South Carolina Ranks High in National Testing Review
South Carolina and three other states tie for eighth in a Princeton Review ranking of state accountability systems. NC leads and Texas is second, with education officials noting the PACT test aligns with standards but emphasizing room for improvement and concerns about funding and implementation.
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South Carolina
North Carolina
Texas
Princeton Review
Frank Roberson
Aiken County
S.C. General Assembly
Inez Tenenbaum
General Assembly
Education Oversight Committee
State Department of Education
Aiken
Linda Eldridge
Eldridge
Roberson
Judge weighs video in plant shutdown case in Barnwell
The Department of Health and Environmental Control presented a court video and expert testimony about conditions at Starmer CM1 Inc. in Barnwell County. DHEC cites a two year pattern of irresponsibility, while Starmer’s attorney questions the emergency finding and timing of the videotape after court control shift.
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Columbia
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Barnwell County
Marvin Kittrell
Starmer CM1 Inc
Kittrell
David Hearnsberger
Texas Remediation
Starmer
Hearnsberger
DHEC
John Hodge
Hodge
Fireworks Stand Keeps Boom With Sonny New
Henry Sonny New, longtime fireworks seller in Graniteville, operates a fireproof storage stand near the Aiken Augusta Highway. He markets over 100 items since starting with his father in 1951, with popular choices like bottle rockets, sparklers, and seasonal specials. He stresses safety and plans to stay busy through the Fourth of July.
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Graniteville
Henry
Sonny” New
Henry P. New
New
Aiken-Augusta
Brantley Street
Chalk Bed Road
Georgia
Augusta
Aiken
Graniteville Company
Ginny Southwort
Sidewalk and road widening progress on Rutland Drive
SCDOT crews install 10 foot sidewalks along Rutland Drive to be handicap compliant before August. The project adds a left turn lane and traffic signal at Rutland and York Street and expands Rutland to five lanes to ease congestion near Aiken High School. The 118 Bypass completion target is October 2003 with a new leg linking East Pine Log Road to Rutland Drive.
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S.C. Department of Transportation
Rutland Drive
SCDOT
US. Land
S.C. 19
Veft Parker
York Street
Parker
Aiken High School
Wrights Mill Road
Old Wagoner Road
118
Ginny Southworth
Savannah River Site managers win NMA awards
Savannah River Site leaders Mike Labbe and Kathy Hatcher are named 2002 Executive of the Year and Manager of the Year by the local chapter of the National Management Association. Labbe, VP and GM of environmental restoration, helped secure 100 percent incentive fees and $13 million in cost savings. Hatcher, training manager, integrated 400 professionals, saving $7 million, and led Y2K readiness efforts amid broader DOE accolades.
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Savannah River
National Management Association
Mike Labbe
Kathy Hatcher
Sabbe
Hatcher
Bech
Bechtel
Nevada
Nevada Test Site
Labbe
SRS
Department of Energy
DOE
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