Police Officers Ride School Buses Proposed By Board
Aiken County School Board weighs allowing law enforcement officers to ride buses during routes with discipline problems. The board also considers issuing 10.5 million dollars in general obligation bonds to fund five-year capital projects. Leavelle McCampbell Middle School hosts the 7 p.m. meeting where Palmetto’s Finest Award details will be presented and Al Lamback will present the award to the board and community.
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Aiken County School Board
Leavelle McCampbell
Graniteville
al Lamback
New Ellenton Council Calls Settlement On Sewer Debt
The New Ellenton City Council will meet at the Civic Center to discuss a settlement proposal to the state over a $5 million sewer loan from 1990. If refused, a state receiver could take over the sewer. Former Mayor Randy Shaw is serving a 34 month sentence for bond money theft amid several lawsuits tied to the Sewergate scandal. The meeting is open to the public.
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New Ellenton
Civic Center
Randy Shaw
Deaths Betty Creech Buckingham and others
Obituary notices from Page 6A list Betty Creech Buckingham of Blackville. Gerhard Dessauer of Savannah. Joseph J.T. Johnson of Augusta. and Vivian Williams of Warrenville, noting their deaths with short notices and family details.
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Betty Creech-Buckingham
Blackville
Gerhard Dessauer
Savannah
Joseph
J.T.) Johnson
Augusta Vivian Williams
Warrenville
Oscar Race Open in Tight Best Picture Contest
Oscar season narrows to three clear bets Apollo 13 Leaving Las Vegas and Sense and Sensibility as nominees and a field including Babe Nixon The Bridges of Madison County Braveheart and Dead Man Walking remains competitive Golden Globes muddy the picture with Sense and Sensibility the sole multi winner Nicolas Cage heads best actor for Leaving Las Vegas while Anthony Hopkins Nixon and Sean Penn challenge him Oscars awarded March 25 in Beverly Hills.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Las Vegas
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Babe
Nixon
Madison County
Nicolas Cage
Anthony Hopkins
Sean Penn
Iowa Republicans Prepare For First 1996 Caucuses
In Des Moines Iowa Republicans gather for the first 1996 caucuses to test candidates including Steve Forbes against front runner Bob Dole. The event features about 130000 active GOP members influencing the outcome as campaigns mount phone banks car pools and late polls show Forbes challenging Dole and Buchanan Alexander and Gramm vying for second.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Steve Forbes
Bob Dole
Pat Buchanan
Lamar Alexander
Phil Gramm
Forbes
Dole
Senate
Kansas
Saucases
Cole
America
Waterloo
Torbes
Forbes Magazine
Brain Timekeeper Found In The Human Brain
Scientists locate the brain's interval timer in the central brain region, a clock for short durations that helps humans and animals judge short intervals from seconds to minutes. The finding may lead to future therapies for Parkinsons and related brain injuries, though immediate practical uses are unclear.
Art Reflects Virtues in Williams Night Collection
Lorenzo Williams showcases Rhythms in the Night a 30 piece collection at the Aiken Center for the Arts. The Johnston artist blends talent discipline and cultural themes through ebony pencil drawings watercolors oils and inks featuring figures such as Martin King Malcolm X Miles Davis John Henry The Legend and Pharoah. Williams notes his May USC Aiken degree and aims for movement and dynamics in his work with Lavender Spade as a royal flush of cultural design.
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Lorenzo Williams
Williams
Aiken
Johnston
USC Aiken
Aiken Center For the Arts
Martin King
Malcolm X
Miles Davis
John Henry
Pharoah
Ginny Orusnworth
Union Volunteers Save Training Costs
A union sponsored hazardous materials training program saves thousands by using volunteer workers from the International Union of Operating Engineers Aiken Local 70. Jane Parker and Russell Britt say the weekend exercise at the abandoned Huber Clay Co site on Chalk Bed Road reduces costs for contractors and taxpayers while meeting federal 40 hour and annual refresher requirements. About 25 members, in chemical resistant suits, practiced detection and handling of waste at the Graniteville exercise, with more trainings planned this year.
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Plunteer
Jane Parker
Russell Britt
Aiken Local 70
Britt
Parker
Huber Clay Co
Chalk Bed Road
Graniteville
Huber
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Busch
Philip Lord
Abby
Oscar Race
Associated Press
Gop
Baltimore
Warren Meek
University
Meek
The
American Associaton For the Advancement of Science
Roddie Barris
UNION
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