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FIRE DEPARTMENTS REQUIRE MONEY TO MEET NEEDS

By Butch KirvenPublished Sunday, September 4, 2011The Greenville NewsSection 9A — http://bit.ly/qDmZ98 Greenville County is notoriously tight­fisted with tax dol­lars. The last time County Council raised tax millage for the county’s general fund operations was 1993. Since then County Council has consistently de­creased tax millage. Aside from its own business, County Council is the approving […]

RESIDENTS BACK NEW FIRE STATION

By Anna LeeStaff Writerzlee@greenvillenews.comSeptember 7, 2011Section B2 — http://bit.ly/poakca Business owners and residents who came to Greenville County Square on Tuesday night all had one agenda: to support the Boiling Springs Fire District. Each had three minutes or less to ask County Council to consider issuing a $2 million bond that would allow the fire […]

NEWS RELEASE – WADE HAMPTON FIRE DEPARTMENT STATEMENT ON LAKECREST APARTMENTS FIRE

Contact: Taft MatneyDate: August 27, 2011Phone: 864/505-8866E-Mail: taft@taftmatney.com At 9:39 pm on August 26, 2011, the Wade Hampton Fire Department received a call reporting a structure fire at Lakecrest Apartments located at 3900 East North Street in Greenville. The first engine arrived on scene at 9:41. 26 apartment units in two buildings were involved in the […]

BOILING SPRINGS WANTS TO TURN OLD CHURCH INTO FIRE STATION

By David Dykes Staff writer ddykes@greenvilleonline.com Published in THE GREENVILLE NEWS July 7, 2011 http://m.greenvilleonline.com/latestupdates/article?a=2011307070015&f=1157 “Boiling Springs Fire Chief Steve Graham and Communication Service Center’s Ronnie Channell looks at plans for the possible new station in a former church building off Pelham Road.” – MYKAL MCELDOWNEY/GREENVILLE NEWS Staff The Boiling Springs Fire Department plans to […]

MEDIA ADVISORY – BOILING SPRINGS FIRE DISTRICT TO CONDUCT PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

Additional Fire Station and Bond Issue are Top Agenda Items Contact: Taft MatneyDate: July 6, 2011Phone: 864/505-8866E-Mail: taft@taftmatney.com This Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 7:00 p.m., members of the Boiling Springs Fire District (Greenville County, SC) will conduct a public information meeting at 208 Blacks Drive, Greenville, SC 29615 – the former site of Vineyard […]

OH, WE GOT RID OF HIM, AND THEN WE JUST SHUT UP.

Just shy of his 80th birthday in February 2011, Hootie Johnson, former chairman of Bank of America and Augusta National Golf Club, spoke to THE (Columbia, SC) STATE newspaper. He talked about his professional rise and his successes, but from a communications standpoint, one of his most interesting remarks came during a discussion of Augusta […]

MEDIA ADVISORY – BOILING SPRINGS FIRE DISTRICT TO RECEIVE PIECE OF WORLD TRADE CENTER

Steel Beam Slated as Centerpiece of Greenville County 9/11 Memorial Plaza Contact: Taft Matney Date: April 27, 2011 Phone: 864/505-8866 E-Mail: taft@taftmatney.com Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 3:00 p. m., Greenville County’s Boiling Springs Fire District will receive the first piece of the only planned 9/11 memorial in the county. What will become the central […]

I’M SORRY – AN APOLOGY FROM A PR FLACK

I’m sorry. I really am, and I issue this apology on behalf of PR practitioners all over. I was originally going to write a post saying that I wished more PR people had the guts to tell their clients to shut up, to just not say another word. I was going to talk about how […]

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SC’s 95th INAUGURAL

The Palmetto State’s 95th Inaugural (http://2011inaugural.sc.gov/) festivities are rapidly approaching (January 11-12), and organizers want to involve South Carolinians from across the state. Right now, there is a need for volunteers for “Family Fun Night” on Tuesday Jan 11th. There are spots open from 9:00am until 3:00pm that need to be filled for set up […]

GET DRESSED FOR TELEVISION

There are a lot of stereotypes out there. Like it or not, they often exist because there’s some basis in fact, which, in itself, is a fact. One of these stereotypes is that American males simply cannot dress themselves, and judging from what I’ve seen on television over the past couple of weeks, I can […]

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