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Community
Samuel Blumenfeld, Advocate of Phonics, Dead at 89
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- By Williams F. Jasper
Millions of people who can read today owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Samuel L. Blumenfeld, America’s foremost apostle of phonics over the past half century. Blumenfeld died on June 1, one day after his 89th birthday. I was privileged to know him as a friend and colleague for more than 30 years.
I first became acquainted with Sam Blumenfeld’s writings in the early 1970s. I was a college student at the time and had switched my course of study from pre-veterinary medicine to psychology and education. The “reading controversy” that had been launched in 1955 with the publication of Dr. Rudolph Flesch’s bestseller Why Johnny Can’t Read and What You Can Do About It was back in full swing, following a period of relative quiescence. Sam’s book The New Illiterates (1973) rekindled the debate, exposing the ludicrous basis of the destructive look-say methodology that was mentally crippling millions of children, and forcefully putting forward the case for restoring intensive phonics in the reading programs of our nation’s schools.
Citizens Group Wants Berea School To Become Community Center
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Large Citizen Turnout for Community Meeting
The old Berea High School built by the WPA in the 1930s is for sale. The facility is located on a large lot of choice property in the center of the Berea business district. The well-constructed brick building will be expensive to demolish, which will figure into the cost of any buyer with plans for development.
It is understood that a Florida company has an option to buy the facility. Their plan would be to demolish the current building to make way for a retail outlet. Attempts to obtain specific information on the deal from the School District of Greenville County proved unsuccessful on Monday. If the deal does not work out between the prospective purchaser and the school district, it is estimated that the property could become available for another buyer between September 2015 and January 2016. The Berea community leaders are researching options for buying the building and using it for a community center should it become available for them to arrange a purchase.
Paul Howell Speaks to URW
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- By Thomas C. Hanson
Paul Howell, director of Honor Flight Upstate South Carolina, speaks during the Americanism program for the Upstate Republican Women, Monday at the Poinsett Club.
14th Annual Armed Forces Day Parade
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- By Gilbert Scales
Fred Maus Wins Senior Olympic Gold Medal
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Fred Maus of Travelers Rest won the Gold Medal and the Senior Olympic’s 50 Meter Dash at Wade Hampton High School recently. Maus placed 2nd in the 40 Meter Dash. The age group for the Gold Medal was 85-89. Maus, a patriot who served in the US Marines, will celebrate his 86th birthday next month.
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