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Daybook/Story Ideas
ATTENTION ...... Metro, Education and Broadcast editors: Local author teams up with university in literacy effort The University’s South Carolina Center for Children's Books and Literacy, which develops best practices for stimulating reading in South Carolina, has teamed up with local children’s author, Monica Simmons, to promote literacy by giving 1,350 copies of Simmons’ book “Midlands Child” to students in Richland District One schools on Friday, Dec. 14. The project offers local media good visual and story opportunities. The literacy effort aims to encourage children to read during the holidays and to foster a continued interest in reading. Simmons will address the student body and staff of Gadsden Elementary at 9 a.m., with stops also planned at A.C. Moore and Lewis-Greenview elementary schools. In 2005, the university’s School of Library and Information Science launched the Children, Libraries and Literacy Initiative, a $6 million campaign to eliminate illiteracy across South Carolina. The South Carolina Center for Children’s Books and Literacy, under the direction of Ellen Shuler, directs many of the school’s literacy efforts.
To coordinate coverage of the Dec. 14 literacy event, call Peggy Binette at 803-777-5400 or Karen York, Richland District One, at 803-231-7504.
ATTENTION ...... Metro, Print and Broadcast editors: Just in time for the holidays: Chefs reveal recipes in new book The chefs of McCutchen House will sign copies of the newest edition of "Cooking at McCutchen House" from 11 a.m . – 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, in the Pearce Room of McCutchen House on the university’s historic Horseshoe. The just-released cookbook features special recipes from the McCutchen House staff as well as the students of the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management at USC. Also available for sale will be a limited number of the house specialty-- pecan-walnut-chocolate chip pies, as well as McCutchen House gift certificates.
For information or to arrange coverage, call Frenche` Brewer, 803-777-5400 or Becky Moody, 803-777-8225.
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