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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 2000
Page
1
A Page 3A report outlines an education benchmark as districts prepare to enroll incoming first graders. Officials emphasize progress in early literacy and math readiness, with schools tracking readiness indicators and teacher training milestones for the new school year.
A four member Aiken County Council panel will review applications to replace retiring chief administrator Bill Shepherd. Chairman Ronnie Young said the nationwide search will seek applicants to continue the county's fiscal health and stability. Members LaVana McKenzie Kathy Rawls and Susan Giddings join Young. Shepherd retires after eight years guiding the county from debt to a budget black.
Lisa Hall, administrative specialist for the City of Aiken Parks and Recreation, recalls growing up in Abbeville and moving to Aiken in 1963. She notes Aiken’s changes from cotton fields to a larger city and recollects the era of integration in the 1960s and 1970s.
Exhausted merchants report South Carolina first sales tax holiday boosted sales to levels like December. Target staffer calls it phenomenal and like Christmas in August. Government-backed event removed 5 percent tax on back-to-school items Friday through Sunday. Preliminary figures pending from the Merchants Association.
Investigators interview contacts of 17 year old Jessica Lynne Carpenter found slain Friday at her Brentwood Place home. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Millbrook Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Memory Gardens. Tip line numbers provided for anonymous information with up to $1000 reward.
Vice President Al Gore plans to offer Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman the vice presidential post in a Monday call. Lieberman would become the first Jewish U S vice president candidate, signaling a bid to win independents and conservatives.
Ozella Mauldin, 81, recalls family history and wartime patriotism as she describes roots in Oconee County, hardship of the Depression, and six brothers and sisters who valued education. She mentions her husband Bel Mauldin and grandson Jeff, a Birmingham coach, and awaits news of a potential baby granddaughter.
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