See You at the Pole rally planned by local schools
Local schools prepare for the annual See You at the Pole student led prayer rally on Wednesday. Students and teachers gather around school flag poles before classes to pray for the school, nation, and world with church groups aiding participation.
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Kimberly Stewart
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
North Augusta High
Avi Tomczak
South Aikien High
First Baptist Church of
North Augusta
Local Obituaries Listed on Page 6A
Obituary notices for Benjamin Akins Aiken Minnie Cushman Casnetti Langley John R Kelly Beech Island Jesse M Russ Clearwater Peggy Stack Williston appear on page 6A with brief memorial details.
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Benjamin
Ben) Akins
Aiken
Minnie Cushman Casnetti
Langley
John R. Kelly
Beech Island
Jesse M. Russ
Clearwater
Peggy P. Stack
Williston
Educators Praise Full Day Kindergarten Push Gains Ground
Local educators defend full day kindergarten for five year olds with high risk students prioritized. Aiken County schools received 495 255 state funding to expand day long programs, statewide funding reached 14.1 million. Dr Linda Eldridge and Dr Charles Leopold praise the shift as improving opportunities and expanding class offerings this year.
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Aiken County
Linda Eldridge
Charles Leopold
North Aikien Elementary
Leopold
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Plan Faces Uncertain Future
In Yucca Mountain Nevada scientists debate long term storage of spent nuclear fuel. They raise questions about climate change, regulatory oversight after government collapse, and what future generations would eat and drink as they consider the site. The government has set a 1998 deadline.
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Yucca Mountain
Nev
Las Vegas
Atlantis Lifts Off to Rescue Lucid Amid Shuttle Equipment Trouble
Space shuttle Atlantis launched to retrieve NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid from Russia’s Mir station but faced hydraulic power unit failure that could shorten the mission. The crew considered docking adjustments as Lucid, living on Mir since March, nears a projected 188 day stay if return occurs Sept 26.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantis
NASA
Shannon Lucid
Russia
Mir
Mission Control
William Readdy
Lucid
John Blaha
Earth
South America
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Wagener pastor builds faith and community support
Reverend Bauknight serves Wagener United Methodist Church by aiding residents in crisis and sharing spiritual guidance. He delivers food shelter and hope, tutors students, fixes equipment, and even provides bicycles and a refrigerator, earning praise for his unwavering care and proactive help.
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Wagener
David Banknight
Wagener United Methodist Church
Jesus
Bauknight
Jesus Christ
Rhonda Poole
PTO
Busbee
Sara Corbett
Irmo
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus
Citizens Park
Peter Kendal
Nicane
Tricity
Bengtsow
Scott Webster
David D. Banknight
Carnegie Busbee- Delaney
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