18 Jun 1999
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1999
Page
1
The Aiken County Board of Education will hold a 7 p.m. budget workshop to review final conference committee recommendations and possible legislative changes. Board member Tom Goforth notes unsettled state funding and distribution, with on campus officers and expanded alternative schools as key topics for potential funding shifts.
SCDOT plans a federal aid resurfacing on Richland Avenue from Vaucluse Road past SC 118. A milling machine removes old asphalt along curbs, then PP S contractors lay new pavement to tie to the curb. Officials warn drivers to avoid milling zones and expect paving in about two weeks.
The Republican controlled House narrowly voted to loosen gun show sales rules in a move praised by the NRA and criticized by President Clinton. The 218-211 vote, taken at midnight, followed debate on a juvenile crime bill amid high school shooting concerns.
Patricia Martin, a survivor of breast and cervical cancer, urges early detection and yearly mammograms and Pap tests. She notes many older women lack health insurance and access to preventive screenings, risking late-stage cancer and lower survival rates.
Obits list includes Ray Cooks of Ill at selvedere G L Brighthorp Sons Mortuary. Etta Mae Jefferson of Aiken at Jackson Brooks Funeral Home. Connie Rivers Lee of Evans Ga at Stephen D Posey Funeral Home. L Vince Ruczko of North Augusta at Rowland Funeral Home. Bessie Hall Schumpert of Willison at Folk Funeral Home. Carolyn Mikel Wallace of Clearwater at Napier Funeral Home. William Terrell Wiggins Jr of North Augusta at Rowland Funeral Home. Obituary notices appear on page 4A.
Quick-thinking volunteers and good neighbors rushed to aid John Rapp after an exhaust fan shorted, sparking a blaze that tore a hole in the roof. Rapp and his wife Florence were at home on Wedgewood Drive in Dogwood Manor when neighbors knocked and alerted them, preventing major damage or injury.
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