Aiken County Schools Earn Big Incentive Rewards
Nineteen Aiken County schools earned more than 295000 in South Carolina School Incentive rewards, up from 107455 last year, reflecting gains in student achievement attendance and reducing dropout rates. South Aiken High led with 35884, followed by Silver Bluff High and several elementary and middle schools in the list of awardees.
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Aiken County
S.C. Department of Education
Linda B. Eldridge
South Aiken High
Silver Bluff High
North Augusta
Kennedy
Ridge Spring Monetta
Hammond Hill
Millbrook
Leavelle ‘McCampbell
East Aiken
Belvedere
Chukkker Creek
Busbee
Wagener Valley High
Warrenville
Aiken County Career Center
Midland Valley High
Oakwood-Windsor
Eldridge
Dr. Eldridge
Saddam Hussein tested U S resolve as air strikes began
The Akron Beacon Journal notes Richard Butler's report accusing Iraq of blocking inspections and denying access to documents on biological and chemical weapons. It recalls Saddam's pledge to allow untettered checks and cites Sen John McCain on Saddam's noncompliance amid American and British air attacks.
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Saddam Hussein
Bill Clinton
Capitol Hill
Richard Butler
U.N
Iraq
Butler
Baath Party
Clinton
Sen
John McCain
Arizona
Akron
Ohio
Beacon Journal
Clinton Impeachment Trial Looms Over Government
A Washington columnist argues the Iraq bombing tests Clinton's executive powers while impeachment hearings threaten a government already strained. The piece previews Senate proceedings, the president's defense by top lawyers, and the clash of public duty with personal crisis as Rehnquist presides.
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Washington
Iraq
Bill Clinton
Senate
Clinton
White House
Peyton Place
Pennsylvania Avenue
The
United States
William Rehnquist
Memories of a joyful holiday Christmas memories page note
A festive collage from the Aiken Standard recalls Christmas moments from homecomings to family generosity. A young woman teases a brother, workers adopt a child for a joyful gift, a baby admires the tree, and carols lift spirits. Brennan Joseph Webster is welcomed as a newsroom favorite nickname Flash.
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Waiken
Roland Windham
Virginia Lybrand
Aiken Standard
Santa
Ashy
Brennan Joseph Webster
Scott Webster
Laura
Brennan
Our
Flash
Dad Webster
Letters Truth and Morals Sparks Impeachment Debate
Readers rebut political timing of Iraq air strikes amid impeachment talk. Letter writer cites Ms van der Linden on integrity of Bill Clinton and argues for Congress courage to restore credibility. Also praises Palmetto Legal Services banquet featuring Martin Luther King III and church leaders.
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Bill Clinton
Elaine van der Linden
al Gore
Iraq
Congress
Palmetto Legal Services
Kayla Kilgore
Phillip Creel
Weinberg
Mary Lou Seymour
Johnny Simpson
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Ellen C. Priest
James R. Bennett Jr
Boyd
Dick Morris
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Tony Snow
Scott B. Hunter Aiken
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