Local schools report whooping cough

October 21, 2005

By JACKIE R. BROACH
Index-Journal staff writer

As of Thursday, 12 cases of whooping cough had been confirmed in Greenwood County School District 50.
Cases were found at Greenwood High School and in several other District 50 schools, said Bob Bailey, public information coordinator with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).
He declined to say in which other schools cases had been found, and Superintendent Bill Steed said he was uncertain which schools were affected.
Cases started popping up about two weeks ago, Bailey said, and are “scattered around the county.”
When the first case was discovered, the district called in DHEC to search for other cases and handle the situation, Steed said.
“Any time we have a health situation, we call in the health department, just like we would call in the sheriff’s office with a safety issue,” Steed said. “They’ve been handling everything.”
Students diagnosed with whooping cough, also known as Pertussis, have been treated with antibiotics to prevent spread of the illness and were sent home to recover, Bailey said.
Interviews were conducted to find out which people might be at risk of contracting the disease and were also treated. Those not displaying symptoms can remain at school once treated without posing a risk, Bailey said.
“While it is contagious, it’s certainly treatable, and if we can identify students quickly, it shouldn’t be a widespread problem,” Steed said of the illness.
Whooping cough is a contagious infection of the upper respiratory system that causes irritation in breathing passages, resulting in severe coughing spells. It can last for several months and poses the most danger to young children.
“It’s not something you can get by just being in the room with somebody who has it,” Bailey said. “There has to be extensive face-to-face contact with a coughing patient.”
Bailey said the illness is easily treated with antibiotics and is fairly common this time of year.
Bailey stressed that there are specific symptoms of whooping cough and having a cough is not necessarily a sign of the illness.
Whooping cough begins with cold-like symptoms, which fade as the cough worsens, changing from a dry, hacking cough to bursts of uncontrollable, often violent coughing, according to the Center for Disease Control. Vomiting and severe exhaustion often follow a coughing spell.
Bailey said DHEC had received “a fair number” of calls regarding the spread of the illness in District 50.
Steed reported that individual schools had also received calls, but none had been received at the district office. Letters were sent home with students to inform parents about the illness, its symptoms that precautions that should be taken, Steed said.
For information about Pertussis, visit the Center for Disease Control’s Web site at www.cdc.gov.

Three picked for Shrine Bowl

Eagles’ Edwards and Rearden, Wildcats’ Doolittle to represent S.C.

October 21, 2005

By CHRIS TRAINOR
Index-Journal sports writer

When the best senior high school football players from South Carolina take on the best from North Carolina in the 69th annual Shrine Bowl game Dec. 17 at Wofford’s Gibbs Stadium, Greenwood and the Lakelands area will be well represented.
Three players from the area —Greenwood quarterback Armanti Edwards and offensive lineman Chandler Rearden, and Ninety Six quarterback Stan Doolittle — have been selected to play.
All three have had superlative seasons for their respective teams, a prerequisite to even being considered for the all-star game.
Edwards has passed for 1,482 yards and 11 touchdowns this season. He is also leading the Lakelands in rushing with 844 yards and eight touchdowns. He is reported to be receiving heavy recruiting interest from colleges such as Georgia Southern and Vanderbilt.
Rearden is a three-year starter on the Eagles’ offensive line, and has seen time at guard and center.
He has been the catalyst for a line that has provided Edwards excellent pass protection and room for the Greenwood backfield to gain over 1,500 yards rushing this season.
Doolittle has had another solid season for the Wildcats. He has passed for 1,923 yards and 19 touchdowns, and also starts at free safety.
He is being recruited by several colleges, having received offers from Presbyterian and Gardner-Webb, and interest from South Carolina.
The Shrine Bowl rosters were announced Thursday.
“I was shocked,” Edwards said.
“I couldn’t believe it. I have been focusing on getting our team to a state championship, I hadn’t even thought about an all-star game.”
Edwards attributed his selection to the entire Greenwood team. The left-handed senior said it proves other members of the team executed their assignments in order for him to have substantial success.
The Eagles coaching staff announced Edwards and Rearden would be participating in the Shrine Bowl to the team before Thursday’s practice.
“The guys were excited for Armanti and I,” Rearden said. “They were shaking our hands and being supportive. We have some unbelievable teammates.”
Doolittle said he received the news during defensive drills at the Wildcats’ practice Thursday.
“One of our coaches came over and told me,” Doolittle said. “I have been working toward this, so I was happy to finally hear from them. This selection is first and foremost a credit to the quality of my teammates.”
Greenwood and the Lakelands area will be particularly well represented at the quarterback position, as Edwards and Doolittle are the only quarterbacks listed on the South Carolina roster.
“That says an awful lot about the quality of quarterbacks in this area,” Greenwood coach Shell Dula said. “It proves that football in general is very strong here.”
Edwards agrees.
“Having three guys going from around here shows what kind of athletes we have here,” Edwards said. “There’s a lot of guys who show out in this area.”
Doolittle said he was relieved to hear Edwards was also selected. He said he felt Edwards is deserving of the honor, and was hoping the selection process would not come down to a decision between he or Edwards
Greenwood has had excellent success in getting its quarterbacks into postseason all-star games during Dula’s tenure. Edwards and Mark Logan were Shrine Bowl honorees, while Renaldo Gray and Sam Williams were named to the North-South game in Myrtle Beach.
“That’s a credit to our offensive coaching staff over the years,” Dula said. “They have done a great job plugging our quarterbacks into our system.”
Seemingly any coach would be proud of a member of his team being selected to a game such as this. However, Ninety Six coach Mike Doolittle stands to be extra proud of Stan, who is both his quarterback and son.
“I’m extremely pleased, both as a coach and a father,” Doolittle said. “He has worked extremely hard, doing all the extra things that are required to be in the position he’s in.”
With the caliber of athletes slated to appear in the Shrine Bowl, Rearden is looking forward to mixing it up with the best from North Carolina.
“It’s going to be a great game,” Rearden said. “There will be a ton of guys there with good talent and God blessed abilities.”
Mike Doolittle spoke about how the practices at the Shrine Bowl can be as important to the players as the game.
“It’s a showcase situation,” Doolittle said. “The game means a lot to the citizens of our state, but the practices are so important in terms of the colleges being there looking at them.”

Three picked for Shrine Bowl

Eagles’ Edwards and Rearden, Wildcats’ Doolittle to represent S.C.

October 21, 2005

Opinion

Federal judges ... what kind should the people expect?

October 21, 2005

Federal judges! Who? When? How?
First, a number of appointments to the federal bench were held up by the U.S. Senate as the partisan political game ran its course. The logjam wasn’t broken until South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and several others struck a deal to get those nominees approved.
That deal generated political heat for Graham. As time passed, though, it all appears to have worked out for the better ….. at least for the time being.

THEN, OF COURSE, CAME the U.S. Supreme Court and the appointments of John Roberts as Chief Justice and Harriet Miers as Associate justice. After some testy moments before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Roberts finally got the OK, from Republicans, naturally, but also from several Democrats.
The Miers nomination is running into more opposition and the nation will have to wait for a decision on her.
Through it all there’s been a lot of talk about the kind of court that’s needed. A recent decision by a federal judge in Georgia provides a good example. That judge ruled unconstitutional the use of photo Ids for voters, saying it amounted to a poll tax. How twisted is that!

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Obituaries

Matril Cadden

ABBEVILLE, SC — Matril Cape Cadden, 65, resident of Abbeville Nursing Home formerly of 111 Railroad St. died Wednesday Oct. 19, 2005 at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital.
Born in Abbeville, SC she was a daughter of Jim and Inez Edwards Cape.
She was a retired textile employee and retail sales clerk. She attended Grace United Methodist Church.
Survivors are: 2 daughters Dede Grant and her husband Jim of Abbeville, SC, Melissa Mason and her husband Gene of Abbeville, SC, 2 sons Ric Cadden and his wife Stacy of Greenwood, SC, David Cadden and his wife Marie of Abbeville, SC, 1 sister Mary Grace Campbell of Greenwood, SC, 2 brothers Charles Cape of Myrtle Beach, SC, Franklin Cape and his wife Debbie of Abbeville, SC. 4 grandchildren Tripp Clark, Austin Cadden, D.J. Cadden and Madeline Cadden.
She was preceded in death by a son Tim Cadden and a brother J.D. Cape.
Graveside services will be conducted Friday Oct. 21, 2005 at 2:00 PM from Melrose Cemetery with Mr. David Cadden officiating.
The body is at the Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends Friday afternoon 12:30 until 1:30 at the home of her son Mr. & Mrs. David Cadden, 111 Railroad St., Abbeville, SC. prior to services.
Memorials may be made to the Greenwood Humane Society, Greenwood, SC 29646.
THE CHANDLER-JACKSON FUNERAL HOME, ABBEVILLE, SC IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
PAID OBITUARY

Elizabeth Cochran Gaddis

Abbeville, SC — Elizabeth Cochran Gaddis, 92, formerly of the Cold Springs community in Abbeville, died Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home in Clinton, SC. Mrs. Gaddis was married to the late Ervin Hunter Gaddis. She was born in Abbeville to the late Alfred and Leila Ellis Cochran.
Mrs. Gaddis was retired from the Abbeville County Hospital where she was the Supervisor of the House Keeping and Laundry Department. She was a devoted member of the Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church, the Abbeville Pilot Club and the Garden Club.
Surviving Mrs. Gaddis is her daughter, Peggy A. Sligh of Tampa, FL., a son, Roy E. Gaddis of Columbia, three sisters, Eleanor Mundy of Lexington, Christine Anderson of Greenwood, Col. Gladys I. Cochran of Arden, NC, and five grandchildren, Rick Gaddis, Phyllis Driggers, Kathy Idell, Teresa Bouche, Bruce Sligh, and five great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Saturday, October 22, 2005 from 1:00PM to 2:00PM in the Greenwood Memorial Gardens Chapel. Graveside Services will begin at 2:00PM in the cemetery.
Memorial Contributions in memory of Mrs. Gaddis may be sent to the Presbyterian Home in Clinton 801 Musgrove St. Clinton, SC 29325.
Online condolences may be sent to the Gaddis family by visiting www.harrisfuneral.com
HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, of Abbeville is assisting the Gaddis family.
PAID OBITUARY

Dr. John H. Kirkland

GREENWOOD — John Hudson Kirkland, Jr., DMD, 83, resident of 145 Rutledge Road, husband of Wilma Copeland Kirkland, died October 19, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center.
Born in Rock Hill, SC, August 5, 1922, he was a son of the late John H. Sr. and Wilma Lee King Kirkland. He served in the US Air Force during WW II from December 2, 1942 to October 20, 1945 as a B-29 Radar Navigator-Bombardier. He served in the 20th Air Force, 20th Bomb Command, 58th Wing, 468th General Billy Mitchell Bomb Group (the most decorated bomb group during WW II), 792nd Squadron flying 36 missions of over 3000 miles each over China, India and the South Pacific areas. Dr. Kirkland was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters, Presidential Unit Citation, Six Battle Stars, the Good Conduct Medal and the China War Memorial Medal.
In 1950 Dr. Kirkland graduated from Furman University and he received his Doctor of Dental Medicine Degree from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry in 1954. He began his dental practice in Greenwood that same year and retired in 1989 after 35 years. He was a former staff member of Self Memorial Hospital where he formerly served as chief of the dental staff and was an organizer and former director of the Greenwood Medical Center.
Dr. Kirkland was a life member of the American Dental Association, former member and past president of the Greenwood County Dental Association and was a former member of the Board of Directors of the Piedmont District Dental Association. He was a member of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Delta Chapter; Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-medical fraternity; Omicron Kappa Upsilon, dental fraternity; member and former vice-president of Beta Delta, oral pathology fraternity and a member and former vice-president of Phi Delta, prosthodontic fraternity.
A member and former Sunday School teacher of the First Baptist Church, he also served as a greeter and an usher. Dr. Kirkland was an Ancient Free Mason, member and former director of the Greenwood Shrine Club and was a past director and international director of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of American Legion Post #20.
Surviving in addition to his wife of the home are a daughter, Lynn Kirkland Timmerman and husband, Bennie of Greenwood; two sons, John H. Kirkland, III and wife, Lauriann of Oxford, NC and Christopher Dean Kirkland and wife Joan of Greenwood; seven grandchil-dren, Lacy Rebecca Hall and husband, Gary of Greenwood, Marine Lance Corporal John H. Kirkland, IV of Camp Lejeune, NC, Matthew Joseph Kirkland and Sarah Elizabeth Kirkland of Oxford, NC, Christopher Allen Kirkland, Nathaniel Hampton Kirkland and Thomas Dean Kirkland, all of Greenwood; a step-great grandchild, Garrison David Hall of Spartanburg and his mother-in-law, Mary Hughes Copeland of Greenwood.
Dr. Kirkland was predeceased by a daughter, Robin Ann Kirkland.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 am Saturday at First Baptist Church with Dr. Tony Hopkins officiating.
Private family burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Dr. Gray Ackerman, Dr. Steve Ackerman, Judson Ayers, Wade Batson, Bill Heard, Dr. Joe Jenkins, Larry Lange, Pat Penn, Bobby Ray, Charlie Wiggins, Thomas Wingard and James Witt.
Honorary escort will be Dr. Stanley Baker, Dr. Phil Bates, Dr. Jay Burch, Dr. Steve Carawan, Dr. Dick Christian, Dr. Roland McKinney, Dr. Edward Petit, Dr. Bill Rice, Dr. John Scott, Troy Shealy, Dr. James Smith, Rome Truhn and Dr. Casper Wiggins.
The family is at the home in Forest Hills and will receive friends at Blyth Funeral Home from 6 to 8 Friday evening.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Children’s Department Building Fund, 722 Grace Street, Greenwood, SC 29649, the Greenwood Humane Society, PO Box 242, Greenwood, SC 29648 or to the charity of one’s choice.
For additional information and online condolences please visit www.blythfuneralhome.com
BLYTH FUNERAL HOME IS ASSISTING THE KIRKLAND FAMILY.
PAID OBITUARY

Ernest Leagon Jr.

Ernest William Leagon Jr., 58, of 581 Burnett Road, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005 at his home.
Services will be announced by Blyth Funeral Home.

George Pressley Morton

George Pressley Morton, 70, of 813 Whitehall Road, husband of Bertha Childs Morton, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005 at her home.
Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of the late Frank and Alice McDaniel Morton. He was a member of Cross Road Baptist Church, Promised Land.
Survivors include his wife of Abbeville; a son, Makel Morton of Philadelphia; two brothers, Cleveland Morton and Johnnie A. Morton, both of Promised Land; and a sister, Mrs. James (Lila B. Morton) Dansby of Promised Land.
The family is at the home of a sister, Lila Dansby, 815 Whitehall Road.
Services will be announced by Robinson & Son Mortuary Inc.

Kathleen Turnipseede

WATERLOO — Kathleen Talbot Turnipseede, 78, of 678 Smith Village Road, widow of John M. Turnipseede, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood.
Born in St. Louis, Mo., she was a daughter of the late Marion Leslie and Elvie Fae DeMoss Talbot. She retired from Greenwood County as a dispatcher.
Survivors include two daughters, Diane Shipway of Bethel Island, Calif., and Claire Wheeler; three grandchildren.
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at blythfuneralhome.com

Katherine Ware

Katherine “Kit” Calhoun Laman Ware, 54, of 112 Ivey Lane, wife of Michael W. “Mike” Ware, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005 the Hospice House.
Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Sprott P. and Elizabeth Clark Calhoun. She was a graduate of Ninety Six High School and received an Associate degree from Lander University in secretarial science. She was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include her husband of the home; a son, James Sprott Laman of Greenwood; a stepson, Jasyn Dawson of Columbia; two stepdaughters, Carol Boswell of Abbeville and Takoya Ware of Ware Shoals; two sisters, Robbie Woodard of Hodges and Julie Duncan of Wake Forest, N.C.; two brothers, Michael Calhoun of Anderson and Johnny Calhoun of Huntsville, Ala.; five step-grandchildren.
Memorial services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Blyth Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Frank Duncan. Burial is private.
The family is at the home.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Ave., Greenwood, SC 29646.
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at blythfuneralhome.com