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117TH YEAR, NO. 202 SOUTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER COPYRIGHT 2008 CAPITAL FINAL At least ladies clinic $454 in coupons Women turn to Spurrier, inside players for pointers. Sports, C13 SELLING STOCKS? 10 questions to ask before you lose money, Money A15 The State SUNDAY, JULY 20, welcome to ZOOVILLE Tent dwellers cling to river life, but not everyone thinks it's such a good idea LINDSAY Ziggy, 48, carries his rolled bedding toward the canoe transport as a group of people who live in tents on the banks of the Saluda River move from the land near Riverbanks Zoo to an island beyond the rocks. "We're just trying to commune with nature, and now they're going to make us leave." Vaughn Couk, a Hurricane Katrina survivor who acts as a "river sheriff' to the community. ERIK Vickie Weston, of Hopkins, left, delivers food and shares a laugh with Annie Hughes as part of TriCity Senior Center's Meals on Wheels program.

Costs hit seniors' meals Supplier might charge more; gas prices discourage volunteers By CLIF LeBLANC Soaring fuel and food prices soon might leave as many as 90 vulnerable, mostly elderly, adults hungry in the Midlands. The economy has free-meal programs in a vise, forcing them to consider not feeding some needy clients and making it harder to keep and recruit the volunteers who serve them. Gas prices have forced many volunteers to pull back or quit giving their time. They are crucial to boxing and delivering meals to folks who have trouble feeding themselves. Meanwhile, a national company that makes meals for SEE MEALS PAGE A11 A Columbia police Saluda River shoals munity of tents that shore.

As the cop walked group in the "living The young man By JOEY HOLLEMAN around the fire pit at the center of Zooville, according to Vaughn Couk, one of the leaders of the tent community. On most days, police leave the residents of Zooville alone or thank them for picking up trash along the river. But this wasn't one of those days. The officer ordered that the tents be gone within 24 hours or police would junk them and take the residents to jail, Couk said. "Because some jerk that we don't even know sat down and lit up a bowl, they're going to run us off," said Couk, a Hurricane Katrina survivor who acts officer, making his daily check of the near Riverbanks Zoo, approached a comhad popped up in recent months on the formed near Riverbanks Zoo.

126 ZOOVILLE Broad COLUMBIA Saluda Riverbanks River River Zoo Garden Botanical Huger CP St. 378 Gervais THE STATE as a "river sheriff" to ONLINE GALLERY up, a young man sitting with a large room" ran away. was smoking pot Zooville: A temporary "We're just trying to commune with nature, Spend an afternoon in Zooville, a tent going to make us leave." community along the Saluda River Zooville residents a mixture of the homethat finds itself at odds with officials who simply can't tear themselves from the spellthe who want to change the area. Find a where the Saluda meets Broad are relink to video with this story and a slide show at thestate.com. SEE ZOOVILLE PAGE A4 WLTX NEWS MAKING GAINS ON WIS Channel 10 is still out front, but competition is emerging By OTIS R.

TAYLOR JR. As another prominent face leaves the WIS-10 newsroom, could the station's haif-century of dominance in the Columbia TV market be coming to an end? Craig Melvin, a homegrown anchor, is going to work at NBCowned WRC-TV in Washington, INSIDE D.C. Melvin, who will be a reThe man some porter and weekend anchor, is the co-workers and latest of several personalities who friends call have left the station in recent years, including Susan Aude, "Mayor Melvin" is leaving Columbia Hannah Horne and Ken Aucoin. for The losses may be having an Washington, D.C. A look back impact.

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