17 Feb 2001
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 2001
Page
1
South Carolina coach Lou Holtz plans internal discipline for Derek Watson after an alleged shoving incident with a student referee. Holtz said punishment will stay within the team setting.
Columbia AP Democratic Gov Hodges faces a House plan that would strip 25 million from the First Steps to School Readiness program. Ramsdale says counties are rolling out 4 year old kindergarten to fill gaps the program is mandated to cover, risking delays in county readiness efforts.
Obituaries list Stella Delaney Pence and Annie L Sand ers among local deaths. Notices note ages and burial details, with family monuments and funeral arrangements slated in the coming days.
U S and British warplanes opened air strikes around Baghdad hitting air defense radars and five targets. The operation involved 24 aircraft and injured nine Iraqis while officials called it a routine mission to enforce the no-fly zone. Bush said no policy change was intended.
Local merchant Bill Day of Pettas Liquors posted a 200 dollar bounty for the arrest and conviction of vandals who cut ropes and stole four flags including the U S flag and a Marine Corps banner at Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park on Richland Avenue. Marine leaders lament the act as sickening and ask for community help to catch the culprits.
Major South Carolina insurers push to extend 10 percent recoupment charges on liability insurance for five years beyond their March 2002 sunset. They propose cutting the fee to 2.5 percent of premiums while extending the program, amid talks with regulators and lawmakers.
Former South Carolina governor Carroll Campbell endorsed U S Representative Lindsey Graham for the Senate, ending speculation Campbell might run himself. Campbell, now head of a Washington lobbying group, said he has no plan to seek Congress and is enjoying retirement.
Researchers removed the first hull plate from the Confederate submarine Hunley and found dense sediment inside the wreck, with no artifacts or crew remains visible. Two more iron plates will be removed next week as sediment sediment is not excavated yet. the Hunley attacked the Union ship Housatonic on February 17, 1864.
The 18 year old Friendship Baptist Church will ordain its first woman minister this Sunday. Mary Brooks, a longtime parishioner, is praised by Pastor Alf Mills Jr for her contributions to church and community and for taking the next step in leadership.
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