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November 16, 2007
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SCHOOL REPORT CARDS
Grades slump as standards toughen
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
More county schools received below average and unsatisfactory ratings on state report cards Thursday as higher accountability standards continue to take their toll on all schools. More...
Air Force funds ROTC marksmanship program
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

"Do not enter. Air rifle shooting in progress." This was the sign outside the Gaffney High lecture hall Thursday afternoon. Inside, Gaffney High JROTC students were involved in an air rifle marksmanship program funded through the Air Force. More...

Company shuts down part of its operation
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com

Citing concerns both locally and abroad, longtime Cherokee County business Progressive Screens will shut down its rotary screen department in a cost-cutting move. "We as a business are no longer able to continue paying manufacturing taxes," Progressive Screens Customer Service Representative Lesl... More...

 Local News
•Cookbook to help Cherokee students pay for college
Local Realtors have compiled a list of their favorite recipes in an effort to help a lucky Cherokee County student earn money to help further his or her education. Realtors from Gaffney and Blacksburg have put their collective minds and hearts together to create the cookbook "A Taste From Our Hom... More...
•Full Story
•State First Steps director gets good look at programs in Cherokee County
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 LifeStyles
•Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade featured at Music Sandwiched-In concert Nov. 20
The Cherokee County Public Library will serve up another "Music Sandwiched In" concert on Tuesday Nov. 20, from 12:15-1 p.m. Featured artists will be Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade. Miss Tess is a Boston-based songstress whose modern vintage sound mingles freely between eras and genres. More...
•Photos
•ANNIE'S MAILBOX
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 Sports
•Defense is Indians'edge
Indians-Sumter to clash in second round of playoffs
With both teams featuring impressive offenses, today's second-round playoff clash between Sumter and Gaffney may ultimately swing to the team which can create a big play on defense. Edge Indians. The Gaffney defense has 20 interceptions and recovered 27 fumbles this season. The unit is giving up... More...
•BRIEFS
•Former GHS standout named all-conference
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 Obituaries
•Jackie Wallace-Rose
Retired industrial mechanic
BLACKSBURG - Jackie Miller Wallace-Rose, 56, of 260 Deana Lane, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, at his son's residence. Born in York, he was the son of the late Samuel Jackson Wallace and Zaller Beulah Neely Rose and husband of Barbara Merritt Wallace- Rose. He was a ret... More...
•Willie V. Houser
•Dr. U.D. Vernon
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 Inside Report
•Not good at nation building
WASHINGTON - A bus full of 15 Iraqi lawyers carrying a four-page, single-spaced letter to President Bush arrived at the White House Tuesday. The mission was to request less U.S. help for building prisons and more for establishing the rule of law. There was no immediate official response, and expe... More...
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 Columns
•SUSAN ESTRICH
The wrong line
My kids say I always pick the wrong line. Put me in a bank or airport or a grocery store, and whichever line I get in, it will move the slowest. That's why I love my local Albertson's, with its "three's a crowd" rule. If more than three people are in line, they open a new one. I also like those l... More...
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 State News
•Truck overturns on inmate van
CROSS ANCHOR - A tractor trailer struck a prison van carrying six inmates on I-26 Thursday, seriously injuring one of the prisoners. Both the van and the truck were traveling west on I-26 near mile marker 44 when the 18-wheeler tipped over on top of the van, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol. More...
•Agency challenges golf course project plans
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 National News
•Record number will hit the road for the holidays, despite high gas prices
WASHINGTON - Gas prices near record highs at a time of year when they typically decline will not deter drivers from hitting the road this Thanksgiving, AAA said Thursday. The travel agency expects a record 38.7 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home over the five days beginning... More...
•New respiratory virus has killed 10 people, sickened scores
•Supreme Court blocks execution of man who killed 11-year-old
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