Debates On Athletics Funding From Area High Schools
Readers clash over allocating funds to school athletics versus booster clubs and tutoring programs. One writer criticizes the Aiken County Taxpayers Association as a vocal minority while callers discuss mail issues and a needed honest leader for Animal Control.
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USC Aiken educator earns national PLT Outstanding Educator award
Anne Bohner director of USC Aiken STEP was named one of five national winners of the 2005 Outstanding Educator of the Year Award for Project Learning Tree. Bohner and four others will be honored at the PLT conference in Virginia Beach and may attend the International Educators' Institute in Portland.
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Anne
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RPSEC
Author Illustrator Palmer engages Chukker Creek students
Kate Salley Palmer visited Chukker Creek Elementary to discuss her books with kindergartners and fourth and fifth graders. Students praised the illustrations and stories such as The Pink House while Palmer recalled her path from editorial cartoonist to author illustrator and noted how pictures add sub plots to texts.
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Committee nears end of final report on Whiskey to Powderhouse road link
The ad hoc committee on the Whiskey Road to Powderhouse Road Connector moves toward a final report with public comment planned for April 27. Day Wilburn Associates revised the safety analysis amid discrepancies while weighing property impact connectivity traffic and environmental factors.
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Teen Line Training Offered by Youth Central and HELP LINE
Aiken County HELP LINE and Youth Central announce Teen Line training for their teen crisis phone service. Volunteer trainers led by Alli son Crawn will host sessions Friday 4 30 p m to 8 30 p m and Saturday 9 30 a m to 2 30 p m at the HELP LINE office. Call 641 4143 for details.
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Hearings Adjusted in Aiken Standard Carrier Shootings Case
Four co-defendants Edward Walker John Miles Willie Ware and Cornell Tyler will face preliminary hearings at 2 30 p m today. The hearings move from the Hampton Avenue traffic court to the Aiken County Detention Center linked to the August 2005 murder of Debra Dorch and shooting of Joseph Brewer. A Bath woman and her newborn tested positive for cocaine at University Hospital Augusta prompting custody actions by social services.
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Aiken
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Aiken Standard Publication Details for 2006 Schedule
The notice lists contact and mailing information for the Aiken Standard newspaper including Scott B. Hunter’s email, ISSN, publishing by Aiken Inc, address, and postmaster details. It notes Sunday Plus delivery dates for 2006 with a schedule of specific dates throughout the year.
City of Character March Theme Tolerance Highlighted
Aiken proclaims March as the City of Character with Tolerance as the featured trait. Lottery results include Pick 3 Midday 6 6 7 and Powerball 20 with Powerplay 5.
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