FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 6, 2001

CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755

MEDIA ADVISORY

COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces the following Click It or Ticket events:

Who: South Carolina Department of Public Safety

What: Announces DPS and state law enforcement plans for National Child Passenger Safety Week, February 12-18

When: 11 a.m., Wednesday, February 7

124 West Darlington Street

State Transport Police Col. Anna Amos, Speaker

Rock Hill: Winthrop University, McFeat Laboratory (Child Center)

Myrtle Drive at the Withers Building

Highway Patrol Maj. Russell Stewart, Speaker

North Myrtle Beach: North Myrtle Beach First Baptist Church

2^nd Avenue South and Highway 17

Highway Patrol Maj. Joe Hood, Speaker

Aiken: PlayCare School

606 Atomic Road/SC Highway 125

Highway Patrol Maj. Steven Wilson, Speaker

Columbia: The Childrens Garden

Columbia College Campus, inside of College Place United Methodist Church

Highway Patrol Colonel Ralph Mobley, Speaker

North Charleston: Loving & Learning Day Care

5353 Park Forest Parkway

DPS Director Boykin Rose, Speaker

Greenville: YWCA

Augusta Road

Highway Patrol Lt. Col. Michael Kelley, Speaker

For more information about Click It or Ticket or for a list of checkpoint locations, please log on to the DPS web site at www.scdps.org.

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