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Tuesday, June 19, 2001 StateRegion The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. 3A Colleton schools sued for segregation STATE DIGEST By The Associated Press X2 Attorney John Harper, who represents the parents, said the school district must follow the law to desegregate schools. "At the present time, there has not been desegregation in schools to benefit blacks in the school district," Harper said. The lawsuit also seeks to name the Colleton County Council as a defendant because it opposes a plan by the council to allocate $1.2 million for construction of a new elementary school in Edisto Beach to serve white students. Ruffin remains a predominantly black high school because school officials failed to enforce attendance zones to integrate students and that facilities and resources in the school were inadequate.

About 87 percent of Ruffin's 269 students are black. "These actions and inactions regarding Ruffin High School have stigmatized it as an inferior black school," the lawsuit said. In July 1970. the United States filed a civil rights com COLUMBIA (AP) Par-eifts of 10 black students at Ruffin High School have sued the Colleton County School District, accusing school officials of failing to eliminate racial segregation in public schools that's existed since 1970. The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S.

District Court in Charleston, alleges the school district violated its constitutional obligation to adopt a plan to desegregate students. The lawsuit also alleges plaint against Colleton County School District to abolish its segregated school system. A month later, the U.S. District Court in Charleston issued an order prohibiting the school district from operating a dual education system based on race but the plan did not result in desegregation. Colleton County Schools Superintendent Gwen Smith was unable to comment because she was out of town Monday, according to associate superintendent Tom Lohr.

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Attorney Scott N. Schools said. White was also sentenced to three years supervised release. The Secret Service became aware of the scheme after a fake bill was passed at a Clemson sandwich shop. White was among seven people that pleaded guilty in connection with the counterfeiting scheme.

Derrell S. Gray, 21, of Greenwood, was sentenced in May to a year in prison and three years of supervised release, Schools said. Michael A. Fruster, 19, of Easley, and Lateef Crippen, 19, of Clemson, were both sentenced to three years probation. Eugene Koon 20, is awaiting sentencing, the U.S.

attorney's office said. White received a reduced sentence for giving investigators information about the a series of break-ins at campus dormitories that he and others were involved in, the U.S. attorney's office said. White had been dismissed from Clemson's football team by coach Tommy Bowden. Female prison worker assaulted by inmate COLUMBIA A female employee at the Broad River Correctional Institution here has been sexually assaulted by an inmate who has tested HIV positive, a state Corrections Department spokeswoman said.

Agency spokeswoman Cheryl Bates-Lee says the details were sketchy. But she said it was thought a 35-year-old male inmate assaulted the worker in a bathroom Monday afternoon. The employee was physically and sexually abused, Bates-Lee said. Corrections Department internal affairs is investigating. The inmate is serving a 25-year sentence for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, robbery, breach of fraud and trust, Bates-Lee said.

Rep. Allison bids for lieutenant governor CAYCE Rep. Rita Allison made stops around the state Monday to announce she is seeking the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. Lt. Gov.

Bob Peeler is leaving the job in a bid for the GOP's gubernatorial nomination. Allison, R-Lyman, said she's been frustrated with the Senate's handling of House legislation. "Over and over again, the good work that moves through the House and is accomplished in the House is undone by Senate Democrats," Allison said. With Republicans now holding a 24-22 majority, it's important to replace Peeler with a GOP candidate. "Now that we're finally making some headway, we must not allow the leadership of the Senate to revert to the party of big government," she said.

Two other Republicans are running for the position so far: Sens. Andre Bauer of Chapin and David Thomas of Greenville. Man who drowned took off life jacket LAKE WYLIE A North Carolina man who drowned in Lake Wylie over the weekend was wearing a life jacket before he jumped back into the water a second time, according to the York County Sheriff's Office. Isac Massey, of Charlotte, N.C., was pulled from the Little Allison Creek area of the lake Sunday, where he attended a baptism the day before, according to police reports. Loconia Stewart, Massey's cousin, said he had been swimming all day with a life jacket on.

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