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THIS FIRST — “The Book” is finally out – go get it. TIME is a fan saying, “If it’s possible to dish with dignity, Mrs. Sanford does it.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY — Christopher “used to be able to name every nut that there was” Guest is today. Greenville’s Tom Carpenter celebrates tomorrow.
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NATIONAL LENS — The Super Bowl is Sunday – will your party preference determine your bet?
PRAYING — Sanford was in D.C. yesterday attending the National Prayer Breakfast.
PASSING THE PLATE — Sanford was also in town “to tell the Obama administration that South Carolina … wants S.C. to have a piece of $4 billion in ‘Race to the Top” education money. … The Republican governor’s trip, which did not appear on his official calendar, drew praise from U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn … ‘I am pleased to see that the governor is finally taking an interest in South Carolina’s public schools,’ Clyburn said through a spokesman.”
KEEPING PROMISES — “Republican Scott Brown was sworn in as the newest member of the Senate on Thursday evening — and immediately became the No. 1 target for senators seeking help in either advancing or killing the Democratic agenda. ‘If Democrats continue to move to the left, it’s going to be hard for him to keep his campaign promises and vote with them,’” said Senator Jim DeMint.
OINK — Graham and DeMint introduce their earmark moratorium.
VIEWPOINT — DeMint pens an Op-Ed in Forbes saying, “The president and Congress shouldn’t put off fighting the deficit.”
BY THE NUMBERS — The NAACP released its annual congressional “report card” with DeMint receiving a 10 (as in, percent) the worst grade in the Senate.
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HOMELAND — “A gray Air Force C-17 carrying 54 U.S. nationals evacuated from Haiti landed in South Carolina Thursday as the government opened a third site for repatriating Americans after last month’s devastating earthquake.”
BASELINE — “With the first year of the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards – which replaced the 10-year-old Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test as the state’s accountability measure – education officials cautioned that results will serve more as a baseline for the future than a harbinger of student performance.”
SAME RESULTS; DIFFERENT TEST — New tests, basically same results — P&C
SAME STORY; DIFFERENT STATE — State alum, Aaron Gould Sheinin, gets to cover another governor that wants “major restructuring of state government” for the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
JOHNNY LAW — “More than one-third of South Carolina’s sheriffs are formally supporting Alan Wilson for Attorney General.”
HEART GALLERY — Starting this past Tuesday through the end of April, Roper Hospital in Charleston will feature 20 portraits of foster children in its public corridor across from outpatient registration as part of the SC Heart Gallery. Through the Heart Gallery, professional portraits of South Carolina children waiting for adoption are shown in art exhibits across the state at libraries, churches, malls and other public venues, as well as on the SC Heart Gallery Web site, www.scheartgallery.org. “With the gallery being featured at Roper for three months, I have great hope that we’re going to get so many results,” says Millie Qualls, SC Heart Gallery program coordinator. Previous showings at hospitals in the Upstate have been especially successful, she says, and have led to adoptions by hospital employees.
EVERYWHERE THERE’S SIGNS … EXCEPT ORANGEBURG — “A federal judge has dismissed a woman’s claim that the city of Orangeburg violated her constitutional free speech rights when it removed a political sign from her yard.”
FUNNY BUSINESS — “A special meeting in Columbia for lawmakers to discuss the potential successor of former Spartanburg County Clerk of Court Marc Kitchens is raising eyebrows among local elected officials.”
WAIT FOR IT, WAIT FOR IT … — “Senators debated changes to a controversial property reassessment law on Wednesday and Thursday but again adjourned without taking action.”
HUSH THAT FUSS — “Golden, Colo.-based Proterra Inc. announced during a news conference on Thursday at Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research it will invest $68 million to build a 240,000-square-foot manufacturing plant at CU-ICAR and create more than 1,300 jobs over the next seven years.”
FINALLY THIS — The North Myrtle Beach Times has an interesting look at the fate of the snapper and grouper industry. “Thirty-eight year old Chris Long walks the same live oak laden path to his boat that his grandfather, Lawrence Long, walked some 80 years ago. He is a fourth generation fisherman. Like his father and his father’s father before him, he has etched out a living on the sea. Today his walk is somber and reflective as he wonders whether his life as a fisherman is coming to an end — and with it a humble family dynasty that has enabled the Longs to provide food, shelter and clothing for their families for nearly a century.”
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