Registration urged for new students in Aiken County schools
School leaders urge timely registration for the upcoming year in Aiken County public schools. First day is Aug. 25. Principals Joy Shealy Byrd Elementary Thomas Goforth Busbee Elementary and Christine Sanders Chukker Creek Elementary stress bringing birth certificates immunizations and records now to avoid delays. Dr. Randall Stowe notes last year 70 unregistered students disrupted schedules and staffing.
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Aikens
Cieals
Joy Shealy
Busbee Elementary
Thomas Goforth
Byrd Elementary
Schoor
Christine Sanders
Chukker Creek Elementary
Randall Stowe
Aiken Middle
Obituary Notices and Deaths on Page 2B
Death notices list Sylvia Bennett and Rose L Evanch among others in Aiken and surrounding areas. Names include Cecil Blitchington, Mary I Kennedy, Matthew Patchan, Joseph Pickering I, Reggie Hamilton, Nichelle Twyman and Joseph Dennis Pickering I. Obituaries appear for residents in Aiken North Augusta Jackson and Stone Mountain.
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Sylvia Bennett
Aiken
Cecil Blitchington
Rose L. Evanch
North Augusta
Reggie Hamilton
Mary Inez Kennedy
Jackson Matthew Adam Patchan
Joseph Dennis Pickering I
Nichelle
Nikki) Twyman
Stone Mountain
Georgia Lottery Draw Monday Winning Numbers
Georgia lottery results list Cash 368 43 and 49 4 1 Pantasy 5 numbers 18 16 19 04.
NASA Mars Pathfinder faces multiple resets amid heavy task load
NASA officials report the Pathfinder lander reset twice in three days as its computer struggled with simultaneous tasks. Mission managers plan to schedule activities one at a time while continuing to release images and data from Pathfinder and its rover Sojourner. If Yogi analysis is finished, Sojourner may move to Scooby Doo rock later today.
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Pasadena
Calif
NASA
Brian Muirhead
Red Planet
Pathfinder
Muirhead
Mary Beth Murrill
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Frank O'Donnell
Hercules leads movie weaklings at box office
Disney animated film Hercules tops a list of summer family titles underperforming at the box office. Buddies like Buddy Wild America and A Simple Wish fared poorly, with A Simple Wish earning about 32.7 million over the weekend and Wild America dropping to 1 million in its second week.
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Burbank
Calif
Buddy
Jim Robinson
Morgan Creek Entertainment
Aiken Standard Vegetable Contest Seeks Heaviest Produce
Gardeners compete for cash prizes by weighing tomatoes eggplants and yellow squash at the Aiken Standard office. Entries accepted 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m weekdays with a deadline August 8. First prize 100 second 50 third 25. Call 648 2311 for details.
Bypass plans outlined for Aiken council review
SCDOT representatives presented widening of S C 118 to five lanes with a bypass map for a 1999 construction. The plan includes 13 lanes at peak, landscape medians by the city, and limited access from Wrights Mill Road to S C 302 to keep traffic flowing for a growing economy.
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S.C. Department of Transportation
Aiken
S.C. 118
RE. Phelon Company
Highway Department
City of
Wrenn Barrett
Scdot District Highway Projects
Barrett
Brian Keys
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Scott Webster
Gus Stephens
Northside Golf Club
Second Baptist Church
Salvation Army
Mars
Hercules
S.C
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