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CU Botanical Garden to get new name status By Peggy Wan Indaptndmt-Mtfl As part of Idlewilde In Clemson this weekend the Clemson University Botanical Garden will be named The South Carolina Botanical Garden making it the official botanical garden of the state Idlewilde Festival is a celebration of Appalachian culture and will feature music dance theater arts and crafts nature walks activities story tellers a sa'e of rare plants and a fireworks display sponsored by Clemson The festival is Saturday and Sunday The dedication ceremony is scheduled for 11 am Saturday at the gardens and the public is invited Admission is free Emie'Denny the pro-am director for the garden said becoming the state botanical garden means the administration can fulfill its mission of promoting environmental and cultural conservation "From an economical standpoint wise that the state garden would be located at the university" Mr Denny said The state can now tap into the teaching and research facilities at the garden he said The profile of the garden will change now that it will become a public education center and tourist attraction Mr Denny said want to create an opportunity for to be exposed to foe idea that louse and their yard is part of foe he said For example homeowners can plant plants and bushes that thrive in foe local climate These plants are drought resistant and conserve water resources "What we do is much broader than the term botanical garden Mr Denny said As part of the new program foe gar den received an 18500 grant from foe Tourism Accommodations' Tax Board for printing of promotional literature The botanical garden relies almost entirely on private donations for funding and always needs volunteers For more information call John Bodlford at 656-2458 Group rates erayiroramemtaH votes League ranks Fowler Lewis best among Ga lawmakers By David Pace TheAModatednaa WASHINGTON Sen Wyche Fowler Jr and Rep John Lewis had foe best environmental voting records among Georgia lawmakers this year and Rep Newt Gingrich had the worst the League of Conservation Voters said Thursday The league in its annual evaluation of congressional voting records rated each member of Congress on how frequently he or she agreed with foe league's position on 16 key environmental votes in foe House and 12 in the Senate The House votes came on such issues as energy security global warming oil drilling in foe Arctic National Wildlife Refuge nuclear energy population control endangered species and protection of rivers ancient forests and wetlands On foe Senate side votes included in foe study came on issues such as energy consumption nuclear plant li censing safe drinking water protection of wilderness desert and coastline areas tmd the preservation of ancient forests and endangered species Sne Fowler a Democrat who is up for re-election this foil agreed with foe league's position on 83 percent of foe votes while Rep Lewis an Atlanta Democrat agreed with the league 81 percent of foe time Rep Gingrich a Marietta Republican earned an environmental score of 6 percent He voted with the environmental group just once supporting legislation to set national performance standards for plumbing fixtures Sen Sam Nunn D-Ga and Rep Ben Jones of Covington were the only Georgia lawmakers other than Sen Fowler and Rep Lewis who cast their ballots with the proenviron-mental forces more than half the time Sen Nunn agreed with the league on 67 percent of the votes while Rep Jones agreed Rep John Lewis The beet Rep Newt Gingrich ThevrooX percent of the House and 44 percent of the Senate agreed with the position on the environmental votes included in the analysis The league is a non-partisan organization created by foe environmental movement to push for the election of pro-environment candidates to Congress slaying unsolved after Co-ops eye satellite technology Cable law key to new TV service in rural areas By Bruce Smith Tht Anoculed Pm CHARLESTON New cable television legislation will clear foe way for the rural electric co-ops to provide low-cost satellite links to millions of rural residents an industry executive said Thursday This congressional override of President George veto was key to getting the new technology off foe ground said Bob Phillips who leads the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative The cable legislation assures that the cooperatives may buy programming at a reasonable price he said Programmers owned or controlled by cable companies now must sell their programs at a fair price Mr Phil-' lips said Beginning in 1994 the coops in cooperation with Hughes Communications plan to offer cable programs through small-dish satellite receivers The system will provide as many as 120 channels "This is a revolution in television delivery" Mr Phillips said be able to broadcast to every home in the 50 states and offer all these channels" About 10 million live in areas without cable television While some coops now offer satellite service to customers foe new technology is less expensive It provides better quality signals from smaller dishes which owners do not have to keep pointing at different satellites he said Mr Phillips spoke during an interview at foe regional meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association About 1200 cooperative leaders from seven Southern states attended The telecommunications cooperative is a sister organization to the electric co-operatives Compared with current large satellite dishes which can cost thousands of dollars the new technology features 18-inch dishes and receivers for about $700 Customers may buy the hardware or pay a monthly rental fee much as cable customers do in urban areas About 250 of the 1000 electric cooperatives nationwide have signed up to offer the new service The cooperatives represent about 3 million homes without cable While some cooperatives now offer service using larger dishes the programming has been limited and more expensive The Pee Dee Electric Cooperative in Florence plans to offer foe new service said Robert Williams the executive vice president and general manager The cooperative has offered big-dish service since 1985 but has onlv about 800 customers Sen Wyche Fowler The hast 56 percent of foe time Scores for the rest of the Georgia delegation were: Reps Ed Jenkins of Jasper and Buddy Darden of Marietta 38 percent Rep Richard Ray of Ferry 25 percent Reps Lindsay Thomas of Statesboro ChaHes Hatcher of Newton and Roy Rowland of Dublin 19 percent and Rep don't want to even look at me or talk to me about foe This week Hugh Munn spokesman for the State Law Enforcement Division said the case has not been forgotten murder of patrolman Caffey is still in our files as an active Mr Munn said "but we cant keep an agent actively working on it "But if any new evidence comes up we check it every time This case is still not solved but it 7 have been able to find out almost nothing Even today they want to even look at me or talk to me about the case" Robert Alan Caffey Son of riain highway patrolman Roy Caffey 20 years and undisclosed evidence indicated more than one person was involved Caffey was shot with two different weapons investigators said Robert Caffey went on with his life He graduated from The Citadel married had two children and became assistant vice president at First National Bank But the questions and foe feeling of failure because his killer never has been caught are still present Other suspects were questioned and Mr Caffey wonders how the agents determined that they were to be questioned And he wishes SLED and the Orangeburg County Sheriffs Office would make it a priority to find the killers But after 20 years Mr Caffey said he does not think that will happen Thi AModtted Pna ORANGEBURG For 20 years Robert Alan Caffey has searched for news about his father's death without he says much help from investigators with which his father served Roy 0 Caifey a 25-year veteran of the Highway Patrol was shot in the head the night of Oct 8 1972 He was alone beside his patrol car on a dark stretch of Interstate 26 near Highway 601 Outside of telling him they have no new evidence Robert Caffey said he has had little communication with investigating officers has been a matter of call us call you' but they never Mr Caffey told The (Orangeburg) Times and Democrat in an interview published Thursday This week on the 20th anniver- ruling fails to slow efforts to limit nude dancing Classic car seized by police to be sold Doug Barnard of Augusta 13 percent Overall foe Georgia House delegation had an average environmental score of 31 percent to rank 34th among state delegations The Senate average for Georgia was 75 percent which tied for eighth among the states In the Congress as a whole 42 is definitely not Roy Caffey 56 was found lying beside his patrol car about a mile east of the Highway 601 interchange in Orangeburg A Mount Pleasant resident used the patrol car's radio to call for help Caffey was taken to Or- angeburg Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead A truck driver who passed foe patrol car about 11:15 pm told police that he saw Caffey putting hippie-type" youths into the patrol car Georgia authorities arrested two soldiers but South Carolina authorities later said the men had no connection to the killing Two other men apprehended in North Carolina also were questioned but none could be tied into the Caffey case The chief of foe Orangeburg patrol district said his in sume was unclear Mr Proctor 29 has not been charged with any crime but police have said he was a suspect in the assaults of at least 27 women in Charleston and Dorchester counties from March 1990 until his capture in June Mr Proctor has been in Medical University Hospital since June 19 when he crashed bis car into a tree after a police chase He was in a coma for several months He is now cc-nscious but has suffered brain damage his doctors said Crrtr- t-rsy over whether Mr Pr sit--aid N- arrested or indict- ard how thcr Steal ac-ttrp richt afitvt his rurance-ccw'rage was the cf several local new media reports last week ruling striking that prohibited clubs The panel speech and Georgia justices Constitution's the ruling cannot Court such businesses churches residential buildings or schools A similar adult 2000 feet of certain this year as By Debra Elliott-Tenort The Anocuied Pm Two days after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled laws banning or restricting nude dancing violated foe state constitution some city and county officials Thursday rushed to pass ordinances to bypass the decision The Gainesville City Council early Thursday approved an "emergency ordinance" that restricted the location of nude dance clubs adult video stores and adult movie theaters in the north Georgia city In Tift County Commission Chairman Charles Kent asked the county attorney to draft a similar ordinance The ordinances follow Tuesday's Supreme Court down a Carrollton city ordinance the sale of alcohol in nude dancing said foe law infringed on protected was unconstitutional based their ruling on the Georgia First Amendment which means be appealed to foe US Supreme ordinance would prohibit owners of from locating within 1000 feet of neighborhoods government ordinance in DeKalb County that prohibited entertainment from locating within places was struck down in earlier overly restrictive sary of Roy Caffey's death his son paid for a newspaper memorial to his father Robert Caffey was 15 at the time of his death His mother Mildred died three years later Mr Caffey said she died of a broken heart believe there was some response to my mother's questions but she tell me much about it and since her death I have been able to find out almost he said today they Assistant District Attorney Carlton Carter said such property seizures are a way to punish pushers in addition to raising money for the war on drugs In foe past drug dealers were able to keep their money jewelry and cars though they had served time in prison Lt Traino said But Columbus attorney John Swearingen said he thinks the scope of defendants' rights changed when police began seizing drug-related property contradicts the whole system of American jurisprudence" Mr Swearingen said "Now a person is guilty until proven innocent" when it comes to getting property returned burden is shifted to the defendant to prove that he acquired the goods through gainful employment Sometimes- that's difficult to do" the attorney said LL Traino said drug dealers are chanring their tactics to keep their cars and money When a dealer is arrested they may have a small amount of drugs and 8200 to 8300 he said "They stash it away j- nv-wh'-re'" have started tak-r -he where the drug mc-rey is hidden LL Traino said Rape suspect's medical costs stymies move to Columbia Andcrao" IndependentMail Quality and mtegnty mall that we do Ford coupe confiscated in cocaine bust TV Ancired COLUMBUS Ga A classic 1941 Ford coupe sits on the lower parking level at the Columbus Government Center and gathers dust instead of custom-car trophies The pearl-white car valued at between 830000 and $40000 is the prize of the Metro Narcotics Task Force which seized it in a cocaine bust in foe west Georgia city The classic will be among five cars sold at a Muscogee County SherifTs Department auction later this year Police sometimes seize cars as well as weapons cash and jewelry during drug raids and use the confiscated items to help pay for law enforcement The 1941 Ford is of little use to the department said Ll Russell Traino a hot car We can't use it Everybody knows it We make a buy with it" Agents confiscated the Ford in October 19tO when they arrested an Atlanta man and nearly 10 pounds of cocaine worth alout 5-1 million Lt Traino sail Agents also took 81124 in cash and a he sail How to reach us: To report new Straight Talk -260-1215 SpoitiBn 260-1207 Georgia Bureau 706-356-4308 OconeePtckeni Bureau 882-0522 Photo reprint 260-1266 TO place an advertiiement 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