‘It fills you up’

Greenwood-area chefs share recipes
to support Mental Health Association

November 8, 2005

By JACKIE R. BROACH
Index-Journal staff writer

There were no complaints Monday night as local chefs shared some of their favorite recipes for a good cause.
Happy ticket-holders wandered from booth to booth at North Side Baptist Church, sampling from 14 freshly made dishes. Each was given a ballot to select a favorite, but it was a tough choice, many tasters said.
The event was the third annual Greenwood’s Cookin’, organized and sponsored by the Mental Health Association (MHA) of Greenwood County. The dishes included everything from the basics, such as cold chicken salad and banana pudding, to more creative dishes, such as bacon and leek quiche and pumpkin bread pudding with caramel sauce.
The food-fest was to benefit the many activities of the MHA, said Executive Director Kathy Carr. In addition to sponsoring support groups, a speaker’s bureau, a referral resource for mental health services and educational programs, the MHA responds to emergency and critical needs of people with mental illness. Those needs include paying for medication, rent, food and transportation.
Other services the MHA provide include onsite management of the Eagles Nest, supportive housing for people with mental health issues, and Operation Santa, which provides holiday assistance for families struggling with mental health issues and treatment.
About 100 tickets to the Greenwood’s Cookin’ were sold for $20 each. Cookbooks and aprons also were sold and desserts were auctioned. The amount raised hadn’t been tallied Monday night, but it was expected to be about $3,000, Carr said.
“This is always such a wonderful event, and we have our volunteer cooks to thank for it,” Carr said.
“Celebrity” cooks for the night included Mayor Floyd Nicholson and Assistant City Manager Charlie Barrineau, who prepared cold chicken salad, and Probate Judge Frank Addy Jr., who served up his Aunt Maude’s recipe for Christmas Ham.
Addy’s Christmas-themed booth was a favorite and people were still talking about the Dijon-Crusted Leg of Lamb he prepared for last year’s event. The ham, however, he credited entirely to wife Kelly.
Having worked her way only halfway around the room, Janet Bishop was already having trouble narrowing down her favorites, but she said she was leaning toward the pumpkin bread pudding with caramel sauce, prepared by Steve Savage. Bishop attends the event annually and said she always enjoys it.
“It’s a good opportunity for our area cooks to show off their new recipes and their cooking skills, and for the rest of us to take advantage of those skills,” she said. “They get to enjoy cooking and we get to enjoy eating. It’s perfect.”
The chefs also were making sure to find time to sample dishes from other cooks.
Ticket holders Andre LaCroix and Lori Anne Hagood both said they were impressed with the variety of food and with the taste. An hour in, they hadn’t picked a favorite but were leaning toward the chicken and sausage gumbo, prepared by Denise and Pearce Taylor.
“It’s all really good,” said Hagood. “You don’t get a lot of each thing, but it fills you up.”
Although it’s too late to sample the dishes prepared by area chefs, it’s not too late to get their recipes, Carr said. The Greenwood’s Cookin’ 2005 Cookbooks are still on sale for $10 each. To get a copy, call the MHA office at 229-2833.

Revealing an eventful life

Former Gamecock DeBoer speaks to Greenwood Touchdown Club

November 8, 2005

By CHRIS TRAINOR
Index-Journal sports writer

Former South Carolina football player and current Gamecocks radio sideline reporter Rob DeBoer was in Greenwood Monday night to speak to the Greenwood Touchdown Club at the Greenwood Country Club.
The club also honored area high school football players for numerous accomplishments.
Two players were given the Fellowship of Christian Athletes “Heart of a Champion” award. Ware Shoals’ Josh Babb and Calhoun Falls’ Jamal Wideman were honored.
Wideman wasn’t done collecting awards. The Flashes’ linebacker also received defensive player of the week for his Week Nine performance against Dixie, a game in which he made 11 tackles.
Offensive player of the week honors for Week Nine went to Ninety Six quarterback Stan Doolittle for his three-touchdown game against Newberry.
For Week 10, Calhoun Falls quarterback D.J. Roundtree took home offensive player of the week.
Roundtree rushed for three touchdowns and passed for another that week against McCormick.
Ware Shoals defensive tackle Latavious Williams received the defensive award for Week 10 after recording 12 tackles against Dixie.
DeBoer, an Omaha, Neb. native, enjoyed a standout career at South Carolina in both football and baseball. After graduating in 1994, he played five years of minor league baseball in the Oakland A’s organization.
After retiring from baseball, DeBoer owned Rob DeBoer’s Athletic Factory, a fitness center in Columbia from 2000-04.
In 2004, he began working for Leerfield Communications, the company that owns rights to Gamecocks radio broadcasts. He produces the Steve Spurrier television and radio shows and sells advertising for each.
DeBoer reminisced on his early days as a Gamecock.
After receiving offers to play football from schools such as Auburn, Notre Dame and Southern California, DeBoer chose to come to South Carolina because he would be allowed to play football and baseball.
The problem: Nobody bothered telling then South Carolina football coach Sparky Woods.
DeBoer, who was technically on a baseball scholarship, ended up having to try out for the football team as a walk-on, and made the squad.
“Coach Woods went to a banquet before the season started and met up with (then Nebraska coach) Tom Osborne,” DeBoer said. “He asked him ‘How in the world did you get DeBoer? He turned us and everybody else down.’”
DeBoer was called into Woods’ office the following Monday morning.
“He didn’t even know who I was,” DeBoer said. “At the time I was just a baseball player who had walked on to his team.”
DeBoer’s decision to come to South Carolina was one he was comfortable with. However, his father wasn’t.
“I still remember sitting in the basement with coach Osborne,” DeBoer said. “I think my dad might have actually cried when I turned them down.
DeBoer played at every level of minor league baseball as a catcher and designated hitter. He noted a home run hitting contest in which he participated against Mark McGwire, when DeBoer’s team at the time, the AA Huntsville Stars, scrimmaged the A’s, as one of the more memorable moments of his career.
The former Gamecocks fullback explained why he was not upset when his baseball career ended.
“I absolutely hated baseball,” Deboer said. “I played because I grew up playing and that’s what my dad wanted me to do. I always, always loved football so much more.”
DeBoer said that the South Carolina radio broadcast team, consisting of DeBoer and former Gamecock quarterbacks Todd Ellis and Tommy Suggs, is a “motley crew” of former athletes fighting to get a word in during a broadcast.
One of DeBoer’s favorite aspects about football in the Palmetto State is the rabid fan support.
“The people here love football so much,” DeBoer said. “I think it’s because there aren’t any pro teams here. But man, Carolina and Clemson pack 70,000 in there every week and it’s just amazing.”

Opinion

Those who control money wield power in this state

November 8, 2005

Power! That’s the name of the game with just about every move made these days, whether in Columbia or Washington.
The way it looks, anything goes, and truth, it often seems, is not a necessary ingredient in the mix.
In fact, truth would eliminate a lot of the huffin’ and puffin’ that goes on in both places and wastes so much time. The partisan and sometimes rancorous rhetoric would be neutralized by the truth.
So, who has the power in this state? It’s the people who control the money, the same as it is everywhere.

A SQUABBLE AT THE State Budget and Control Board is indicative. In a dispute over the reappointment of the board’s executive director, Frank Fusco, two Republican members of the Legislature, Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Weatherman and House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Cooper were joined by State Treasurer Grade Patterson, Democrat.
In a 3-2 vote they defeated Governor Mark Sanford and Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom, Republicans.

THE GOVERNOR AND Comptroller General have been known to work to hold down and/or reduce spending. The two Lawmakers, however, are used to being on the spending side.
Remember, control of the purse strings translates to power. The Budget and Control Board battle clearly demonstrates that members of the Legislature control the money and consequently hold the power in South Carolina. They’ve simply made it clear that anyone who challenges that power will be put in their place. Only the people hold veto power over them all. Sometimes they need to use it.

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Obituaries

Norma Bryant

WARE SHOALS — Norma Brown Bryant, 81, of 5 Sparks Ave., widow of John Elwood Bryant, died Monday, Nov. 7, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center.
Born in Richland County, she was a daughter of the late Grover and Pearl Coleman Brown. She was a homemaker and a member of Ware Shoals First Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Benny Bryant of Ware Shoals and James Bryant of Ninety Six; a daughter, Brenda Sweat of Elberton, Ga.; a sister, Beatrice Davis of Pickens; four grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild.
Graveside services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Oakbrook Memorial Park, Greenwood, conducted by the Rev. Leon Jones.
Visitation is 9:30-10:30 Wednesday at Parker-White Funeral Home.
The family is at the home.
Parker-White Funeral Home is in charge.

Sarah Ezell

RICHMOND, Va. — Sarah Kernells Ezell, 90, formerly of Cokesbury, S.C., widow of Haskell H. “Hack” Ezell, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005 in Richmond.
Born in Greenwood County, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Albert Lee and Bessie Davenport Kernells. She was a member of Cokesbury United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Bennie E. Webber of Heathsville; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.
Graveside services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Greenwood Memorial Gardens, conducted by the Rev. Harvey Peurifoy.
Visitation is 7-9 tonight at Blyth Funeral Home, Greenwood.
Memorials may be made to Cokesbury United Methodist Church, PO Box 236, Hodges, SC 29653.
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Greenwood, is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blythfuneralhome.com

Archie Harper

PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Archie Harper died Friday, Nov. 4, 2005 at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.
Born in McCormick County, S.C., he was a son of the late Frederick and Leanna Moragne Harper. He retired from Muhlenberg Hospital and was a former member of Little Mill Baptist Church, Willington, S.C.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Elizabeth Wells Harper of McCormick; two sons, James A. Harper of Columbia, S.C., and Robert L. Harper of Abbeville, S.C.; a daughter, Mrs. George (Georgia H.) Yeldell of McCormick; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild.
Memorial services are at noon Wednesday at Holy Spring Baptist Church, McCormick, conducted by Pastor Robert Knox Jr.
Visitation is 6-8 tonight at the home of a daughter, Georgia Yeldell, 403 Cedar Hill Road, McCormick.
Memorials may be made to Holy Spring Baptist Church, PO Box 113, McCormick, SC 29835.
Robinson & Son Mortuary Inc., Greenwood, is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at robson@nctv.com

William H. ‘Bill’ Owens

William Hardy “Bill” Owens, 87, formerly of Rochelle, Ga., died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005 at his home.
Survivors include two sons, Patrick William Owens of Las Vegas and Allen Anthony Wayne Owens of Greenwood; four daughters, Lynda Bethune of Grovetown, Ga., Robin Annette Owens of Augusta, Ga., Stephanie Miles of Greenwood and Jocelyn Sheyyab of Abbeville; six grandchildren.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Frazier and Son Funeral Home, conducted by the Revs. Talmadge Wilcox and Clark Standard. Burial with military rites is in Morningside Cemetery.
Visitation is 6-8 Friday at the funeral home.
Frazier and Son Funeral Home is in charge.

Kathryn Patton

ABBEVILLE — Kathryn Cooper Dillard Patton, 87, of Due West Retirement Center, wife of Paul Patton, died Sunday Nov. 6, 2005 at Hospice House in Greenwood.
Born in Statham, Ga., she was a daughter of the late Herbert Alva and Grace Cooper Dillard. A retired newspaper columnist with more than 25 years of service with Winder, Ga., News and Monticello News, she received the Brumby Award as Newspaper Columnist of the Year in the State of Georgia. She was active with Sue Kellogg Library, Stone Mountain, Ga., and her local community food bank and was a member of First Baptist Church, Winder.
Survivors include her husband of Due West Retirement Center; a son, Edward E. Patton of Abbeville; two grandsons.
Memorial services are 2 p.m. Nov. 20 at First Baptist Church, Stone Mountain, conducted by Dr. Dan Parker.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Ave. Greenwood, SC 29646.
Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.chandlerjacksonfh.com

Jean Anderson Robinson

Jean Nellie Anderson Robinson, 58, of 301-A W. Creswell Ave., wife of Paul “Butch” Tinson, died Monday, Nov. 7, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center.
The family is at the home.
Services will be announced by Robinson & Son Mortuary Inc.

Zoey Snelson

Zoey Griffin Snelson, 92, of 107 Oakland St., widow of Howard L. Snelson, died Monday, Nov. 7, 2005 at Hospice House.
Born in Anderson County, she was a daughter of the late A.C. and Orrie Mitchell Griffin. She was a graduate of Greenwood High School and retired from Greenwood Mills, Plant No. 5. A member of Jordan Memorial Baptist Church for 83 years, she was a member and former teacher of the TEL Sunday School class.
Survivors include a son, Bobby L. Snelson of the home; a daughter, Jo Ellen Still of Greenwood; five grandchildren; two step-grandsons; 12 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren.
Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Jordan Memorial Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Robert Patton. Burial is in Edgewood Cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 10.
Visitation is 6-8 tonight at Blyth Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Ave., Greenwood, SC 29646 or Jordan Memorial Baptist Church, PO Box 1267, Greenwood, SC 29648.
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blythfuneralhome.com

Jack Yon

Jack Yon, 76, of 202 Seymore Drive, widower of Mary Martin Yon, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005 at the VA Medical Center, Augusta, Ga.
Born in Swansea, he was a son of the late John Edward and Bertha Ellen Bars Yon. He retired from CSX and was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of First Free Will Baptist Church.
He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Harley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Paul Reid. Burial is 3:30 Wednesday at Salem Cemetery, North.
Visitation is 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.
The family is at the home of his nephew and niece, Elza and Llewellyn Evans, 81 Rivers Way, Abbeville.
Harley Funeral Home is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.harleyfuneralhome.com