Players of the Year Named at Silver Bluff and Aiken
Silver Bluff High School forward Brandon Wallace and Aiken High School guard Nola Grant were named high school basketball players of the year by the Aiken Standard. Silver Bluff coach Sam Lilly and Ridge Spring Monetta High School coach Gail Johnson won coaches of the year honors.
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Silver Bluff High School
Brandon Wallace
Aiken High School
Nola Grant
Aiken Standard
Silver Bluff
Sam Lilly
Ridge Spring-Monetta High School
Gail Johnson
World Bus Invitation to Mideast Talks Highlighted
The World Bus plans to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after Israel and Arafat accept a U S plan to end the siege of Arafat’s Ramallah headquarters. The move serves as an open invitation to Mideast leaders to consult promptly.
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Ariel Sharon
Mideast
Israel
Arafat
Ramallah
Death notices from Aiken and Wagener area
Lizzie Mae Morris Pea cock Aiken Shirley Steadman Wagener and Calvin Lee Thomas Fide Spring noted in local funeral records with brief obituary details and funeral references.
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Lizzie Mae Morris Peacock
Aiken
Shirley Steadman
Wagener
Calvin Lee Thomas
Fide Spring
College grads face scarcer jobs as hiring slows
Columbia report finds national college hiring to drop 20 percent as unemployment ticks up in South Carolina to six percent. Education major Michelle Clonts says she has hunted since January with no luck, despite career fairs and online searches. See graduates on page 6A.
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Luckenbaugh
South Carolina
Stu
Ents
Michelle Clonts
University of South Carolina
Clonts
Hearing today in Rivera case in Augusta court
Accused serial killer Reinaldo J. Rivera was expected to appear for a pretrial hearing in Augusta. The North Augusta man, a former Bridgestone Firestone machine technician, faces charges in four murders. Richmond County Assistant District Attorney Ashley Wright said the hearing was before Judge Rivera.
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Reinaldo J. Rivera
Augusta
North Augusta
Bridgestone
Firestone
Richmond County
Ashley Wright
Truck slides down I 20 embankment injuring driver
An early morning wreck slowed westbound Interstate 20 traffic as a tractor trailer ran off the right side of the road and plunged down an embankment. Authorities cited South Carolina Highway Patrol spokesman Lance Cpl. Kelley Hughes for details.
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South Carolina Highway Patrol
Lance Cpl
Kelley Hughes
Doctor Fired at Weston Center Ends Rural Care Era
AL LANGLEY reports Dr Tom Moore, medical director at Margaret J Weston Health Care Center in Clearwater, was escorted from his office by police and placed on 90 days paid leave after administrators Tony Dunn were fired. Moore plans not to return, citing patient care concerns.
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Tom Moore
Moore
Margaret J. Weston Health Care Center
Clearwater
Churches unite for National Day of Prayer observance
Dozens of area churches join in the National Day of Prayer with events across CSRA and nationwide under the theme America United Under God. Wagener hosts an interdenominational gathering at 7 p.m. in the town pavilion with hours of prayer. Southwind Fellowship near Aiken holds a 6:30 p.m. service. The Christian Science Reading Room in Aiken opens 10 a.m. to the day’s end.
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CSRA
America
Wagener
Churches Together For Kids
Baptist Chureh
Southwind Fellowship
Old Dominion Road
Aiken
Christian Science Reading Room
Hayne ‘Avenue
Students begin Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests PACT
Aiken County students in grades 3 through 8 started the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests, a state mandated exam shaping school report cards and long term retention decisions. Dr Frank Roberson says routine preparation and standards based instruction are helping, while lawmakers consider how progress is measured.
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Aiken County
Frank Roberson
S.C. General Assembly
Roberson
Tornado toll rises as eastern states reel from storms
Tornado ravaged cities from Missouri to Maryland left at least six dead and many injured. In Maryland a twister killed three and injured 98, damaging a 10 mile stretch near La Plata and hospital windows. Civista Medical Center leader described frightened survivors. Maryland EM A said 81 injured and 12 critically hurt. Curfew and school closures announced as about 6500 homes lost pow er. Thunderstorms also affected Tennessee Ohio valleys. northern edge brought snow to Wisconsin Minnesota. Marble Hill in Missouri saw a tornado 180 mph wind span two football fields wide. a 12 year old was hurled 50 yards.
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LA Plata
Missouri
Maryland
Civista Medical Center
Chris Stefanides
Jack Cahalan
Maryland Emergency Management Administration
Schoors
Charles County
Tennessee
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Marble Hill
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Bush
Columbia
National Associa
Tion
Colleges and Improvers
Camille Luckenbaugh
Association
Rivera
Sandy Stat Witer
Lee Rivera
Sandy Nesmit Shaft
Weston Center
AL Langley
National Day of Prayer
Barb Rolins
St. John’s
Methodist
Red Choir
Forman
United States
Stephen MA
Associated Press
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