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Hunter Street School on Saturday carnival

Hunter Street Elementary School is a carnival from noon to 3 pm Saturday at the school, 1100 Hunter St., York. Admission is 50 cents per person. Ages 2 and under are free.

Activities include Bounce houses, the giant slide, games, food, a silent auction and a raffle with prices of $ 250, as a Wal-Mart-gift card, and much more. Thursday tickets are $ 1.

For details, call 684-2869 Kelly Hensing.

From Arts in Education show scheduled McCelvey

The McCelvey Center, 212 E. Jefferson St., York, is a benefit for the age groups between 3 and 11, “If You Give a Pig a Party,” at 11 am and Thursday, April 9. The exhibition is part of the Art Center of Education in series.

The play, the Tarradiddle Player, businesses established caravan of the Tour Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, it’s a story of a little pig who learns, you can not party without friends.

Admission is $ 5 For more details, call 684-3948 center.

District Governor Civitan speak at local meeting

The Rock Hill Civitan Club has its 53rd Anniversary meeting today, Mary’s Cafe, 1349 Fire Tower Road, Rock Hill. Dinner and social time is 6:30 pm, and the next meeting at 7 pm

Bill is invited Rentz, District govenor of the South Carolina Civitans. The meeting is open to persons interested in the municipalities of service projects.

The Rock Hill group meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month.

For details, call the knife on Ella B. 366-6797 or by e-mail on their ellabm@comporium.net.

Lip Sync group, the dancers accept appointment

Carolina Copy Cats, a leader lip-synch group, and the dancers must accept Copy Cat bookings for their performances.

Retrospectives representations local volunteers, non-profit care facilities as a group, Vorsorgeeinrichtungen, Club meetings, religious and civil groups of functions.

For details, or to book, call June at (803) 396-7925.

Family Centre took place on Friday, free clinics

The Rock Hill Family Resource Center, 217 St. Orange, Rock Hill, a free medical clinic from 8.30 to 3.30 pm, and Friday, 18 and April 25

The clinic for children from birth to 18 who have no health insurance or Medicaid.

Other free clinics are located in Fort Mill, Clover and York. Our offer includes vaccination, the sick and visits screening. For appointments or directions, call (803) 322-6636.

For details, call 980-2079. The parking lot is located at the rear of the building and the entrance is through the door red.
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 COLUMBIA, SC - smokers would pay 50 cents more for a pack of cigarettes under a proposal by the Senate, by a group Monday that the money to help poor people with health care insurance.

South Carolina’s low-in-the-nation cigarette tax would be increased by 7 cents per pack, an increase of about $ 158 million, “said Senator Thomas Alexander, the chairman of the Sub-Committee on Relations with the law.

“Our goal is the largest possible number of had no assurances that we can,” said Republican Walhalla.

South Carolina has more than 147000 children under 18 years of age and nearly 500000 adults without insurance in the United States after the Census data. More than a third of those interviewed, did not have any insurance for a year or more.

There’s no estimates on the number of people of the proposal to help him.

The bill is in committee Senate Finance this week as part of budget discussions.

Germany, the average state cigarette tax to $ 1.11 per pack in New Jersey higher to $ 2575th

Proposals to improve South Carolina’s per pack cigarette tax, unchanged since 1977, was floating near the year without a real chance to find the passage. Republican legislator, who pledged not to build more taxes were for an increase.

But Alexander feels, with a tax credit for health insurance would simply concerns because they increase the tax gap with the taxpayer’s money.

During the past year, the Parliament passed a law on 30 cents per pack of migration and money to the reduction of taxes on foods. A committee of the Senate, which amounts to 45 cents per pack, but the debate was stopped, and the grocery tax were eliminated, without a cigarette tax hike.

Gov. Mark Sanford reiterates its request this year, with a cigarette in the increase of VAT for tax cuts of State, but the concept has been little support in the legislature. He praised veto any increase in the cigarette tax, which is not offset by a tax cut.

Sanford has criticized plans for the value added tax to the increase of health care and urged it to a funding source unreliable, on the one hand, at the end costing taxpayers.

Senate Minority Leader John countries said it was satisfied with the 50 cents increase, but would no longer supported. Democrats Manning, said the increase in VAT would help more people if they were used in the federal state, the Medicaid program, because there would be placement of the Confederation of money.

 The SC Department of Health and Human Services has “absolutely no intention” of eliminating Medicaid benefits nonemergency transportation, in spite of a draft federal rule that some states could make a division, “said the spokesman.
“We see this as an important advantage for a lot of South Carolinians, so we believe that this is something we need for the Division spokesman said Jeff more countries.
The proposed regime is concerned, Janice Baroody, regional director of the Pee Dee Transportation Authority, or PDRTA estimated 1500 trips per day, more than a third of them are go for medical care.
“We are very pleased to hear that, and that is good for everyone, Medicaid recipients must transport,” said Baroody Friday.
A comment for 30 days ending last week a proposed rule Medicaid, a program funded by public funds, which pay for insurance for health care eligibility of low-income people.
The proposed system would add a new section on the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, so that States not kept nonemergency medical benefits for the transport as candidates within Medicare.
The United States can offer Benchmark corresponds to the coverage in plans for private health insurance.
South Carolina, but no such programs, while others County as a small pilot who has not yet put in place, said more countries.
States must release by the federal government pursues a benchmark plan, he said.
Baroody said that in this month, she was concerned about the residents of rural areas, including cancer patients, as well as those who have committed to participate in the dialysis several times a week and have no d another way to reach their medical appointments.
She said, the elimination of profits PDRTA be forced to make “significant” redundancies, and reduce federal miss out on.
LogistiCare, one of the two brokers to coordinate Medicaid means of transport in the Pee Dee and other parts of the country, especially reportedly out of business in South Carolina, Chuck Dezearn the company in the SC Director General, told the earlier this month.
LogistiCare arranged 110000 trips per month in all areas of the State in which he stated Dezearn.
The rule says US Federal would have a “strong deterrent effect” to provide reports on the private plans, even if they have additional services for transportation.
Each state has its own Medicaid program with clear rules and services. South Carolina allows Medicaid managed care or charging for service plans.

 Pay your bills online and points compared to an airline ticket or shopping. Sound too good to be true?

Well, North Charleston, South Carolina Federal Credit Union roll-out a new program Tuesday, the account holder earn bonus points each time a bill and pay online.

The program is called “eChecking,” and everybody, the following conditions are met, can participate: the account holder must be direct bank transfers use “eStatements” instead of paper, reports, pay their bills in line and use their debit cards Federal SC.

According to the credit union, including every member of their pay, on average, 10 to 12 invoices per month. Some of the new features, they can earn enough points to “buy” two free airline tickets nationals.

Separately, auditing and rewards programs are nothing new. But the people of SC Federal think that the combination might be a first in the financial services industry.

For more information, visit Scfederal.org.

Pure and simple?

A new insurance for the Palmetto State, and it is an interesting strategy with the least to say.

The company, called High Net Worth PURE insurance and Plantation, Florida, specializes in real estate - including those along the coast - which, with a value of more than $ 1 million (yes, that is $ 1 million).

Better yet: PURE (the name means “Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange”) provide wind and hail report to respond to all homeowners, including those set forth in the wind poolside. With the “right” businesses means housing built on industry standards. In many cases, the company access to the property before writing a policy.

In addition, the fleet of private insurance (for people who have a choice of private cars), liability insurance, art and jewellery and insurance. You get the picture.

It is also important to note that the SC Department of Insurance has licensed PURE approval as a means of the State. This means that its quota increases in the department of authorization, if it spreads a certain threshold.

For more information about the company, see: Purehnw.com.

Rising Tsar

Congratulations to Scott Richardson, Director of the SC Department of Insurance, who was elected secretary-treasurer of the south-eastern part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

In this role, Richardson sat on NAIC’s national committee. The area includes Southeastern supervisory authorities from 12 countries, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

 With more space to be a boxer in his new plant in South Carolina in Burnettown Highway 421, North Augusta Police Athletic League Boxing Club are accepted for the registration of new boxers.

“We have never candidate registration,” said Jo-Anne Newman, co-founder and coach in the club. “We have a general rule, a waiting list.”

For more than 20 years, Ms. Newman and her husband, Noah, the functioning of the American Association of Highway 1 at Langley. The building has had more than 4,800 square meters.

In December, one of Newman 6,000-square-foot Burnettown in the building, about a mile away from the other site.

Registration is open to boxers aged 8 and 18, and fees are $ 38 per year.

“We do not teach free boxes; $ 38 is available for the insurance industry. It is of the order of USA Boxing,” she said.

To register, children need a birth certificate and two small photos. Registration takes place in the gym from 6:30 to 8 pm, Monday through Thursday.

Boxer regularly in the local club competition in the tournament and government. Those who advance to the kitchen well regional and national events.

Last year, the club boxer Jeffrey Drayton, Brandon Bush Amber Domingo and South Carolina have been designated Outstanding boxer of the year in their respective categories.

The Newman are not only teaching boxes Club members, but also help for the children, if necessary.

Ms. Newman said she wants to help children, to be successful, not only in the ring, but in the classroom.

Ms. Newman said, there are adults as well as for classes.

South Carolina’s recent drivers have more training before making a regular license in a bill that was approved in a Senate panel.

Senator Joel Lourie said, four hours, the private driver training will help to ensure the number of young drivers in accidents. He said statistics show that drivers aged 16 to 24 are 28 percent of accidents.

Schools, driver training courses, overtime in their curriculum. The National Safety Council, said the program costs $ 35 and 15, South Carolina already high schools.

The unemployment rate rose in February Greenville and Pickens County fell to 4.7 percent, while the state unemployment rate falling to 5.5 per cent.

Greenville’s unemployment rate stood at 5.1% in January and 5.2% a year ago, while the Pickens County rose from 5.3% in January.

Nine of the 10 districts outside of the city saw a decrease in their unemployment rate in a month, according to the South Carolina Commission of job security. Only Anderson County a slight uptick.

“Thus, we again this year visible to the eye healthy hiring,” said Julie Hall Gods Brown, the chairman of Gods Hall Staffing.

She said some sectors, including health care and general insurance services and businesses seem more likely than others.

“In the financial sector, I have not seen a great impact,” she says, but “in the manufacture seems a little soft.”

When the economy starts slowly, their staff are often a permanent decline in the mediation and the uptick a contract and temporary work.

“I have not seen a decrease in the pro-Position of the year,” she said.

Greenville County is to be seen between 500 and 600 orders per day, which corresponds to roughly 1200 to 1500 positions, because many orders are several vacancies, “said Charlie Haneman, head of the commission’s Bureau Greenville.

“I would say that employment prospects in the County of Greenville is good in comparison with the rest of the country.”

However, the Commission warned that the major domestic producers is presumably a statistical anomaly because of the nature, such as the unemployed are counted.

Gov. Mark Sanford expressed concern about the validity of unemployment figures, among others.

“As we usually would be very happy, to a significant reduction in unemployment rates, we begin to develop genuine concerns about the reliability and accuracy of the figures,” he said.

He pointed out that a rise in unemployment in the past year - the highest in the country’s history - in fact will not happen. In addition, the Agency unterfaßt 20000 jobs in the country during the past year, he said.

“It is worthwhile to see again, as a mistake of such magnitude keep.”

McClary Saturday, the labour market analysts for the commission, said February-drop in unemployment was big enough for the state. Although the requirements fall, it was not significant. The number of new jobs created in the state last month - 2100 - was not very large. The Commission can not reason for the decline in other methods of the survey on trends in unemployment figures.

The budget for the investigation by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, is relatively small, large movements in the figures, he said. These are, in general, smoothed, over the next few months. Households turn to and from the investigation, which could affect the numbers. McClary, he said he did not know when the rotations occur.

The survey, an abnormally low number of unemployed in February, he said.

The Commission will review statistics of each month, there will be more criteria for the evaluation of comprehensive data, the data at the end of the year, based on information provided by most companies in South Carolina on employment and wages. This information is becoming more than six months behind, he said.

“Overall, the figures are quite accurate,” said McClary. “There is consistency over time.”

He said that within one month, the unemployment figures is not much, but a tendency to be recognized, as a general rule, over several months.

“One should never, unemployment itself,” he says, when trying to determine where the economy is low.

National Campaign, the total number of job seekers - in the absence of work and actively contribute to the search for a - a total of 116,900 in February to more than 13,000 on the amounts of January.

Non-farm employment, but only more than 2100 jobs in the month. The manufacturing sector is lost, while 1100 posts in the construction and the economy lost 2000 / 1500 professional services lost. Still, the labour market policy from 17400 to 1933600 jobs is one year.

“The fall in unemployment, perhaps a bit exaggerated,” said Roosevelt T. Halley, CEO of commissions.

McClary said he would not be surprised to see an increase in the unemployment rate in the coming months, as their works statistical anomaly out of the statistics.

COLUMBIA, SC, March 27, 2008 / PRNewswire via COMTEX / - Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina encourages businesses to the state to participate in the second annual national day lunch Walk @ (SM: 38.09, 0.18, 0.47%) Wednesday, April 30, when the federal employer encourage their employees to participate in a 30-minute lunch break.

The motivation behind National Day Walk @ lunch is to encourage workers to take time, during his lunchtime walk towards better health. Most Americans are around the schedules of the working day, the National Walk @ lunch day is designed to prepare them for - not - schedules.

As an employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield and enterprise throughout the nation is lunchtime for their employees. Collaborators plan participation in numerous Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina sites, including Columbia, Charleston, Florence and Surfside Beach, SC; Augusta, Ga., Columbus, and Wheelersburg Westerville, Ohio, and Blue Bell, Pa.

“We want to meet the challenge of other companies to encourage their employees to walk or near the site and to obtain a commitment regular exercise and improved nutrition,” said David Pankau, chairman of SC Blue Cross Blue Cross Blue Shield Division. “Our hope is that people benefit from the increase, April 30, and realize that they have the time, during lunchtime, walking on a regular basis, without their timetable.”

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association created Walk @ lunch day to promote the Americans to live healthier lives, contributing to walk in their daily activities.

The US Department of Health and Human Services estimates that the costs for the treatment of chronic illnesses and diseases transmissible through inactive lifestyle is nearly $ 1000 for every family in America, every year. Simply still 30 minutes of moderate physical activity, such as walking, at least five times a week, significant benefits to health, such as reducing the risk for the development of death or cardiovascular disease, hypertension and Type 2 diabetes, and the improvement of the health of the muscles, bones and joints. [Source: Physical Activity and Health, a report by the Surgeon General, 1996.]

It is headquartered in Columbia, SC, Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina and his family are companies with more than 20 subsidiaries in insurance, US DOD, and health Medicare and other insurance contracts and benefits.

The Heritage Classic Foundation has set as presenting sponsor of the South Carolina Junior Golf Association’s Championship. This year’s competition, from 10-12 June, will be held at the Country Club in Lexington, where he played for 29 years before moving around the State of South Carolina. This will be the 50th tournament Lecture.
SOUTH CAROLINA

Women of the athletics team is the No. 16 spot in the Division I USTFCCCA Outdoor Track and Field Preseason National Rankings.

– Sophomore swimmers Dominica Lendjel a new career record in the 200 IM court on Thursday 29 in the line of fire of the event in NCAA-2008 organized by the University of Washington in Federal Way, Washington

– The Spartanburg County Game Cock’s Club spring banquet is Tuesday, April 8, at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. Dinner is served at 5:30 pm with the program, including evaluating spokesman, Steve Spurrier at 7 o’clock in the early The cost is $ 20 per ticket.

Tickets can be purchased at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium box office (582-8107) and the County of Spartanburg many places, including: Orica Glam Styling, Allstate Insurance, No. 3 drug Smith, Neil Nichols and Thomas Real Estate and Sons.

In Cherokee County: Sub Station No. 2, Dr. Hank Jolley, Harold’s Restaurant. In Greenville County: Scott & Clothiers mound, Drew-furniture, pharmaceuticals Mauldin, and James Smith, Southern Wine and Spirits, Thomas and Sons.
CLEMSON

The annual amount Spartanburg County Clemson Club’s Spring IPTAY banquet begins at 5 pm on April 30 on the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. Midway BBQ Catering is a demonstration with dinner at 6 am and featured speaker, head of the Clemson football coach Tommy Bowden, 7 pm Tickets are $ 15 for adults and $ 5 for 12 and under. Are you going online at www. TicketMaster.com and search for “IPTAY Banquet” or by phone at 576-1550. Tickets are also available at the box office (582-8107) SMA.
LIMESTONE

The Lady Saints’ softball team swept Belmont Abbey in a doubleheader on Thursday, 6-2 and 5-4 and the game at 2 NC

Limestone’s Lauren Robertson, the Saints, 3-for-5 during four days, a double, a three beds and two RBIs. Chelsea Anthony was 4-for-4 with four RBIs, two courses, a double and a home for the Saints.

 Aiken County, SC - Aiken, Edgefield, and Allendale are three of the nine counties in South Carolina, suffered major damage to the March 15th storm. Aiken County has been particularly hard hit … And in areas such as the bathroom, unemployment rates are higher, allowing some residents to feel as they emerge over their heads.

It is already over a week since Aiken County was hardest hit by tornadoes … And for many, like Albert Rivera … The bills are piling up and finances collapse.

Albert Rivera, bathroom: “No medicine, because I used my money to buy food, and no power or water or something like that …”

… And no assurance … Rivera said he had simply made from the heart. Like many that have been taken, it is grateful to be living. Like many in this area … It cries of relief.

Rick Hallman, Aiken County building official: “Two years ago, Avondale Mills on layoffs, particularly in rural areas, nature, man, to help, we need some here, and I talked all here , so far Äußerten The need, again for help. And everything else would be good if any kind of help. ”

Help could be on the way. Governor Mark Sanford, the president wants to say to Aiken County a disaster.

Rivera: “Well, this is a disaster!”

This would help ensure that low-income families is not a chance of insurance for loans of Confederation, out of the hole.

Rivera: “Oh, it would mean a lot, it is a quantity that you know. I have a fixed income, and it is, I could ask anyone … it is bad, In other words, what we make, help publishers. ”

Hallman: “Reality Check Now, we now have to help these people seriously, and that some of these people in their homes … and that is the most important thing is that these persons to resume normal lives in their lives . ”

Back … And maybe even a little better.

Rivera: “That’s why I say to someone, please visit us and help us, you know?”

It is still not a word more, when, or if, the president declared counties in South Carolina disaster.

Aiken County officials say, each with questions about how, at the beginning of the search for a loan, the appeal must be Aiken County Emergency Management Agency office, at 803-642-1623.