Sturkie 95th Birthday Celebrated by Family and Friends
Dick Sturkie was honored at a luncheon for his 95th birthday organized by his wife Shirley and children Betty Nimmons Peggy Mann Donald and Ronald Sturkie. Guests included three nephews and his young great granddaughter Marlee Maria Sturkie. Dick's life included service as an Aiken County deputy sheriff and school bus supervisor before retiring from Public Works at 72. He has long been a farmer.
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Dick” Sturkie
Shirley Sturkie
Betty Nimmons
Peggy Mann
Donald Sturkie
Ronald Sturkie
Ronnie Cook
Jimmy Cook
Sammy Jackson
Marlee Maria Sturkie
Brandon
Kayla Sturkie
Salley Dick
Wagoner
Aiken County
Aiken County Public Works
North Augusta woman faces murder and new charges in husband’s death
Terry Cook, 20, is charged with murder and held at the Aiken County detention center after authorities say she shot and killed her husband Dakota Cook, 21, in their North Augusta Gardens apartment. Four children aged 4 months to 4 years were in the home but unharmed. Additional charges include possession of a weapon during a violent crime and four counts of unlawful neglect of a child.
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North Augusta
Terry Ashton Cook
Aiken County Detention Center
North Augusta Gardens
Dakota Cook
Cook
Terry
Terry Cook
Cording
Georgia Regents Medical Center
Augusta
MOX program at Savannah River Site in budget clash
US Senator Lindsey Graham pressed Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz over the MOX facility at Savannah River Site, insisting the Appropriations Committee ordered construction not cold standby. Moniz said standby is a budget option to weigh plutonium disposition paths, while NNSA official Harrington indicated an order to halt construction may come.
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Department of Energy
Ernest Moniz
Appropriations Committee
Savannah River
Moniz
Energy and Water
Congressional
Graham
Anne Harrington
Defense
National Nuclear Security Administration
NNSA
Harrington
MOX plutonium program costs discussed in U S Senate hearing
At a Senate hearing Graham pressed Moniz on a $30 billion MOX life cycle cost and the DOE study. Moniz said the report is under inner agency comment and will be completed by month end. Concerns focused on South Carolina impact and Russia negotiations to dispose of 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium. AREVA cites about $17 billion. Derrek Asberry reports for Aiken Standard.
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DOE
Graham
Moniz
Russia
South Carolina
AREVA
Upcoming Events and Community Activities Highlight Local Groups
Lewn Together American Sewing Guild meets at Fairview Presbyterian Church in North Augusta Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Project: keepsake holders for bereaved families. Bring sewing machine white thread and lunch. Volunteers needed cutters and handworkers. Also karaoke at Iron Horse Bar and Grill Friday and Aiken Kiwanis Club meets April 17 at Cumberland Village clubhouse.
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Lewn Together
American Sewing Guild
Fairview Presbyterian Church
Carolina Ave
North Augusta
University Hospital
Kiwanis Club of
Aiken
Cumberland Village
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Diane Toole Miller
Crosby-Miller School of Dance
Sarah Kendrick
Gilbert C Robinson
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Clemson University
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Laikenstandard.com
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Governor's School For the Arts and Humanities
Wite
Teddy Kulmala
Aiken Standard
Williston
Citizens Park
Aikenstandard.com
Richard Pearce
Steve Homoki
Recreation Commission
Suzanne Haslup
Phyllis Sorensen
Connector Road
Barry Johnson
Old Airport Road
James Grigle
Mox
Aiken, S.C
Aikenstandard. Com
Derrek Asberry
The
Fairview Presbyterian
Iron Horse Bar and Grill
Ironhorse-Barand Grill
Blackville
Kiwanis Club
Storm Branch Road
Porky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
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