Drought grips parts of South Carolina despite rainfall
Aiken remains in good shape while drought tightens its hold on South Carolina. The Drought Response Committee found 1.8 inch statewide rainfall insufficient to end the drought. Climatologist Michael Halfert warned of agriculture and water quality impacts and stressed urban demand outpacing supply. The committee urged water suppliers to review response plans and ordinances. Call 731-0800 for drought information.
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S. C. Department of Natural Resources
Michael Halfert
Classroom trend mass retirements in U S schools
Seabrook Maryland sixth grade teacher Judith Davis rushes to help a struggling student pass a late test to advance to seventh grade before a promotion ceremony. In Room 26 at Gaywood Elementary she ends a 35 year teaching career with a final act of kindness as about 70 thousand public school teachers nationwide retire after this year’s summer.
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Judith Davis
Gaywood
Davis
Prince George's County
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Bates Father to Teens and Youth at Greenwood Center
Aiken man Donnie Bates balances family life with extensive community service. He mentors teens at Greenwood Center twice a month, guiding both male and female youths from troubled backgrounds. Bates leads by example through faith, prayer, and outreach while running Bates and Sons, Inc. as his day job.
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Heath
Ashlee
Bates and Sons, Inc
Ridge Peach Festival at MAK Draws Taste Seekers
Visitors flock to Trenton for the 29th Ridge Peach Festival, enjoying peach ice cream at 75 cents a scoop, funnel cakes, cotton candy, and abundant fresh peaches. Sheriff Billy Parker serves as grand marshal, with praise from local officials including Mayor Dean Campbell as a Model A car club display and crafts booths enliven the day.
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Trenton
Ridge
Iagefield County
Billy Parker
Serbs accelerate Kosovo pullout ahead of deadline
Serb troops hurried their retreat from Kosovo on Saturday, with NATO noting the fighters may depart well before the Sunday midnight deadline. Peacekeepers met with ethnic Albanian rebels to avert a new reign of terror as violence persisted. Three Serbs were killed and another wounded in Belo Polje near Pec, and Marines in Gnjilane arrested a Serb after a sniper attack.
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Yugoslavia
Kosovo
NATO
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Pec
Gnjilane
Reward raised for information in Sam's Club slaying
WalMart increased its bounty to 200000 for tips in the slaying of Sam's Club manager David Holt whose body was found in the trunk of his burned car outside a Augusta area store on June 21 1996. Investigators from Aiken County FBI and State Law Enforcement Division seek witnesses noting Holt was forced to dismantle the store alarm and open safes before kidnapping. Autopsy found Holt burned alive.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Sam's Club
Greg Johnston
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David Holt
Aiken County
FBI
South Carolina
Holt
Augusta
Sam
Richmond County
Wayne Bunton
Bunton
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