MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 20, 2007  

CONTACT: Mike Willis, Communications Director
Phone: (803) 734-4133 - Cell: (803) 667-1233
Email: WillisM@DNR.SC.gov

WHAT: Senator Hugh Leatherman and DNR announce plans for new DNR office in Florence

WHEN: Friday, August 24 at 10 a.m.

WHERE: DNR Board meeting at Francis Marion University campus - (Directions to the groundbreaking ceremony: In Florence take I-95 North toward Fayetteville and travel 9 miles; Off I-95 take Exit 170, turn right on Hwy 327 Marion/Myrtle Beach and travel 5miles; Take a left on 76/301 or E. Palmetto St. and travel 1.4 miles to South Evander on right; Proceed 0.2miles down S. Evander to Baptist Student Center; Groundbreaking site on right)

WHO: Sen. Hugh Leatherman (R-Dist. 31), Francis Marion University President Fred Carter, DNR Board Chairman Mike McShane and DNR Director John Frampton

Senator Hugh Leatherman and DNR announce plans for a new DNR office in Florence on Friday August 24 at 10 a.m. The 8,300 square-foot Region 2 Florence office building will provide services for hunting and fishing licenses purchase and renewal, boat registration renewal, duplicate watercraft decals and duplicate outboard motor decals. The telephone number for the new Region 2 office will remain (843) 661-4766. Region 2 serves York, Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Kershaw, Lee, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion and Williamsburg Counties.

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