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I a-n i i I lyj Ln JVIZAa 2 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1990 LOCAL OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS SECTION TtaFBtEsifiidl iifsdloirsiB Duke auction attracts buyers from around world Greenville Technical Education Center, Thurmond spokeswoman Susan Pelter said. Rep. Butler C. Derrick, himself.au Edgefield native, said Herlong comes frocc two of the area's most prominent families the Blockers, who have been in South Carolina since the 1700s, and the Herlongs, who ownja number of large farms. "He's good people, and he'll make a gooc judge," said Derrick, a Democrat who rp-, resents the 3rd Congressional District.

Herlong worked in private practice frptji. See Judgeship, Page 3C Thurmond's Senate office from 1970 to 1972, immediately after receiving his law degree from the University of South Carolina. Since July 1986, Herlong, who received his bachelor of arts degree from Clemson in 1967, has been a federal magistrate in Columbia. Herlong was active in Thurmond's 1972 and 1978 re-election campaigns, according to a former Thurmond aide who asked not to be identified. From 1972 to 1976, Herlong was an assistant U.S.

Attorney in charge of the criminal division in Greenville, and from 1975 to 1976 he was a part-time criminal justice instructor at By Robert W. Thompson News Washington bureau WASHINGTON U.S. Magistrate Henry M. Herlong an Edgefield native and former federal prosecutor in Greenville, has been recommended for a new judgeship in South Carolina, Sen. Strom Thurmond said Tuesday.

Thurmond said he will ask President Bush to nominate Herlong to a U.S. District Court judgeship created by the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990, which is aimed at reducing delays in the federal court system. Herlong, 46, was a legislative assistant in oov Gift program under way for ia residents of Whitten Center By April Moorefield News Clinton bureau not expected to be tallied until Wednesday, Pettit said the company was pleased with the way things went and wouldn't hold anything back for later sale. "It's definitely a one-day auction," he said. Forke Bros, auctioneers of Lincoln, which conducted the auction for Duke, told company officials that the event was the largest single-day sale ever done in the United States of equipment owned by one company, Pettit said.

Duke had purchased the equipment and leased a large portion of it to Dillingham Construction a Pleasanton, concern that handled most of the heavy earth-moving work, Pettit said. The Bad Creek project, located just above Lake Jocassee, is the largest earth-moving undertaking Duke has ever undertaken, according to Pettit. Duke does not have another major project on the drawing board that would require the use of such equipment, so the com- Eany decided it was most feasi-le to sell it, he said. Among the items on the auction block Tuesday were 21 large Caterpillar bulldozers; 26 dump trucks, ranging in capacity from 35 to 50 tons; two cranes; 14 one-half ton and one-ton pickup trucks; 12 Ford Bronco four-wheel drive vehicles; and five busses, Pettit said. Other items included in the sale were: track drills (for boring into solid rock), vibratory rollers (for road construction), air compressors, road graders, backhoes, front-end loaders, water tanker trucks, welding machinery, fuel tanker trucks, By Ron Barnett News Oconee bureau SALEM it was a cold, windy day on the mountain overlooking Lake Jocassee, as Duke Power Co.

showed off $30 million worth of construction equipment to buyers from around the world Tuesday. But the bidding at the Bad Creek hydrostation was anything but cold as the company hosted what was billed as the largest single-day, single-owner equipment auction in the United States, a company official said. Among the items that went to the highest bidder were two huge rock crushers price, $1 million each. Several heavy-duty bulldozers also brought in $200,000 apiece, according to Duke spokesman Tim Pettit. Representatives from 14 foreign countries and numerous Americans were among the bidders who showed up to buy equipment that Duke no longer needs, since the heavy construction phase of the hydrostation in northern Oconee County is finished, Pettit said.

"Some of (the foreigners) that I talked with could speak very, very little English," Pettit said. "But they understand the American dollar." They also know how to kick the tires on a 50-ton dump truck or a three-story crane and estimate its worth, regardless of the language barrier, Pettit said. Representatives of large companies in Israel, Argentina, Venezuela and Spain were among the foreign buyers, he said. But the sale wasn't just for the big spenders. Local individuals also turned out to buy items such as pickup trucks, tractors and small equipment, he said.

"It was a wide array of equipment for sale," he said. "The prices ranged from $100 to $1 million." Although the sale total was CLINTON The holiday sei'! son will be a little brighter for' nearly 500 residents of the Whit'' ten Center thanks to a Christmas program designed to provide gifts for those who can't spend tin with their families, officials said Tuesday. "Be A Santa For Someone Spe cial," coordinated though Whitten Center's Volunteer Services Department, is a link between Whitten Center and the commu nity, Volunteer Services Director Glen Bledsoe said. 3 Whitten Center is the state Department of Mental Retardation's facility for the state's Piedmont region, offering residential and community services. Anyone wishing to donate to trie! project may pull a name card from the wreath at the Whitten Center Administration Building, which lists special requests anc clothing sizes.

Donors also can' give gifts of their own choosirigf such as radios, jewelry, toys' magazine subscriptions. "This year, like in years pa'st See Gift, Page 5C Stjfcrtfeffltft imii I I' MirTiitii 1 'lAiTii-ni THE NEWS RON MUNNERLYN farm-type tractors, portable lights (with gasoline generators), water pumps, and several flat-bed trucks, according to Clothing collection Members of the Old 96 Girl Scout Council help Beverly Brookshire of the Greenville Hospital System load new and used clothing Pettit. See Auction, Page 3C Tuesday in its 5th annual Operation Clothesline. Girl Scouts from 68 Upstate troops collected terns for the needy at the Children's Hospital. Laurens Health System working on medical improvement goals members would like to brag about in the future, but cannot today, Olson said.

That list included getting more patients to seek health care locally instead of going to metropolitan areas; being financially solvent; becoming an influence in shaping health care policy in the county; having more minorities on the professional staff, providing a successful wellness program for employees and being able to offer a full spectrum of services. "This is helping us better focus on what we need to do and where we need to By April Moorefield News Clinton bureau LAURENS The Laurens County Health Care System's employees, administrator and board of trustees are working on setting long-term goals for improving medical services in the community, officials said Tuesday. With help from a consultant from Quorum Health Resources a management company the local hospital system contracted with a little more than a year ago, a strategic plan is being formu Sullivan served as mediator for a brainstorming session where board members considered what they could brag about at the new Laurens County Hospital. Among the most important items on the list were trained nurses, a positive image, a willingness to accept change, an openness to cooperation, a feeling of improved quality, physician recruits, employee support of the hospital, optimism, personal approach, public relations and new procedures, Olson said. A second session targeted what board go," Olson said.

"Often, we only look.at the short term the here and now. But I believe we need to know where we are, headed before we can go." Next week, Sullivan will spend twjo days at the Laurens County Hospital conducting one-on-one interviews with members and health care system employees to get suggestions. Later, Sulli4 van will return to Laurens County to talk, with members of the community. The actual Laurens County Health See Health, Page 5C lated that will serve as a guide for the next five years, Health Care System Administrator Randy Olson said. "We're going to use this as sort of a road map," Olson said.

"This way we will have an idea in which direction we want to go." A strategic planning retreat for the board, held in October at Keowee Key in Oconee County, was the first step in gathering information needed to develop the actual document. During that retreat, Quorum Health Care Strategic Planning Advisor Chris WAXA may sign simulcast agreement with WLOS-TV Clemson, Greenville Hospital sign research, education agreement $10-million pact allows joint research, pooling of resources Commission has twice turnq down requests by Anchor Media Inc. of St. Petersburg, which, owns WLOS, to buy WAXA and operate it as a satellite of WLOS The FCC ruled that signals frpm, WLOS and the satellite statoa would overlap. The decisions have been appealed.

James Conschafter, vice president and general manager at' WLOS, said that under the simulcast agreement Mrs. Kupris, would remain the owner of station and the FCC would not' have to approve it. "We are hoping this is certainly a short-term solution, because we By Alexandra Alger News business writer WLOS-TV, Channel 13, is nego-tiating with WAXA-TV in Anderson to rebroadcast its signal on WAXA. Both sides described the arrangement as a short-term way of allowing WLOS, the Asheville-based ABC affiliate, to broadcast on WAXA, Channel 40, while continuing efforts to buy the Anderson station. WAXA owner Mary R.

Kupris of Atlanta said Tuesday that she expects a simulcast agreement will be signed. "We're in the process of negotiation," she said. The Federal Communications THE NEWS RON MUNNERLYN Clemson University President Max Lennon, right, and Greenville Hospital System President Jack Skarupa sign research agreement Tuesday 'J See WAXA, Page 5C Sunshine Fund total tops $5,000 The Greenville News-Piedmont Holiday Sunshine Fund received $297 Tuesday, boosting the fund to By Sheila Carnett News staff writer Clemson University and the Greenville Hospital System signed a $10 million cooperative research and education agreement Tuesday that will allow them to conduct joint research projects as well as pool their resources to secure grant money. Initial research programs will be focused in the areas of health care delivery, bone and mineral metabolism and reproductive physiology, although specific projects haven't been developed. Both institutions will supply their half of the $10 million startup funding with money currently on hand, according to the agreement.

The organizations expect the agreement to be self-sufficient by 1995, and officials said research projects eventually could generate profits through patents. The agreement, which is the product of more than two years of negotiations between hospital and university officials, will help the hospital continue to attract physician specialists and maintain its status as a teaching hospital. The university will benefit by having a practical outlet for its laboratory research, increased funding and the ability to attract quality faculty and graduate students. The proximity of the two institutions and the fact that Clemson has a long-standing interest in bio-medical research are other benefits that helped make the agreement a reality, officials said. "This joint relationship will enable us to move in such a way that this will become the most significant decision in this decade," said Clemson University President Max Lennon.

"I predict that other communities will study this agreement in the future." The Greenville Hospital System board of trustees unanimously approved the agreement Tuesday without discussion. Hospital System President Jack Ska-rupa said afterward that board members had discussed the agreement during previous committee meetings. The discussions were not open to the public. Accreditation programs require that teaching hospitals have research capabilities for physicians in training, Skarupa said. Research potential also is a drawing card for specialized physicians.

In recent years, the hospital Operation Shoehorn provides shoes to children who might not otherwise have them with the' generous contributions of individuals and churches. Operation Shoehorn works in with Sunbelt Human Advancement Resources' Inc. (SHARE), an organization involved in providing a number, of services to the needy. SHARE screens all applicants for Opera-! tion Shoehorn. Uil $5,218.86.

Though an annual Christmas pro-j of the Greenville News-Piedmont Co. since 1978, the university. The contract for the research agreement provides for the formation of a Joint Research and Education Council, on which both institutions will be equally represented. All proposed research projects must be approved by the council. An administrative director will be appointed to head the council.

The start-up money for the agreement will not be used to fund actual research projects, but to pay salaries of researchers and to cover facility and equipment costs. As the research agreement becomes more self-sufficient, the university and hospital system will decrease the amount of mon- See Research, Page 3C system has sought to strengthen its position as a regional referral center, with much of the focus directed at recruiting specialists. Dr. William Bates, a reproductive endocrinologist and vice president of the hospital system's medical education department, said he would not have come to Greenville if there had been no potential for research. "It's been a big spark to the hospital system," Skarupa said.

"It's a new era. The hospital system will forever be different." For Clemson University, the agreement will enable researchers there to tap grant resources that have previously been dry because the university has not had clinical facilities to test its laboratory research, said Jay Gogue, vice president for research for This year's other agencies In' elude Operation Warmth, which provides winter clothing and fuel-to the elderly and to indigent fam ilies with small children; Camp Opportunity, an organization generous contributors add to it year-round. The fund channels donations to reputable agencies which provide the needy with warmth and Christmas cheer. One of the agencies to be helped by this year's fund is Operation Shoehorn. Started in 1968, See Sunshine, Page 3C.