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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1998
Page
11
Lunch menus list daily options for elementary and middle high schools from Hamburger to pizza to tacos with sides and desserts. Breakfast offerings include cereal, juices, toast, biscuits, eggs and pancakes. Prices: elementary 1.15, middle/high 1.30, reduced and adult rates apply. Contact 641-2406 for details.
Eckstrom notes average state teacher pay at 32500 with starting salaries at 22000. Proposals include professional development and national certification rewards while testing teachers for raises faces critique. Vouchers draw opposition from Tenenbaum who warns about public funds supporting private schools. Eckstrom keeps mind open pending studies.
After a sunny day the region settles into a mostly clear night with temperatures in the upper 50s. Tomorrow will bring a mix of sun and clouds as readings approach the 90s across the CSRA and statewide values range from the lower 80s to the lower 90s. By Sunday skies stay mostly sunny with a touch warmer, then clouds return Monday and deepen Tuesday with a slight chance of rain.
The case details a robbery where a pistol was used to threaten clerks and customers but not loaded. Prosecution tapes captured plot and planning, with informant Joseph Robinson and shopper Junior Brown praised for action. Clerk Barbara Harrison turned over a money pouch as robbers fled. money, pistol, mask, and gloves recovered. Solicitor commends Aiken Department of Public Safety.
National Weather Service Director Jack Kelly told emergency managers that the goal is a no surprise service for today and tomorrow with improved long term forecasts. He noted doubled tornado warning lead time and near doubling of tornado accuracy over the past decade and outlined plans to deploy the Advance Hydrology Prediction System to better predict flood crests and lowland flooding.
The US Public Interest Research Group ranks South Carolina 26th nationwide for polluted waterways and seventh for cancer causing chemicals. The state dumped 8.7 million pounds of toxic chemicals from 1992 to 1996, with the Savannah River carrying 17.4 million pounds of chemicals and DSM Chemicals in Augusta reporting 5.4 million pounds. Cancer causing chemicals totaled 636,095 pounds.
A senior nutrition program aims to meet dietary needs with low sodium well balanced meals. Volunteers note fixed incomes push residents toward unsuitable foods while meals are trucked in from Orangeburg in coolers and warmers featuring salads beans and main dishes such as chicken salad or spaghetti.
Senate Democrat leader Verne Smith and former Attorney General Travis Medlock endorsed Beasley citing opposition to video gambling and a statewide lottery. Hodges supports the lottery referendum and has accepted gambling contributions. Beasley, who rejects such funds, frames the move as protecting government integrity against special interests.
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