School board weighs class size and accountability in meeting
The Aiken County Board of Education met two hours at South Aiken High School to review proposals on school accountability and class size reduction. Dr. Frank Roberson led a study with an 80 page booklet of policy recommendations, while Dr. John Bradley noted mixed public expectations and argued teachers cannot bear responsibility for broader societal ills.
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Aiken County
Roberson
John Bradley
Deaths Honored in Hephzibah and Langley Notices
Notices list death announcements for Margaret Creed Doyle of Hephzibah Georgia and Mary Ruth Jackson Sauley Ola Mae Beard Smith, with Langley page 2B notices reference.
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Margaret Creed Doyle
Hephzibah
Mary Ruth Jackson
Sauley
Ola Mae Beard Smith
Langley
Tuesday Cash 8 and Cash 44 results noted
A brief report records numbers drawn Tuesday for Cash 8 with 8 7 9 and Cash 44 40 along with the easy 5 sequence 10162831, noting the winning combinations for players.
NAACP State Convention Comes to Aiken this Week
The Aiken NAACP hosts the 56th annual State Convention of the DC Conference of NAACP branches from Thursday to Saturday at the University of South Carolina Aiken. Delegates, training, and programs are planned with a mass meeting at Second Baptist Church and a delegates reception at Comfort Inn. Workshops on education discrimination and mandatory training highlight Friday events at USCA.
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Aiken
D.C
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
University of South Carolina Aiken
James Gallman
NAACP
Second Baptist Church
Comfort Inn Suites
USCA
Schedule for Thursday to Saturday Events at Second Baptist
A three day event schedule shows Thursday afternoon advance registration from 3 to 5, memorial service 6:30 to 10, and Friday activities including vendor exhibits workshops a membership luncheon from 12:30 to 2 and a Freedom Awards Banquet 7:30 to 10:30. Saturday features exhibits youth events workshops 11 to 2:30 for officer elections and several program blocks titled Youth awards Meet the Press Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
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Second Baptist
Freedom
Push polls spar over South Carolina house races
Democratic and Republican leaders clash over push polling in two House districts. Democratic Chair Ronnie Maxwell condemns the tactic as non scientific while Aiken County GOP Chair Andrew Marine accuses Democrats of using Washington based callers. Incumbents James Roland Smith and Charles Sharpe face challengers Tom Anderson and Carroll Bryant in Districts 84 and 86.
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Democratic Party
Ronnie Maxwell
Aiken County
Republican Party
Andrew Marine
Maxwell
Tom Anderson
Carrol Bryant
James Roland Smith
Anderson
Charles Sharpe
Bryant
Marine
Smith
Sharpe
South Carolina
Aiken County OKs Bridgestone debt package
In a brief meeting the Aiken County Council approved two finance measures for Bridgestone Tire. The larger plan allows industrial revenue bonds between 500 million and 1.1 billion for a Graniteville tire plant employing up to 800 by century’s end. The debt is Bridgestone’s obligation, not county’s. A separate 10 million special revenue bond funds infrastructure at the Bridgestone site including paving water and sewer lines a fire station EMS site and rail connection.
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Bridgestone Tire
Bridgestone
Graniteville
Aiken County
Pay phones deregulated in South Carolina may raise call costs
Charleston reports pay phone deregulation could lead to higher rates, potentially $1 per call in remote areas. Experts note most customers will face small increases, about a dime or more, depending on competition and alternatives like cellular and calling cards. Some stations already see prices rising. PSC warns impact depends on market pressures.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Iit
John Beach
South Carolina Public Communications Association
Compa
Nies
Columbia
Gary Walsh
State Public Service Commission
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Scott Webster
Sarah Caldon
Marge Richardson
Hopelands
Aave
Abby
State Naacp
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Oks
Aikens County
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