Crowded Kennedy Middle Strains Aiken County Schools
Kennedy Middle School, built for 550, now houses 1,023 students, the largest increase in Aiken County. Portables number 23, lacking running water for science and causing crowded halls, long walks, and frequent class interruptions. Principals and teachers urge new schools to relieve overcrowding.
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Aiken County
Kennedy Middle School
George Rogers
Barbara Sharpe
Kennedy
Lindsay Casella
Portage
Rogers
District eyes bond referendum for school facility plan
A 1991 district report outlines space needs and pupil to teacher targets to 25 to 1 in grades 4-12 and 20 to 1 in K. Prototypes by school type guided assessments. after public comment, board to decide Feb 4 on bond referendum to fund new schools with higher taxes in Aiken County.
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Ittee
Board of Education
Omment
Midland Valley High School
Blues
Aiken County
Groundhog still not ready to emerge in warm February
The article notes Phil Punxsutawney Phil was reluctant to awaken and needed prompting to predict, while explaining groundhogs fatten for winter and that they do not live in Aiken, preferring areas farther north.
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America
Phil Punxsutawney
Aiken
Quayle ABA Feud Sparks Spiky Exchange in Dallas
A feud between the American Bar Association and Vice President Dan Quayle intensified in Dallas as ABA leaders accused Quayle of insulting rhetoric while his spokesman accused the ABA of ambushing him. Quayle had urged legal system reforms and proposed 50 changes, including limits on punitive damages, to the ABA during a speech last August.
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Dallas
American Bar Association
Dan Quayle
Bar
Talbot Sandy
D’alembert
Quayle
David Beckwith
For Legal Reform
Pi Ae
ABA
John Curtin
Beckwith
Curtin
Aiken to Build Park Tunnel and Fields Under 1993 Plan
The city outlines a budget year plan featuring an access tunnel under the Aiken Mile Track to protect the surface, five fields, and an observation tower with concessions and athletic department space. Other top goals include finishing a strategic plan by late February, securing new funding, balancing private and public land use, and diversifying industry with ED partnerships.
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Aiken Mile
Aiken Horizons
Cial
Aiken County
Preservation Hall Jazz Band Plays Aiken Preparatory School Anniversary
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed at Etherredge Center to celebrate Aiken Preparatory School's 75th anniversary. Seven veteran New Orleans style musicians, led by Percy Humphrey, delivered classic Dixieland pieces with simple gear and intimate flair, drawing an audience of locals embracing authentic jazz.
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Aiken
Etherredge Center
Preservation Hall
America
New Orleans
Aiken Preparatory School
Percy Humphrey
Narvin Kimball
Georgia
Stockholm
Sweden
Los Angeles
Humphrey
Mannie Crusto
Clarine
Louise Eustis Hitchcock
Africn
South Africa
Mexico
Morocco
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Council
Benjamin Blatt
Bedford
N.H
New Orleans Sound
Roddie Burris
Goetowski
Carolina Cancer Center
Paul G. Goetowski
Paul Goetowski
M.D. i
International Journal of Radiation Oncology
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Nebraska
Omaha
Beloit Memorial Hospital
Beloit
University of Wisconsin
Madison
American Board of Radiology
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Aurora Place
South Carolina
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