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:veUllJ b uuumes wnat Wlll De consHi­ tors and supervisors to go beyond the The code allows for accommoda' Construction the general contractor Dec. 15, officials said.
ered unacceptable work attire for code's minimal requirements. The Hons for employees who have partic­ for renovations to South Fant, which Alison Glass can be reached
District 5 employees. Jeans of any possibility that different schools ular clothing requirements for med­ will be converted to an early child­ at (864) 260-1275 or bye-mail at
color, halter tops, athletic shoes, T- could have slightly different dress ical reasons. District employees who hood-family education center. glassag@lndependentMail.com.,

State offers pills to those near nuclear station

By Kelly Davis
Independent-Mail
Pills to protect people from
Oconee Nuclear Station are
a radioactive release from
eligible for the pills. About
Oconee Nuclear Station will
be distributed Aug. 24 to qual.
ified Oconee and Pickens
county residents, state offi­
cials announced this week.
State officials said the
should be used only in an
emergency and weren't a sub­
stitute tor following an evacu­
ation order.
"This is part of our ongoing
effort to protect the public,
but (the pills) should not be
taken needlessly;" said Sandra
Threatt, manager of the
Department of Health and
Environmental Control's
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People living within 10
·.ODIDE PilLS miles of Duke Energy's
For more information on
their own. Some states have chosen
potassium iodide pills:
The potassium iodide pills, not to accept the pills, provid­
Department of 310,000 pills have been· set
aside for the area, Ms. Threatt
..v~.." ~ .. u_"vironmel
said.
Control's Radiological
Information Line at (800) 476­ The pills will be given out
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at four
9677. Leave a message with a
schools: Seneca High School,
number and your question 100 Bobcat Ridge, Seneca;
will be answered by telephone,
Walhalla Middle School, 177
• You may also visit one of Razorback Lane, Walhalla;
the distribution locations Aug. 24 D.w. Daniel High School, 1819
to speak with astaff member in Six Mile Highway, Central;
. person. and A.R. Lewis Elementary
School, 1157 Shady Grove
Road, Pickens.
Nuclear Response and
Tablets also have been
Emergency Surveillance sec­ given to Clemson University
tion. and Southern Wesleyan
Jamie Nicole Ashworth, 26, 109
Robinwood Circle, Starr, driving under
the irtfluence, driving under suspen­
sion, resisting arrest
Edward Joseph Astling, 32, 830
Mashburn White Road. Franklin, N.C.,
disorderly conduct, walking/standing
degree burglary, two counts of petit lar­ Brandy Renee B?.Idwin, 22, 104
Carr Court, Belton,
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University officials, who will severe nuclear power plant
distribute them on campus on release. From Page 4B
Elizabeth Rabis
called KI pills after the chemi­ ed by the Nuclear Regulatory
Sept. 3, 1920 - July 2!
cal symbols of the elements Commission, fearing that
from which they are made, might give residents a false ABBEVILLE
Elizabeth Fleming
add benign iodine to the body; sense of security.
which is soaked up by the thy­ 82, of 148 Robison']
Future distributions will Tuesday, July 29, 20
roid gland. If the dose is occur to state residents ncar
timed correctly; the saturated home.
the V.C. Summer and H.B.
gland will not soak up any Robinson nuclear plants in Born in AbbeviU
radioactive iodine, which has South Carolina and the Vogtle she was a member
been shown to cause thyroid plant in Augusta, Ga. Long Cane Pre
damage, including cancer. Residents around the Church and was
Potassium iodide, the same Catawba Nuclear Station have Secretary.
substance added to iodized already received the pills. Surviving are
table salt, is not a magic bullet Ann Robison
Abbeville; sister,
that will protect people from Kelly Davis can be reached
all of the harmful substances at (864) 260-1277 or bye-mail
Fleming Strawn
potentially released from a· at davisk@lndependentMail.com.
Abbeville; brothe
Herbert Flemi
Abbeville; and one g
She was the
scene of accident Sandra Diane Bridges Thomas Andrew Ro
Jacob Dale Jessamine, 18, 632 Jason Craven Rentz and Laura the daughter of the
Little Mountain Road, Anderson, disor- Danielle Holloway and Eunice Rebecca
Cornelius Bonner and Cartisha Fleming. She was p
Scott Johnson, 36, 153 Twanta Turner death by a brother, •
Botany Slopes, Piedmont, two counts Dennis Ray Turner and Mary Alice Fleming.
of fraudulent checks Bigby Services are at
Rakisha Sheraie Jones, 24, 601 Justin Lee Mullinax and Gwendolyn
Calhoun Road, Belton, criminal domes- LLynch
Thursday at Upper I
Preshvterian Chllrc