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'v 1 The Herald Saturday March 7 1998 State Region Harmony Hills Nursery landscaping ouse cuts $3M from prison schools New Owner Claude Mauldin JrJ 1 A Variety of Trees Shrubs Available Broccoli Cabbage Plants 5133 A NUCKLES FLOODING CO Iflt Aero Prom Woiflinutcfi High School ATTENTION CONTRACTORS DOJT-TDQRSEUERS i school teachers principals or district staff However the House lan- guage would force Moore to fire prison administrators instead and specified that he could not reduce teacher salaries or make cuts inside the district Administrative jobs on line "The proviso says if they're going to have to cut positions they have to start with administrative positions before they start cutting into Harrell said they have to remove these teachers they could move out into the regular school system" Inmates who test below eighth-grade level in math or reading even if they have a high school diploma must attend classes Corrections Department spokesman John Baridey said Classes include preparation for the general equivalency high school diploma vocational training college subjects and training for holding a job and other skills inmates will need when they are released At the aid of February more than 5500 inmates were taking academic courses and 865 were in vocational training or almost a third of the approximately 20700 inmates Baklcy said Harrell said the prison system should do better than issuing seven "Wdf" Premium Laminate Flooring Factory Warranteed All 17 Colors I Home Coflection $250 Sq Ft plus tax accessories Mum Osmund Tin Fade 803-327-9999 Artisan Qnaitiy Sines 1977 licensed Bonded Insured he Associated Press I tOLUMBIA As many as 50 full-die prison employees could lose thfk jobs tf lawmakers do not restore $miIIion that South Carolina's House dA from the state prison school Corrections Director Michael lilbdft: says Bie House version of the $49 bil-IVwLbqdget approved Thursday dis-cfoififfes the Palmetto Unified School Number 1 the from state education funds ewe going to provide the same ncT of education for criminals that i provide for our children in the public school sad Majority Leader Bobby Harrell RCharieston weVe made a statement that vie think you should do INJoore had warned in an earlier lettir jfcat losing the money less of his tatal gadget of almost $360 million -r- wrifld mean employee cutbacks department lacks sufficient ircyrring funds to absorb this 22 percent loss in financial he wrote to Rep Rick Quinn R-Ctiunbia chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the pris-qnsVbudget I Cbrrections Department spokeswoman Brenda Reed sad Wednesday those laid off will probably be Palmetto Convicted The Associated Press John Arnold convicted in the racially motivated top ture and killing of a St Helena Island woman nearly 20 years ago was executed Friday Arnold 43 was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 6:15 pm state Corrections Department spokesman John Barkley said Arnold maintained his innocence until Arnold fijeend he judicial system has had my ck under its he said in his had statement leave this world ijth my identity fully intact my digram touched my spirit sound and whole Hi handwritten statement also quoted Dwight Eisenhower as sayirtg "When the people have final attention CHRONIC PAIN SUFFERERS Get REIM Today! killer executed by lethal injection ACUPUNCTURE 66 stop giving them money meant for our elementary and high school kids Howe Majority Leader Bobby Harrell R-Chartaton high school diplomas in fiscal year 1994 the year before Moore came The number increased to 18 in fiscal 1997 A total of 700 high school equivalency degrees also were issued in the past fiscal year that ended June 30 are wasting millions if all we're getting for that is seven diplomas in one Harrell said give a lot of GEDs That's an adult education function so let's have adult education if that's what we need to have stop giving them money meant for our elementary and high school But in addition to the $3 million cut the House also sliced the prison adult education budget which primarily is used for the GED classes to $100000 from $160000 Moore instituted the mandatory school and work when he became director in 1995 About 70 percent son to be executed in South Carolina since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977 The first was Donald Gaskins who died in 1991 for killing a black man while in prison The US Supreme Court turned down final appeal earlier Friday to rule' Before Arnold six other white people in the nation were executed for killing a black person since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 according to the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington During that period 113 blacks were executed for killing whites Some death penalty opponents say the disparity is largely because of racism in the judicial system is the exception to the said Steve Bates executive director of American Civil Liberties Union in South Carolina Gardner was hitchhiking home when the two cousins from Penn would prevent highway deaths in favor of anything going to effectively reduce drunk driving fatalities in our Wicker said Hackney said proposing the lower level was first step toward getting it on agendas of the Dr Jeffrey Range clinical research director at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte and a commission member said the issue would be complicated because alcohol tolerance varies from person to person Hackney said research that was gathered when the Legislature dropped the limit from 10 to 08 two years ago showed that a driver's performance began to suffer at 05 for most people A driver can be charged Headaches Sinus Problems Numbness Back Pain Neck Pain Arm Pain Leg Pain Arthritis Chronic Pain Sports Injuries No Charge Consultation 366-8600 ill 103 Dotson St Rock Hill Cemar el Dotaon 4 $500 flat Harmoay Onwch la I 329-0155 FtLflgQDtHSy I Floor Collection $275 Sq It pins tax accessories lurch Hardin MkhdcHWcU DC OCFASA 2ZT 50 Years 1946-1996 Effective through May 29 1998 as and subject to Instock availability Advanced Care Clinic Acixm from Upcountry Crafts Zetor's Low Prices Used To Be The Quickest Way For Dealers To Make Sales of the inmate population does not have a high school diploma or its equivalent officials said His educational initiatives were lauded in a recent national prisons publication the Correctional Educational Bulletin DOC increased the number of inmates participating in education in the first year by 40 percent sided educational services across the board including special education and life skills classes and generally restructured the correctional education system in order to serve more inmates and get teachers back in the the article said But Quinn said the department has too many administrators they are going to fire anyone it better be people who don't have day-to-day contact with the Quinn said The budget bill now goes to the Senate which will work up its own version Both sides later will hammer out a compromise then Gov David Beasley can veto items he dislikes Senate Corrections Committee Chairman David Thomas R-Fountain Inn said he was astonished by the House version taking away his one tool he (Moore) has to bring them bade into Thomas said 1 sylvania picked her up She was forced to perform sex acts with Plath and a female companion while bring beaten according to trial testimony The companion Cindy Sheets who led police to body and was granted immunity later testified that Arnold did not like blacks She said Gardner was stabbed with a knife and a bottle and strangled with a garden hose and said Plath stomped on the neck A defense lawyer tried to show that Arnold's background had affected him was a product of no supervision and no attorney Ralph Baldwin said had a horrible upbringing his parents were alcoholics his father never showed up in i Arnold and Plath each were sentenced to die in 1979 but won a new penalty trial in 1981 and again were given the death sentence Plath is expected to be executed in late spring or early summer alcohol level Math impaired driving at lower limits but a 08 level stands as proof of impairment Runge said the American Medical Association considers 04 as a level of impairment 07 getting way up there with most Hackney said Runge said the commission and Legislature will have to answer a philosophical question before proceeding now our culture says we want to go to a restaurant and have a bottle of wine in two hours and leave and not get Runge said considered draconian by the public be considered favorably by members of file General Assembly" No Start' Up (except product cost) 4 Week Minimum No Diet Drugs No Starvation No Injections No Herbal Drinks You Can Eat Out Only 15 minutes aweek 'A meal plan that's easy and fits your lifestyle A registered dietitian km NC commission studies lowering DWI But Zitor-Power ha taken over the tn act important idling point Zetort up-kxhle engineering and heavy cat iron ctiajsii provide balanced power-to-weight ratio that meana a Zetor tractor does more with leu honepowert Zetor tracton Mill pull their own weight after 16 yean twice long as moit American Melon And 11 Zetor Melon oome with a two year warranty which undencoree Ha worldwide reputation for building quality tracton that last and more and more finnen are quick to agree The Tractor With Value We deliver to SC No NC taxes ly had enough and want peace the government better get the hell out of their Arnold and his cousin John Plath both white tortured stabbed and strangled 33-year-old Betty Gardner of Beaufort County in 1978 Arnold also carved the initials KKK into her body a companion testified One of former lawyers now a Harvard Divinity School student and his spiritual counselor met with him Thursday and recorded their conversation Edmund Robinson speaking after the execution said he was upset that prison officials seized the tape which he wanted to keep as a memorial was clear he was present with die rest of file group when the woman was Robinson said But he said Arnold told him privately that he was not involved in the sexual assault and expressed that Betty Arnold is the 14th person overall and die second killer of a black per 66 in favor of anything going to effectively reduce drunk driving fatalities in our state It Gov Dennis Wicker to the short session of file Legislature that convenes in May or be put off until next year Lt Gov Dennis Wicker chairman of the commission said a lower limit would be accepted by the Legislature if research showed it Other Program Services Behavior Workshops with Dr Spearman Computerized Body Compositions Special Children's Program Tarheel Rental Sales 2725 Old Monroe Road Matthews a 704-821-7399 Hwy 4S5 to Exit 52 lake right left at traffic light (comer of Old Monroe and Skillings) The RALEIGH A state panel Friday lowering the blood alco-tybl level for drunken driving from Up8 to 007 which would give North the tightest impaired driving law in the nation lower than 08 are a big rftoblem on the 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