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Randall and Walker Heffron fully understand what Venus and Serena Williams go through each time they are pitted against each other in a tournament. ... Randall plans to play college tennis, like his deceased dad, former Citadel standout and local dentist Randy Heffron.

Thank you MUSC and The Citadel for sponsoring an area study on bullying as it relates to special needs children.  Federal law, through the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), guarantees special needs children an education in the least restrictive environment. Inclusion is not easy for anyone involved — the school, the parents and the child. But it is the law.

Matt Wieters (Stratford High School/Georgia Tech) made his much anticipated major league debut Friday night with the Orioles, enjoying what the Baltimore Sun called a "huge ovation" just for going out to home plate for the national anthem. ... Matt's father, former Citadel All-American Richard Wieters, was on hand with a large contingent from Goose Creek that included mom, grandmother, wife, sister and aunt.

HARLESTON, S.C. -- You can call it a garage sale, but the sale this weekend at The Citadel in Charleston is more like a stadium sale.  From 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, bargain hunters can look through dozens of bookcases of books as well as rooms of furniture, clothing and everything from toys and games to cadet uniform items.

Though former Patriots Point Executive Director Hugh Tant wrote in his resignation letter that he wanted to spend more time with family, rumors surfaced soon after his departure that the decision was not his own.  Days before Tant stepped down, certain board members met without notifying the rest of the group and asked for his resignation, according to an e-mail written by one of the excluded members and obtained by The Post and Courier.

Greensboro, N.C. – Redshirt senior Jamel Brown ran a time of 52.75 to finish 15th overall in the prelims of the 400m hurdles at the 2009 NCAA East Regional in Greensboro, N.C., on Friday.

The Southern Conference has decided not to change the format for its men's basketball tournament, despite the controversy that accompanied last season's tournament.  The Chattanooga Mocs won the SoCon tournament in the 2008-09 season, earning a top seed and one of four first-round byes despite having the fifth-best record in the league. But league athletic directors decided Friday to leave the format as is, according to commissioner John Iamarino.

These days, people are cutting back on shopping at designer stores, going on big vacations and eating at fancy restaurants. They still want to shop, though, and are searching for good bargains.  Saving a little bit of money can be easy — you just have to know where to look. One place you can find good bargains is the 14th annual Citadel Women's Club garage sale on Saturday.

Mr. Shelor, 78, died peacefully Tuesday, May 26th 2009, at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC. A Celebration Of Life will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 30th, 2009 at First United Methodist Church, 501 N. Tryon St, Charlotte, NC.  He was a 1949 graduate of Central High School in Charlotte, NC. He was a proud graduate of the Citadel Military College, Charleston, SC in 1957 and was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Track and field  - Citadel runner Jamel Brown will compete in the NCAA East Regional today and Saturday in Greensboro, N.C.

Baseball - Citadel catcher Richard Jones made the Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball All-America second team, one of two Southern Conference players honored on the three teams.

Charleston, S.C. – Redshirt senior Jamel Brown of The Citadel track and field team will compete in the 2009 NCAA East Regional on May 29-30 at 5:40 p.m. All events will take place at the Irwin Belk Track in Greensboro, N.C., with North Carolina A&T serving as the host.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Bulldog head coaches Carolyn Geiger and Lori Bonacci reached out to the local community on Thursday, May 7 when they participated in the Habitat for Humanity Women Build. Geiger and Bonacci joined several other women in the rehabilitation of a home in North Charleston.

The bottom of the iron gate scraped against the rough cement as it closed shut. A metal chain was wrapped around the cool bars, secured with a lock for good measure. This wasn’t prison, but for Aric Davis, the next week might as well have been.
The life-long High Springs resident had just concluded his last summer as a civilian and was ready for his first college experience. After graduating from Santa Fe High School (SFHS) in 2005, Davis decided he would attend the Citadel, a military institute in Charleston, S.C. He had always been drawn to the order the military instilled. In fact, his father, Rick, had served in the Marine Corps, and participation in high school sports such as football only furthered Davis’ taste for discipline.
Davis arrived on campus late in the summer of 2005 ready to be molded. He took into account what he’d heard about other students’ transition to college with a grain of salt. Davis knew the Citadel wasn’t an average state school, but he was up for the challenge.

COLUMBIA — Tee Hooper, the Greenville businessman whose questions as chairman of the state Department of Transportation board triggered a legislative overhaul of the agency two years ago, on Thursday ended his service on the board and received the state's highest civilian honor for his work.  ... Sanford disclosed that he had offered Hooper a seat on the Citadel's board. Hooper is a graduate. But he said Hooper declined because he said the seat is traditionally held by a minority representative.

The Citadel Women's Club will host its 14th annual garage sale 8 a.m.-noon May 30 at the Altman Athletic Center.  Club President English Preston predicts this year will be the biggest yet. New additions to the event this year will be men's, women's and children's clothing as well as more furniture. There will also be computer hardware, artwork and cadet uniform items.  All proceeds will go toward the John S. Carter Scholarship Fund. Last year, 13 cadets received scholarships from this fund.

The more time that’s passed since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, the calmer property insurance issues have become across South Carolina. The meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. at The Citadel’s Buyer Auditorium at 171 Moultrie St., is one of several hearings that the Department of Insurance likely will hold this year for coastal property owners, said Scott Richardson, the agency’s director.

Lowcountry Scholars: June 24, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Lifelong learning program brings intellectual topics and speakers to employ our minds. Free for members, $5 nonmembers.

-- Captain Bogle, Ph.D., professor of Health and Exercise Science at The Citadel, presents highlights of a study showing immediate reduction in blood pressure among hypertensive adults.

-- Dr. Mark Del Mastro, head of modern languages at The Citadel presents "Generation 1898" lecture about intellectuals and philosophers who responded to the national crisis in Spain.

The more time that has passed since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, the calmer property insurance issues have become across South Carolina. But officials at the state Department of Insurance know that local homeowners still have issues with their insurance companies, so they're giving them a chance to air their grievances tonight during a public hearing. The meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. at The Citadel's Buyer Auditorium at 171 Moultrie St., is one of several hearings that the Department of Insurance likely will hold this year for coastal property owners, said Scott Richardson, the agency's director.

TUCSON, Ariz. – The Citadel catcher Richard Jones was honored Thursday as he was named the Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball All-America Second Team after a remarkable season. Jones was the highest Southern Conference student-athlete honored on the All-America teams.

The Southern Conference baseball tournament didn't set any attendance records last week in its first venture away from Charleston since 1989.  "Overall, I thought it was good for our first venture into the SoCon tournament," deMaine said. "The things that stick out to me are the strength of some of the schools' fanbases versus others. The Citadel, for one, has a very impressive alumni base here in Greenville and had a lot of people travel with them.

PALM BEACH, Fla. – Chris Swauger, a former standout for The Citadel baseball program, was recently promoted to the Palm Beach Cardinals in the High-A or (A Advanced) level of the minor league baseball season. Swauger was promoted after hitting .296 for the Quad City River Bandits this year.

The state Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing this week to discuss coastal property insurance issues.  The meeting is set for Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Buyer Auditorium in Mark Clark Hall at The Citadel. The address is 171 Moultrie St. in Charleston. The discussion will be led by Scott Richardson, the agency's director.

Citadel baseball players Chris McGuiness and Sonny Meade were named to the Academic All-America First Team by ESPN The Magazine, and they are the only two first-team picks from the same school.  McGuiness, out of James Island High School, and Meade, out of Stratford High, both made the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team last month. Both were named to this season's All-Southern Conference first team.

TOWSON, Md. – The Citadel’s Chris McGuiness and Sonny Meade continued to receive accolades for their efforts in 2009, this time being honored for their off the field achievements as the two were named Academic All-America First Team by ESPN The Magazine Tuesday. The Citadel was the only school in the country to place two members on the first team.

Once around the horn, through the 64-team NCAA Baseball Tournament field announced Monday and back to Jumpin' Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha.  --The Case for The Citadel: Of course, the Southern Conference deserved a third team in the NCAA Tournament (to go with Elon and Georgia Southern). The gantlet league consistently was rated seventh-best in the nation. The Bulldogs (37-22) won 11 of their last 13 SoCon games.

Thursday - COASTAL INSURANCE UPDATE: The South Carolina Department of Insurance a holds a coastal property insurance forum. 6-7:30 p.m. in the Buyer Auditorium, Mark Clark Hall at The Citadel, 171 Moultrie St., Charleston. Free. Scheduled speaker is Scott Richardson, the department's director, and other agency representatives.

Luther C. "Luke" Kissam IV grew up in the little town of Creston in the 1960s a typical boy and avid Clemson football, basketball. Following graduation, Kissam went on to The Citadel, where he graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in English in 1986. Three years later, he graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina School of Law.  Never did the 44-year-old ever think he would be where he is today. In just six years, he has worked his way to the top of the corporate ladder to his new position as executive vice president of the Louisiana-based Albemarle Corp., a global provider of specialty chemicals.

GREENVILLE — Kyle Jordan swung and missed, then bashed himself in the head with his bat, cracking his helmet one, two, three times.  It was a painful way for The Citadel's baseball season to end, the Bulldogs' shortstop striking out with the tying run at second base. The pitching magic that carried The Citadel to the brink of the Southern Conference Tournament championship game finally ran out, and four home runs in the seventh and eighth innings were not enough to save the Bulldogs.

Managing a retail boating business was something new for Milo Hanckel ('97) when he took over an existing marine store in 2000 west of the Ashley.  But he had plenty of experience on the water. “We’ve always kind of been in the marine world,” he said. His father, Miles Hanckel, sold nautical supplies. Milo Hanckel, meanwhile, served as a boat captain after graduating from The Citadel.

With much conjecture of the Southern Conference placing three teams into the NCAA Tournament this year, The Citadel should be strongly considered as the third team after a remarkable season.

CHARLESTON — Entered into eternal rest on the morning of May 22, 2009, Margaret Elizabeth Taylor Carrigg of Charleston, South Carolina. The relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral services at J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., West Ashley Chapel, 3360 Glenn McConnell Pkwy., Charleston, SC, Tuesday morning, May 26, 2009, at eleven o’clock. Burial will follow in Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens. Ms. Carrigg was born on July 23, 1943 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, daughter of Robert Love Taylor and Katherine Smith Taylor Reese and stepdaughter of Robert S. Reese. She was a retired Administrator with the Facility Management Office at The Citadel. She formerly co-owned and operated Carrigg’s Seafood for 27 years in North Charleston.

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Citadel placed three cadet-student-athletes onto the All-Southern Conference Tournament Team, as released by the Southern Conference following the tournament championship game Sunday evening at Fluor Field at the West End. Asher Wojciechowski, Richard Jones and Sonny Meade all received accolades.

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Behind a four-run sixth inning, No. 1 seed Elon came from behind to defeat No. 3 seed The Citadel, 8-7, in a semifinal elimination game at the 2009 Southern Conference Baseball Championship at Fluor Field.  The Phoenix (40-15) advances to face No. 2 seed Georgia Southern (41-15) in Sunday’s championship game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on SportSouth on a tape-delay basis at 7:30 p.m.

GREENVILLE — The Citadel's pitching magic finally ran out Saturday night, and so did the Bulldogs' chances at a Southern Conference Tournament title.  Top-seeded Elon (40-15) eliminated the Bulldogs with an 8-7 victory before 1,718 fans at Fluor Field, stopping The Citadel one game short of a shot at its eighth tournament championship.

GREENVILLE — Another heroic pitching performance, this one by sophomore Asher Wojciechowski, has The Citadel within one victory of the Southern Conference Tournament championship game.  Wojciechowski, pitching for the first time since May 2, struck out a career-high 15 batters while throwing a complete game in a 5-1 victory over top-seeded Elon today at Fluor Field.

GREENVILLE — As The Citadel Bulldogs went through their handshake line Friday afternoon, baseball coach Fred Jordan reached over and tousled Matt Crim's blond hair.  It was a fitting reward for the senior pitcher, who turned in the latest in a long line of gutty Southern Conference Tournament performances by Citadel pitchers. Crim threw 147 pitches in a complete game and Sonny Meade belted a three-run home run as the third-seeded Bulldogs eliminated No. 6 Appalachian State, 5-3, before 1,196 fans at Fluor Field.

GREENVILLE — After watching his team throw the baseball all over Fluor Field in the fifth inning Thursday morning, Citadel coach Fred Jordan called the Bulldogs together for a brief sermon outside the dugout. Whatever the exact words, the message got through. After blowing a five-run lead to trail by two, the third-seeded Bulldogs rallied for a 9-8 victory over No. 7 Davidson to stay alive in the Southern Conference Tournament.

GREENVILLE — Chris McGuiness hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning to break an 8-8 tie, propelling No. 3 seed The Citadel to a 9-8 win over No. 7 Davidson in the Southern Conference Tournament at Fluor Field at the West End. Former Wilson Hall and Sumter P-15’s standout Richard Jones helped the cause with a 2-for-5 effort with two doubles, two runs batted in and a run scored.

"It was awful what he did," said Shane Beamer, Vick's former Virginia Tech teammate and presently Steve Spurrier's recruiting coordinator at South Carolina. "I read all about it. It made me absolutely sick. He deserved to go to prison." ... "I'm optimistic," said Beamer, who was born in Charleston when his father was an assistant coach at The Citadel. "I hope he makes it back and, if he does, it will be a great story about somebody who loses millions of dollars, loses all the adoration he had from fans and who makes a positive contribution."

GREENVILLE — The Citadel baseball team will need a wake-up call in more ways than one today.  The glories of the Bulldogs' sweep of rival College of Charleston last weekend were wiped away by three Appalachian State pitchers Wednesday in the opening round of the Southern Conference Tournament.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The Vikings have signed free agent fullback Nehemiah Broughton, a former Citadel star.  Broughton was a seventh-round draft pick of the Washington Redskins in 2005. The North Charleston High School graduate played in six games with the Redskins over the next two seasons but missed all of 2007 with an injury and spent last season on the practice squad.

There is a love story hidden behind each painting that Joan Alden creates. Her work is the symbolic representation of two lives coming together to make something new; the final product is greater than the individual parts.  For most of her life, Alden was a full-time professional writer, and her partner, Catherine, was a photographer and graphic designer.  ...Career: Adjunct English professor at Citadel Academy. Alden has published three novels and a children's book.

Roller derby could best be described as an all-female version of pro wrestling on wheels.  With colorful names and even more colorful outfits, roller derby is an all-American contact sport, or "sports entertainment," that began in the '20s, found great popularity in the '70s and seemed to subside ever since. ... This Memorial Day weekend, the Lowcountry High Rollers will present the "Red, White, Black and Blue" event at The Citadel's McAlister Field House, in which Charleston's local brawlin' beauties will take on Charlotte's "B Dazzlers."

No. 3 The Citadel

Record: 34-20 (20-10)

Coach: Fred Jordan

Top hitters: Sonny Meade (.402, 4 HR, 60 RBIs); Bryan Altman (.377, 7 HR, 46 RBIs); Chris McGuiness (.377, 13 HR, 55 RBIs).

Top pitchers: Matt Talley (8-1, 3.12 ERA); Wes Wrenn (9-2, 3.84 ERA); Drew Mahaffey (1-3, 3.64 ERA, 7 saves).

College of Charleston’s Joey Bergman was named the Southern Conference player of the year while The Citadel’s Wes Wrenn was named the pitcher of the year.  Bergman leads the nation in hitting with a .465 batting average. The junior has scored a SoCon-record 86 runs and also leads the Southern Conference in batting average (.465), on-base percentage (.561), runs (86), hits (99), doubles (24) and total bases (170).  Wrenn is 9-2 with a 3.84 ERA and 78 strikeouts. He pitched 93ð innings including three complete games.

To earn the No. 3 seed in the Southern Conference Tournament, The Citadel baseball team had to win its last eight league games, including a season-ending sweep of rival College of Charleston.  The Bulldogs' reward — a first-round date with the hottest team in the SoCon.

The Citadel Brigadier Foundation’s Official Electronic Newsletter
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

First Pitch!
It is Tourney Time, which is why we’re sending this out today instead of our regular Friday distribution date...

Austin J. Kennedy, Jr., Captain, Supply Corps, U.S.N. Ret., age 90, died on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at Roper-St. Francis Memorial Hospital in Charleston, SC. ... He was a graduate of the High School of Charleston ('35). He attended The Citadel ('39) for three years before receiving an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD where he entered as a plebe in June 1938. ...

- Coming Up This Week  - The Citadel, after winning its final eight Southern Conference games, finished third in the league and will face sixth-seeded Appalachian State in the first round of the SoCon Tournament at Greenville’s Fluor Field at the West End. The Bulldogs and the Mountaineers will play in the second game of the tournament and are paired in the four-team grouping with No. 2 Georgia Southern and No. 7 Davidson.

After two seasons at Ole Miss, pitcher Jesse Simpson was looking around for a place to restart his baseball career.  A Citadel coach told him about ... College of Charleston?  "He said, 'College of Charleston is right here, they've got a good baseball team,' " Simpson said. "And that's how I ended up coming here."  Before Bulldogs fans get upset, consider that the Citadel coach in question is tennis coach Toby Simpson, Jesse's older brother. And that brotherly advice has provided the Cougars their most consistent pitcher over the past two seasons.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Citadel placed four cadet-student-athletes on the Media’s All-Southern Conference Team Tuesday with three – Chris McGuiness, Sonny Meade and Wes Wrenn – garnering First Team honors. The media’s all-conference picks were announced by the Southern Conference office on behalf of the Southern Conference Sports Media Association.

It was back on Feb. 10, 2006, when Citadel baseball coach Fred Jordan first penciled Sonny Meade into the Bulldogs' starting lineup.  Meade, then a skinny freshman from Stratford High School, went 2 for 4 that day against Virginia.  And he hasn't stopped hitting since.

Some 136 members of the Charleston School of Law graduated Saturday in a ceremony at the McAlister Field House on the campus of The Citadel.  The third graduating class from the school, comprised of nearly 600 students, combined to give 11,553 hours of pro bono service to local and state organizations.

--Outfielder Chris Swauger (The Citadel) hit two homers last week for Class A Quad Cities of the Cardinals ... Shortstop Reese Havens (Bishop England HS/USC) survived a recent 0- for-12 stretch and drove in eight runs in two games Wednesday and Thursday, with a grand slam against Palm Beach on Wednesday ...

Citadel coach Fred Jordan didn't even try to explain the roller coaster ride that's been Bulldogs baseball this season. You can't explain it," Jordan said Saturday after The Citadel completed a series sweep of rival College of Charleston with a 7-0 shutout of one of the highest-scoring teams in college baseball.

Matt Talley learned a lot the first time he pitched against College of Charleston this season.  "They hit the ball a long way," said The Citadel's sophomore left-hander, recalling a night last month when the Cougars hit four home runs against the Bulldogs. Talley and three Citadel relievers choked off the Cougars' high- powered offense for the second straight game...

Greensboro, N.C. – Matt Earls, Jodi Whittle and Jamel Brown successfully competed in the Aggie Last Chance Meet in Greensboro, N.C., on Sunday afternoon.  Earls had the highest Bulldog finish taking fourth place in the javelin with a mark of 154’ 9.00”. Brown ran a time of 15.29 in the 110m hurdles to finish fifth and he also posted a time of 56.85 in the 400m hurdles to place seventh. Whittle finished sixth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:08.10 and placed seventh in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.63.

The Citadel shut out the College of Charleston, 7-0, for the first time since 1926 at Riley Park on Saturday.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – After pitching a complete game shutout over one of the nation’s most potent offenses, The Citadel’s Matt Crim was awarded Southern Conference Pitcher of the Week accolades Monday. Crim’s award marks the third SoCon Pitcher of the Week honor a Bulldog hurler has received the honor this year.

After watching his team get swept by The Citadel on Saturday, College of Charleston coach Monte Lee gathered his players in left field at Riley Park for their usual post-game talk.  This one might have lasted a few minutes longer than normal, as Lee sought to reset the Cougars heading into this week's Southern Conference Baseball Tournament in Greenville.

Entered into eternal rest on Saturday, May 16, 2009, David Wilson Pace, husband of Debra Pritchard Pace. Residence, Hanahan, SC. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. David W. Pace are invited to attend his funeral services on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 in Highland Park Baptist Church at ten o'clock. Burial will be in Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, SC at three thirty o'clock. The family will receive friends on Monday at J. HENRY STUHR INC., NORTHWOODS CHAPEL (2180 Greenridge Road) between six and eight o'clock.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Citadel led all teams with four players named All-Southern Conference First Team while Wes Wrenn was named Pitcher of the Year in a vote of the league’s coaches as announced by the Southern Conference office Monday afternoon.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings signed free agent fullback Nehemiah Broughton on Monday.  Broughton was a seventh-round draft pick of the Washington Redskins in 2005. He played in six games with the Redskins over the next two seasons but missed all of 2007 with an injury and spent last season on the practice squad.  The former Citadel player joins incumbents Naufahu Tahi and Jeff Dugan as a battering ram in front of running backs Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor.

For the first time since 1990, Citadel baseball players won't have a chance to win the Southern Conference Tournament on their home field this season.  But as a consolation prize, a season-ending sweep of rival College of Charleston will do nicely.

MONTEREY -- Overcoming the obstacles of attending a small-town high school and soon to be one of the first members of his family to attend college, senior Andrew Phillips is the first Monterey High School student to be accepted at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, where he will be attending in the fall.

The Southside Citadel Club members gathered for Corps Day recently at the Crowder Place Farm in Western Coweta. They honored members of the Long Gray Line of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets who had passed away in 2008.  The muster is a formation. All graduates and former members of the Corps are expected to report. Club President Brian Bossman of Newnan, with help from club officers, called the Roll, honoring each lost Citadel graduate individually from the classes of 1935 to 2008.

The Charleston Splash women's semi-professional basketball team will make its debut today at The Citadel's McAlister Field House.  The Splash will take on the Carolina Courage at 4 p.m. at McAlister in a Women's Blue Chip Basketball League game.  The Splash, coached by Anthony Fickling, features Lowcountry players including Wendy Anderson, a volleyball All-American at Clemson and The Citadel's former volleyball coach.

What a beautiful day for baseball.  What an ugly week on deck. Sun shined Saturday on Sonny Meade and his Citadel teammates, who completed a three-game sweep of cross-peninsula rival College of Charleston with a 7-0 victory at The Joe.

The 39th annual Sertoma High School Football Classic will be held Aug. 20-21 at The Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium.  Action begins at 7 p.m. each night.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel volleyball program announced the signing of four players to National Letters of Intent on Tuesday to conclude their 2009 signing class. With the addition of four new players, the Bulldogs add a total of seven freshmen to their roster, including two players from South Carolina.

Citadel pitcher Wes Wrenn made his final appearance at Riley Park a memorable one Thursday night.  Wrenn, a candidate for Southern Conference pitcher of the year, muffled the No. 2 run-scoring team in Division I baseball with a complete-game effort. Richard Jones and Nick Orvin drove in four runs each, and the Bulldogs blasted rival College of Charleston, 14-3, before 1,755 fans.

Prius owner Ward Scheindlinger is getting relief from Gene Reed Toyota.  The Summerville resident said Gene Reed Toyota has offered to compensate him for problems he said he encountered when he purchased a car a year ago. He complained to The Post and Courier's Watchdog reporters that he believed a salesman caused him to think he would receive a tax credit when he bought his car.

Entered into eternal rest on the evening of May 12, 2009, Colonel George Kenneth Webb, widower of Frances Cameron Scarborough Webb. Residence, Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral services in The Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Saturday, May 16, 2009 at eleven o'clock. Interment, Magnolia Cemetery.

Entered into eternal rest on the evening of May 12, 2009, Colonel George Kenneth Webb, widower of Frances Cameron Scarborough Webb. Residence, Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral services in The Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Saturday, May 16, 2009 at eleven o'clock. Interment, Magnolia Cemetery.

The Citadel celebrated a 14-3 victory over the College of Charleston in Southern Conference baseball action on Thursday, May 14, in front of 1,755 at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.

Charleston, S.C. – Graduate student Jamel Brown, senior Jodi Whittle and senior Matt Earls of The Citadel track and field team will participate in the Aggie Last Chance meet on Sunday, May 17 at the Irwin Belk Track in Greensboro, N.C.

(15 May - weekly edition) The Citadel Brigadier Foundation’s Official Electronic Newsletter

About her happiest time and her prediction for whether James Island will remain a town... He asked me to come by one Sunday after church, and he said, "Could you be happy with me?" I said, "I'm already happy with you." He said, "Good, we'll get the (marriage) license tomorrow." This man was special. He took care of his family. He served in the Marine Corps 30 years and three wars ... came back and finished The Citadel after 34 years. ... He's just such a special person. A gentleman. Very strong. He was different. Very much in charge of his life.

Former Citadel professor and Army Col. George Kenneth Webb died Tuesday. He was 89.  After graduating from The Citadel in 1943, Webb enlisted in the Army. During World War II, he served with the 7th Armored Division.  He returned to active duty in 1951 to teach infantry tactics at Fort Benning, Ga. In 1955, he returned to The Citadel to serve as assistant professor of military science. He served as commandant of cadets.

• William Caldwell Hay Jr. of Hilton Head Island, a civil engineering major, was chosen to represent The Citadel Who's Who. Cadets were nominated by faculty and were selected based on strength of character, academic achievement, military achievement, leadership, campus activities and participation and excellence in athletics at the varsity, intramural or club sport level. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Caldwell Hay.

The Charleston County Council has a new plan for sharing accommodations tax money that would redistribute painful funding cuts previously proposed for arts and cultural organizations, municipalities and colleges.  ... The College of Charleston and The Citadel would also get less, $75,000 each for their sports facilities. ...

Elon has already clinched its second straight Southern Conference regular season baseball title. But there's still plenty at stake as crosstown rivals College of Charleston and The Citadel meet for a three-game series starting today at Riley Park. 
At-large bids, tournament seeding and bragging rights are up for grabs as the top-hitting team in the SoCon (the Cougars) takes on the team with the best pitching in the league (the Bulldogs).

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Wes Wrenn pitched his third complete game of the season, shutting down one of the nation’s most prolific offenses, and Nick Orvin went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored and four RBI as The Citadel pounded the College of Charleston, 14-3, in front of 1,755 at Riley Park Thursday night.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Howell was also to take over as A.C. Flora's athletics director. However, current AD Mike Sisk will continue in that capacity.  After years as an assistant coach, Dean Howell gets a chance to run his own program at A.C. Flora High.  ... A 1995 graduate of The Citadel with a math education degree, Howell has stops all over the Midlands on his resume.

BARNETT, Emma Ruth Carroll, 82, of Charleston, a retired administrative assistant in the Department of Military Science at The Citadel, died Tuesday. Arrangements by McAlister-Smith Funeral Home of West Ashley.

Second baseman Kory Morian went 2-for-3 and drove in a run as Charleston Southern posted a 5-1 victory over Savannah State in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday at Buccaneer Ballpark. The Bucs (16-33) came up short in the second game, 6-5.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Entering the final weekend of regular season play, The Citadel could finish as high as second in the Southern Conference or drop to as low as fifth.  One thing is already guaranteed – The Citadel will be returning to the Southern Conference Tournament. Entering the final weekend of play two teams have been eliminated – UNC Greensboro and Samford – and three seeds have been locked up: No. 1 Elon, No. 6 Appalachian State and No. 7 Davidson.

... Hanahan threw its ace Bryce Hines, a right-hander who already has committed to play for The Citadel even though he's just a junior. But he was roughed up in the first inning as he threw 35 pitches...

The Blue Angels show also has a Citadel connection this year: Greg McWherter, who graduated from the military college in 1990, took over as commander of the flying team in November 2008. McWherter was a civil engineering major who after graduation entered aviation training at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., where the Angels are based.

Dr. Zaremba embraced the opportunity to guide others with her compassion, as the Program Designer and Director of the O.A.S.I.S. and C.S.I. programs at The Citadel. The relatives and friends of Dr. Barbara A. Zaremba are invited to attend her Funeral Service at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 12, 2009 in the Summerall Chapel at The Citadel.

J. Harrison "Harry" Mangan Sr., 89, a highly decorated Air Force colonel who retired in 1965 and began a second career painting watercolors and teaching art, died April 21 at Falcons Landing military retirement community in Potomac Falls. He had bladder cancer.  Col. Mangan's military career began in 1938 when he joined the Army Air Corps and soon became a pilot. During World War II, he received the Silver Star for actions during aerial combat against Japanese fliers while participating in a flying mission from Australia to the Philippines.

Children with special needs are more often the subject of bullying and exclusion, an area study found.  Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina and The Citadel surveyed nearly 300 children aged 8-17 at clinics in the Charleston region. Dr. Steve Nida, head of The Citadel's psychology department, along with a colleague from Purdue University in Illinois, focused on ostracism. Children who are purposely excluded scored higher on depression measures and their parents reported more acting-out behaviors, Nida said.

Ashley Thompson didn't have any siblings at The Citadel, but she felt like she had brothers and sisters in her classmates.  It didn't matter that Thompson was female or that it's been just 10 years since the first female cadet graduated from the military college. The Citadel was a place Thompson belonged.

Lowcountry colleges celebrating graduations Saturday included The Citadel and the College of Charleston.

The Citadel Graduate College conferred degrees to 267 students during commencement on Sunday.  State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex delivered a speach and was presented with an honorary doctor of humane letters.  The Citadel Graduate College began offering graduate degrees in education back in 1968.

I was lucky in that I drew Brenda Carter for a celebrity partner to compete against Charleston County schools superintendent Dr. Nancy McGinley, Citadel football coach Kevin Higgins and Charleston police chief Greg Mullen, among others.

New release listing all awards.

The Citadel Graduate College and School of Business Administration honored a student and a member of the faculty during commencement on Sunday, May 10, 2009. Degrees were conferred upon 267 members of the Class of 2009.

I look back on it now and realize how important the next few weeks will be in the lives of today's college graduates.  Today, for instance, The College of Charleston will graduate 1,350, The Citadel 425 and Charleston Southern 315.  While some of these bright young people have carefully plotted their course, done the right internships and made important business connections, many have not.

The Citadel leadership journey now complete, the world’s future military officers, doctors, leaders in business, lawyers and teachers are among the 449 cadets, nine active duty military students and eight veteran students who graduated today from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.

GREENVILLE — Matt Simonelli recorded a career-best four hits while hitting his first home run of the season and Bryan Altman stole a career-best three bases as The Citadel notched a 7-0 win over Furman in front of 431 at Latham Stadium Friday afternoon.

A sense of possibility and hope mixed with the warm Lowcountry air Saturday as students walked across stages and into new chapters of their lives.  The College of Charleston, The Citadel and Charleston Southern University awarded diplomas to more than 2,000 students in separate ceremonies.  At The Citadel graduation in McAlister Field House, families and friends gathered to watch 449 uniformed cadets receive hard-earned diplomas during a commencement filled with tradition, formality and dignitaries. The military college’s graduation speaker was U.S. Rep. John Spratt Jr., chairman of the House Budget Committee and the second-ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee.

Burke High School senior Sharnay Green felt inspired after watching her older brother, Michael, become a better leader and a better person after participating in his high school JROTC program.  Green initially wanted to go to a college outside of Charleston, but the more she learned about The Citadel, the more she realized that going to school there would be similar to being away. Green will attend The Citadel, where she received a full ride, and she plans to pursue a career in the Army.

This weekend marks the 10 year anniversary of the first female to graduate from The Citadel, Nancy Mace. A trailblazer that paved the way for the more the more than 200 women that have since graduated behind her, Mace chronicles her story in In the Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel, Simon and Schuster (http://www.nancymace.net).

My parents, Arthur Connor and Beatrice Marie Rudnic, came of age during the Great Depression. They did without so much during their formative years. My father's parents were descended from early settlers of Brooklyn, N.Y., and my mother's parents emigrated from Italy and Lithuania and (they) met at a silk factory in eastern Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth Connor is an associate professor of library science at the Daniel Library at The Citadel, and lives west of the Ashley with her schoolteacher husband, Carlos Fernandez, their two snow dogs Molly and Monty, and three cats, Georgie, Silvester and Miss Abbey Road.

The Citadel: 9:30 a.m., McAlister Field House. U.S. Rep. John Spratt will speak. Tickets are required for admission.

Ten years ago: NATO expressed regret for a mistaken attack on the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, but pledged to pursue the bombing campaign; demonstrators in Beijing threw rocks and smashed cars at the U.S. Embassy. The Citadel, South Carolina's formerly all-male military school, graduated its first female cadet, Nancy Ruth Mace.

(CBS) Lt. Brian Brennan is a walking, talking miracle. There are no other words for it. One year ago today, he lost both his legs to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, and now his mother is watching him learn to run all over again, reports CBS News correspondent David Martin.

The Lowcountry Classic football game will not be held this year, South Carolina State University has announced, two weeks after learning that the State Law Enforcement Division launched an investigation into the game.  The school's board of trustees previously hosted the season's final game in Charleston to raise money for scholarships. Last year, the event brought in about $250,000. ... The final game had been held at The Citadel since 2005...

Kyle Simpson drove in two runs and reliever Teddy Fallon shut down The Citadel over the final 3 1/3 innings in a 6-3 upset Wednesday in front of 747 at Riley Park.  Matt Simonelli went 3-for-4 with a run scored, but the Bulldogs couldn't overcome an early five-run deficit.  Dennis McCraney (3-1) picked up the win for USC Upstate (12-33), despite giving up 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings and no strikeouts. But he was able to get out of trouble, allowing just three earned runs.

Citadel speaker - State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex will deliver the commencement address to The Citadel Graduate College's Class of 2009 at 2 p.m. May 10 in McAlister Field House.

Citadel Board - Columbia businessman James M. McQuilla has been appointed to The Citadel Board of Visitors by Gov. Mark Sanford.

Last May, Ward Scheindlinger of Summerville traded in his GMC Yukon for a fuel-efficient Toyota Prius hybrid from Gene Reed Toyota.  Gasoline prices were approaching $4 a gallon and Scheindlinger needed something better on gas mileage for his 50-mile round-trip commute to his job at The Citadel.  He said he paid $22,000 and change, plus a $2,500 surcharge, for the Prius because the salesman told him that when he filed his income taxes this year he would receive a large tax deduction that would offset the extra amount the dealership charged for the car.

The Citadel has chosen one of its alumni to be the next commandant of cadets. On Monday, the military college named Marine Corps Col. Leo A. Mercado to replace retired Army Col. Greg Stone, who steps down at the end of this month after four years as commandant.  For Mercado, who was selected from a field of 30 applicants, the idea of returning to his alma mater has not entirely sunk in.  "It's an honor," Mercado said. "When you're a cadet, you never envision you could come back in any capacity. For Gen. Rosa and the Board of Visitors to have confidence in me is something I don't take lightly at all."

A 1979 Citadel graduate has been named the new commandant of cadets at the state military college in Charleston.  Citadel President John Rosa said Monday that Marine Corps Col. Leo A. Mercado will take over the post July 6.

--Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard, a 6-6 forward from Georgetown signed with Roane State (Tenn.,) Junior College, where he will be coached by former Citadel player and coach Randy Nesbit. Gilliard plans to redshirt his first year, leaving him three years to play on the major college level.

Charleston, SC - A 1979 Citadel Graduate has been named to the post of commandant of cadets at the state military college in Charleston.  Citadel President John Rosa said Monday that Marine Corps Col. Leo A. Mercado will take over the post July 6.

With 564 chapters nationwide and its national office at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, Sigma Delta Pi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies, the nation's only certifying agency for college and university honor societies.

Marine Corps Col. Leo A. Mercado, Citadel Class of 1979, has been named The Citadel’s next commandant of cadets. “Col. Leo Mercado is a proven leader who will move The Citadel forward by setting high standards for the South Carolina Corps of Cadets,” said Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa. “He is deeply committed to the idea of principled leadership that is at the heart of The Citadel experience. And, as an alumnus, Leo Mercado understands the culture and traditions of The Citadel. I am proud to have him as a member of my leadership team.”

CHARLESTON, SC (AP) - A 1979 Citadel graduate has been named the new commandant of cadets at the state military college in Charleston.  Citadel President John Rosa said Monday that Marine Corps Col. Leo A. Mercado will take over the post July 6.  The commandant is the administrator in charge of the college's 2,100-member cadet corps and reports directly to Rosa.

Richard Jones went 3-for-5 with four RBIs in the game with two coming in The Citadel's seven-run fourth inning as the homestanding Bulldogs topped Samford, 9-5, to claim the rubber game victory in front of 821 at Riley Park.

Saturday - SPRATT DELIVERS CITADEL COMMENCEMENT: 9:30 a.m., McAlister Field House, 171 Moultrie St., Charleston. U.S. Rep. John M. Spratt will deliver the commencement address to The Citadel's Corps of Cadets Class of 2009. Spratt, D-S.C., first was elected to Congress in 1982. He is chairman of the Budget Committee and is the second-ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee. He represents the 5th Congressional District.

3. Citadel students charged with underage alcohol possession

U.S. Rep. John M. Spratt will deliver the commencement address to The Citadel's Corps of Cadets Class of 2009.  The commencement begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in McAlister Field House.  Spratt, D-S.C., first was elected to the 5th Congressional District in 1982. He is chairman of the Budget Committee and is the second-ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee.

This year the New Jersey Hall of Fame introduces the Unsung Hero Award in recognition that there are many people from our state who deserve to be in the Hall of Fame, but who are not as well known as most of the inductees.  We received many nominations from our Expert Panelists, our Voting Academy and through our on-line nominating form and one nomination stood out. U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Brennan is a profile in courage and a role model for all of us in overcoming unthinkable personal challenges.

--Third baseman Ben Lasater (College of Charleston) is on fire with Greensboro in the Class A South Atlantic League. He's batting .415 with five homers and 19 RBIs through 21 games ... First baseman Chip Cannon (The Citadel) was released by the Rays. He was batting .108 through eight games with Class AA Montgomery ... Third baseman Dallas McPherson (The Citadel), hampered by back spasms, has been assigned to Class AAA Fresno in the Giants' organization.

The Splash, which held an introductory news conference Friday, will debut May 17 at The Citadel's McAlister Field House as a member of the Women's Blue Chip Basketball League, a self-described "semi- professional" league with a mission to provide "highly competitive basketball for women age 20 and over."  After a series of tryouts, the Splash put together a 15-player roster made up largely of Lowcountry products. Among the players is former Citadel volleyball coach Wendy Anderson, an all-ACC volleyball player at Clemson who also played for the USA National Team Handball squad.

Chris McGuiness went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Matt Talley pitched six scoreless innings in relief for the win as The Citadel (26-18, 13-10) beat Samford (17-30, 9-17), 5-1, at Riley Park.  Talley (6-1) earned his sixth win of the season allowing six hits, one walk and four strikeouts. Starter Asher Wojciechowski left the game with a sore back in the third inning.

Richard Jones went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI, but Samford (17-29, 9-16) rallied late to clip The Citadel, 5-4, in front of 831 at Riley Park during the first meeting between the two schools.  The Citadel (25-18, 12-10 SoCon), which had not lost a Friday night game since March 13, scored four runs on seven hits while committing two errors in the game.

BOONE, N.C. – Appalachian State University baseball has drawn The Citadel as its first-round opponent in the 2009 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament. Sixth-seeded Appalachian and No. 3 The Citadel square off on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C.

CHARLESTON — Dr. David William Cuttino, Jr., 81, husband of Evelyn “Dell” Eaddy Cuttino of Charleston, SC, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. The relatives and friends of Dr. David Cuttino, Jr. are invited to attend his funeral service on Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Ashley River Baptist at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be private. Arrangements by J. Henry Stuhr, Mount Pleasant Chapel. The family will greet friends following the service.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- It's a project first proposed almost 40 years ago and now the public is getting a chance to comment on building the last link of a South Carolina highway.  State transportation planners have outlined what they call six reasonable alternatives for locating the Mark Clark Expressway around the west side of Charleston. There is a seventh proposal - simply not building it. Clark was the Allied general who liberated Rome during World War II and later served as president of The Citadel.

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