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Bye-bye birdie
If the lake seems a bit more serene lately, it's not your imagination.
Last month, workers with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources corralled more than 280 Canada geese from the lake and transported them to Lake Hartwell in Pickens County.
The geese, more aggressive than ducks, swans and other fowl, have become a problem in recent years. Last year, more than 500 of them were counted on the lake.
Canada geese molt, or lose some of their feathers, in late June and early July. During this period the birds are unable to take flight.
Bob Miller, director of Public Safety, says eight workers used a motorboat and kayak to herd the geese into a pen on the shore. The birds were then tagged, loaded in a truck and transported to Lake Hartwell.
Not all of the geese, however, were captured. About a dozen escaped into the nearby woods.
Did you know . . .
Kailash Khandke helped lead the Forrester Woods men's tennis team to an Adult League state championship May 17 in Charleston with a 3-2 victory over a squad from Aiken.
Comprised primarily of residents of Forrester Woods and Neely Farms, the local team qualified for the state playoffs by winning the Upstate Tennis League with an 8-0 record.
The state playoffs included
16 teams set up in round-robin groups of four. Forrester Woods defeated York
County 3-2, Lexington II 5-0 and Lowcountry of Charleston 3-2 to advance to
the semifinals, where Forrester Woods beat Columbia II 3-2.
Hipp Hall receives gold ranking
The U.S. Green Building Council awarded Herman N. Hipp Hall a Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) ranking earlier this month.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is the nation's leading coalition of corporations, builders, universities, federal and local agencies and nonprofit organizations working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.
Based in Washington, D.C., council membership includes 3,000 leading organizations. The Council developed the LEED Green Buildings Point/Rating System in 1999. It is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings.
Buildings are assigned one of four levels in the rating system - certified (26-32 points), silver (33-38 points), gold (39-51 points) and platinum (52-69 points) - based on the number of environmentally friendly features they include. A LEED panel ascribes points after reviewing documentation supporting each LEED prerequisite and credit.
Hipp Hall, which was awarded 40 points, is the only building in South Carolina and one of just a few in the Southeast to have been awarded a gold ranking.
CroweTipton
named new Furman chaplain
Vaughn CroweTipton, senior pastor at Auburn First Baptist Church in Auburn, Ala., has been named the new chaplain at Furman University.
CroweTipton will begin his new duties at Furman on Aug. 15. He replaces Jim Pitts, who retired at the end of the 2002-03 academic year.
In addition to his pastoral duties at Auburn First Baptist, CroweTipton teaches in the religion department at Auburn University. He has also taught at Mercer University, Brewton-Parker College and Macon College, and his courses have included Introduction to New Testament and Old Testament Literature, Teachings of Jesus, and History of Christianity.
He has also been senior pastor at Northwest Baptist Church in Ardmore, Ok., senior chaplain at Methodist Children's Home in Macon, Ga., and pastor of Loveview Baptist Church in Hillsboro, Tx. A graduate of Mississippi College, he holds the M.Div. degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Baylor University.