The State from Columbia, South Carolina • 10

rpgnAY DECEMBER 23 20M pruTV wiTMRfSOrn CAROLINA W4 NU w- THE STATE COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA A10 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 24 2008 WWWTHESTATECOM FROMIPAGHONENATION in CITY FROM PAGE A1 7 i i 1 'i i m-i Cityof Columbia The cty of OdkrWa has rimed Its Martin Luther King Jr Day Oete- brahon to Jan 26 Horn Jan 19 to is accommodate those who plan to travel to President-elect Barack Obama's In Washing- -ton aft on Jan 20 V' V- i "tj 5 -U i vs4: V'-i ji Mab The city of Columbia's Mar--j tin Luther King Day celebration Richland 1 superintendent Percy I 1 I''" '-'V's 4 pjn Jan 26 Martin Luther Jr Coni-J ring new allegations or evidence of abuse the case is nearly wrapped up Separate criminal mw alleging offenses such as nffiii abuse of children and bigamy against some men from the sect are pending A state appeals court later upheld by the Texas Supreme Court demolished legal rationale for sweeping all children from the ranch The appellate judges called the removals an "extreme measure" and said CPS should have probed more deeply how five sect girls then in foster care became pregnant at ages 15 and 16 jn Tuesday the agency re I i Polygamist sect had of girls aged 12-15 Texas agency finds By ROBERT GARRETT Thf Dailoi Morning Ntwt AUSTIN A dozen girls in a polygamist sect have been sexually abused in underage performed with their consent Texas Child Protec-tive Services said Tuesday More than one of every four pubescent girls at the Yearning for Zion ranch near Eldorado was married at an inappropriate age CPS found "The 12 girls were married at ages ranging from 12 to 15 and seven of these girls have had one or more CPS said in a report wrapping up a nine-month investigation in the largest-ever US child welfare case An additional 262 children were FKE PHOTOQIMHVTHE ASS0CM1ED PRESS In June a mother and daughter are reunited after a state mass removal of children from the Yearning for Zion ranch near Eldorado Texas bid by state bureaucrats to win over public opinion after they rashly ordered a mass removal of children last spring and managed to keep only one gM in foster care A handful of families remain under CPS supervision but bar- listed as neglected because the agency said thrir parents knew there was sexual abuse in the household but did not move to protect their children from possiile abuse Sect spokesman Willie Jessop called the report a "sensational" I annual Martin Luther King Day celebration which has been delayed a week until Jan 26 so it wont conflict with President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration "Every capital dty in America or most of them have a street name designation after the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr" said City Councilman EW Cromartie "We want to make sure that we would honor Hundreds of cities across the country have named streets' after the civil rights leader Last year at least two national media organizations highlighted how most of" the streets that bear name are in poor high crime areas Columbia's designation would be no different as the Farrow RoadHarden Street corridor is one of the poorest in the city according to PolicyMap a demographic mapping service "When he was assassinated he was working on behalf of poor people" said Jesse Washington who serves on the Martin Luther King committee that plans the annual MLK celebration Ms name to be in places like that is fine and in keeping with his work" But Cromartie disagreed with the statistics saying that die designation of Harden Street and Farrow Road would honor King because of its diversity not its poverty Cromartie noted that the designated streets run through the bustling business district of Five Points past a hospital the city's two historically black colleges and Celia Saxon public housing and die Charles Drew Wellness Center The designation would end on Farrow Road at the heavily traveled Interstate 20 intersection "I believe the election of this street in Columbia reflects that Cromartie said "It realizes his goal of unity and peace for all" The state Department of Transportation has designated honorary street names for years Broad River Road where the State Law Enforcement Division is located also is JP Strom Boulevard named after the former long- Imagine watching television with your family again bearing every word clearly BEAUTIFUL LEffiS ONLY A STEP AWAY WU tv JY fr- PAlltoETTOtVElN Doctor Recoin men ded jmssflBBQ munlty Center 2300 Greene St Columbia The HAACP's annual -K3 1 King Day at the Dome event is onJan19-VVfri King Day at the Dome Beniamin Jealous the new president and chief executive officer wll be the keynote Jan 19 830 ajn service at Zion Baptist Church' march to the State House rally from 10 am to noon time SLED chief SC 277 also is the De-quincey Newman Memorial Highway named after the civil rights leader and the first black state senator since Reconstruction And a portion of 1-126 also is die Lester Bates Freeway named after die former Columbia mayor Columbia's plan calls street signs with the label Dr Martin Luther King Jr Honorary Btod" along with four historical markers with King's biographical information Land said dty officials would work with the cky's 911 director to make sure there is no confusion about the honorary designation He said the honorary street signs would not go on die same side of the road as the regular street signs The plan while it has been discussed by Oty Council members has not yet been formally 1 Selling Wireless TV Listening Device in the Country! 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