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Suicide blasts in Israel kill 14 Ten kisses Holtz tells that smack receivers of pop to visualize greatness the catch ire SPORTS PAOC1C ammiZQXLE mz2tzn3n2 -i Liz -is ki 'jJ Li Oconee-Pickens Editionwednesday Sept 10 2003 run Anderson IndependentMaiLcora Johnson Controls plans expansion Wireless industry dials up guidelines By David Williams Jim Alexander executive director of the Oconee County Economic Development Commission said he has not received official word from the company but called the news very positive hope more details Mr Alexander said has been a great deal of effort on both the local and state The West Union plant duces plastic automobile Please see Oconee Page 4A WEST UNION Johnson Controls is planning a major expansion of its Ola Walhalla Highway plant that will include an additional 50000 square feet and approximately 50 new jobs according to a company official Joseph Rich a former West Union plant manager who now is assigned to the headquarters in Milwaukee Wis said construction could begin as soon as October with hiring starting in March By David Ho The Associated Plea WASHINGTON The cellular industry adopted a list of voluntary guidelines Tuesday aimed at improving customer service and heading off possible government regulations The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association an industry group said its 10-point code is designed to give consumers more information about wireless services and rate plana CTIA President Tom Wheeler said the guidelines show the industry can police itself so government inter vention is not needed wireless down with heavy regulations is simply old monopolistic think and only hurts consumers" he said Federal Communications Commission Chairman Please see Guidelines Page 4A Deeid WUliaaa Independent-lied Johnson Controls' West Union plant on the Old Walhalla Highway plans a 50000-square-foot expansion Jim Phillips: 1934-2003 County officials weigh alliance Clemson announcer dies at 69 By Jon Solomon Independent-lied CLEMSON Jim Phillips the transplanted radio broadcaster whose voice 3ioke to generations of Clemson niversity sports fans died early Tuesday morning of an aortic aneurysm He was 69 Mr Phillips was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital on Monday evening where he underwent surgery for seven hours before he died at 4 am according to Clemson officials He broadcast more than 2000 Clemson sporting events over 36 years making him the dean of Atlantic Coast Conference announcers is he was Clemson athletics" said senior associate athletics direc- Who will By Jean Scott OoonM-Picfemi Butaau Anderson County officials are disappointed that Pickens County leaders are leaning toward teaming with Greenville County to plan road-improvement projects But Anderson County Administrator Joey Preston and Jeff Ricketson the planning director said Tuesday they remained intent on bringing at least the northern Anderson County area of Powdersville into their roadplanning agency They had hoped to bring Pickens County's newly designated urbarl arras of Easley Liberty and the city of Pickens into Anderson County's road-planning agency known as a metropolitan planning organization as well The areas along with Powdersville have been competing with other rural areas for federal road funding but given their new urban status based on Census figures they now must join a metropolitan planning organization to vie with other urban areas for transportation dollars Under state Department of Transportation guidelines the new urban areas fall under Greenville urbanized area for transportation-planning purposes because they do not yet have the population density required to form their own organization But Pickens County's Transportation Task Force also studied the possibility of joining Anderson County's organization Among the potential benefits is the fact that Pickens County's urban areas would account for a larger portion of Anderson's organization than they would with Greenville's A transportation committee Fease see Counties Page 4A replace Phillips in the booth? ACC announcers mourn loss tor Dwight Rainey fighting back his emotions you heard that voice everybody knew automatically this was the voice of the Tigers quite a shock be Pane 1C missed WCCP 1049-FM all-sports talk radio station changed its normal programming to spend all of Tuesday remembering Mr Phillips Many fans who called into the station broke down crying and referred to the play-by-play announcer as a family mem bee A Tiger paw flag was placed at half staff outside the IPTAY booster club Weathexhpund forecast High: 80 Low: 60s Mostly sunny with northeast lOmph CD By Emily Huigens he was a member of the family having his voice in the house every Saturday" Charles Bagley worked with Me Phillips fin his entire career at Clemson and was a dose friend of the broadcaster Tearflilly remembering his friend Tuesday he said Mr Phillips was a quintessential professional entire Clemson nation lost a voice today" he said chok ing up At Howard's Rock iiLMemorial Stadium a steady stream of mourning students alumni and fans placed flowers near the monument and signed a remembrance book for Mr family Mr first football game as Clemson radio announc- Flease see Fans Page 5A He was 'as much a part of Clemson as orange and purple and as admired as any star player For many Clemson fans Jim Phillips was the one and only broadcaster who announced Clemson games over their radia really broke my heart knowing he was gone" 21-year old TJ Medlock said was like IndependentMaiIcom IMkICH 4.