Pact delays stir Bethel parents amid testing chaos
Parents at Bethel Elementary and Anderson District 4 react to the Education Department delaying 2002 PACT scores to ensure comparability. Critics fear late results complicate academic plans and raise questions about score accuracy while officials note new federal reporting rules and continued emphasis on third through eighth grade data.
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Education Department
Jane Courter
Bethel
Tom Dobbins
Anderson District 4
Dobbins
Bonnie Wallin
Wallin
Teen performers bring opera to fifth graders in Aiken
Etherredge Center and Aiken Symphony Guild partner to expose children to the arts. Students hear Calvin Lee sing Goldilocks and Baby Bear while others discuss stage craft and costumes. Lee calls performers vocal athletes as they treat the event as a fun, educational experience.
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Etherredge Center
Jane ‘Schumacher
Aiken Symphony Guild
Jessica Ferguson
Calvin Lee
Miami
Goldilocks
Brother
Baby Bear
Lee
Roberts
SRS seeks pit facility to restart nuclear stockpile production
SRS officials push to build a new facility to manufacture all pit types for the U S nuclear stockpile with environmental safeguards. Other sites under review include Los Alamos, Nevada Test Site, Pantex in Texas, and WIPP in New Mexico. Public comment window runs 60 days with a meeting set October 29 at the North Augusta Community Center.
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NASA
SRS
Los Alamos National Laboratory
New Mexico
Nevada
Las Vegas
Pantex
Amarillo
Texas
Carlsbad
NNSA
North Augusta
Brookside Ave
Rodeo youth Tyler targets college rodeo path and family legacy
Eight ’vonnngearom 1A 1970s. Tyler, a Cocoa Florida native with a heart defect and two surgeries, pushes through nerves and injuries in rodeo. He credits attitude and mental strength, rides through rough starts, and eyes Abraham Baldwin College or similar schools for a scholarship as Wrangler All Star Team gear and buckles pile up. Local teens Cumbee Waters Noe Mortimer join Ridge Spring Monetta action at 10 am with a 7 pm top heat, admission $7 adults, $9 youths, free under 6, Derrick Equipment sponsors.
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Tyler
Cocoa
Fla
Gainesville
Union Point
Georgia
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Uso
Wrangler High
W. Wyman King Academy
Batesburg
Saluda
Ridge Spring-Monetta High
Ridge Spring
Jonathan Cumbee
Aiken
Cody Waters
Scotty Noe
Kelly Mortimer
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Martha
Lori Austin
Jessica
Ion
Congress
Department of Defense
Chiles Commission
Foster Panel
Jay Rose
Department of Energy
Independence Ave
S.W
Washington
D.C
James Rose
Doe-Gov
Eejay
Kalmia Mall
Food & Drink
Prin Id
Baro Howe
Powers Hoa
Cann Cy
Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center
NHC
Mattie C. Hall
NHC Home Care
Mattie C. Trent
Ter Mond
Baci
Amber Moody
David Moody
Let
Monty Bec
Aiken and
William Clark
Thomas G. Cremer
Aiken Community Band
University of South Carolina-Aiken
Hopeland Garden
USA
U.S. Army Field Band
USCA
Aiken Standard, Security Federal Bank
Church Hall
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
York St. SE
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