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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 2007
Page
1
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Lt Col Alfonzo Jackson seeks to open a Tuskegee Airmen chapter in Augusta to educate youth about aviation. Nine new groups have filed a lawsuit to stop the plan to construct the facility near the Savannah River, delaying progress. In sports, USC Aiken edged Columbus State 6-1 as Columbus State yielded 15 hits.
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Dr. Jim Rex seeks to replace the PACT exams with end of course tests aligned to federal No Child Left Behind. Writing would move up and social studies would be eliminated to reduce spring test days, with results graded faster by third parties. District officials in Aiken County backed Rex’s plan as a move toward stronger accountability.
A concert in Hopelands Gardens honored Strom Thurmond and the United States with songs of patriotism. Sha ne Seaton and the Aiken High School Band performed the Strom Thurmond March and the South Carolina Song with James Millen on piano. The event also remembered Thurmond’s daughter Nancy Moore Thurmond and honored organizers and participants with crowd involvement and praise.
Two families find comfort as Silver Bluff High School honors freshmen Josh McLaughlin and Matthew Morris, who died when a sand and dirt pit collapsed while they played on an excavating site. Parents accept yearbooks with dedications and a ceremonial bell is displayed during awards events.
Deputies say the sexual assault reported late last month in a Sum mer Lakes home remains under investigation with no arrests. Lt Michael Frank of the Aiken County Sheriff s Office describes the suspect as a 1 white mare aged 20 to 30, about 6 feet tall with brown hair and a goatee. The victim reported being grabbed outside her home on the afternoon of April 25.
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