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The Sanford Herald TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2010
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EDUCATION
GOVERNMENT
‘Shook Clause’ nixed by board Board decides against guideline prohibiting commissioners to hold office in local party By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com
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Jewels Marlewski (left), Connor Bush (middle) and Xander Walker (right) raise their hands to answer questions during class on the first day of kindergarten at Tramway Elementary School Monday morning.
BACK SO SOON?
Many students at Tramway Elementary, Lee County’s lone year-round school, like being back on campus even though their neighbors are at home By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — The majority of Lee County students are sleeping in, heading to camp or taking a family vacation, but it was back to school Monday for the kids at Tramway Elementary, Lee County’s year-round school. The last day of school for Tramway students was June 9, around the same time as schools on the traditional calendar. But after a five-week summer break, the Tramway classrooms are filled with students and teachers once again. Second-grade teacher Robin Beeker said people who are more familiar with the traditional calendar frequently ask her how she likes teaching on a year-round schedule.
Kamron Jaleel laughs with classmates as they eat lunch on the first day of classes at Tramway Elementary School. “I think that year-round school is sometimes a difficult concept for people to get until
they’re in it,” Beeker said. “But I think overall it revitalizes the teachers and gives them a
SANFORD
QUICKREAD
Weekend fire destroys 3 Horner businesses
SPORTS
By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — A large fire late last week has left a decades-old Sanford structure in ruins. The fire, according to Sanford Fire Department Chief Wayne Barber, destroyed a building at 936 N. Horner Blvd. that housed three businesses. Barber said officers for Monarch mental health, Freedom Income Tax Service and an insurance company were leveled by the multi-floor blaze, which was reported at about 12:30 a.m. Friday. Nobody was hurt in the fire,
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and the investigation is ongoing into what touched off the flames, firefighters say. “It just got up in the roof areas and we just couldn’t get to it,” Barber said. “When it was spotted, it had already had a good head start.” Barber said the building had been a mainstay on that section of Horner Boulevard, once serving as an early office for local convenience store company The Pantry. Firefighters were forced to call in aerial support to contain the blaze, Barber said, remaining at the scene until
n The Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society will hold its July meeting at 7 p.m. at the W.B. Wicker Center, 809 S. Vance St., in room #120. The program “W.B. Wicker School — Its History, Restoration and Current Programs” will be presented by John Howard.
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LEE SCHOOLS
Board to pick a new chairman today Three newly elected board members to be sworn in by clerk By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com
WHAT WILL BECOME OF LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN? The prospects for domation of the golf world are not good for the South African, even though he destroyed the field at St. Andrews over the weekend. The Herald’s Alex Podlogar points to the fate of major winners from the last three years as proof that it’s tough to be the king of the links these days. Page 1B
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HAPPENING TODAY
breath of fresh air.” Tramway students are taught the same basic curriculum as students on the traditional calendar, and they are in school the same number of days. But instead of having one long summer break, the calendar is divided into nine-week quarters with three-week breaks, or intersessions, between quarters. “I like it because when you need a break, you get a break,” Tramway fifth-grader Thomas Rouse said. Parents who decide Tramway is the right fit for their children have to fill out enrollment forms in late January or early February. Tramway often has a waiting list because more students want to
SANFORD — Lee County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to ax a new ethics guideline that would have targeted at least one current board member. The paragraph in the still in-the-works ethics code called for a ban on commissioners holding Shook office in a political party at the same time as they serve on the board, stating that serving in both offices might place the commissioner in a “position where they could serve the party over the good of the entire county.” If passed, the text would impact Commissioner Linda Shook,
SANFORD — The Lee County Board of Education will kick off its monthly meeting today with the induction of three new board members and the announcement of a new board chairman. During the meeting, the board is expected to pick a new chairman to replace sitting board member Bill Tatum, who announced earlier this year he would not seek reappointment. Before that, Susie Thomas, the Lee County Clerk of Court, will swear in Mark Akinosho, John Bonardi and Linda Smith. “They’ll have their families with them and stand, and there’s an oath that the board
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INDEX
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OBITUARIES
SCOTT MOONEYHAM
Sanford: Shirley Bowlin, 73; John Buie, 76; Ruth Johnson, 84; Melvin Kelley, 70; William Lawrence; William Perdue, 55; Walter Spivey, 47
Gauging the historical significance of the recent investigations isn’t easy
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