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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1982
Page
1
Aiken City Council meets at 7 30 tonight in the Council Chamber to hear a second reading and public hearing on an ordinance amending the comprehensive zoning ordinance to require public notice of proposed stables in residential areas. They will also hear second reading and a public hearing on annexing property in southwest Aiken.
State Board of Education heard mixed outcomes from the Basic Skills Assessment Program in Columbia and Aiken County. Reading and math gains appeared in some grades, while eighth grade math lagged with only 45.5 percent meeting standards.
Aiken County scores show cent in overall results while eighth grade scores slip two points to 41 percent. Sandifer notes that reading and math standards for eleventh grade are not yet set and will be established before spring testing. He argues that high passing marks challenge the public school system and warns against lowering them. Tomorrow's board agenda includes a $28 016 program for six teen age illiterate Cuban Haitian refugees, renewal of a contract with the Child Development Center of Aiken Inc and a second reading to revise bus conduct policies.
North Augusta Board of Health rules honeybee hives on 908 Fairland Ave in a residential area are a public nuisance and must be removed. Bees owned by Douglas Renkus, not Mrs Williams, with 40 000 bees in four hives, some neighbors bitten and risk of severe reactions.
General Sessions Court convened at the Aiken County Court House with Judge Rodney A Peeples presiding The State will present its case this week against Jimmy Lee Graves and Willie Lee Furtick charged in the Kwik Shop robbery on April 18 1982 Solicitor Robert Harte said Guilty pleas in other cases were expected to be heard this morning
Sheriff Ralph Gunnells and a three man team in comic costumes won the golden toilet seat in a rain soaked outhouse race during the Discovery Day Celebration at Harrison Caver Park. State Rep. Billy Jones finished second while State Sen. Tommy Moore did not attend. The event also featured arts and crafts, greased pole climbs, goat tying, bubble gum contests, and a large crowd enjoying barbecue and performances by Midland Valley High School band and gospel groups.
DOE spokesman Cliff Webb says SRP has never exceeded federal standards for releasing radio isotopes and defends the plant after the Atlanta papers published Health Physics Regional Reports. The documents show releases of radioiodine tritium and alpha radiation from 1955 to 1963, with Webb noting public access to unclassified figures and that earlier guidelines were not in effect then.
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