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SECTION (Hie (Drcmuilk Wcii5 Saturday March 6, 1999 Obituaries 4B Business 8B miftf (Council to pick up lififtsr Metro roads. Letters have been sent to road sponsors telling them where to pick up orange bags and spears. Most groups already have received orange vests. Dannheisser has talked with city and county officials to expand the program to address nonstate roads. "It doesn't make any difference," he said.

"It looks terrible if it's on a state road, a county road or a city street." Bob Montgomery can be reached at 298-4295. Davis said she is working to get enough bags and vests for the May 15 pickup. She said there may be other future pickup dates. "You can have all the cleanups in the world, but if you don't change people's mindset, then cleaned-up roads will be dirty again," she said. Meanwhile, D.H.

Dannheis-ser, county coordinator of the Adopt-A-Highway program, said he is finalizing details for a March 20 cleanup of state Brooks. "I hope we can clean the county up, because it's in a mess." County Clerk Rebecca Davis said council members came up with the idea during a weekend retreat in late January "to put the problem at the forefront of people's minds." The council voted Tuesday to set May 15 for roadside litter pickup, the same date as the county's Adopt-A-Highway pickup. Under Adopt-A-Highway, litter is picked up along state roads. County Council is extending that so county and smaller roads can be addressed. Councilman Wade Cleveland said church and civic groups and neighborhoods are urged to participate.

"First, it helps gel and focus the intense concern that citizens are expressing about litter by setting aside a day for everyone in the community to pitch in and help," he said. "Second, it gets some roads cleaned up. Third, by having council members out there picking up litter, it makes a public statement of our concerns." Greenville resident Judy Si-brans, who formed Grandmothers Against Garbage, said she has received hundreds of calls from county residents who want to help. "We will be out there in our new T-shirts," she said. "If everybody worked 10 minutes, we would have this county cleaned up." Join the Adopt-A-Highway program.

For a road cleanup film, groups can call 467-7599. Find out details of the countywide pickup by calling 467-71 15, or on the constituent corner of the county Web site: www.greenvillecounty.org countycouncilccornerindex htm i "I hope the public is moved to' do the same thing," said council Chairman Dozier Young fans go crazy for Sync Man charged in kidnap, rape of Taylors woman By April E. Moorefield Staff Writer Paul and Sherrie Lawrence weren't prepared for the horrific sight that met them Friday morning when they answered a strange knock at the door of their Brushy Creek Road home. A woman clad only in a nightshirt her hair matted with blood shivered in the cold, pleading for help. Authorities say the 29-year-old Taylors woman was abducted at gunpoint from her home about 4:30 a.m.

Friday by a masked man armed with a knife and a gun. She was forced to drive to a wooded area where she was beaten and raped, then thrown 14 feet off the top of a cement culvert into a shallow creek below. By midday, investigators arrested Jonathan Daniel Streets, 18, of 920 W. Lee Road, Lot 5, Taylors, on charges of first-degree criminal sexual assault, assault and battery with intent to kill, armed robbery, kidnapping and first-degree burglary. He remained in custody at the Greenville County Detention Center Friday night after a judge ordered him held without bond.

The victim was hospitalized in stable condition with a broken back, pelvis and jaw. "It's a miracle she was able to get here," Lawrence said Friday night. "She had to walk a quarter of a mile. We were asleep when she knocked at the door. "When we looked out, we could see blood all over her.

She had a wound to her forehead where you could see her skull." The Lawrences called 911 See MPtonpageW By Donna Isbell Walker Entertainment Writer While many 'N Sync fans at Friday's concert were content to show their allegiance to the band with T-shirts, three young fans took it a step further. Eight-year-old Matthew Craven, his 7-year-old brother Nick and 10-year-old Justin Peed painted the group's name on their bellies. The threesome, who've been fans "since first grade 1998," according to Matthew, weren't shy about sharing their feelings about the band. "We're nuts about 'em," Matthew said. "They dance a lot," Nick chimed in.

Those sentiments summed up the feelings of many of the teens and pre-teens who attended the sold-out performance at the Bi-Lo Center. "I like them mainly for the music," said 16-year-old Stephanie Keene of Greenville. "It's not because of the teeri-idol thing. They're very diverse." The teen-idol thing was, however, the thing for many fans. Blond-haired Justin Timberlake incited the loudest screams from fans whenever his face appeared on a video monitor.

The five band members' faces are a big part of the appeal, but they chose to enter the stage with their famous faces covered, dancing around the stage in monster suits and masks, wielding light sabers. When the masks came off, the band jumped right into "Here We Go," from its self-titled debut album. And the music and dancing rarely let hV 'T Accomplice gets probation after testifying about killer May 15 set aside for cleanup blitz By Bob Montgomery Environmental Writer Picking up on a growing frustration over the massive litter "mess Greenville County Council members have decided to don their dungarees to set an example by going out in their districts to pick up discarded bottles, cans and food wrappers. Man dies after collapsing Simpsonville resident planned to see doctor after playing basketball By April E. Moorefield Staff Writer A numbness overtook Linda Byrd's body Friday as she struggled to cope with her oldest son's sudden death.

"I'm in shock," the Greenville woman said. "It's hard to believe he's gone." Corey T. Webb, 22, of 102 Abbotsford Road in Simpsonville, died at 10:50 a.m. Friday at Hillcrest Hospital, one hour after collapsing onto the gymnasium floor at Reedy Fork Baptist Church while playing basketball with friends, Greenville County Deputy Coroner Mike Ellis said. Cause of death hadn't been determined late Friday.

Webb's death comes just two months after 15-year-old Devin Antonio' Pyles collapsed during a basketball game at Hillcrest High School. The lOth-grader died less than two hours later of what authorities later determined was cardiac arrhythmia due to a congenital heart defect. Three years ago, two Greenville County student athletes died within hours of each other after-'collapsing while playing basketball. Sixteen-year-old Brandon Lewis Warren a member of a Hillcrest High basketball team died in January 1996 after collapsing during a game at Westside High in Anderson. One evening earlier, 9-year-old Patrick Andre Jordan Jr.

of Taylors died after he became ill and collapsed during a church league basketball practice at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship. Authorities now say that between eight and nine children in every 1,000 are born with congenital heart defects, which often go undetected during routine examinations. Ellis said he will await results of microscopic testing and toxicology reports before making a ruling. Described by family members as an avid athlete, Webb played basketball while a student at Hillcrest High School and later stayed involved in sports by participating on his church softball team. When he went down on the court Friday morning, he was practicing with the basketball team from where he worked at General Nutrition.

"He complained of shortness of breath about 9:45 a.m., then immediately collapsed," Ellis said. Paramedics found Webb in cardiac arrest, the deputy coroner said. Webb was taken by ambulance to Hillcrest Hospital, but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. Webb's mother said she was somewhat bewildered to learn Friday afternoon from her son's girlfriend he recently had been experiencing chest pains. "She told me that in the last couple of days he would stop and grab his chest," Mrs.

Byrd said. "He told her he wanted to go play basketball this morning, then he was going to the doctor." Photos by ALAN DEVORSEY Staff Synchronized: 'N Sync plays to a full house at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville on Friday night. up for the next 90 minutes, through numerous costume changes and mood swings. About midway through the show, a newsreel about the 1960s led the band into a rendition of "That Thing You from the Tom Hanks movie about a one-hit-wonder band from that decade. Each decade gave 'N Sync an opportunity to take on a different identity.

The '70s turned them briefly into the Jackson 5, clad in fringed vests and afro wigs, singing a medley of songs including "ABC" and The Love You Save." For the 1980s, they sang By Andrea Weigl Staff Writer A 23-year-old whose testimony helped send Freddie Eugene Owens to death row was sentenced to five years of probation and released from jail Friday after admitting his role in the robbery spree that ended in the death of a convenience store clerk. Nakeo Tuwain Vance, who faced as much as 30 years in prison, eagerly waived his rights to a jury trial and pleaded guilty to two accessory charges. "Waive 'em all," Vance said when asked by the judge whether he understood his rights. Prosecutors described Vance's testimony as "critical" in Owens' trial and his role in the 1997 murder of convenience store clerk Irene Grainger Graves as minimal. But the victim's family didn't see it that way.

That was mighty light. He should have had a little bit more at least a few years, not probation," the victim's mother, Ira Grainger, said Friday after learning of the sentence. See PUAonpage 5B Kool the Gang's "Celebration" dressed in fedoras and jackets while a confetti explosion rained on the stage. The '90s newsreel returned 'N Sync to its own identity, wearing basketball jerseys and black vinyl jackets and singing "Crazy For You." That tune got the audience jumping up and down in tandem, shaking the Bi-Lo Center's concrete floor. Fans' enthusiasm came through loud and clear especially loud.

Just when it seemed the audience couldn't get any more excited, the band pulled another trick out of its sleeve. For the encore, which included a cover of Christopher Cross' "Sailing" and the band's big hit "Tearin' Up My Heart," the five guys floated out over the audience, attached to wires. Turning somersaults, floating just inches above fans' extended fingertips, the guys never stopped singing. And the fans never stopped screaming. 'T fcL rCD cPil til TRAFFIC ALERT Greenville Traffic delays on Interstate 85 Traffic in both directions on Interstate 85 may experience delays a.m.

and noon the next three Sundays as construction crews put in place HSU the structural steel for overpasses (20; for the future Southern Connector. Southbound traffic will face delays SUZIE RIDDLE StaR left between Augusta Road and Interstate 185, while northbound traffic will face them between State 153 and 1-185. To report road work, contact Chris Nguyen at 298-4746. Happy fans: Wild about 'N Sync are Samantha Medlin, Nickie Chandai and Rosemarie Cox, to right, during the concert at the Bi-Lo Center on Friday. Former chef's ice comes to life 3 I By Jimmy Cornelison Staff Writer David Rice was reaching goals.

He had been cooking for 20 of his 36 years, beginning in his home in Boston, then carrying his culinary skills south Callaway Gardens in Georgia, then to Columbia and four years ago to Greenville. He became certified as an executive chef and received recognition from his peers for his talents with food. Then last summer, he made a career change. His peers suggested the -change was nothing short of time with my family," says the father of two small children. "I had reached goals.

I was executive chef at a nice hotel, but because of the hours, I was missing something." It was as a chef he learned ice sculpting, which today often goes hand in hand with the profession. Rice came to realize taking a simple block of ice and making it into a near work of art was seasonal, and it happened its season was generally the busy season in the restaurant business, holidays and such. Sculpting figures during a busy season was time-consuming. His reasoning was there would be a demand for an independent ice sculptor not only from restaurants, but also caterers and the public. "Chefs don't have time," he says.

"I realized it could be a business." Like most in his profession, Rice's ice education came on the job. Ice carving had been around for centuries, originally done the hard way, with an ice pick. It became more common in the last few decades with the advent of tools such as a simple chain saw and various' types of grinders that cut See Klon page 5R JlnVHX Cofmelisoi People and Places insanity. Rice quit his job as an executive chef in one of the city's major hotels and started his own business, making ice come to life as a free-lance ice sculptor. "I wanted to spend more OMAR ALI Staff Ice carver David Rice puts the final touches on an ice sculpture with a pineapple base.

Rice left his job as an executive chef last year to launc his business as a designer of ice sculptures..