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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 2000
Page
1
An analysis on Page 2A argues that global warming continues despite recent colder spells. Scientists note long term temperature trends show rising average surface temperatures and shifting climate patterns driven by greenhouse gas emissions and natural variability.
Accu Weather forecasters predict a wintry mix early Friday for Aiken County with snow sleet or rain. Temperatures will stay cool through the week with highs near 44 on Wednesday and near 40 on Friday and a sunny return by Saturday with lows in the 20s.
Maurice Bessinger says his wholesale business has plunged 98 percent and overall sales 55 percent as retailers drop his yellow barbecue sauce for religious and political tracts sold at his Columbia restaurants. He notes stores from Tampa to New York carried his sauce, now reduced to one day a week with 150 employees laid off. He refuses to remove religious tracts or flag, citing free speech and potential sector impact.
Aiken officials move to take over the Highland Park Drive segment from Park Avenue to Lancaster Street to curb speeding and curtail risky driving near the Aiken Golf Club. Plans call for repaving lane narrowing speed limit reductions and speed tables with work possible in spring or summer 2001, lasting three to four months.
Georgia Lottery President Rebecca Paul argues the state lottery should operate like a business with focus on dollars raised for programs. She notes Georgia's exemption from parts of the Open Records Act, while South Carolina lawmakers consider a similar model. The Georgia Lottery sold 2.3 billion dollars in tickets last year, yielding about 700 million dollars for state programs. If South Carolina passes similar legislation, it would face Freedom of Information Act accountability, with oversight from a joint House Senate committee and potential future changes by the Legislature.
Obituary notices appear for Nelle Price Burr in North Augusta at Posey Funeral Home and for Daniel P Griffis in Edgefield at Rowland Funeral Home with others including Sarah Prescott Jordan in Caughman Harman Homes Odessa Gregg Smith in Gloverville Hatcher Funeral Home Paul Elijah Williams in Aiken J H Robinson Funeral Home Eddie A Vance in Aiken Napier Funeral Home.
At least eight people died in South Carolina road crashes over the holiday weekend. Names and ages include Lila Laureen McDonald 43 of Lincolnville. Lydia Fay Davis 74 of Inman. Valerie A. Wooten 36 of Jamestown. Curtis Lee Singleton 45 of Norway. Thomas Sturgill 50 of Startex. Daniel J. Gregory 44 of Spartanburg. Willie Lee West 88 of North Charleston. Michael Shane Fuller 30 of Liberty. Fatalities occurred on Interstate 26 US Highways 176 178 US 321 and state highways 6. Deaths based on police reports from Friday 6 pm to midnight Monday.
Merchants in Rock Hill and Greenville counties opened early on Sunday to catch last minute shoppers but reports were weak. Joe's Coffee Bar worker Jason Clark and Thomas Artwork Unlimited's Hope Rainey said sales were not enough to justify hours. A department store associate Rhonda Scott called the day dead with only stragglers buying.
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