They sound local to PA... don't know.
Ridder/Tribune News Service, May 11, 2004 pK6820
Pennsylvania community shocked by death of `real nice kid'.
(The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.)) Pervaiz Shallwani; Dan Sheehan.(snip)
He was very active in the Science Olympiad team that took home a lot of medals and was placed in both state and national events over those years," said Florence Miller, a spokeswoman for the West Chester Area School District. Berg was a 1996 graduate of Henderson High School.His father, Michael, taught at East High School in the district, retiring in 2002.
What I was implying was that the Chi Com reporter got it wrong. That the reporter might have mistakenly wrote that that particular Mike Berg was a teacher from SC when in fact he was from PA. It just seemed like yet another coinkydink, although I do realize Mike Berg is a fairly common name in the US.
One other thing, from what I have seen of the ANSWER crowd here in the SF Bay Area, I could well imagine a retired teacher, when asked by a "glorious" reporter from the PRC to give an interview, neglecting to mention the "retired" part and simply claiming to be a teacher.