Sex registry snafu
	Web-posted 6/12/2000   An Augusta girl was victimized because a convicted sex offender's name never made it to the state's Sex Offender Registry. The girl's family invited Daniel T. Shaffer to move in with them last January until he could find a place of his own to live.

	Hafez Assad
	Web-posted 6/12/2000   Syrian President Hafez Assad was an oppressive tyrant whose lifelong goal was to unite the Arab world and isolate, if not destroy, Israel.

	Cut out parents
	Web-posted 6/12/2000   The mask slipped, and Americans (especially voters) got to hear a raw glimpse at the raw political liberal mind-set when it comes to parents and government. Listen to floor remarks by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on a Republican education bill's tutoring provisions:

	S.C. primaries today
	Web-posted 6/12/2000   South Carolina voters turned out in record numbers to vote in the GOP presidential primary in March, yet that election's outcome won't have as great an impact on the lives of Aiken County voters as today's primaries to nominate local decision-makers.

	McClain's fate: Will you be next?
	Web-posted 6/12/2000   The media coverage of Gary McClain versus Tenneco has made me feel sick and helpless. I have been a friend of Mr. McClain for nine years. My husband and Gary have been best friends since they were in fourth grade together. Thus, I'm writing this letter for both of us... Linda Weaver, Trenton

Restore veterans' health benefits

Web-posted 6/12/2000   A few days ago I happened to come across an article on the front pages of The Chronicle - ``Clinton praises Chernobyl closing.'' It stated that the infamous nuclear power plant would be shutting down 14 years after the disastrous nuclear accident. Wonderful news. If only the president were sending just praise, but, no, it seems money is involved, too - $80 million of it, to be precise: ``American aid to entomb the plant forever.'' John H. Roberts, Augusta

	NAACP wants power, not justice
	Web-posted 6/12/2000   This is in response to the Joe Nirenberg letter, which appeared June 9. Patsy J. Bentler, Evans

	I'll be driving my kid so school
	Web-posted 6/12/2000   Re Busing middle and high school children together in Columbia County: K.P. West, Martinez

	Bible doesn't settle pastoral issue
	Web-posted 6/12/2000   Regarding Rev. Ray Simpson's ``Bible settles it, no women pastors,'' letter of June 7: Victor R. Scott, Grovetown

	Defends candidate over `distortions'
	Web-posted 6/12/2000   The recent letters by E.J. McCarty and Kathy Thomas really typify what ails American politics. Both of these individuals have continued to air a domestic violence charge against Ron Beul when the charge was in fact disorderly conduct - a far cry from violence or abuse. Richard Rountree, Evans