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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 2005
Page
1
Aiken County students posted scores above the state average on the South last spring. The 2A Festival brings USCA ALUSC Aiken's International Festival shares cultures and boosts literacy. The Aiken Standard highlights readers with short features including Adriana Trigiani's Cherry Holler.
Readable OCR fragments mention teams and players in a Sumner area event. Names like Wilson and Carter appear with references to 6A level competition and running events. The incomplete text suggests a school sports roundup with standings and upcoming matchups.
Sheryl Wood's sister Wanda Grandle recalls the 1997 shooting at R E Phelan in Hastings where Sheryl Wood and three co workers died and four others were wounded. Wise is set for lethal injection at Broad River Correctional Institute, as families urge focus on victims.
Aiken County taxpayers urge state lawmakers to amend Act 503 of 1982 by changing shall to may to allow eliminating two of the five area superintendent posts and consolidating offices. They argue savings could fund classrooms while legislators hear the proposal in a community meeting lacking a quorum.
Former South Carolina official Charles R. Sharpe has been moved from Estill to Edgefield federal prison, with two weeks in Atlanta prior. His wife says the move makes visits easier while officials cite routine transfers. Sharpe was sentenced to two years plus three years supervised release for lying to investigators about campaign funds tied to a cockfighting group.
Clear skies in the upper 70s greet a packed weekend of activity. Highlights include the Old Time Homecoming at Aiken County Farmers Market Saturday morning, Run For the Woods at Hitchcock Woods, a Greater Gift sale at J Fist Presbyterian Church, Apple Festival at St John United Methodist, Intertribal Pow Wow at Langley Pond Park, the Aiken Driving Club carnage drive, a matinee at the USC Aiken Dupont Planetarium, and a monthly cruise by the Aiken Horsepower Association.
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