Summer bummer as gas prices rise this summer
Lake Placid tourism chief James McKenna downplays near term price hikes predicting $1.80 per gallon could push cost by about $3 more round trip for NYC travelers. Energy Department warns unleaded may reach $1.75 to $1.80 this summer amid high demand and slow production. AAA notes travel season, 270 million on roads, could shift some trips closer to home if prices loom near $2.00.
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James McKenna
Lake Placid
N.Y
McKenna
New York City
Energy Department
Memorial Day
Labor Day
American Automobile Association
AAA
Geoff Sundstrom
National Parks
JET Middle School Gains Hall of Fame Status
Johnstons JET school serving grades six to eight boasts free or reduced price lunches for 78 percent of students. Principal Robert Heflin notes a positive teaching environment with well behaved children. Boosters highlight three computer labs a media center and networked classrooms as key strengths. Grants sustain an excellent technology program and strong reading progress reported by eighth grade teacher Laurie Prince. Schools compete via a 17 page fall application and on site reviews, with four top schools selected across elementary middle and high.
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JET
Johnston
Robert Heflin
Jet’s
Laurie Prince
Cow at large after dramatic sedating capture on farm
A herd chaos unfolds as a cow fights sedation, escapes into a rural scene, and defies capture by NADPS officers using a trailer and winch. Five cows remain at large while the owner’s wife notes 38 years of farming with astonishment. Bessie cannot be used for meat after sedation.
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Strauss
NADPS
Haskell John Boyd
Bessie
Welfare reforms reshape aid to focus on employment
The program shifts welfare from eligibility checks to preparing recipients for work. DSS staff assess job skills, attitude, transportation, and support needs, stressing personal responsibility. Veronica Dunbar, now an operations manager at Ervine Transportation, exemplifies success as participants gain stability and self sufficiency through hard work.
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Mary Calabro
DSS
Calabro
Keith Moon
Aiken County
M.J. Maurer
Witn Dss
Veronica Dunbar
Ervine Transportation
Ms. Dunbar
Lawmakers back loophole bill amid child abuse case recital
A House bill moves to a Senate subcommittee led by Sen. Tom Moore with Sen. Greg Ryberg as sponsor. A Savannah River site class recounts an abused 14 month old Aiken boy whose skull was fractured, his mother jailed, and peers urged action as the case drew emotions.
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House
Senate
Aiken County
Tom Moore
Clearwater
Greg Ryberg
R-Aiken
Ryberg
Courtney
Aiken
North Carolina
Shayne Ferrell
Savannah River
Man Defends Self as Trial Details Lawn Tractor Theft
A man on trial for stealing a lawn tractor from Thomas Reames of Warrenville in February 1999 described how the tractor was sold that afternoon to an Augusta man who will testify. Co-defendants James Lower and Richard Doolittle testified, with Doolittle stating he acted to “clear everything up.”
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Thomas Reames
Warrenville
Moore
Augusta
Jackson
James
Butch) Lower
Richard Doolittle
Lower
Doolittle
Woodruff
Moré
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South Carolina
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George Ave
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Mike Paggett Hoy
Green Thumb Garden ‘Center
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