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“It’s going to be a crucial part of her getting better, her healing,” Tanner said. “I just wanted her to have the opportunity to have a normal [life].”

After hearing about the project, Harry Dill – a partner at Sterling Homes, the builder on the Extreme home – took the idea to the Horry-Georgetown Home Builders Association’s homebuilders care committee, and the group decided it would make the repairs.

“That was a huge thing she did, and you want to help people that help people,” Dill said. “Obviously she cares about people so I just felt like it was something we ought to do.”

Dill, who is leading the project, has been working with subcontractors and other companies to secure donations, he said.

Palmetto Concrete will likely pour the concrete this week for new ramps that will allow Williams to get in and out of the house.

“They asked us to do it and obviously we said yes,” said Lee Harper, co-owner of the company. “What she did, you don’t see many people do now. … The price she’s paying for it is terrible, so if they call you asking for help, you help.”

In addition to the ramps, the volunteers will remodel the bathroom, giving Williams a roll-in shower, and improve other parts of the house to make it easier for her to get around.

“Without them doing this, Mom wouldn’t be able to come home,” said Williams’ son Lucius Williams. “In a way, they are making it possible for her to get back.”

He said that while they would have found a way to get her home, he doesn’t know how they would have done it without this help.

“A lot of things that they’re doing is making her independently capable of doing things on her own,” Lucius Williams said, adding that it’s especially important for a woman such as his mother who has always been known as a person who wants to get things done herself.

Williams and his sister are ready for their mom to come home, and so is she, he said.

“The guys who are doing it … I’m thankful for them just stepping up and them being able to do it,” Lucius Williams said. “It couldn’t have come at a better time.”

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Driving at night is more dangerous for a number of reason. First of all, when you are driving at night, your visibility is greatly reduced to the point where it is difficult to see if there is anything in the road until it is almost too late. Too many times, I have driven home from class at night and have had to keep an eye out for deer in the roadway. Because of where I live geographically, it is not uncommon to find deer roaming around once the sun has set. Especially if you are exiting onto a ramp off of the highway, this is a popular place for deer and other wild animals to hang out (depending on how frequently that particular ramp is used). On more than one occasion, I have had to swerve to avoid hitting several deer who were just hanging out on the exit ramp.

Whenever you are getting ready to go anywhere at night, always make sure that you turn your headlights on. This should be the first thing that you do once you are seated inside of your car and have fastened your seat belt. If you make a habit out of it to follow this pattern, then you should never have a problem remembering to turn your lights on. The same applies for when there is inclement weather outside such as rain, snow, sleet, etc. Too often, I drive and see people who don’t have their headlights on despite the fact that it is dark outside! Just last night, I was waiting to turn when I barely saw a Jeep drive by me. The reason that I ‘barely’ saw it was because it was a dark colored Jeep that didn’t have any of its lights on. I only saw it because there was another car that was following behind it.

If you want to avoid trouble with the law, make sure that you remember to turn your lights on. For instance, many of us have vehicles that have something often referred to as ‘daytime running lights’. These are lights that illuminate automatically whenever you turn your vehicle on. However, they are not the same thing as headlights. Daytime running lights are completely separate from parking lights and headlights altogether, but it is not uncommon for people to become confused and naturally assume that by having these lights on, it is enough. It is not. Most police officers will not hesitate to pull you over if you don’t have your headlights on when you are supposed to have them on. One of the main reasons for this is due to the fact that most people who drive drunk at night usually forget to turn their headlights on (for whatever reason), thereby cluing police officers in that something is awry.

Another thing that you want to be careful about is making sure that you reduce your speed when you are driving at night. Remember, because your visibility is not as great or as clear as it is during the day, this is all the more reason to reduce your speed so that you are more prepared to make an evasive movement, if necessary.

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