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Merchants gearing up for
expected school uniform rush
By Adrienne Turner
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
' AUGUSTA
Area schools have made their
announcements and parents can
now begin their shopping for the
school year. Though there was
initial concern when members
of the Richmond County school
board approved mandatory uni
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Cross Creek High School is set to open in the fall.
‘Walker announces local grants
E AUGUSTA
. +July 1 will bring good news to 16.
'bagendes and organizations in the
. CSRA when they become beneficia
ries of funds from the FY 2000
budget of the state of Georgia. Sen
‘ate Majority Leader Charles W.
Walker, D-22 recently announced
that grants ranging in amounts
from $5,000 to $40,000 totaling
. $230,000 have been earmarked for
‘the Augusta area.
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forms for elementary and middle
school students, local merchants
aren’t showing any signs of dis
tress over the drastic change in
back-to-school attire. Asa matter
of fact, most consider the change
awelcome addition and have sim
ply added the uniforms to their
permanent rotation.
“We don’t expect it (the manda
tory uniform policy) to affect back
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
While Georgia basketball play
ers did the Peach State proud
during the 1999 NBA draft
Wednesday night, June 30, disap
pointment did occur when the
league failed to select former
Westside High star Ricky Moore.
Moore, whose sterling career at
Historical Preservation; The Arts
Factory; Southside Tutorial/After
School Program; The Imperial Arts
Connection; Tremount Summer
Enrichment Program; The Delta
House, Inc.; The Lucy C. Laney
High School; Jack & Jill Outreach
Program; The CSRA EOA, Inc,;
Delta Leadership Program; Au
gusta Task Force for the Home
less; Beulah Grove’s Community
Resource Center; and the Augusta
Symphony.
JULY 1 -7,1999
to-school shopping at all,” said
Nick Amato, manager of Dillard’s
Department Store in Augusta
Mall. “We have carried uniforms
in the past, now we will simply
carry more.”
Mr. Amato added that even
though Dillard’s has added the
uniforms to their back-to-school
line, he expects sales on other
clothing in the children’s depart
the University of Connecticut cul
minated with an NCAA champi
onship ring last March, could still
witness his hoop dreams come
true during upcoming free agent
tryouts. Meanwhile, Moore’s
neighborhood pal William Avery
was selected No. 14 in the first.
round by the Minnesota
Timberwolves. Avery, whoserved
asMoore’s backcourt matein high
school, played two years at Duke
By Adrienne Turner
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
With the exception of the ath
letic complex that promises to be
complete by the time school opens
in August, everything is ready to
go. New lockers are in, mascots
are in place and the staff has all
been hired. The “Razorbacks” just
needed the “0.k.” to take charge of
their new territory.
Tuesday, after performingawalk
through inspection of the impres
sive sls million facility, Richmond
County school board membersgave
that “0.k.”, immediately voting to
approve the new Cross Creek High
School in south Augusta ready for
occupation.
“Wehavebeen working extremely
hard in anticipation of this day,”
said Lynn War, principal of Cross
Creek High School.
According to Ms. War, the inte
rior of the school had not been
painted as of last week. One of the
many jobs yet to be performed at
the institution.
Contractors worked well past
midnight all week to finish con
struction and painting of the over
204,000 square foot building.
Bob Beattie, architect with
Hughes/Beattie/Johnson/Law &
Associates, explained the use of
bright white as the primary color
on the walls of the school.
“Wenoticed that the use of colors
seemed to darken the schools. So,
we decided to use white with ac
cents of color to brighten the halls
and we found that it appeals to the
students, as well. We hope that it
will have a positive effect on their
moods,” Mr. Beattie said.
However, school spirit already
seems to be up. ‘
See SCHOOL, page 2A
ment will not drastically de
crease because children will re
quire clothing for afterschool
and weekends, as well.
Several stores have already
began to stock their shelves with
the uniforms and more ship
ments are expected to arrive
after theJuly 4th holiday. They
See UNIFORMS, page 3A
andjoined three other blue Devils
as first round selections.
Another local first round pick is
Thomson native and University
of Pittsburgh guard Vonteego
Cummings who was selected No.
26by Indiana but traded to Golden
State. University-of Georgia
sophomore Jumaine Jones and
former Georgia Tech star Dion
See NBA draft, page 3A
DOE chief brings
‘good news’ to SRS
BEnergy chief Bill
Richardson’s visit
comes on the heels
of tough Capitol
Hill questioning.
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AIKEN
Just days after facing a tough
Senate panel which questioned
the effectiveness of his depart
ment, U.S. Secretary of Energy
Bill Richardson appeared tohave
breathed a sigh of relief upon
recently visiting the Savannah
River Site.
During his brief June 24 site
trip, the Energy chief delivered
an upbeat message that was
particularly welcomed by SRS
employees that have experi
enced massive downsizing for
most of this decade. While reas
suring area politicians that SRS
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BExistence of witnesses
questioned in teen double
murder charges.
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
After pleading not guilty during a recent arraign
ment hearing, questions still exist whether
anyone witnessed the gunshot deaths of an Aiken
County couple.
Regarding the June 11 shooting of James Earl
Stone, 30, and his wife Lisa Lynn Stone, 27, when
questioned if eyewitness accounts led to the arrests
of three youths charged in the killing, Bill Bowcutt
of the District Attorney’s office said, based on a “case
that’s pending,” he was unable to offer any details.
Bowcutt is DA Danny Craig’s chief assistant.
Quinton C. Cummings, 14, Judson Harden, 15and
Justin R. Williams, 16, were arraigned Tuesday,
June 29 in Richmond County Superior Court. All
three face charges of felony murder, malice murder,
armed robbery and weapon violations as adults,
according to the DA’s office.
The accused are charged as adults and remain
See YOUTHS PLEAD, page 3A
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Local leaders welcome DOE secretary to SRS. Pictured from left
Rep. Jack Connell, Augusta Mayor Bob Young, Bill Richardson
and Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh. Photo by Tim Cox
will continue receiving new mis
sions (such as plutonium disposi
tion) into the new millennium,
Richardson’s primary reason for
visiting the local nuclear site was
to designate over 10,000 SRS acres
S.C. State lauds DOE
DOE secretary
Bill Richardson
accepts spe
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from Leslie
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as biological and wildlife refuge
— creating the Crackernecfil
Wildlife Management Area an
Ecological Reserve. The agree-
See RICHARDSON, page 2A
Secretary Bill Richardson’s
SRS visit was also an appropri
ate time for the Clinton cabinet
member to be awarded a special
plaque by environmental scien
tists from South Carolina State
University.
Dr. Judith Salley and Dr.
Ambrose Anoruo, thanked the
DOE head for his continued en
couragement of minority stu
dents pursuing non-traditional
science careers.
“Our focus is on increasing
minorities and women in these
areas,” said Dr. Salley. She
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