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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 2006
Page
1
Barry Bonds connects on his 714th career homer to match Babe Ruth for second on the all time list. He now pursues the record as the San Francisco Giants star eyes history in the coming games.
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In Graniteville a three part monument at Aiken Road and Canal Street honors nine people killed in a January 6 2005 train derailment and chemical spill. The memorial lists victims including Steven Bagby Tony Deloach Allen Frazier and others as Fire Chief Grady Friday explains its three segment design detailing the accident impact with 550 hospitalizations and 5400 evacuees.
The City of Aiken weighs a railroad themed park after a work session at 6 p.m. Monday before the regular meeting. The Railroad Depot Committee proposes a depot with memorabilia and a miniature railway, two diner cars, a bandstand, and a children’s railway in Gyles Park, funded by $250,000 from accommodations tax.
Jessica Dowdy of Charleston broke the 12 pound women s sheaf toss world record at the Aiken Highland Games and Celtic Festival. She launched the burlap bag 27 feet earning the overall women s title as well. Dowdy competes in hundreds of games yearly across the country and says the sport is a bug that bites.
The article surveys who should lead sex education, with 81 percent of South Carolina registered voters favoring abstinence based programs in public schools. It notes many parents have not discussed sexuality or pregnancy with their children and highlights district efforts in Aiken County to teach sexuality, abstinence, and contraception.
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