 1-866-578-
University of South Car- quired to utilize the Bud- virus or whatever. That’s fidential information and terminated, security has the State Law En-
headquarters of

Hackers can make money off data
olina’s College of Educa- get and Control Board’s just a constant thing that did not regularly search been forcement Division.
increased over how you think the residents, confused and wor- dents who were urged by Gov. 5422 to determine if their information is
tion disclosed that rec- Division of State Infor- we see.” for personal information By the time the computer state handled the
stored paper documents ried about their vulnerability, Nikki Haley and others to vis- affected. Due to high call volume on Friday,
ords of 34,000 students, mation Technology’s Marcos Vieyra, chief that might be stored in and officials are scan- the U.S. Secret Ser-
crimes office of security breach and if did what their governor it the firm’s website or call to many residents reported being unable to get
faculty and researchers (DSIT) IT services. For information security of- multiple computer files. ning all computers used they should do more.
had been exposed during these reasons, we cannot ficer for the University Maley characterized in the agency’s SCWorks a problem on Oct.By Byron Acohido
vice discovered urged them to do Thecalling a ondetermine if theiraround an onlinethrough, but state officials say the service is
ernment databases. in first hinges ground that revolves informa- ta thief is running and also on market
a security breach by an accurately provide an in- of South Carolina, said at- the findings as problems 10, foreign hacker had taken aUSA TODAY join the
centers foraany personal
And toll-freegullibility, the other on moderatetion is affected.rich and efficient asworking to add operators.
human number for identity marketplace as conditions.”
overseas hacker. with the “icing” of com- database from the Revenue De- discussion on Twitter
information. hacking skills:
protection, quickly over- eBay. Buyers added and are
“We have of stolen data include Recent chatter in the cyber under-
■ Spear phishing. From
But even after that, of- puter security rather partment’s computers exposing 3.6their tracks while cracking into compa-whelming the system. society’s per-still in the process ofinformationac- ground suggest that money launderers
At the Department of Cyber criminals’ expertise at hiding
with the hashtag crime rings that use the
vasive use of web commerce and social hijack funds from online adding financial
to
may be having some difficulty hiring
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ficials believed the “It’s been my experience that your than with the “cake.” #schacked.
Labor, million Social Security numbersny and government networks has ad- networks officials social engineering:more operators in orderusing stolen mules, who sometimes carry out the
Licensing and State has arisen said they counts. Others specialize in to an-
state’s computers, at Davis said the re- Regulation, pending use
least those operated by information security system is only sponse plan is important
and 387,000 credit and debit cardvanced considerably over the past dec-wereability for a data thief to extensivelyswer taxpayers’ series of online ac- risky final step of extracting cash from
policies will provide for
the scrambling with an identities to set up calls,” said
ade. profile a targeted victim and subse- counts through which to launder illicit the last of series of counterfeited online
Gov. Nikki Haley’s 16 a function of how bad somebody because it’s more a mat- numbers, one of SEE MORE
more monitoring of In- the largest com- Data thieves today commonly alteridentity-protection into clicking on online cash transfers.
quently fool that person firm to Abby .......................4D Obituaries ..............6B
accounts.
cabinet agencies, were ter of when than if an ternet puter breaches in the state or na-the fonts, web addresses and strings ofadd infected attachment or web link.
usage, officials an operators to respond to Recently, PROTECT, Page 7A has
See stolen identity data “There may not be enough takers (for
Area news ..............1B Religion..................2D
safely protecting data wants to look at it.” agency will be hacked. tion.
are working on a mecha- alphanumeric video from their attack
» Watch characters in ■ The infection turns control of the come under rising demand from tax stolen data) in the black market,” Cobb
Automotive............1F Sports ......................1C
with personal informa- STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL PATRICK MALEY “There is so much ef- The breathtaking breach hascode to throwa lot of spoofing the scent. victim uses over or the attacker. If the len names, addresses and Social Securi- says.
nism for generating doc-
“There is
investigators off
the governor’s
and head
victim’s PC
his
to
her computer for
fraudsters. One popular caper uses sto-
Bridge.....................4D attempting to
Security experts say Television...............4D
tion. fort now to steal this data launched a high-stakes interna-fakes going on topress it seem like an at- work, the intruder now has a foothold to ty numbers to generate faked tax re- get the victimized company Things to to
uments that limits and afternoon make
Business..................6A or agency do..........8D
In fact, records show, and get this data,” Davis logs all user activity, and tackconference and view
State had warnings
is originating from a different re- probe an organization’s network, map turns. Refunds get directed to a debit pay a ransom for the return of stolen da-
building security is being investigation andgion,” timeline Baumgartner, senior se- the location of key databases and pilfer card account — set up with a stolen iden- taClassifieds ..............6D U.S./World .............2A
tional criminal

Ron Barnett
by the time Department said. “You just can’t pro- a says Kurt of the is rare.
of Revenue computers ventory of all statewide tacks by hackers on his tect it 100 percent of the audited and restrictedNikki Haley, whosecurity researcher at Kaspersky Lab.
prompted Gov.
were successfully computer systems, system are “extremely time. And you can’t pro- on an as-needed state’s response to more sophis- data, typically over the course of months tity — then used to make cash withdraw- isComics ....................5D because .....................8A
based administration had another mas- Generally speaking, the or even years. card is
that the thief controls. A debit “The selling of data backVoices
a higher risk strategy,
to someone
it’s a
the attack, the Lifestyle ..................1D Weather .................5B
hacked, state Inspector spending information re- common.” He said hack- tect it from every effort.” sive theft of confidential informa-ticated cyber attacks that are being con-
basis for work outside ■ SQL injection attacks. SQL hacks als at an ATM.
By Tim Smith And the former FBI agent one-off attempt to cash in that’s much
General Patrick Maley lated to computer securi- ers are drawn to college Maley said each agen- normal hours. another cabinet agency ear-ducted daily for criminal gain appear to involve querying Bureau
tion at governor’s executive the databases underly- Last July, the Treasury Inspector easier to trace,” Cobb says.
originate in Russia, while “noisier” at- ing a web Capitalpage until a database hiccupsdirected for Tax Administration issued a
General by Gov. Nikki Haley Another reason a data thief might try
had already delivered a
letter to Haley informing
ty, or statistics related to
security breaches for the
computer systems for
their open networks, fast
cy was asked whether it
had experienced comput- lier this year, to order an assess-tacks tend and learn more other na- and accepts an injection of maliciousto report showing that the IRSafter to pre- to sell stolen data back toHigh 72
And at the Depart-
ment of Transportation,
order to originate from review the system failed a the victim
about the security
tions in Asia and Eastern Europe, tech code. Up until— The warnings
COLUMBIA early 2008, SQL hacksseries of breaches at agencies Low 51
vent 1.5 million potentially fraudulent would be if the data is of a highly sensi-
her that his review of state.” Internet access and pro- er security breaches or Social ment of all the state’s computersecurity experts say.
Security numbers were done manually, one web site at a tax returns from being processed last tive nature, such that certain parties
threat from hackers.
nine cabinet agencies, in- She said computer at- prietary research data. loss of information. have systems.
been eliminated The cutting-edge Russian attackswere there. time. In the spring of 2008, a bright hack-said with some refunds to identity would be highly motivated to pay a ran-
year, resulting in resignation
cluding the Department tacks are a continuing Preventing breaches, Davis said officials re- Many questions remain unan-tend to be stealthy, while noisy attacks er came up with aa hacker was that if a of more than $5.2 billion. The In- som, Baumgartner observes. Alterna-
from all reports and en- But even as way to quickly locate thieves hacker wanted to get www.greenvilleonline.com
of Revenue, had found threat for any organiza- he said, “is a constant ported such instances cryption has been added
swered. Officials are still unsuretend to be persistent and resilient.cracking into weakly-protected data-into a system estimated that the IRS tively, the thiefCirculation hotline
thousands of the state De- spector General bad enough, could simply be bluffing,
them to be in “substantial tion operating computer struggle.” were “rare.”
compliance with sound systems. Maley said he dis- “Other than one or two
the state’s system is entirely but-“Noisy attacks areon all more prevalentpartment of Revenuetechnique isthen no system is safe. theft over he Two things are 800-736-7136
onto files with personal
information. and less stealthy
much bases and automatically inject them could issue $21 billion in fraudulent tax
sorts of opera- with malicious code. That data- refunds as a result of identity
says.
certain: Information
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computer security prac- “These threats exist counted four agencies records getting compro- toned up. And investigators and thetional levels,” Baumgartner says. “Andbase, the top expert for the
Maley said one issue now widely used to crack into weakly the next five years.the director
In February, Technology is complex and data thieves
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tices.” for individuals, all levels from his review because mised here and there, that hegovernor declined to answer anytheykeep returning to their the attackersstateand government web comput-
found is that while will
tend to be prolonged;
target, some- ny
protected databases underlying compa-of the state Department variety are endlessly inventive at cashing in. Co.
hired to assess “We’re seeing a considerable of Greenville News-Piedmont
Haley in April had of government and pri- they did not have any per- none of them reported all the agencies have times for years.” er the Internet. 16 agencies all across in the ways in whichinto money,” says stand the formatGannettstored data and
security at sites
was turning stolen data
cyber thieves are “Some dataA owners don’t fully under-
of their
Newspaper
threatened to fire any su- vate industry that oper- sonal information stored anything over the past computer security poli- See HACK, Page 4A There are two main ways criminals le-sounding notes of confidence. See WARNING, Page 7A 136th year No. 251 • 36 pages
Most often data thieves are in the hunt Stephen Cobb, security analyst at antivi- can be fooled into thinking an attacker
pervisor of any of her ate computer systems,” on anyone other than em- five or 10 years,” he said. cies and training pro- verage the intrinsic anonymity of the In- for information they can quickly sell to rus firm ESET. “It’s based on the type of has data when Printed not,” Baumgartn-
they do on recycled paper.

Hackers steal residents’ data
cabinet agencies if anoth- she said. “However, most ployees. Maley said agencies grams on security, they ternet to crack into company and gov- the highest bidder in a cyber under- data stolen, the type of operations the da- er says.
er database security attempts are blocked He also did not review “were fixing things that are not uniform.
breach occurred and through hardware and security around the De- needed to be fixed.” That’s because the
asked Maley to check the software measures, user partment of Health and state has 100 agencies,
security at each of her
agencies’ computer sys-
behavior and system
monitoring.”
Human Services because
consultants were already
Agency actions
Some of the nine agen-
boards, universities and
colleges with computer
HACK monitoring tools. On Oct. 16, Mandiant
discovered that four intrusions had oc-
curred and that data was taken on Sept.
tems. examining what hap- cies reported reporting systems, he said, with no
“State government is ‘No risk-less pened in the database back to the governor on one security policy or au-
Continued from Page 1A 13.
The firm continues to work to deter-
entrusted with vital per- system’ theft and would make actions they had taken thority controlling each. substantive questions about the investi- mine what exactly was taken and wheth-
sonal information from Maley, a former FBI recommendations. said they had done many However, he said the gation — including whether the database er numbers were stolen or just exposed.
South Carolinians, it’s agent, told GreenvilleOn- For the others, he said things to tighten securi- information technology may have been copied and whether tax- “We’re making great progress,” said
our job to secure that per- line.com that a system’s his office examined each ty, while others men- committee has devel- payers paid a ransom to the hacker to re- Marshall Heilman, director of the firm.
sonal information, and security has to be viewed agency based on nine tioned more of what they oped uniform standards trieve it. “Those investigations are measured in
that’s why the governor in terms of the risk the system security stan- already had in place. that may soon be recom- Haley administration officials, the weeks and months, not hours and days.”
State Law Enforcement Division and the Keel and the Secret Service’s Wil-
asked Inspector General operators are willing to dards used by a state in- The Department of mended to all agencies Secret Service disclosed the breach pub- liams refused to answer questions about
Patrick Maley to review assume. formation technology Health and Human Ser- and schools. licly on Friday, raising questions about the investigation in an exclusive inter-
information security at “I feel like they have a committee made up of vices, for instance, has “There were no gap- why officials kept it shrouded in secrecy view with GreenvilleOnline.com and
cabinet agencies and fundamentally sound in- chief information offi- instituted new data ac- ing holes of the security while the records of millions of the state’s WLTX in Columbia, which first received
make recommendations formation security sys- cers from various agen- cess and security poli- systems of these 16 agen- residents were nakedly exposed, and a tip about the breach, including the
for how to strengthen it,” tem based on the risk,” he cies and universities. cies, including policies to cies,” he said. “But there whether the system was now secure and country where they believe the hacker
Haley spokesman Rob said of the cabinet agen- What he and investiga- restrict access to data to were areas to improve.” whether taxpayers remain at risk. resides.
Godfrey told Greenville- cies. tor George Davis found, The juxtaposition of the public mes- “It would be inappropriate for me to
sages by Haley and her administration comment,” Keel said. “We have a very
Online.com. “It’s been my experi- he said, was a bell curve on Friday were at times jarring. State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel said authorities were “making every sensitive investigation. Obviously, we
“Many cabinet agen- ence that your informa- of results — two or three While one moment seeking to reas- effort that we can to bring someone to justice for this breach.” HEIDI HEILBRUNN/STAFF are making every effort that we can to
sure residents, the governor at other bring someone to justice for this breach.
points implored them with a visible de- will be borne by the taxpayer. State gov- policy, the agencies were basically sound And it would be inappropriate for me to
gree of urgency to call a toll-free number ernment is paying for the cost of the and the Revenue Department’s system comment any further.”
and enroll in a credit-protection service credit-protection service for millions of was the “best” among them. Keel said it’s not known “who is a vic-
being offered as a salve. residents and the burden to taxpayers By then, the hacker had taken the tim and who is not yet. That part is very
The service, however, was quickly couldn’t be determined by GreenvilleOn- database. frustrating. These things don’t surprise
overwhelmed with callers. The website line.com on Friday. Officials refused to go into details of me any more. We hear about these things
to which officials directed residents Reactions from taxpayers ranged what they have so far discovered about happening all the time. We obviously hat-
wasn’t able to process those with ques- from shock and concern to resigned eye- how the breach occurred and who was ed it happened in South Carolina. But it’s
tions and by Friday afternoon the toll- rolling about their government in Colum- behind it, but said the August intrusion bad no matter where it affects people.”
free number wasn’t accepting any more bia. was basically a scouting mission by the Etter said Mandiant is working to de-
calls. “It seems like just more of the same,” hacker. termine exactly what information was
The breach, officials said, potentially said Randall Young of Greenville. “You “To the best of our knowledge, it was taken as opposed to just exposed.
affects anyone who has filed a state tax read about it every day. It’s nothing new.” kind of a look-see, what’s here,” said As the investigation into the breaches
return since1998. Even weeks into the in- He added, “I don’t think anything’s really James Etter, director of the Department continues, Haley ordered an assessment
vestigation and during Friday’s public secure. The hackers are as smart as the of Revenue. “They were not doing any- of the entire state system of computers to
unveiling of it, law enforcement investi- people who program it.” thing with the data in August. They got in, see if they, too, are vulnerable to similar
gators and Haley administration offi- Some residents expressed doubt ‘Now, let’s see what we’ve got.’” attacks and thefts.
cials couldn’t say who, or precisely how about whether state government is tak- Three more breaches followed — the
many, are at risk of having their identi- ing enough steps to safeguard sensitive first, another “browse” on Sept. 3, Etter Public kept in dark
ties stolen. personal information. said, and then two more, concluding with Asked why they didn’t notify the pub-
All but 16,000 of the credit and debit “It makes me question the state and the data theft on Sept. 13, Etter said. lic, Keel and Williams said they decided
cards, officials said, were encrypted — how it was securing that kind of informa- Authorities somehow discovered the to notify the public after the investiga-
meaning they were coded against being tion,” said Misha Morris, a recent Clem- intrusions on Oct. 10. A Secret Service tion reached a series of “benchmarks.”
used by outside groups. But they said son graduate and Seneca resident. “It’s agent, Mike Williams, said the agency’s They said it was in the public’s best inter-
they don’t know whether hackers could scary.” computer crimes office first uncovered est that the investigation proceed fur-
break the encryption. The remaining Lauren Hamilton, a 26-year-old the intrusion and notified state authori- ther before public notification.
credit cards are so old, investigators Greenville resident, gasped aloud at the ties. “We believed that during the course of
said, that they don’t believe they are at news of the breach. The Revenue Department was told by the investigation that there were these
risk of being used. “I have a house. I pay for student the state’s Division of Information Tech- benchmarks that if we could reach, we
None of the Social Security numbers loans. I have to pay for that stuff. I’m not nology, which then consulted with law en- would do a better job of trying to protect
were encrypted and officials said they trying to let my credit get ruined,” she forcement and contacted a computer se- the public,” Keel said, declining to ex-
are studying whether they can do that — said. curity firm recommended by the Secret plain what the benchmarks were.
raising other questions about whether Service — Mandiant — to “find and fix No public funds were exposed or ac-
safeguards exist that weren’t used. Haley reacts the leak.” cessed, officials said. The servers con-
The breach occurred, ironically, just The Revenue Department contacted taining funds were separate from those
Residents shocked as Haley’s inspector general, Patrick Ma- Haley, and SLED Chief Mark Keel talked containing the data that was taken, they
The governor at times used bellicose ley, was finishing his review of the secu- to the governor as well. said.
language about wanting to slam the hack- rity for confidential information at Ha- “I’m not real fond of computers,” Keel Etter said initially that the “hole” in
er against a wall, and in a self-edited com- ley’s 16 cabinet agencies. said. “I was angry.” the Revenue Department’s computer
ment about kicking the hacker. The review was sparked by the theft But officials said they weren’t sure system had been sealed on Oct. 20. But he
She acknowledged, however, that, of data on nearly 239,000 Medicare and what had happened, whether any data later said officials were still examining
“It’s not a good day for South Carolina.” Medicaid recipients in April from the had been stolen or whether any taxpay- the system to be sure there were no other
She added, “South Carolina has come un- state Department of Health and Human ers’ personal identification information holes.
der attack but South Carolina is going to Services. An agency worker was had been exposed. South Carolina, like many states,
fight back in every way possible to make charged and the case is pending, officials The next day, Revenue Department doesn’t operate a centrally controlled
sure every taxpayer is taken care of.” said. officials began an internal investigation system. Instead, most of the 100 boards,
The cost of fighting back, however, Haley reacted defensively to ques- of all outside contractors and certain em- agencies, universities and commissions
tions about whether enough was done to ployees to see if they had been involved operate their own systems that officials
secure the state’s system after the in any security breaches. They also be- say complicates security measures.
breach in April. gan working on a plan to notify the public. Maley said there are no mandatory
“This is totally different,” she said standards, which he said prevents him
about the Revenue Department hacking, Outside experts “from feeling comfortable across the en-
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
All Daily Division TROUBLE BEHIND THE PRISON WALLS
THE SECOND IN A TWO-PART SERIES

Cellphones like
FIRST PLACE: gold at Lieber
The Post and Courier
Glenn Smith and
THE FIRST IN A TWO-PART SERIES

TROUBLE BEHIND THE

Doug Pardue PRISON WALLS
Small mistakes made by employees can end careers

Trouble behing
prison walls PHOTOGRAPHS BY GRACE BEAHM/STAFF
An officer patrols in Lieber Correctional Institute, where
cellphones have become a huge problem for officials.

Tech contraband brings fat profit,
lets prisoners bypass monitoring
BY GLENN SMITH gsmith@postandcourier.com

RIDGEVILLE — Under the cover of night, two prisoners
slither through the cut bars on their window and silently drop
to the ground below their cell.

GRACE BEAHM/STAFF
They scamper across the yard at Lieber state prison, staying low
as they head for the fences with wire cutters in hand.
Snip, snip. One fence breached. Snip, snip. Another hole opens
in the razor wire. The pair are now one step closer to the world
they had left behind.
But it’s not freedom they’re after this balmy night in July 2010.
BY DOUG PARDUE and GLENN SMITH
dpardue@postandcourier.com, gsmith@postandcourier.com
ABOUT The two men have their sights set on a backpack that friends have
THIS SERIES tossed over the outer fence at this maximum-security prison in

P
aula Jackson and Mack Myers sent each other breathless love letters. They had phone
sex. And when they found private moments, they carried out their physical desires.
The Post and Courier rural Ridgeville. The friends had packed 69 cellphones that the
Like many affairs, theirs eventually took a sour turn, imploding amid accusations of
produced this report two prisoners plan to sell to fellow inmates.
harassment and betrayal.
through interviews with These phones sell for $40 or so on the outside, but they can fetch
present and former up to $500 a pop inside the prison’s walls, a cool profit of $31,740.
The big difference: They carried on their romance inside a maximum-security South Caro- prison workers, state
lina prison where Jackson worked as a mental health counselor and Myers was serving time corrections officials and
for armed robbery. Please see CELLPHONES, Page A4
experts, as well as an
What’s more, their lockdown love drove Jack- pressure-packed world full of temptation, dan- examination of six years
son to smuggle in tobacco, a cellphone card, ger and cautionary tales. worth of disciplinary
candy, sandwiches and other contraband items It’s also a place where even small mistakes data from the Corrections ABOUT THIS SERIES: The Post and Courier produced this
for Myers. Her transgressions cost Jackson her can have potentially deadly consequences, as
job in 2010 and landed her in jail on a felony two guards at Kirkland state prison learned in Department. The news- report through interviews with present and former prison
sexual misconduct charge. 2009 when they failed to properly search a con- paper also studied hun- workers, state corrections officials and experts, as well as
Jackson’s case offers a glimpse behind prison victed murderer before removing him from his dreds of pages of disci- an examination of six years worth of disciplinary data from
walls into a hidden, almost primeval world cell. Inmate Jacquan Ferrell pulled a secreted
where criminals have little else to do but test blade from his rectum and sliced a prison nurse
plinary records from the the Corrections Department. The newspaper also studied
corrections officers and other prison work- across the neck, records show. last three years, obtained hundreds of pages of disciplinary records from the past three
ers with incessant schemes to obtain illicit through a Freedom of years, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
pleasures: booze, drugs, tobacco and sex. It’s a GUARDS from Page A6 Information Act request.

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Staff
THE ISSUES
Where the GOP candidates for
president stand on issues
ranging from abortion to war.
Page B2 SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2012 | SECTION B
A SPECIAL METRO SECTION

THE S.C. GOP PRIMARY The S.C. Republican Primary
From establishing Ronald Rea-

Will S.C.
gan in 1980 to resurrecting John
McCain in 2008, the history of
the S.C. GOP Primary. Page B3

THE RACE THUS FAR
How the candidates have
fared in Iowa and
New Hampshire. Page B3
go rogue?
Could the voters pick someone who doesn’t go
on to win the nomination?
By GINA SMITH | gnsmith@thestate.com

It is perhaps the nightmare that scares the S.C.
A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES Republican Party the most.
What if next Saturday is the day that GOP prima-
New Gingrich, Page B4
ry voters go rogue?
Jon Huntsman, Page B4 What if they throw away the Palmetto State’s
Ron Paul, Page B5 much-celebrated title as the state that picks Repub-
lican presidents, breaking with more than 30 years
Rick Perry, Page B5 of history, and pick a candidate who does not go on
Mitt Romney, Page B6 to become the Republican presidential nominee?
And if those voters bolt, do the S.C. primary and
Rick Santorum, Page B6
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SECOND PLACE:
1984 vs. 2011
The State
Staff
C. ALUKA BERRY/CABERRY@THESTATE.COM
South Carolina fans cheer as the Gamecocks defeat Clemson last month at Williams-Brice Stadium for the second
10-win season in program history.

By BOB SPEAR The similarities are amazing for the USC’S
bspear@thestate.com
only two teams in USC football history 10-WIN TEAMS
They are separated by 27
years, five head coaches and a to reach double-figures in the win column.
myriad of philosophies, yet they
are so much alike, these South They both had talent and leadership. 1984
Carolina football teams of 1984 They both beat Georgia and Clemson.
and 2011. USC 31, The Citadel 24
Of course, both won 10 regu- They both won a lot of close games. USC 21, Duke 0
lar-season games, the only
teams in the Gamecocks’ foot- USC 17, Georgia 10
ball history that dates to 1892 to one upset loss costing both earlier. That setback cost the USC 49, Kansas State 17
reach double-figures in the win teams the possibility of playing Gamecocks in this way, Hold
column. for the national championship.” said in outlining a possible sce-
USC 45, Pitt 21
Naturally, there is the talent. Yes, that, too. nario that could have ended the USC 36, Notre Dame 32
More, there is depth and on-the- Navy torpedoed the ’84 Game- year in New Orleans rather than
field leadership. There is the cocks’ bid for perfection; with- Orlando.
USC 42, East Carolina 20
knack of succeeding in close out that stunning reversal in the “Beat Auburn and this team USC 35, N.C. State 28
games, of staving off disaster season’s 10th game, that Caroli- would be higher in the polls and USC 38, Florida State 26
against a lesser foe and of im- na team would have climbed to computer rankings,” he said.
proving from week to week. In No. 1 in the polls, secured an Or- “The Gamecocks would have USC 22, Clemson 21
both cases, confidence from Au- ange Bowl bid and likely faced played in the SEC championship
gust to November grew Oklahoma for the national game, and if they had beaten
exponentially. crown. LSU there, playing for the (na- 2011
“The similarities are amaz- The ’11 team’s slip came earli- tional) championship would USC 56, East Carolina 37
ing,” said Mike Hold, one of the er, a mid-season loss to an Au- have been possible. Sure, they
heroes of 1984. “There’s so much burn team that in no way resem- would have been underdogs (in USC 45, Georgia 42
alike that it’s eerie, down to even bled the powerhouse of a year Atlanta), but who knows? That’s USC 24, Navy 21
why they play the games.”
That’s why they play the USC 21, Vanderbilt 3
games, all right, and the games USC 54, Kentucky 3
became “must-see” theater. The
’84 Gamecocks pulled off Houdi- USC 14, Miss. State 12
ni-like escapes against The Cita- USC 14, Tennessee 3
del and Notre Dame and North
Carolina State and Clemson, and USC 17, Florida 12
their successors in garnet and USC 41, The Citadel 20
black more than a generation lat-
er experienced their share of USC 34, Clemson 13
drama against East Carolina and
Georgia and Navy and Mississip-
pi State and Florida.
Differences entered the equa-
10 AGAIN
tion that added up to “10” in the A special section in to-
win column, too.
That 1984 gang thrived on of- day’s paper salutes the
fense and the 2011 guys used de- 2011 Gamecocks with
fense as their calling card.
C. ALUKA BERRY/CABERRY@THESTATE.COM The ’84 team featured two poster pages from each of
USC players take the field against Navy the 10 victories.
at Williams-Brice Stadium in September. SEE 10 WINS PAGE C6

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GOVERNMENT REPORTING
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up late job funds
for state actually
Taxes business working?
THIRD PLACE: paid for Tardy lawmakers
costly, critics say Taxpayers have little
means of verifying
luxury BY STEPHEN LARGEN
slargen@postandcourier.com

BY STEPHEN LARGEN
COLUMBIA — Many S.C. lawmak- slargen@postandcourier.com
ers routinely commit an act that would

hotel get people in most lines of work fired. COLUMBIA — South Carolina
Legislators regularly show up 15, 30 taxpayers have few resources to track
whether companies receiving state tax
and 45 minutes late to sessions and incentives are keeping up their end of
meetings. the bargain.
Although often the subject of jokes,

Stephen Largen
Company-specific tracking infor-
Lawmakers’ event the practice has real consequences in
a state with one of
mation could provide the public a
clearer picture of the costs and ben-
cost state over $10K the longest legis- If people
lative sessions in
efits of providing public money to
businesses to locate or expand in the
the country. realized state.
BY STEPHEN LARGEN Besides the
slargen@postandcourier.com costs in mileage
how much But the current incentive system is
mostly a closed loop between compa-
reimbursements time we nies and state government. Details on
COLUMBIA — Taxpayers spent and pay for law- whether companies have lived up to
more than $10,000 for a dozen state makers’ lodging waste, they what they promised in return for in-
and meals, the centives are not easily available to the
representatives to stay at a $500-a- shortened daily
would be public and, in some cases, are exempt
night luxury Charleston hotel during work w i ndow disgusted. by law from disclosure.
a national conference last year that often leads to a For example, companies receiving
included “scrumptious legislative bottle- I would state Job Development Credits and
food, lively music and neck in the ses- certain grants are exempt under
unforgettable historic sion’s final weeks,
hate to see state law from having to disclose
lawmakers said. that model payroll and investment detail in-
tours.” formation.
Three of those law- Some officials
makers who attended said the protract- applied in The Commerce Department said
ed session length the use of incentives is vital for the
the conference at the READ also creates little
the private creation of new jobs, and that ac-

Haley letting Facebook do talking
posh Charleston Place MORE urgency to get in sector,
countability and accuracy are taken
hotel have homes a few See the seriously.
on time and pass But an analysis by The Post and
miles away. Their lodg- list of state legislation. Former Rep. Boyd
Brown Courier and recent reports by Pew
ing, along with the gifts spending The cost of and other nonpartisan groups make
t hey received, have on rooms legislative drag- it clear that South Carolina does little
caught the attention at the ging was illus- to provide information on the effec-
Governor uses popular social media site of state government Charleston
watchdog groups who Place hotel
trated earlier this
month.
tiveness of its incentives programs,
despite the large sums of taxpayer
Employees of
to get her message out — unfiltered question the gifts and at postand
whether the state spend- courier.
two state agencies
lost more than a week’s pay after the
money involved.
“There’s a lot of public money be-
ing diverted to the private sector, so
ing was prudent. com. Legislature — in session since January there’s good reason to have transpar-
BY STEPHEN LARGEN vent political frustrations, generating The disbursement was — didn’t deliver the state budget to ency on this,” said Philip Mattera, re-
uncovered by The Post and Courier Gov. Nikki Haley until just before the search director for Good Jobs First,
slargen@postandcourier.com plenty of news along the way. during an analysis of state spending turn of the fiscal year on July 1. a Washington-based nonprofit that
The vast majority of governors and on legislators. Haley subsequently vetoed funding promotes accountability in economic
for the agencies after the turn of the fis- development.
COLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley prominent elected officials across the The information, which encom- Big money is indeed being com-
cal calendar, leading the state to order
has gone unfiltered. country have Facebook and Twitter passed the recently concluded 2012 the agencies’ doors closed until the veto mitted in the Palmetto State, most
The first-term Republican is increas- accounts. (Haley favors Facebook; her fiscal year, was provided by the S.C. was overridden more than a week later. notably to bring Boeing’s massive jet
ingly using social media as her go-to tweets are generally automatic copies Comptroller General’s Office in re- The S.C. Comptroller General’s Of- assembly facility to North Charleston
sponse to an S.C. Freedom of Infor- fice, which oversees state payroll, said more than two years ago.
political tool. of her Facebook posts.) the agencies’ employees cannot be An earlier analysis by the news-
Haley has long favored expressions of Haley is the rarer politician who mation Act request. paper conservatively estimated the
The group that attended the National paid for the time they missed.
musical fandom, jobs announcements, actually authors her own account, in- value of the incentives package given
Speakers Conference at Charleston ‘Senate time’ to the company at more than $900
updates on the goings-on of the First stead of having staffers do it. Place in September 2011 included million.
For Statehouse regulars initiated in
Family and question-and-answer ses- Her office said she writes the vast three lawmakers from the Charles- legislators’ ritual of daily delays, meet-
So what information is available for
sions on her Facebook page. majority of her own posts, and asks a ton area: House Speaker Bobby Har- the public to decide whether the in-
ing start times are regarded more as centives for Boeing and others have
In recent months, Haley — and in staff member to post something only rell, R-Charleston; Rep. David Mack, loose suggestions than an actual in- been worth it?
one case husband Michael — has In recent months, Gov. Nikki Haley has used Facebook to lash foes and D-North Charleston; and Rep. Chip dication of when lawmakers will start When it comes to specific companies,
turned to the service to lash foes and Please see HALEY, Page B2 vent political frustrations, generating plenty of news along the way. Please see LAWMAKERS, Page A3
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The State
Adam Beam
for retirees’
health soar
State struggling to control. Earlier this year,
experts predicted the re-
control its health tirement fund would run
insurance liability out of money in 28 years,
leaving taxpayers to make
for retirees up the difference.
In June, however, Gov.
Nikki Haley signed a law
By ADAM BEAM
abeam@thestate.com that will help reduce the re-
tirement system’s costs.
State lawmakers think The solution was painful,
they have figured out how but fairly easy to find:
to pay state workers’ retire- make state workers work
ment checks. Now, comes longer before they can re-
the hard part: How do you tire with full benefits.
pay for state retirees’ But the new law has
health insurance? nothing to say about the
For a decade, South Car- health insurance costs of
olina watched its retire-
ment system spin out of SEE RETIREE PAGE A11

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Gina Smith
SECRET SESSION HELD THURSDAY

Meeting set stage for Ard to quit
A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE LATEST STATE HOUSE SCANDAL
ONLINE July was when a State Ethics day, as Ard entered a guilty plea to what was going on as the State
By GINA SMITH
gnsmith@thestate.com Commission investigation found to criminal election law viola- Grand Jury considered Ard’s
Read Ard’s indictment, letter
the now-former lieutenant gov- tions and was sentenced to five fate.
of resignation and other Some Republican lawmakers ernor had misled investigators years’ probation, a fine and com- However, there were clues.
pertinent documents, at say they knew in July that Lt. about using campaign cash to munity service. ■ Witnesses appeared before
thestate.com. Gov. Ken Ard either was going to buy personal items, including For the months in between, that Grand Jury and, afterward,
be removed from the state’s No. iPads and a cellphone plan. however, many of the state’s po-
2-ranking office or resign. That prediction came true Fri- litical leaders were in the dark as SEE ARD PAGE A13

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Mike Foley

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Innovista
THIRD PLACE: gets final
The State $13 million
Research campus ‘not . . . as
Andrew Shain big a disaster as some’ say
By ANDREW SHAIN
ashain@thestate.com

Despite Gov. Nikki Haley calling it
“throwing good money after bad,” state
leaders Wednesday approved the last $13.3
million to complete buildings on the Univer-
sity of South Carolina’s research campus,
Innovista.
The seven-year-old, $144
million campus has been crit-
icized for underachieving in
luring new high-tech busi-
nesses and jobs tied to USC
research conducted in
Innovista.
A USC consultant defend-
ed Innovista on Wednesday,
Haley saying it “has not been as big a
disaster as some” say.
INSIDE However, USC officials
State said they did not know how
much of a $61 million in-
workers’
crease in research money
paychecks generated schoolwide since
hinge on 2005 came from work done at
budget Innovista. The school said 14
deal. B1 Innovista-related companies
Haley currently employ about 1,000
ethics workers, but USC did not
hearing to have employment numbers
begin. B1 for another 15 firms.
“With all due respect, what
a mess,” Haley said to a USC official at
Wednesday’s State Budget and Control
Board meeting. “Just let us know where you
see this going and what can we hope for.”
Rick Kelly, USC’s retired chief financial
officer who still is helping shepherd the
project, told Haley, who heads the budget
board: “Innovista has not been as big a di-
saster as some have led us to believe. … Has

SEE INNOVISTA PAGE A6

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Shawn Cetrone

SATURDAY December 24, 2011 Rock Hill ● South Carolina heraldonline.com

Police records detail hazing probe
Clover victim gave investigator two junior varsity football players had been as-
saulted by varsity players in a locker room.
On Nov. 3, after the investigation, Brack-
is it was horsing around.”
Earlier this month, the sheriff’s office re-
leased its investigative records to The Her-
ing to the records.
The teacher and three students told in-
vestigators that during second period one
stories, influencing solicitor’s decision ett and York County Sher-
iff Bruce Bryant dismissed
ald under the state’s Free-
dom of Information Act.
morning, they heard two football players
tell classmates they grabbed an underclass-
By Shawn Cetrone detectives couldn’t find witnesses to cor- the allegations as mere The records show at man, “stripped him down,” and sexually
scetrone@heraldonline.com roborate his account. And in a follow-up “horse play.” least three students – ages assaulted him with a broom.
The key victim in a hazing investigation interview, the student changed his story to On Friday, Brackett 14, 15 and 17 – were phys- Principal Mark Hopkins called the Sher-
at Clover High School initially told detec- say he was already in the locker room when said what happened in the ically accosted at school. iff’s Office on Oct. 6 and reported that in-
tives that he was outside the varsity foot- players grabbed him, according to the re- locker room wasn’t clear. After the alleged sexual cident. He also reported a Sept. 30 incident
ball locker room drinking Gatorade when cords obtained by The Herald. “What exactly was assault, the 17-year-old in which a coach had told him a freshman
several players grabbed him, forced him in- When 16th Circuit Solicitor Kevin Brack- done with (the broom) was so bothered by persis- was “hazed.” A third student later said he
to the locker room, pulled down his pants, ett declined in November to file criminal couldn’t be established tent rumors and taunts also had been accosted.
and tried to sexually assault him with a charges, he said the victim’s credibility in- beyond a reasonable Brackett Bryant from classmates that he The reports prompted school officials to
broom, according to York County Sheriff’s fluenced his decision. doubt,” he said. “It was tried to change schools. suspend 13 varsity players and brought
Office investigation records. The investigation began in October after not enough to justify going with charges. The investigation started after a teacher
But during a month-long investigation, school administrators heard reports that “The clear impression we were left with overheard students talking in class, accord- See HAZING ● 6A

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LOCAL

Gathered around the table
■ Due West family brings community together with their love of cooking
By Charmaine Smith-Miles
milesca@independentmail.com
864-260-1260

DUE WEST — The smell of

THIRD PLACE:
fried chicken surrounds
you, like a hug from
grandma, as soon as you
open the door to the small
concrete block building on
a country road outside Due
West.
Inside, the heat from a
commercial-sized stove
instantly draws out beads
of sweat on your forehead.
But Jerry Hall, his wife,
Mamie, and his sister,
Pauline Stone, don’t let
it slow them down. They Pauline Stone has her brother Jerry Hall try a piece of fried

Independent Mail
simply offer guests a glass okra at the small shop near Due West where the two cook and
of sweet tea to cool down. serve a free meal every Tuesday.
It’s a Tuesday afternoon,
and Mamie Hall’s at the
sink peeling cantaloupes. PHOTOS BY NATHAN GRAY/INDEPENDENT MAIL
If we’re Christian, we’re
Her husband is at the grill Blaine Throckmorton places cantaloupe on his plate as others wait in line at small shop near
flipping breaded chicken. Due West where a free meal is served every Tuesday. supposed to have joy in our
Stone is lining up the side
dishes — sweet potatoes,
hearts so others can see Jesus in
So they have. early.
macaroni and cheese, fried No one here makes any Soon, the dining room us. That’s the way this family is.”
okra and field peas, just to money. But this isn’t about is full. Before the children Donna Erwin, diner
name a few, on a stainless- money. You could say this scatter outside to a picnic
steel counter behind the CHARMAINE small, unassuming build- table, the crowd of about
stove. SMITH- ing is a ministry for this 40 people listens to a man sus did,” the man says. chicken and sweet pota-

Charmaine The story
“We try to have every- MILES family. at the front of the room. “Here, tonight, we’re going toes, they all feel at home,
thing ready by 5:30 p.m.,” Take their first guest on He’s talking about an- to break bread and have because they are part of
one of them chimes in. STORYTELLER this evening. other dinner table, another fellowship.” the family.
“That’s when we open the Her name is Nancy meal. So, as people eat maca-
doors. Anyone who wants ON THE WEB Prince. She’s a neighbor. “This is something Je- roni and cheese, fried Photographer Nathan Gray
to come is welcome.” Recently, her husband
That’s it. There’s no To see photos, recipes and died. Every Tuesday,
catch. Everyone is wel-
come. There’s no menu,
no cash register or any re-
information on cooking show on
local access, visit
www.independentmail.com.
Prince is here.
“If she’s not here, we go
looking for her,” Mamie
The Sunday
quirements to have a spot Hall said.
at the table. A little at a time, Jerry One by one, as people

Smith-Miles of the
Since spring, these three Hall turned the gray con- know that dinner time has
have been cooking up their crete building at 965 Wi- arrived, the small door to
favorite recipes in this nona Church Road next to the building opens and Available All Week A Th F ll i L
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all made by hand,
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By Charmaine Smith-Miles maintenance technician, recruited the help of Mat- smiles. Bi-Lo
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Thelma said. AREA
Anderson
SALEM / WALHALLA
Anderson
29624
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started working in the
kitchen after he was diag-
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he got started with this,” aired, the folks at West They’ve got so much joy.” Heritage Center St
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church during the holi-
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milesca@independentmail.com his 40s when he realized they ride by.” Lacey, 22, and their son spent 21 years
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baking at sponse to that show that great-grandson. His ninth
Bi-Lo
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some generous members 30577
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Chuck Bowman, put cross outside his home
That was when Bowman Sometimes that familiar base of that cross Sunday. As the couple
in Due West. they wanted us to do one birthday was Wednesday. oconeeheritagecenter. would fill under the tree

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Crosses stand out this time of year with their sashes was saved. cedar stood out to Bow- work took two days.
sight has been a great com- now has stood They will say a prayer and started cook-
retired, they
ing for their church.
every week,” Mamie Hall
said.
He was serenaded with
the birthday song a day org. find us on acebook Independent Mail Offers
with colorful packages.
that are changed from purple to black and then white “I just realized how much man because of its size and The cross place flowers on it before
as the resurrection of Jesus Christ is remembered and God has done for me,” Bow- fort to these sisters.
how straight it was. It had there for six years, and they head to the Easter ser- “We never missed a
celebrated. man said. “I thought this very few limbs, exceptlived Bowman is 52.
“We’ve for on this vice at Gesthmane Baptist Christmas up there,”
But three crosses in Anderson stand out no matter cross was something small a cluster at the of land all ourAbout four feet of the
spot very top. lives,” Church in Starr. The value of the church Thelma said. “Somebody
the season. that I could do in return.” With his father’s per- said. “And
Zelma Mason cross is anchored into the “I just wanted it to be a tes- was $200. always put a gift under the
One is 22 feet tall and commands attention from those At the time, Bowman’s mission, that church has been there cement. It faces
Bowman felled ground with timony to people as they ride This church’s worth is tree for us. We never knew
who pass along East Whitner Street near Dickens Av- parents lived on Lake the tree ever since I can remember.Road, the busier
and brought it Whitehall by,” Bowman said. “Maybe if
enue. Another adorns a family’s front yard and beckons Secession in Abbeville home. Bowman trimmed of the two roads that border they are having a bad day, it
measured differently now. who it was, but there was
to drivers whizzing by on Whitehall Road. The third County. Bowman noticed that tree down and cut two up and not home. In the
If I should wake the Bowman can be a testament that Jesus For the Mason sisters, always a package with our
one graces a newly planted flower bed along Boulevard, a large cedar tree that was pieces from it in his back- I’d wonder up to Easter, it
see that church, days leading is the pillar in our life, and it’s a place of memories. names on it.”
blending into the nature along that shaded street. growing among the trees where I was.”
yard at Whitehall Road will be adorned with a pur- they can lean on him.” “We used the ground The memories they had
All of these crosses have stories. around their property. The and Woodcrest Drive. The sisters are then a white
The Mason ple sash, and See CROSSES, page 7a over there as a play- there were sweet ones. It
twins and are 97 years old. PHOTOS BY KEN RUINARD/INDEPENDENT MAIL ground,” Zelma said. “We was a place that was al-
They were born to James Twin sisters Zelma and Thelma Mason, 97, of Oakway have watched over the Center Methodist wore a tricycle out up ways there. For years, the
and Anna Mason, and had Church on S.C. 24 since they were born. The sisters live across the road from the church and there.” place was full on Sundays
three other siblings. have attended many of the events at the church as children, even when they were not mem- For years, the Mason and served as a communi-
These days, Zelma bers. The two helped renovate the church before the Oconee Heritage Center acquired it. family kept one of the ty gathering spot as well as
has trouble hearing, and keys to the church hang- a sanctuary.
Thelma is blind. The sis- temporary outdoor shel- ing in their house, near the But in the 1930s, that be-
ters never married, nor ter, such as a brush arbor. front door. Even though gan to change.
have they ever moved Records collected by the they were members at According to the re-
from this land. Here, in Oconee Heritage Center Bethel Baptist Church, cords obtained by the
this tiny community out- show that Center Church they spent a lot of time at Oconee Heritage Center,
side of Westminster, they was at that point the only Center Church. The sisters the church was closed.
take care of each other, church in the United were at the church often Members who belonged to
and they stand guardian Methodist Church’s Pick- on weekends and during Center Church transferred
over that one-room church ens Circuit. holidays. to a Methodist church in
across the street. Leslie White, director They remember mem- Townville in Fall 1934.
They protect the church of the Oconee Heritage bers showing up at the The sisters said they
because they love it. Center, said she believes one-room church, filling remember a pastor from
Center Church is part that the permanent sanc- the yard around it with another church, other than
of the United Methodist tuary was likely built in their horses and buggies. Center Church, who held a
Church. the 1860s or the 1870s. A They remember Saturday tent revival in the Oakway
The first time that the short history put together afternoons in the summer community. After that re-
church is mentioned in on the church in 1944 adds Light bulbs hanging from the ceiling and old pews line the when people would gather vival, Center Church was
the records for United support to White’s theory. floor in Center Church in Oakway. around the church with never the same. Members
Methodist Church’s Pick- According to records their churns and would left and went to the new
ens Circuit is Aug. 8, 1851. found by the Oconee Townville Circuit in 1878. four infant baptisms, one sell fresh ice cream for a church.
At that time, the church Heritage Center, Center A year later the church’s Sunday school class, seven nickel or 10 cents a bowl. Services were held at
is listed as a camp where Church was transferred congregation had 81 lay officers and teachers and “We always crossed the
members likely met in to the Methodist Church’s members, had celebrated 30 students in the class. road and went to that,” See CHURCH, Page 7A

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SECOND PLACE: Religious
The Post and Courier Moses with the Burning Bush. Moses Overlooking the Promised Land.
liberty
The church-state
Rural Jews see debate over women’s health

Adam Parker decline in South
Sumter synagogue to close, Walterboro hangs on

GRACE BEAHM/STAFF
Vina Scott (left), 55, and Carolyn Luke, 61, say grace before eating breakfast together at their home in North Charleston. The pair met
online five years ago and were married in January. Both had been married to men before coming to grips with their sexuality.
GRACE BEAHM/STAFF

Gay marriage debate
Drexel House residents Christian LeBlanc (from left), 22; Chris Davies, 31; Rhett Williams, 27; and the Rev. Jeffrey Kirby talk after morn- PHOTOGRAPHS BY ADAM PARKER/STAFF
ing Mass. The house in downtown Charleston accommodates young Catholic men interested in a sanctified living environment. Anita Rosenberg (left) and Dale Rosengarten talk with Robert Moses, 91, in the sanctuary of Tem-
ple Sinai in Sumter. The synagogue, dedicated in 1913, replaced an older one damaged by fire and
features 11 stained-glass windows depicting Old Testament scenes.

The black church continues arguments about homosexual unions
In BY ADAM PARKER
aparker@postandcourier.com

It took two years, but the
early on that he would place
a renewed emphasis on voca-
tions: searching the state for
people who feel called to a life
BY ADAM PARKER
aparker@postandcourier.com Videos GRACE BEAHM/STAFF

search
BY ADAM PARKER Catholic Diocese of Charles- as deacons, priests and women For two feature videos

I
aparker@postandcourier.com ton has put in place a strategy religious. t’s a serene and lovely place about the Jewish communities
where no strategy was before. Priests are badly needed. The where hundreds of Sumter’s in Sumter and Walterboro, BY ADAM PARKER tions are exempted.
Carolyn Luke knew at age 8. She preferred physical
intimacy with other girls, then later decided to sup-
It’s a special kind of outreach
— or maybe it should be called
total number in the U.S. has
declined from about 58,000 in
Jews are buried. A certain vi-
brancy buzzes in the warm air,
go to postandcourier.com. aparker@postandcourier.com The Department of Health What do
press her feelings and marry a man. That choice led
to alcohol and marijuana use in an effort to dull the
inreach. Through aggressive
use of social media, as well
1965 to 39,000 in 2011, accord-
ing to data compiled by the for this burial ground is visibly and Human Services, which is you think?

I
disappointment and contravening desire. as regular visits to Catholic Center for Applied Research active with use. People come and the old building. They will ensure n recent months, the Catho- responsible for administering
Vina Scott knew for certain

priests
schools, parishes and other in- in the Apostolate (CARA), an go, leave their stone markers and that the comforts and grace of lic Church’s push to protect the rule, argues that it’s trying to The Post and Courier
when she was 14. She developed a stitutions in the state, diocese affiliate of Georgetown Uni- flowers, keep the car path that the centuries-old cemetery do not
Inside
of “religious freedom” has in- level the playing field. The fed- wants to hear from you.
crush on her Spanish teacher, but
invented a boyfriend to satisfy her
officials are hoping to find and versity. circumnavigates the gracious ga- abandon the dead.
family’s hopes. Even before that, Episcopalians, encourage future priests. The number of ordinations zebo green-free. They will do so because of tensified. eral requirement is designed to Go to the story online at
Presbyterians The Rev. Jeffrey Kirby, vicar also has declined by more than Anita Rosenberg, visiting the strong bonds between the two
though, Scott understood she was also struggling
of vocations for the diocese, 50 percent during the same pe- The spark that ignited this ensure that all Americans have postandcourier.com/
different. town she spent half her child- communities that date to the in-
Three marriages, two chil-
with gay marriage now works from a Charleston riod, from nearly 1,000 in 1965 hood in, stops by the grave of her ception of the Colonies. They will latest debate was the Obama ad- access to basic services, includ- faithandvalues or at
issue, G2. office in the Drexel House on to 467 last year.
dren and many years later, the
Wentworth Street. He was ap- The Diocese of Charleston, parents, Herbert and Virginia do so because Southern Jewish ministration’s requirement that ing contraception. www.facebook.com/the
two women found each other
through an online dating service pointed to the job two years which has jurisdiction over Rosefield, to pay her respects and life transcends any specific place. insurance companies, including “It’s important to note that postandcourier to post a
PROVIDED and settled in together in North Catholic vocations office relies on ago, soon after the Most Rev. Catholics throughout South remember the time when this
city’s sole synagogue, Temple
Other Jewish communities — in
Kingstree, Aiken, Orangeburg,
those affiliated with Catholic our rule has no effect on the comment. For a previous sto-
Scott (left) and Luke (second from left) were married during a ceremony officiated Charleston. It was love at first Robert E. Guglielmone took Carolina, has in some ways
by the Rev. Robert Arrington at Unity Fellowship Church in North Charleston. sight, they said. Luke was 56 and social media, statewide travel over as bishop. Sinai, was a thriving centerpiece Georgetown and Walterboro — hospitals and other parochial longstanding conscience clause ry about the contraception
Scott 50. Guglielmone made it clear Please see PRIESTS, Page G3 of Jewish life, rich with tradition David Playing the Harp. have seen similar declines, even medical institutions, provide protections for providers, which issue, go to postandcourier.
On Jan. 7, five years after they and history, filled with families as Jewish populations in larger
Broad declines in opposition to gay marriage first met, Luke and Scott were coverage for contraception, allow a Catholic doctor, for com/faithandvalues.
and literally glowing with the sealed. It will close soon. cities such as Charleston, Green-
married by a pastor in a pri-
VIDEO light that filtered into the sanctu- The rabbis are all gone. The Sun- ville and Columbia have grown. drugs that terminate pregnancy example, to refuse to write a
The Pew Research Center conducted telephone interviews April 4-15 with 3,008 vate local ceremony, jumping
adults. The results show that over the past eight years, opposition to gay marriage the broom before 115 guests. It To watch an inter- ary through magnificent stained- day school is no more. There will All of these smaller rural com- and other medical interventions prescription for contraception,”
has declined across the board. might not have been a legally
view with Carolyn
Luke and Vina Priests in the U.S. glass windows. be no new generation to carry on. munities in South Carolina and to those who want or need them. wrote HHS Secretary Kathleen
Groups
Total (by percent)
2004
60
2008
51
April 2012
43
recognized union in South Caro- Scott, go to post
lina, but it was a meaningful one. andcourier.com/ 1965 1975 1985 1995 2000 2005 2011
Few people today are left to
marvel at that warm light. Either
The people in Charleston — at the beyond share a similar story: A
Reform synagogue Kahal Kadosh thriving merchant and profes-
The federal rule states that in- Sibelius in USA Today in Feb- Inside
White 61 51 43 “We wanted to be able to cel- videos. Total priests 58,632 58,909 57,317 49,054 45,699 42,839 39,466 they are buried in the cemetery or Beth Elohim and at the Jewish sional class, with origins among surance companies must pay for ruary. “Nor does it affect an
Black 67 63 49 ebrate our love and commitment
Republican 78 73 68 to each other in front of family and friends,” Scott said. Priestly ordinations 994 771 533 511 442 454 467 they have left this rural corner of Federation — will act as executors the earliest Jewish settlers, pro- such procedures without impos- individual woman’s freedom to We asked several local
Grad.-level seminarians 8,325 5,279 4,063 3,172 3,474 3,308 3,608 South Carolina to pursue careers of Temple Sinai’s estate. In the vided plenty of reason for the
Democrat 50 42 31 Scott and Luke tied the knot during a period of vol-
Catholic population* 45.6 million 48.7 mil 52.3 mil 57.4 mil 59.9 mil 64.8 mil 65.4 mil ing prohibitive co-pays or de- decide not to use birth control.” people about their thoughts
Independent 53 45 38 atile debate in the U.S. and elsewhere over gay mar- and raise families elsewhere. The months to come, they will figure sons to follow in their fathers’
Protestant 69 62 56 riage. Perhaps nowhere has the issue been more hotly congregation has dwindled to a out what to do when the last ob- footsteps. They inherited the ductibles, not that doctors must Many of the patients who on the issue. Read their re-
Catholic 55 46 42 discussed than in the black community, where pas- *According to the Official Catholic Directory perform them. Churches and sponses on Page G3.
— Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
handful of elderly worshippers, servant Jew utters the last prayer
Unaffiliated 30 29 18 tors and others have been forced to consider recent
— Source: Pew Research Center
and the fate of Temple Sinai is and conjures the last memory in Please see SOUTH, Page G2 many nonprofit religious institu- Please see LIBERTY, Page G2
Please see DEBATE, Page G2

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FIRST PLACE:
Herald-Journal
Dustin Wyatt

SPORTS BEAT REPORTING
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FOOTBALL
TURNS TO
SCIENCE
THIRD PLACE: Former Porter-Gaud
star benefiting from
nutrition program

Travis Sawchik
Clemson Tigers BY TRAVIS SAWCHIK
tsawchik@postandcourier.com
ends,” said Seckinger, who is 6-5, 210 pounds. “The block-
ing aspect is completely different.”
Seckinger’s move to tight end has been aided by and
CLEMSON — Stanton Seckinger could have played wide coincided with another change at Clemson: a commit-
Next Game receiver at another school. He set a number of receiving
records at Porter-Gaud and had offers from several major
ment to nutrition science.
Since 2010, the football program has been studying
WHO: Furman (0-2) at colleges. the body chemistry of athletes to determine how to add
No. 11 Clemson (2-0) But for him to make an impact at receiver-rich Clemson, or subtract good weight. Clemson is close to a hiring a
WHEN: Saturday, 3 p.m. Seckinger was told last spring he needed to move from nutritionist, and the school opened a dining hall facility
WHERE: Clemson wide receiver to tight end. this year that will eventually house a training table — a
TV: Fox Sports Carolinas The biggest challenge now for the lanky redshirt fresh- program to organize healthy meals for student-athletes.
LINE: None announced man is gaining weight and strength.
“I’m pretty undersized as far as dealing with defensive Please see CLEMSON, Page C4

ONLINE: For more Clemson coverage, go to postandcourier.com/tigers

Clemson’s Moneyball
BART BOATWRIGHT/GREENVILLE NEWS

Head football coach Swinney earns less so assistants can make more

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BY TRAVIS SAWCHIK || tsawchik@postandcourier.com I’m trying to create a
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney earned 38.7 percent of Clemson’s total
situation where I can
football staff compensation last season, the second lowest share for a head coach at have the best staff
a BCS public school. Swinney’s percentage will decline to 31 percent this season — in the country and
the lowest among major conference schools — because of significant increases in when guys leave for
his assistant coaches’ salaries. better opportunities,
Clemson’s Chad Morris (offensive coordinator) and Brent Venables (defensive head coaching jobs
coordinator) are among the highest paid assistants in the country. No other BCS
program has two assistants whose combined salaries are more than what the head
or whatever, we’ll be
coach is paid. able to attract great
Clemson doesn’t have the resources of college football’s big boys, programs like coaches here and
Alabama, Ohio State and Texas. Clemson cannot afford to pay a head coach and keep great coaches
coordinators all top-of-the-market salaries, instead, Clemson elected to pay here.
Swinney middle-of-the-road compensation for a BCS conference head coach while Dabo Swinney

Please see CLEMSON, Page C2

By the Numbers
Head coach salaries Highest-paid assistants
Top Six Pct. share Bottom Six Pct. share (annual salary)
Name, School Salary of total staff Name, School Salary of total staff Chad Morris, Clemson $1.3 million
Kirk Ferentz, Iowa $3.785 million 64.8 Dana Holgorsen, W.Va. $1.49 million 42.2 Kirby Smart, Alabama $850,000
Bob Stoops, Oklahoma $4.08 million 60.3 Derek Dooley, Tenn. $2.33 million 42.1 Brian VanGorder, Auburn $850,000
Jeff Tedford, California $2.3 million 59.4 Paul Rhodes, Iowa State $1.15 million 39.4 Sal Sunseri, Tennessee $800,000
Mack Brown, Texas $5.19 million 59.0 Kevin Wilson, Indiana $1.26 million 39.3 Brent Venables, Clemson $800,000
Nick Saban, Alabama $4.83 million 56.8 Dabo Swinney, Clemson $1.83 million 38.7 *Does not include private schools, whose salaries
Bo Pelini, Nebraska $2.78 million 56.7 Danny Hope, Purdue $930,000 38.2 are not public record

PHOTO BY TRAVIS BELL/SIDELINE CAROLINA

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SECOND PLACE:
The State
Neil White Who
USC Baseball should
be first?
The USC baseball program has never retired
a number, but coach Chad Holbrook thinks it’s
time to start. After four decades of success,
the Gamecocks have plenty of candidates.

INSIDE: By NEIL WHITE
nwhite@thestate.com
On Page C6:

A
An expanded s Michael Roth walked off the mound at TD
list of Ameritrade Park in the championship
potential series of the College World Series last sum-
mer after throwing the final pitch of his
possibilities.
college career, followers of the South Caro-
USC’s jersey lina baseball program knew they would never see any-
retirement one quite like No. 29 again.
policy. The ace left-hander departed Omaha as the greatest
pitcher in CWS history — and arguably USC’s storied
Players who history as well — while leaving behind the question of
have had their whether any Gamecock baseball player should ever
numbers wear his number again.
retired in But there’s one hitch.
other sports. The USC baseball team has never retired a jersey
number despite a 40-year record of being the most suc-
cessful program on campus. The football team and two
basketball teams have combined to retire 11 numbers,
including some of the school’s most beloved athletes
such as John Roche, George Rogers and Sheila Foster.
Yet, not one baseball number has been taken out of
circulation, despite 28 NCAA tournament appearances,
11 CWS appearances, two national championships,

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FIRST PLACE: Gamecocks on the rise
The Post and Courier South Carolina
rolls past Georgia
on historic night
NO. 6 S. CAROLINA 35,
NO. 5 GEORGIA 7

Darryl Slater BY DARRYL SLATER
dslater@postandcourier.com

COLUMBIA — When it was over
for real — because it was really over
long before this — South Carolina’s
players sprinted over to the student
section in the North end zone of
Wi l l ia ms-Br ice

South Carolina Gamecocks
Stad iu m. T hey
pressed up against
the hedges as hands
reached out toward
them, fans wanting
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INSIDE t he magnitude
Martin embraces challenge of South Carolina basketball
Sapakoff: of what they had Brash style serves USC’s Ward well in coaching, and in life
Arizona knocks off two-time defending champion USC Power shift
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just done Satur-
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BY DARRYL SLATER
fifth-ranked Geor-
BIG HIT dslater@postandcourier.com
gia 35-7 in front of

C
OLUMBIA — Another people, the largest crowd ever
85,199
typical night woundWilliams-Brice, all of them now be-
at
down at the Miami bar
where Frank Martin worked in this team and its potential, if
lievers
they weren’t already. Try as they might
as a bouncer. It was the summer
of 1992, and Martin spent treat this game like any other, the
to the
evening just as he spentGamecocks knew its magnitude well
many
others — breaking up abefore it was over, and before it even
fight
and showing the participants
the door. began.
TED KIRK/AP Martin, then 26, bounced to
Arizona’s Brandon Dixon hit a make money while attending see USC, Page C7
seeing-eye double down the
Please
third-base line in the ninth that Florida International
scored Robert Refsnyder in what University and working as
became the game-winner. an assistant basketball coach
at his alma mater, Miami
Senior High. He didn’t mind
USC Moving Up
BIG PITCH bouncing, and with his broad Three top-5 teams lost
shoulders and no-nonsense
stare, he certainly looked the
Saturday, setting the stage MCT

part. for changes in the rankings South Carolina’s Ace Sanders returns a punt 70 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter against Georgia on Saturday night.
When the bar closed, Martin
and the other bouncers lockedTeam Saturday’s result

28 85,199 10
up and left at 2:30 a.m. TheyAlabama Largest margin
walked out into an empty
1. did not play By the numbers: of victory over
Largest crowd in
Williams-Brice
Consecutive
victories,
2. Oregon vs. Washington (n)
parking lot, except for one car,
South Carolina
off to the side, its lights off. Georgia Stadium history a school record
Martin grew up in inner-city 3. FSU lost to N.C. State, 17-16
AP PHOTO
Miami, so he could sense a LSU
4. lost to Florida, 14-6
In the eighth inning, Arizona had dangerous situation. And this
runners on first and third, but
Matt Price got out of the jam and
felt like one.
The car drove toward the
5. Georgia lost to USC, 35-7 For more South Carolina coverage, go to postandcourier.com/gamecocks
showed why he is one of the best
bouncers, and they dove
6. USC beat Georgia, 35-7
closers in the country, when he
induced a pop-out on the first behind another vehicle,
pitch after Arizona got into the narrowly avoiding the spray of
first-and-third situation.
bullets as the car sped away.
BIG FIASCO
“What that did is make me d
understand that I’m so close
to taking that next step in my
W i
W i R pt i t t t titl
life that I didn’t need to be PHOTO PROVIDED
doing that anymore,” Martin USC’s Lorenzo Ward was promoted from defensive backs coach to defensive coordinator prior to last season’s bowl game against Nebraska.
said.
He was a semester away BY DARRYL SLATER “Wouldn’t talk to another guy on
from a college degree and dslater@postandcourier.com Next Game the staff but me,” Ward said. Ward File
loved coaching. Thirty-one WHO: No. 9 South Carolina (1-0) Clowney signed with USC, and said NAME: Lorenzo Ward
years earlier, his grandparents COLUMBIA — Lorenzo Ward got in vs. East Carolina (1-0) recently, “I’d say he closed it out.” AGE: 45
fled Cuba after Fidel Castro his car and started driving. He was in WHEN: Saturday, 12:21 p.m. Clowney will be a key piece of the JOB: South Carolina football
ERIC FRANCIS/AP
took power and started over Atlanta when South Carolina defen- WHERE: Columbia Gamecocks’ defense this season, with defensive coordinator
AP PHOTO South Carolina’s Adam Matthews (left) and Michael Roth share a teary-eyed hug after losing 4-1 to Arizona on Monday night.
In the middle of the seventh, a in the United States, hoping sive coordinator Ellis Johnson called. TV: WMMP Ward as their defensive coordinator, EXPERIENCE: Played at Ala-
scene reminiscent of Benny Hill’s to create a better life for their Johnson wanted Ward, USC’s defen- Line: South Carolina by 22½ a job he was promoted to before last bama from 1986-90. Got first full-
television show unfolded at TD ARIZONA 4, ONLINE After shaking hands with the it atop the bench. He walked away descendants, of which Martin sive backs coach, to come to South season’s bowl game. time job at Chattanooga, where
Ameritrade Park, as about eight S. CAROLINA 1 For more on the College Wildcats, the Gamecocks accepted from it and joined his teammates, Pointe High in Rock Hill and help Ward favors an aggressive, blitzing he worked from 1994-98, includ-
fans hopped out of the World Series, go to the second-place trophy, similar, but standing still on the dirt outside the was the first born here.
bleachers — and not all at the BY DARRYL SLATER postandcourier.com/cws silver — the cruelest color of all. The dugout. None of them looked at the It would be such a waste to land the nation’s top-ranked recruit, “He’s probably the best closer to style that reflects the assertive per- ing the final season as defensive
same time. The steady trickle of dslater@postandcourier.com face of their team, senior ace pitcher silver trophy. throw it all away because of defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. Sign- pitch in major league baseball,” Ward sonality he developed long before he coordinator. Coached defensive
humanity forced security guards Arizona celebrate a 4-1 victory Mon- Michael Roth, walked out to get it. The video board aired highlights ing Day 2011 was about a month away. said. told Clowney he wouldn’t flatter him. backs at Virginia Tech from
to run around and tackle the OMAHA, NEB. — South Carolina’s day and national championship. His eyes appeared red. He sniffled and the Wildcats addressed their
some angry drunks. So Martin 1999-05 and landed the nation’s
quit bouncing. The next year, Ward made the 235-mile drive, “Oh, are you the closer?” Clowney “I’ve always been a guy that likes
fans, ending the madcap antics, players stood still. Some crossed their The Wildcats rushed onto the field, and looked back at his best friend, fans and, eventually, it all became too top-ranked recruit, tailback Kevin
with lasted about five minutes. arms. Others held white boxes at piling up near the mound, hoisting senior right fielder Adam Matthews. much for USC closer Matt Price, who he graduated college and walked into the school and greeted asked. to be the dictator and not be the one
their sides containing their second- the trophy, just as USC’s players did “Come on,” Roth said quietly to Mat- had seemed so invincible at the Col- Clowney, alongside Johnson, who “Yeah, that’s right,” Ward said. dictated to,” he said. Jones. Coached cornerbacks for
became the head coach at North Oakland Raiders in 2006, took a
place awards. The dirt at their feet the past two years. Beyond the left- thews. lege World Series, but finally cracked
Miami High. From there, he was Clowney’s primary recruiter. He proceeded to tell Clowney, That ethos was born in poor, rural
was covered with confetti that, mo- field wall, fireworks exploded in the The two of them got the trophy. in the ninth inning Monday. Price Clowney had only met Ward in pass- “Everybody’s been telling you how Alabama — in pool halls, on sandlot year off from coaching in 2007
ments earlier, had showered down night sky. For a few moments, none Roth never lifted it above his waist. walked away from his teammates clawed and climbed, just as his after being fired by the Raid-
on their shoulders as they leaned of the Gamecocks moved. They just He cradled it at his side, walked ing at USC, and here he was, at his good you are, and everybody’s been baseball fields and during informally ers, along with head coach Art
grandparents and mother did. high school, right before Signing Day. kissing your (butt). I ain’t gonna kiss segregated team dinners. It earned
on their dugout railing and watched leaned on the railing and watched. directly into the dugout and placed Please see USC, Page C4 Shell, and returned in 2008 as
Last month, he received a “Who is this?” Clowney asked John- your (butt). I ain’t gonna call you, and him his wife, his nickname and his
six-year, $12.3 million Arkansas’ defensive backs coach.

CWS Finals
ARIZONA 2, S. CAROLINA 0
BY THE
NUMBERS 8 Career College World Series starts
for South Carolina’s pitcher
Monday night, Michael Roth. .197 USC’s batting average
in its previous five
games before Monday. 2 Teams before this
year that have
overcome a 1-0 deficit.
contract to become South
Carolina’s new head coach.
FILE/CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/AP
son, as Ward recalled.
“Do you know who Mariano Rivera
is?” Ward replied.
Clowney said no.
you’re gonna call me every day.”
Ward said Clowney did just that —
called him every day for the next two
weeks.
career path, which reaches its zenith
this season.

Please see WARD, Page C4
He held the same position at
USC from 2009-11 before being
promoted to coordinator prior to
last season’s bowl game.
GAME 1: Arizona 5, S. Carolina 1 Please see GAMECOCKS, Page C8 Frank Martin won at least 20 games each season during the five years he coached at Kansas State.
GAME 2: Arizona 4, S. Carolina 1 ON TWITTER: Follow @DarrylSlater for the latest news on South Carolina’s baseball team
Arizona wins series, 2-0

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bells
SECOND PLACE: ■ A look inside Clemson
University’s carillon
By Mike Ellis

Independent Mail
ellism@independentmail.com
864-260-1277

A carillon player is to the
piano what Animal the Mup-
pet is to drums.
There’s a lot of over-the-
head arm swinging with a
carillon and a Jerry Lee Lewis

Kylie Yerka
intensity rarely seen in staid
recital halls.
A carillon is several tons of
swinging bronze bells hooked
up through mechanical wires
to a piano-like keyboard with
wood pegs.
It tolls several times a day
and, with a quarter-mile
range, most everyone who has
visited Clemson has heard it.
Entertainment

#1
But seeing it played is
something else.Section in
There’s no South Carolina
swinging from ropes.
Quasimodo

Using ropes — even if
someone isn’t dangling from
them, cartoon-style — gives
inconsistent force and is how
bells like the Liberty Bell
crack, said carillon consultant
Harmannus “Harry” Van Ber-
gen, of Travelers Rest.
Instead of a hunchback,
players sit at a piano bench
swinging their arms up and
V6I20 V6I29 slamming down the heel of Carillonneur Linda Dzuris marks up her sheet music as she practices a piece in the cabin, which
their hands on the wood pegs, small flight of stairs away from the bells.
March 8-14 May 10-16, called batons. The force has
2012 2012
to be strong enough to swing,
with mechanical but not elec-
More online
trical assistance, the larger Photos and video of the c
bells that weigh thousands of being played are availabl
independentmail.com.
pounds each.
Clemson University caril-
lonneur Linda Dzuris said it’s “It’s different fro
an illusion of a violent perfor- classical music co
mance. It only looks like the she said. “Kids can be
players are going wild on the around, you can pla
pegs. They have to control the ball and it’s not as fo
striking, hitting with varying Because the bell
force depending on the weight loud and the cabin w

Spring
of each bell and backing off player sits — one sta
their fists at the moment of low the bells — is so
impact. a player can count th
Finesse is far more impor- out loud or turn a me
tant than muscles, although up or even carry on
it’s easy to break a sweat while The bells are at the top of Tillman Hall, a few flights of stairs above sation while perfo
playing the university’s larg- where the clock faces rest. concert piece.

preening
est instrument, perched about One tip Dzuris
six stories from the ground Dzuris will be performing watch, for the first time in new students this ye
in a tower on top of Tillman at a concert Sept. 9 featuring such a public way at the uni- while mistakes can b
ll h h f l

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Edward Archbold competes
in a roach-eating contest
Friday in Deerfield Beach,
Fla. He died after winning.

Beth Harrison Why eat
Dorchester insects?
Question
history is
bugs many
set in stone Associated Press
15,000 grave inscriptions in book
BY BO PETERSEN They gave time over two years, MIAMI — As a Florida medi-
bopete@postandcourier.com wending through fields and
woods, to ferret out even the cal examiner tries to determine
ST. GEORGE — The grave hunt-
ers took it shard by shard, digging
most obscure family graveyards
in the upper county and nearby how 32-year-old Edward Arch-
out one headstone shattered into
more than a dozen pieces, getting
region.
They were helped by untold bold died after eating insects
School’s mission: Get out, stay out down on their hands and knees
to scavenge what they could, then
putting it all together like a jigsaw
puzzle.
people who pointed the way —
members of old families, church
elders, deer hunters. The com-
munity that wanted their own
during a contest to win a snake,
people around the country are
Environmental education charter
That might be the most remark-
able thing about the book “Me-
remembered.
The inscriptions recorded date
asking: Why?
morial Stones”: the community back to Rebecca Stiles, 1695-1749, Why would anyone eat a live
routinely takes kids beyond 4 walls that compiled it.
The exhaustive compilation of
whose finely carved stone stood
abandoned “way out in the mid- cockroach? Why did he die
15,000 gravestone inscriptions in dle of the woods by itself,” said Bill
BY DIETTE COURRÉGÉ CASEY
dcourrege@postandcourier.com
rounding them, and that’s why they
say it’s critical to take students outside
more than 150 cemeteries was just
released by the Upper Dorchester
Blakely, of the group.
The inscriptions include as-
when several others in the con-
MCCLELLANVILLE — Fifth-
of their classrooms.
“It’s not about being in a desk,” said
Historical Society.
Cemetery genealogies tend to be
tonishing information, such as
for Addie Kitt Smith, who lived
test ate the same bugs without
grader Cherish Conyers can describe Sally I’Anson, the school’s principal. assembled by a single devotee or a
few diehards. This one was amassed
from 1862 to 1982, according to incident? What inspired Arch-
in percentages the type of material “It’s about learning and getting out-
found in a landfill. side.” by more than 50 volunteers. Please see HEADSTONE, Page B2 bold — who was described by
She learned that information last The school opened in August, and
week when she saw the landfill in students already have taken dozens the snake store owner as “the
PROVIDED BY UPPER DORCHES-
West Ashley, and she won’t soon forget of field excursions, as they’re called.
the mound of trash or the “stinking” Educators see it as a way to engage stu- TER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY To learn more life of the party” — to shovel
smell.
Conyers attends Cape Romain Envi-
dents and make lessons more relevant.
Students are expected to be in science
Grave-inscription
researchers for the
For more information or to
order ‘Memorial Stones,’ contact
handfuls of crickets, worms and
ronmental Education Charter School,
the Lowcountry’s newest charter
labs or on field excursions at least three
hours a week. GRACE BEAHM/STAFF
Upper Dorchester
County Historical
the Upper Dorchester County
Historical Society, www.upper-
cockroaches into his mouth?
school. Part of its mission is to de-
velop students who have an intimate
“We’re not giving them worksheets Cherish Conyers (right) and Rigel Jessen plant cabbage collards at Cape
Romain Environmental Education Charter School in McClellanville for
Society occasionally
had to piece together
dorchestercountyhistoricalso-
ciety.com, or call the Tri-County
While eating bugs is normal
knowledge of the community sur- Please see SCHOOL, Page B2 their school garden. old headstones to read
them. John Coburn, of
Regional Chamber of Commerce,
843 563-9091.
in many parts of the world, the
Givhans, died in 1819. practice is taboo in the U.S. and
t ti

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Rusty Boggs

MATT GENTRY Associated Press
Clemson’s Andre Young, right, chases the ball after it was tipped away by Virginia Tech's Marquis Rankin during the final minute of
the game Saturday in Blacksburg, Va.

Full-court stress
Tigers’ big rally falls agonizingly short at Virginia Tech/4b

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Mark Egan

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hugs her twin
sister Callie

TIMES
before the
processional
begins during
commencement
ceremonies May
24 at Landrum
High School.
TIM KIMZEY/TIM.KIMZEY@SHJ.COM

THIRD PLACE:
Herald-Journal Gaffney High School held its graduation ceremonies at the school May 31.
ALEX C. HICKS JR./ALEX.HICKS@SHJ.COM

Todd Money
ALEX C. HICKS JR./ALEX.HICKS@SHJ.COM

Above: Jeremy Elliot Zachary receives an award at the South Carolina School for the
Deaf and the Blind’s commencement program at Walker Hall on May 23.

MICHAEL JUSTUS/MICHAEL.JUSTUS@SHJ.COM At left: Spartanburg Day School held its commencement exercises May 25.

At right:
Commencement
ceremonies
at Union High
School on May
18.

Below,
soon-to-be
graduates wait
on May 24 at
Boiling Springs
High School.

MICHAEL JUSTUS/MICHAEL.JUSTUS@SHJ.COM

JOHN BYRUM/JOHN.BYRUM@SHJ.COM
Jordyn Fox poses for a shot at Spartanburg High School’s
graduation ceremonies May 22 at the Benjamin Johnson
JOHN BYRUM/JOHN.BYRUM@SHJ.COM Arena at Wofford College.

MIKE BONNER/FOR THE HERALD-JOURNAL
Taylor Freeman and the rest of Woodruff High
School’s graduates get ready for commencement
ceremonies May 24.

Want more graduates?
Visit GoUpstate.com for
photo galleries of graduation
exercises from area high
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The State
Susan Ardis

Meet Swifty the swimming pig and other creatures at this year’s State Fair

S
wifty the swimming pig was a bit reluctant to hit the water. His VIDEO: SEE
human coach had to do a little persuading. But the show must go SWIFTY SWIM
on at the S.C. State Fair. Swifty sank a bit, but kept his snout above Watch Swifty take
a dive and see
water. Paddle, paddle, paddle went those little pig legs. And within more photos of
a matter of yards, the finish line. Out came Swifty, a little soppy, but well the animal
deserving of the Oreo cookie awaiting him. Swifty is just one of hundreds of kingdom at the
S.C. State Fair at
animals in the State Fair – including racing pigs, preening roosters, thestate.com/fair.
lounging cows, flop-eared bunnies, performing sea lions and chirping birds.
Inside, more photos of the menagerie at the fair this year. Page E3

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CELEBRATE FREEDOM: Carter
House, 4, checks out a helicopter
from the Vietnam era during the
KIM KIM FOSTER-TOBIN/KKFOSTER@THESTATE.COM

RUNAWAY RUNWAY: Drag queen
entertainer Lady Chablis attends
Runaway Runway as she
GERRY MELENDEZ/GMELENDEZ@THESTATE.COM

SPURRIER’S LADIES CLINIC: Natalie
Hinson, 11, catches a touchdown
pass from coach Shawn Elliott
ANDREW HAWORTH/THESTATE.COM

BENEDICT: Fans watch in-state
rival colleges Benedict and Claflin
play a double-header at Benedict’s

The State
Celebrate Freedom Festival interviews guests as they arrive. during the football clinic at new field, located near Charlie W.
at Finlay Park. Sixty-two designers participated. Williams-Brice Stadium. Johnson Stadium.

Tracy Burlison

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MUD RUN: Josh Heavener, crawling under a log, overcomes obstacles as he participates in the USMC Ultimate Challenge Mud Run.
The mud run is presented by the Greater Columbia Marine Foundation.

SUPER SATURDAY There was so much going on that the Midlands was a blur of motion;
there was no time to pause and catch your breath
By CAROLYN CLICK and some good eats. began at 7:30 a.m., with nearly 100
cclick@thestate.com By the thousands, they rolled in the participants gathering at Saluda

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all it Columbia on adrenaline, mud of Sandy Run to prove they had Shoals Park, slathering on sunscreen
moving at the speed of flight. Marine-style guts, rubbed shoulders and preparing for what your ordinary
Where else but on this love- with USC football coach Steve Spur- mortal might consider more than a
ly, temperate Saturday in April could rier, crowded into Finlay Park to cele- typical weekend bike cruise.
you roll in the mud, hop aboard a brate freedom, embarked on a Histor- “This is a good, relaxing, scenic
bike, rub shoulders with USC football ic Columbia scavenger hunt, took to ride,” said Columbia cyclist Aaron
players, explore a jeep, hitch a ride the air to raise money for cancer, West, 39. He was one of about 35 peo-
aboard a plane, play a round of poker, hard-charged around Lake Murray ple who chose the longest of three
become a recycled fashionista and on high-tech bikes to prove their sta- routes on the Tour de Lake, a
just generally have an old-fashioned, mina, strutted some eclectic runway 100-mile route going around Lake
outdoors great time? fashions, and threw every kind of ball Murray.
Like the White Rabbit in “Alice’s imaginable. Others chose the less demanding
Adventures in Wonderland,” folks in 40 or 62.5 mile course of the Tour de
the Midlands took off in all directions PUSHING IT
in search of a good time, a good cause In Irmo, the Tour de Lake bike ride SEE SATURDAY PAGE B2

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