Foster care in Aiken County shows glimmer of progress
Aiken County DSS Director Margaret Key describes an avalanche of paperwork yet sees light at the end of the tunnel. Critics say foster care suffers from inadequate training for foster parents poor communication between caregivers and supervisors and insufficient financial support for those in foster care. Mrs Key believes progress is being made and The Aiken Standard will publish Sunday a package by Carl Langley on foster care state and DSS operations.
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Aiken County
DSS
Margaret Key
Carl Langley
Aikens County
Jaycees Offer Advance Aiken Trials Tickets
Jaycees sell advance tickets for the Aiken Trials at the Exhibition Building Jaycees Fairgrounds U S 1 North with 10 am to 2 pm sale windows Infield spots priced at 75 dollars include four passes and a parking pass First row parking 60 dollars second row 50 dollars third row 40 dollars with four passes and parking Advanced general admission 6 dollars each for both Saturdays Race day tickets 8 dollars General parking 5 dollars in advance 10 dollars race day
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Aiken Jaycees
Jaycees Fairgrounds
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Deaths Jewell Abear Augusta Jimmy Smith Moneta
Obituary notices on page 7A list Jewell Abear of Augusta and Jimmy Smith of Moneta with brief biographical details. Also note Friday’s winning numbers for Cash 5 and Fantasy 5 as 1 2 17 28.
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Jewell Abear
Augusta
Jimmy Smith
Moneta
Cash
Aiken Debates Attracting Big Business With Incentives
City leaders gathered at the Aiken Horizons meeting to weigh how to lure large manufacturers and corporate headquarters without excessive giveaways. Proposals include license fee exemptions or caps for manufacturers and incentives tied to multi-location firms, needing council approval to advance.
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South Carolina
Aiken
Rebels and Yanks Prepare For Civil War Reenactment
Hundreds of Williston and Aiken students toured Sporting Days Farm for Civil War reenactments marking the Battle of Aiken anniversary. Brigadier Gen. Barnard E. Bee Camp head Harry Woodward said attendance doubled from last year as actors from across the South converge for skirmishes and a cannon firing tribute to Col. John A. May.
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Williston
Aiken
Harry Woodward
Barnard E. Bee
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Battle of
Col
John A. May
Woodward
Bee Camp
Fred Cota
Congressmen Urge Budget Freeze To Preserve DOE Cleanup
A group led by RODDIE BURRIS urges President Clinton to maintain or exceed the 1996 cleanup budget for the Department of Energy. The letter cites Hazardous Cold War legacy sites, calls for community protection, warns against further workforce cuts, and seeks a 1996-level budget to sustain remediation at Savannah River and other sites.
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Hazel
O'Leary
Thomas
Grumbly
DOE
Department of Energy
America
Lindsey Graham
Rs.c
Floyd Spence
S.C
Charlie Norwood
Savannah River
Grahham
Congress
Educators Seek Alternatives to Controversial Accountability Bill
Educators in Aiken County met at the School District Offices to plan alternatives to the South Carolina School Accountability Act of 1996. Local legislators Rep. Roland Smith Rep. Rudy Mason and Rep. Bill Clyburn said a subcommittee hearing may be held in Aiken as teachers fear penalties for not meeting standardized test goals.
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Aiken County
S.C
Aiken
Roland Smith
Langley
Bill Fur
House
Smith
Clyburn
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