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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 2007
Page
1
Officials report 26 traffic fatalities so far this year versus 31 by year end 2006 while seat belt usage climbs, potentially reducing deaths. The trend shows growing belt use alongside rising fatalities, highlighting ongoing road safety efforts.
Otha Minton Tony Babb Jr Charley Morgan Scots VA Ulysee Lawton Jr Blackville Nancy Kendrick Ritchie Spartanburg Victor Vansant Rodgers Wiliston are noted in a deaths and funerals column. The notice lists names and associated locales reflecting community losses and services.
All Aboard committee workers lay a rail section at Gyles Park to install an authentic caboose and two 1920s dining cars en route from Tennessee. Cars will be raised by crane on Union Street, with restoration by professionals and local craftsmen planned for six months.
A caboose and two dining cars will be activated in Aiken between 2 and 4 p.m. today via I 20. They travel down S C Highway 19 and turn onto Richland Avenue. On Friday a crane will place the cars onto the rails in Gyles Park.
A 9-year-old girl told police a Hispanic looking man in a white truck tried to lure her Tuesday in Warrenville. She refused and ran away, and investigators searched the area near Waycross Drive while noting a similar April incident and urging parental stranger danger talks.
South Carolina schools expand gender based classes into a second pilot year for fifth graders at North Augusta Elementary. Principal Dr. Angela Burkhalter says the program will boost achievement, reduce discipline distractions, and help students see themselves as individuals with talents beyond gender expectations. Chadwell, hired as statewide resource for schools, notes differences in active behavior between boys and girls, while stressing not absolute.
Cape Canaveral reports NASA postponed a decision on ordering a risky spacewalk to repair a deep gouge on Endeavour's belly after an astronaut's ripped glove ended a prior excursion. Shuttle managers indicated tests would wrap up and a final decision would come Thursday.
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