Sun-News from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (2024)

July 26, 2002

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Sun-Newsi

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Issue Date:

Friday, July 26, 2002

Page:

23

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i i vnry ytTVf-V-H VTT'V -v wVfVT? rtee -w 4 w' 'i ft' Thb Sun Newb Mybtlb Beach SC Friday July 28 2002 3C CAROUNAS SC PACT SOUTH CAROLINA 3 money lost when test questions leak HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC city added to name of Georgia airport Georgia officials have dacidadta add Hilton Heed Taknil to the name of Savannah International Airport is studies show that many travelers remain unsure how to fry to the South Carolina resort 25 miles north state each winter Few of the questions make it to the final test as questions run a gamut of reviews and revisions aaid Terri Siskind director of assessment for the state a big investment and we have all the money in the world" Siskind said There are two reviews by sensitivity committees another by a content committee and reviews of how Btudents scared on every question on field tests before a test item can make it to the final PACT For instance The Associated Press bmenvuu Each time a question leaks out from the state's Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test it costs taxpayers and takes more than two years to fix In the past year 10 security branches have become known with PACT in Oconee Greenville Spartanburg District 5 Anderson District 5 Laurens District 55 and Darlington The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating some of the cases and with placement concerned the proper of aolicitora are liability here the sensitivity it is the or the Hodge solicitor direct to Hilton Head airport officials say but many travel agent! across the country aware how dow the cities are agents don't know to get to Hilton Head you can come to Savannah1 said Norton Mekver chairman of the Savaimah Airport Commission send their clients to Charlotte and put them on a small plane" More passengers to Savannah's airport could help it reach the million-flier level that would be Important to increase service to more cities and to help attract additional airlines "Hilton Head has a recognition among travel planners" Graham said The name change is a marketing SUMTER Abandoned baby found covered in ants i An abandoned newborn girl was found covered by ants in a grassy field here Wednesday authorities said Patterson said Thursday The baby Buffered injuries from fire ant bites and was hospitalised but seemed to be doing well Patterson said "It may have been less than 24 hours since the child was bom but the child was when she was found Patterson said i Two 10-year-okis found the baby crying and notified authorities who are searching for the mother Patterson said PARTANBURO Police follow trail of loot to burglary suspect Police say they followed the trail of quarters and jewelry to a burglary suspect earlier this week Officers checking out a burglary call said they saw a man walking from a home with a clear plastic jug of quarters The man ignored an order to stop and pedaled away an his bicycle then dropped the bike and ran according to a police report Quarters spilled from the jug as officers chased the suspect police said Investigators said they also recovered a jewelry box and a checkbook along the way Michael Dean Lipscomb Jr 21 has been charged with two counts of second-degree burglary and petty larceny WEST COLUMBIA Worker killed when tree he climbed foil A worker died Wednesday when the tree he had climbed bnrice and foO authorities say Carl West 41 had climbed about 80 feet into the tree when it snapped at the base and fell Senior Deputy Lexington County Coroner Thomas Jaco said West who has been cutting trees down for about 20 years was almost at the top of the tree and had ropes in place to start cutting Jaco said The tree fell with West still hanging on It landed on top of him and an employee to the ground immediately began cutting it off him Jaco said West who owned Timbennan Tree Service died an hour later at the hospital YORK Guard charged with arranging conjugal visits A guard at the York County jail has been fired after he was charged with allowing inmates to have sex with visitors in a prison bathroom authorities say Stewart Russell Jr 29 of Rock Hill was arrested Wednesday after police began investigating inmates who asked for conjugal visits at the York County Prison which houses more than 125 inmates but does not allow coqjugal visits SherifTaLt Tim Hager said a prisoner gave Russell $20 on July 19 in exchange for SO minutes in a bathroom with his girlfriend RusBell started coordinating the secret visits about a month ago and allowed four or five visits Hager said onr Rh) fftonafimriMto Refused AVULll jfi aim flflsm fibres ByVM) Interes a lonthsiOnlGM committee tossed a question involving a poem that contained the word Religious groups said the term was a reference to bestial*ty Most security violations are harmless coming from quick indiscretions by a teacher not a premeditated fraud according to state officials The worst violation of PACT security was one of those incidents Last year the state lost 128 items at a cost of at least $320000 from the PACT science pool when a field test booklet for the science PACT was found by a principal who thought they were practice materials and gave them to the science department head The state would not reveal where the incident occurred Violation of PACT security is a misdemeanor that carries up to $1000 in fines 90 days in jail and teaching license revocation The teacher certification database shows three teachers have had their licenses suspended for test security violations since 1998 but none have had their licenses revoked reviewing some of them Darlington Solicitor Jay Hodge said he will make a decision soon on any charges in his case "I'm concerned with the proper placement of liab- ihty here whether it is with the teacher or the he said English writing prompts in questions in the Darlington case stand a good chance of being thrown out The case in Darlington involved a husband and wife In schools in Darlington and Florence School District I respectively According to Hodge the wife asked her husband over e-mail what the PACT writing prompt was he sent it back and she shared it with her students A student turned her in Hodge said This fafi the saga to replace the Darlington items will begin Replacing a PACT question lost through a security violation takes about 80 months as it makes its way from erratum to the final test Measured Progress the company paid $1 million yearly to develop the test submits questions to the whether with teacher system Jay Darlington Waterpark Admission HQ98 All Day Admission Reg $21 95 tax WWWWILO-WAIERCOM NORTH CAROLINA 3 HIStSUNDA Hwy17 18 mOc loutti of Glenns Bay Hoad In SurfUdc Beach 938-3787 THE E5DCXE SM0IP at VUesternTAutoW Sals SM Off Reouhr Price Sale $299 Reg $329 RALEIGH Justice Department OKs state's filing period North Carolina's filing period for legislative candidates which closes today has gotten the approval of the US Justice Department In a letter sent to the State Elections Board late Wednesday the department also approved the decision to eliminate runoffs for this year only Candidates for the state House and Senate had filed earlier this year based on legislative maps approved last fell by the Genial Assembly But those filings were effectively thrown out earlier this month when the Justice Department agreed to new maps drawn by a Superior Court judge The primary originally scheduled for ear for May is now Sept 10 The general election date remains Nov 5 RALEIGH House tentatively passes complex tax bill The state House tentatively approved a complex tax bill Thursday that would raise $322 million a vote that could clear the way for a budget agreement House members voted 84-26 in favor ofthe plan a week after defeating another tax bill The earlier tax bill would have allowed counties to raise sales taxes a half cent while maintaining a statewide half-cent increase for another year The latest plan approved on the first of two required votes allows counties to raise the sales tax Jan I but only as the state portion of the tax falls a half-cent The state will no longer provide $333 million to local governments that had been given to make up for money lost when taxes on business inventory and stocks were eliminated in the 1980s and 1990s wire reports 1 1 OLD FASHIONED asm COASTER SHAKE SIKES ADULT TRIKES BEACH CRUISERS Mosstala Bikes $30 Off Regular Price FREE STYLEBMX Parti Service 100'a of Accessories Layawsy Available SEARS Western Auto 448-5103 Bike Shop 448j335 711 Broadway Itfyrtle Beach.

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