Fuel costs rise pressure on Aiken County and city
Rising gasoline and diesel prices strain budgets in Aiken County and the city. County Administrator Clay Killian notes heavy equipment and sheriff’s vehicles need relief, while City Manager Roger LeDuc projects a 10 percent hike in 2003 04 projections, hoping fuel drops to about 1 50 next year. Education officials cite diesel up from 94 cents to 1 10 per gallon as school buses consume millions of gallons.
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Aiken
Clay Killian
Sheriff's Office
Roger LeDuc
State Department of Education
Doug Hamrick
Dozens Die in Iraqi Violence Sparks U.S. Death Toll Tops 600
Rioting by supporters of an anti-American cleric erupts in four Iraqi cities with clashes against coalition troops the worst since the fall of Saddam. At least 22 Iraqis, eight U.S. troops and one Salvadoran soldier killed. hundreds wounded as tanks and burning Humvees surge through Baghdad and Sadr City.
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Najaf
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
U.S
Baghdad
Nasiriyah
Amarah
Sadr City
Bipartisan push for Savannah River Site upgrades gains momentum
South Carolina and Georgia lawmakers unite to back SRS missions including keeping the MOX program on track, attracting the Modern Pit Facility, and elevating SRTC to national laboratory status. Gov. Sanford travels to Washington to boost DOE support as legacy disputes linger from Jim Hodges.
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Savannah River
South Carolina
Georgia
U.S. Senate
U.S. House
Senate
Lindsey Graham
R-S.c
Graham
Sen
Saxby Chambliss
Rga
Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Washington, D.C
Fritz Hollings
SAS
Savannah River Technology Center
National Laboratory
SRTC
SRS
Jim Hodges
U.S. Department of Energy
Mark Sanford
Washington
DOE
Gresham Barrett
R- 8.C
Barrett
Former SRS engineer stays in Aiken with family ties
Alan Eckmyre, a nuclear engineer by training, moved to Aiken in 1993 to work at SRS and later for WIP. After DOE canceled WIP's contract in 2002 he chose to remain in Aiken for the community and his children's activities, despite losing his job.
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Philip Lord
Alan Eckmyre
Savannah River
Honda Cars
Aiken
SRS
Alan
Jamie Eckmyre
Kansas
Eckmyre
Halliburton Nus
WIP
U.S. Department of Energy
DOE
Eckmyres
Jewel
Bronson
St. John's
United Methodist
Final Day Foxhunter Show Opens Amid Scenic Hitchcock Woods
Spectators praised the unique scenery as fox hunters wrapped up the Aiken Horse Show in Hitchcock Woods. The event benefited the Hitchcock Foundation with ringside bleachers crowded and riders competing under a shaded Hitchcock Tent while John Flintom of Aiken cheered spectators and riders alike.
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Dulcet Jones
Hitchcock Woods
Aiken
Hitchcock Foundation
Hitchcock
John Flintom
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Rob Novit
Aiken High School
LeDuc
Kufa
Philip Lord Senior
Soviet Union
National Nuclear Security Administration
Linton Brooks
LIC
SHS
Ginny Southworth
Rachel Parker
Kathleen Gunter
Linda Knox McLean
Claudia Corbett Jenkins
Columbia
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