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I £6e 2 $ta(e Columbia South Carolina Monday May 30 1988 Satellite MedEvac units give fast aid age heads to classes By WILL MOREDOCK SUM Steff Writer i The accident last week waa all too common a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a car on UR 1 Just north of Blythewood Five people were injured two seriously But the response was as surprising as it was inspiring An Army MedEvac helicopter dispatched from the Jimmy Doolittle Flight Facility at Columbia Metropolitan Airport joined Richland County EMS personnel already on the scene picked up the two seriously injured victims as well as a doctor and EMS worker and whisked them to Richland Memorial Hospital nearly 20 miles away got priority clearance from air traffic control (at Columbia Metropolitan said Chief Warrant Officer 2nd Class Mantle Lee who piloted the mis-1 lion "We were at the accident 14 minutes after we received orders to respond We vere on the ground 11 minutes to pick up he injured and we had them at Richland Memorial in eight minutes" It was a typical day in the Military assistance for Safety and Traffic proram but many people are surprised to sam that UR Army helicopters and per- onnel are on call for civilian emergen- By SCOTT JOHNSON Stele Steff Writer Imagine a school in rural South Carolina where students learn advanced math science and foreign languages by watching television Courses are beamed to the school live from locations around the country via satellite Students question their teachers by telephone and in turn answer questions and show what learned using digital key pads and electronic slates The technology has existed for years but will be applied for the first time in South Carolina public schools beginning in January Four schools will participate in a pilot project that if successful and funded federally could be expanded to between 50 and 75 elementary and secondary schools in this state by September 1989 all part of "Star a $100 million federal plan to use satellite dishes and telecommunications technology to bring advanced Instruction in math science and foreign languages to students and teachers in poor or isolated schools across the nation The funding will be available over five years SC Educational Television the state Department of Education and the University of South Carolina have submitted a proposal for a share The agencies also have joined a consortium of 17 states and public TV stations in four cities that has presented a similar bid 1 "This certainly in my view is one of the most significant new educational initiatives happened in a long long SC ETV President Henry Cauthen said "A lot of schools will never be able to provide instruction in math science and foreign language which is critical to this country staying competitive" Charlie Williams state education superintendent said the program places an emphasis on reaching stu-denta in innercity or isolated rural schools where the Sec School 5-B MedEvac crew of Tony DeGusipe left Chad St Francis Randy Martin and Johnny Gaither The helicopters used in the MAST pro- operating range of 115 miles Lee said outside Richland and Lexington counties gram are UH1 Victors or Hueys as they The MAST program was initiated at said Tony Wynn civilian coordinator for have been known to more than a genera- Fort Jackson and other sites around the South Carolina MAST is called when a ground ambulance would take longer than average (because of traffic or other circumstances) and the delay might result in death of the Wynn said Typically it is requested for severe head and chest injuries and abdominal bleeding resulting from highway accidents he said Another MAST function Wynn said is transporting patients from rural hospitals to Richland Memorial for special care See MedEvac 7-B ies in much of South Carolina "And at no expense to anyone except Uncle Sam" said Maj James 'umer who commands the MedEvac roup Ihe group is affiliated with Fort Jack-ion where pilots train and maintain That means they are as ready to go into combat as they are to respond to a traffic accident Lee said The experience Lee and other idiots get on emergency calls is valuable he said i tion of GIs big fat slow and Turner said dependable and they fly The Huey was designed in the late 1950s as a medical evacuation vehicle Turnet said With a crew of two it can carry three people on litters and four other passengers sitting down as well as a large quantity of basic medical emergency equipment The Huey can achieve a speed id 140 mph with its turbojet engine and has an country in 1974 Turner said As the Vietnam War wound down the Army found itself with a large number of MedEvac helicopters and personnel mi their hands One answer to the problem was to aid local civilian governments with medical emergencies Today MAST works in conjunction with Richland and Lexington EMS the Highway Patrol and Richland Memorial Hospital Richland Memorial screens all requests for MedEvac support from sources Tournament unites adults children By jan tuten camden Palmetto People To an outdoorsman fishing can Dead hero honored by school By BOB STUART gfcBT Bww BAMBERG Darroll Anderson is fondly remembered by teachers and classmates at Richard Carroll Middle School The slightly built 1 1-year-old lived a modest life Teachers said he often wore the same clothes to school several days straight They also recall that he seemed tired and hungry at times But homeroom teacher Nancy Watson remembers a student knew when to play and knew when to work" And social studies teacher James Lee saw Darroll as a promising sixth-grader just starting to realize his abilities was Lee said was in the slow learning class in the fifth grade But he was making honor roll grades the next Da Toll's promising life abruptly ended Dec 7 1986 The chilly Bamberg house in which he was left with 10 brothers time to compete and do something together and to learn the proper ways of fishing The child already is a winner before he even starts And if you can save one child ran drugs done Childers bills the event as a method to get kids hooked on fishing not on drugs a 'philosophy also adopted by the state Department of Wildlife and Marine Resources when it began offering fishing rodeos throughout the state two years ago tournament in which wildlife officers and local recreation department officials assist requires an adultchild team and a boat But so many children with no adult partner or boat wanted to participate that Childers developed a side competition for bsnk fishing Children can take their largest catches to weigh stations in Kershaw Lancaster Sumter and Hartsville and See Fishing 4-B become an addictive sport that takes you from lake to lake stream to stream state to state I Bill Childers found himself so In- volved in regional tournaments that me day he realised his children were virtually grown and he had not shared his avocation with them "Everything I was involved in a child was not invited" he said Childers threw in the rod and be-j gan concentrating on developing a I fishing tournament that would put fa-? thers and sons or mothers and daugh-j ten together for a day on the lake His A Child event i now is one of the largest tournaments held on Wateree Lake and recently completed its fifth run adults get as much thrill out of it as the said Childers a DuPont employee you ever seen a child just tremendously happy? Anytime someone gets that much thrill out of it what other pay do you need? good thing about it is a Darroll Anderson Saved 3 lives lost his own sisters and cousins burned early that morning Authorities said the fire started when one of the children poured gasoline into a pot-bellied stove in an effort to rekindle a fire Darroll valiantly rescued three of the children from the burning house But he died when the roof collapsed on him and seven others ages 2 to 11 All eight children died of See Bamberg 2-B Capital Report Attorney seeks to curb suits over development Big SC origins polished up By BILL ROBINSON HUM Ruff Writer Dear Abby dear Abby You going to believe this but a genteel sometimes overlooked Southern city is staking a claim to fame for helping create the nickname Big Apple for New York City With help and advice of dozens of good-natured people Columbia Mayor Patton Adams and his staff have compiled an impressive collection of evidence describing how the Park Street nightclub and the dance it spawned might just be the inspiration of the name commonly associated with the big city up North Adams undertook the project after reading an inquiring letter from an Arizona reader of the syndicated columnist Abigail Van Buren The writer wanted to know the origin of the nickname to which Ms Van Buren responded that neither she nor New York Mayor Ed Koch knew An article in The State about the interest in trying to set version at the record straight generated an outpouring of interest from the community Local folklore has it that blacks who -frequented the Big Apple nightclub during See Big Apple 4-B Good morninp IF WINDING UP a three-day week-! end in luck It's going to be sunny and hot i today winding down with a warm evening Some light winds should make it even more pleasant HONORING THE SPIRIT of Memorial Da will be Fort Jackson where ceremonies begin at 11:45 Events include music from the 282nd Army band a 21-gun salute and the placing of a wreath at the base of the post flag by the Society of Military 1 Widows The Veterans Administration hospital will hold an in-house service also going to spend more time going to coastal council meetings DHEC meetings and spend even more time meeting informally with the staff of these different agencies hopefully on a monthly basis" he said want to find out what they are doing what permits are they working on where we can have input If something we have objections to we want to find out what kind of information we need to get to The program has attracted grants from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation of Winston-Salem NC and the Energy Research Foundation of Columbia It is another step in a growing national effort to resolve environmental disputes without going to court a concept embraced by the federal Environmental Protection Agency and in South Carolina by the state Department of Health and Environmental Control going to start doing things that will try to avoid litigation in the long run" said Chandler who over the past seven years has been involved in some major environmental cases and who was awarded the William Douglas Award for legal work this year by the National Sierra Club hope to do that by increasing public awareness of environmental law by writing more and getting more information out about environmental law and by getting more lawyers involved in environmental Project will bridge gap between environmental industrial organizations By CHARLES POPE Stele Stef! Writer a scenario become familiar A developer or industry obtains a permit for a large project only to be challenged by an environmental organization The result is often a lengthy costly and bitter legal battle that mine times than not leaves both sides unhappy and raises questions about whether environmental and industrial interests are served Columbia attorney James Chandler hopes to change that Beginning next month Chandler will orchestrate a novel effort to bring both sides together before permits are issued to cut down on litigation and develop better relations between industry and environmental groups With the South Carolina Environmental Law Project Chandler hopes to refine complex environmental laws through education and improved relations between state regulatory agencies environmental organizations and industry To achieve that goal Chandler will meet frequently with state regulators environmental groups and industry to short-circuit potential problems ALSO PAUSING FOR REFLECTION will be the American Cancer Society which is bidding a memorial service today in the House chambers at the State House in memory of those who died of cancer during the year Linda Wells head nurse for Children's Hospital Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Richland Memorial Hospital will speak at the 10 am service Chandler who has represented some of South most influential environmental groups including the Sierra Club and Wildlife Federation said he hopes to be involved with industry and state regulators See Chandler 4-B GOVERNOR CAMPBELL has no public events scheduled for today I.