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Powell Sr. PIEDMONT Gene Keller Powell 66. of 825 Reedy Fork Road, husband of Virginia Stowe Powell, died April 20. 200O. at HJlcrest Hospital.

Born in Edgefield County, he was a son of the late Jasper Earl and Minnie Holmes Powell. He retired from Metromont Material Corp. and as a volunteer for Meals On Wheels and Loaves Fishes. He was a member of Masonic Lodge 425 AFM and as of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his ife; three daughters.

Donna P. Duvall and Susan P. Burden, both of Piedmont and Kelly P. Glanton of Greenwood; a son. Gene K.

Powell Jr. of Piedmont; five sisters, Angelle P. Jones of Piedmont, Edith P. Caughman and Nita P. Bentley, both of Mauldin, Gladys P.

Nix of Saluda and Bonnie Tucker of Delaware; a brother, Elliott Powell of Johnson; and eight grandchildren. Services will be at 3:30 today at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest, Greenville. Burial will be in Greenville Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from today at the funeral home. The family is at the home.

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Young Contributed photo school's closed circuit morning television show, "Wake Up! Ninety Six Elementary." Julia Lark Shaw of Ninety Six Cleaners spoke to the students about owning a small business. Pictured from left, first row: Dixie Shirley, Samantha Beck and Lauren Leroy; second row: Assistant Principal Kathy Murff, Eric Sailers, Samantha Butler and Julia Lark Shaw. Black History Month Ninety Six Elementary School recently celebrated Black History Month. A highlight of the celebration included interviews with local accomplished black individuals. Interviews were conducted on the Young of Washington, D.C; a sister, Inez Polk Wimmes of Washington, D.C; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Services will be at Israel Baptist Church, 1251 Saratoga Ave. N.E., at 10 a.m. Monday. Alexander S. Pope Funeral Home, Forrestville, is in charge.

Announcement courtesy of Parks Funeral Home, Greenwood. WASHINGTON, D.C. Iola Pope Young, 85, formerly of Greenwood, S.C., died April 19, 2000, at Medlink Hospital Nursing Home in Washington, D.C. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Nelson and Rosa Pope. Survivors include two daughters, Ouella Yeldell and Pricilla Jones, both of Washington, D.C; two sons, Jerome Young of Jacksonville, Fla.

and Bernard Teens shot making pilgrimage Lunch: Choice ot Chef salad or Potato bar wchi cheese, steamed broccoS, hot rolls, fresh fruit THURSDAY Breakfast: Choice of: Cheese of butter biscuit Lunch: Choice of. Chef salad or Chicken salad on lettuce, corn on the cob, baked beans, saltines, applesauce, cinnamon ro) FRIDAY Breakfast Grits wcheese, toast Lunch: Choice of: Chef salad or Hamburger, lettuce tomato, French fries, diced pears, frosted cake NINETY SIX ELEMENTARY. year, an estimated 65,000 visited the Roman Catholic church during Holy Week. By midday Friday, pilgrims had already packed the small adobe church. Many arrived carrying wooden crosses or lilies.

Some had walked only a mile or two; others had been on the road for two or three days. The draw is a room with a small hole whose dirt is thought to possess healing power. The room is filled with crutches and canes left behind by visitors. Diane Gonzales of Santa Fe said she has been coming to the church since she was a small child with eczema on her knees and elbows. "My parents brought me the holy dirt for the bleeding and itching.

I nibbed the dirt on my skin, and it made the itching stop," she said. "It's not about the dirt making miracles, but the faith you must have to make it come true." A EDGEWOOD MIDDLE NINETY SIX HIGH SCHOOLS MONDAY Breakfast Cerealtoast, jelly 1 Lunch: Chicken nuggets, tossed salad, French fries, apple pie TUESDAY Breakfast Bagel or Cere-altoastjelly Lunch: Salisbury steak, baked potato, vegetable cup, fruity jelkVrol WEDNESDAY Breakfast: Pancake pupsyrup or cerealtoastjelly Lunch: Hot dog, slaw, French fries, chocolate cake THURSDAY Breakfast: Breakfast pizza or Cerealtoastjelly Lunch: Baked ham, macaroni cheese "At this point, we are making a public plea for anyone to come forward with any information. We suspect there were people (other pilgrims) in the area," she said. The slain boy's father, Ray Martinez, told KOB-TV: "If they did it to my son, and Karen, who knows what else they'll do?" He said his son woke him about 5 a.m. Friday to say he was leaving on the pilgrimage, "told me 'I love you.

Dad, I'll pray for And I told him to be careful," Martinez said. "I went to work, and got a call at work, and (he was) shot" Pilgrims and other travelers were diverted around the yellow-taped crime scene for several hours. Police cut a fence and sent pilgrims through a field. Traffic was rerouted onto another highway. Tens of thousands of people each year journey to El Santuario de Chi-mayo.

Good Friday is the most popular day for the pilgrimage. Last President Al Gore announces an to develop highly i ii T. SCHOOL MENUS TUESDAY Breakfast: Pancakes wsyrup Lunch: Hamburgers, lettuce tomato, French fries, brownie WEDNESDAY Breakfast Cereal, cinnamon toast Lunch: Chili beans, cole slaw, corn bread, baked apples THURSDAY Breakfast: Cheese or jelly biscuit Lunch: Tuna salad, green beans, applesauce, saltines, cinnamon rolls FRIDAY Breakfast Cereal, cinnamon Lunch: Pizza, tossed salad, fresh apple WARE SHOALS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONDAY Breakfast Cereal, toast Jey Lunch: Chicken nuggets, creamed potatoes, pinto beans, hot rolls, mixed fruit THUESDAY Breakfast: French toast wsyrup Lunch: Cheese burger, lettuce tomato, French fries, oranges WEDNESDAY Breakfast: Cereal, toast 4 jelly Lunch: Pizza, tossed salad, fresh apple THURSDAY Breakfast Jelly biscuit Lunch: BakH chicken, whole potatoes, green beans, hot rolls, peaches FRIDAY Breakfast Cereal, toast Jelly Lunch: Corn dogs, baked beans, cole slaw, fruit. Ware Shoato High School MONDAY Breakfast (2)Donuts Lunch: Choice of: Chef salad or country style steak, rice gravy, green beans, carrot sticks, fresh orange TUESDAY Breakfast: French toast Lunch: Choice of: Chef salad or Sloppy Joe on bun, French fries, cole slaw, brownie, fruit mix WEDNESDAY Breakfast Breakfast pizza with pushing able to pass across the tracks without any problem As it was, she was only several blocks away from a police station." Police said Carlos Angel Diaz Santiago, 22, had argued with Candace Wertz, 20, at a fast-food restaurant and then chased her in his car at speeds of up to 90 mph for a half-hour Thursday afternoon through this small town about 50 miles northwest of Philadel- Countdown to Atlantis flight begins CAPE CANAVERAL, Ha. (AP) After all sorts of space shuttle trouble and an astronaut's sprained ankle, the countdown began Friday for Atlantis' launch to the international space station.

Atlantis is scheduled to blast off Monday with fresh batteries and other replacement parts for the space station, only WI2 years old but already in need of repairs. The station also needs a lift; it's toting one to two miles in altitude each week because of increased solar activity. Once docked, Atlantis will raise the station by as much as 19 miles. Atlantis is making its debut after an extensive tune-up and a slew of unexpected repairs. The shuttle last Hew in 1997, to the Russian space station Mir.

NASA had to fix defective electrical wiring throughout Atlantis after a short circuit marred Columbia's launch last July and grounded the shuttle fleet Atlantis' wing flaps were accidentally damaged by workers last fall. And last month, technicians banged the shuttle's main antenna into a work platform, then had to replace an engine because of suspect seals. Forecasters put the odds of good launch weather on Monday at 70 percent Liftoff time is 4:15 p.m. April 24-28 GREENWOOD DISTRICT 50 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MONDAY: Choice macaroni beef casserole wTexas toast, turkey stacker or egg salad sandwich, tossed salad, fried okra, black-eyed peas, spiced apples. TUESDAY: Choice of baked ham, hamburger or turkey cheese chef salad wcrackers, mashed potatoes, green peas, lettuce, tomato pickle cup, applesauce, roll.

WEDNESDAY: Choice of corn dog, sloppy joe or chunky chicken salad on lettuce wAomato crackers, French fries, com on cob, steamed broccoli carrots, diced pear cup. THURSDAY: Choice of chicken filet sandwich, chi beans wcracker or ham cheese chef salad wcrackers, baked potato, tossed salad, lima beans, apple crisp. FRIDAY: Choice of cheese pizza, bologna cheese sandwich or pasta salad on lettuce wtomato crackers, tater tots, com, green beans, peach cup. GREENWOOD DISTRICT 50 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS MONDAY: Sliced ham, macaroni cheese, green beans, glazed carrots, rolls, chocolate pudding. TUESDAY: Tacos, lettuce, tomato cheese, retried beans, salsa, Mexi com, jellowwo fruit WEDNESDAY: Fried chicken, rice gravy, broccoli wcheese, mixed vegetables, roils, banana pudding.

THURSDAY: Spaghetti wmeat sauce, com, tossed salad, Texas toast Juice bar. FRIDAY: Country fried steak, gravy, mashed potatoes, pinto beans, steamed cabbage, com bread, spiced apples. WARE SHOALS PRIMARY SCHOOL MONDAY Breakfast: Cereal, cinnamon toast Lunch: Country style steak, rice gravy, peas carrots, sliced peaches Man charged SINKING SPRING, Pa. AP) A man who police say was so enraged at his former girlfriend that he pushed her car into the path of a freight train was arrested and charged Friday with killing her, her friend and two children. "It seems like there was an awful lot of bad luck involved on the part of the victims," said state police Lt Edward Snyder.

"If she had arrived just moments earlier, she might have been She said her kids are also reading a lot more. The quality of that time is also different, Ott said. "We expect the time they spend with their studies to be more serious now," she said. Ott said her job as a teacher doesn't give her any advantages in making sure her kids are learning the standards. Schools have regular sessions where parents can find out about the standards and what is expected of their children, she Besides, Ott said, her kids look at her as their mom, not an elementary school teacher.

Steven Reynolds covers Abbeville and education issues in the Lakelands. He can be reached at 223- 1811, ext. 3308 sreynoldsindexjournal.com or safety because he's always enjoyed helping people. "The first time I saved a life, I felt like I was six feet off the ground," Smith said! "A baby swallowed a piece of plastic wrap and she nearly took, my finger off while I tried to remove it." St. Claire Burns covers Greenwood and public safety issues in the Lakelands.

She can be reached at 943-2518. CHIMAYO, N.M. (AP) A teen-age couple making a Good Friday pilgrimage to a church that is said to contain healing dirt were found shot to death along one of the most popular routes for the annual trek to the Roman Catholic shrine. "I can't recall there being an incident like this" during the annual journey, said state police CapL Carlos Maldonado. The first victim, 17-year-old Richard Martinez of Alcalde, was found lying on a highway before daybreak about 30 miles north of Santa Fe.

The second victim was his girlfriend, Karen Castanon of Arroyo Seco, believed to also be 17. Her body was found several miles away from Martinez's body. Both were students at Los Alamos High School. The deaths were being investigated as homicides, but police had no suspects, said slate police Sgt. Royleen Ross-Weaver.

Gore makes promise In Romulus, Mich. Friday, Vice CENSUS: Tops Continued from page I A have vacation homes where surveys were not returned. While the national initial response rate matched that of 1990, South Carolina's was below the state's 1990 initial response of 58 percent During the past decade, the state has seen rapid growth with people moving about and new subdivisions springing up along the coast and in suburban areas. "In trying to compare 1990 with 2000, we're comparing apples to oranges," Stahl said. POST OFFICE: Continued from page 1A office and they can only miss work three times due to various school infractions before they may be fired.

After the three-week work period is over, the group helps train the next group that comes in to take over the jobs. "All the children enjoy it," Ridge said Children sometimes have to mail off a letter to other students or faculty in the school for a homework assignment, but they primarily write to others for fun, she said. Each grade takes part in the letter writing process. The school came up with the post office system "because we wanted to make sure children knew how to write letters," Ridge said. But also, she said, "With the fourth graders, it builds up the responsibility of jobs." KRT photo agreement with truck manufacturers fuel-efficient trucks and buses.

PACT: Legislation may ease misconceptions about PACT test pie, green peas, yamsroll FRIDAY Lunch: Hamburger, lettucetomato, French fries, princess peach pie CAMBRIDGE ACADEMY MONDAY: Grilled hamcheese sandwich, chicken noodle soup, assorted chips, fruit, bars TUESDAY: Fried chicken, ricegravy, green beans, biscuit, jetlo wlettuce, tomato, cheese; french fries, fruit, juice bar THURSDAY: Ravioli, buttered corn, tossed salad, garlic bread, baked apples FRIDAY: Hot dog, french fries, baked beans, fruit ice cream car into train phia. Despite a desperate 911 call on her cell phone, the chase ended when Santiago rear-ended her car at a railroad crossing as she waited for a train to pass and then used his car to push her vehicle onto the tracks, police said. The Norfolk Southern train smashed into the car, killing Wertz; her 2-year-old son, John Michael Cortez; Cynthia Jacques, 22; and daughter Allissa, 2. Recycle for a cleaner tomorrow. thk you The Family of Sonia Aiken Means sincerely acknowledges with deep appreciation all acts of kindness shown during the loss of our loved one.

Your expressions of sympathy through love, cards, letters, phone calls, flowers, telegrams, visits and food were gready appreciated. Our hearts are truly filled with love and gratitude to each of you. A very special and heart warming thank you. Husband, Parents Brothers it language in that we shouldn't retain students on the basis of PACT scores," he said. Bryan said the confusion is the result of lawmakers trying to push the standards through school.

"I think a lot of it was the way it was implemented in a hurry," he said. Bryan said the EAA should have been phased in over three years. RENEE OTT, a teacher at Hodges Elementary, said many parents have asked her this year about the impact of the PACT on their children's grades. "I don't think they're more worried, they're more aware," she said. Ott, who has three children at Oakland Elementary, said her family spends more time with homework now that the new standards are in place.

Continued from page 1A Sen. Jim Bryan, one of the five legislators on the Education Oversight Committee, said getting the results back earlier is one of the "kinks" the committee will work on. The EOC supervises the implementation of the accountability act and the Education Improvement Act Students who score below basic on PACT are issued academic assistance plans. THE STUDENT meets with his teacher and parents three times a year to discuss his progress and ways to help the student leam the standards. Robinson said he thinks legislators will ease off their earlier insistence that PACT scores determine if a student is held back by adding provisos to the accountability act 'The legislature is starting to put DIRECTOR: Smith Continued from page 1A addition of a fire coordinator's position.

"Much of the time put into this job involves overseeing training and equipment for three municipal fire departments and 10 volunteer," he said. "This office also helps them develop their budgets." Smith said he'd also like to update some of the county's emergency communications equipment. In his free time, Smith said he was hooked after saving his first life enjoys computers, flying, fishing and hunting. He and wife, Christine, have been married 37 years. They have two grown daughters.

Christine teaches sixth grade at Honea Path Middle School. Smith holds a bachelor's degree in education from Pikeville College in Kentucky and a master's degree in education from Clemson University. Smith said he got into public.