Downtown power outage after squirrel contact at substation
A squirrel touched an electrical line near Newberry Street and Hampton Avenue causing a 30 minute downtown outage. About 3,500 customers were affected as Columbia restored power, with Aiken Public Safety receiving numerous calls. A worker described it as like flipping a light switch before the grid was back online.
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South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
Newberry Street
Hampton Avenue
Columbia
Aiken
South Boundary
Whiskey Road
Kalmia Plaza
Richland Avenue
Rutland Drive
DERG
Cathy Love
Obituary notices for five residents arrive in 5A
Five death notices appear in the 5A section naming Arthur Ayers James Brown Ruth Caverhill Celia Deutsch and others. The notices list bereaved families and funeral details to follow in local columns.
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Arthur ‘Junior’ Ayers
Aiken
James Terry Brown
Blackville
Ruth C. Caverhill
Ken Celia Goldman Deutsch, ‘Aiken
Hodges rejects plan to ship plutonium to South Carolina
Governor Jim Hodges rejected a U S Energy Department proposal to begin receiving weapons grade plutonium shipments at the Savannah River Site from Rocky Flats Colorado The move keeps a near year long standoff unsettled Hodges demands a legally enforceable agreement to process the material into commercial fuel and prevent permanent storage at the Aiken site DOE says it has no imminent shipment plans and has offered several options for an enforceable pact.
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Hodges
SAS Associates
Mane Pn
Columbia
Jim Hodges
US. Energy Department
South Carolina
DOE
Savannah River
Rocky Flats
Colo
Jay Reiff
Greenville News
Joe Davis
Energy
Spencer Abraham
Reiff
SAS
Kodges
Aiken
Davis
Bid for green jacket begins at Augusta after practice rounds
After three days of practice rounds the quest for the green jacket officially began at Augusta National Golf Club under tournament conditions. Tiger Woods, winner of last year's green jacket, noted the hype this week centers on changes to the course rather than him. He acknowledged the questions at tournament sites lessen this year. Woods recalled last year’s surge as he pursues another major milestone.
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Augusta
Augusta National Golf Club
Tiger Woods
Woods
Woods Seizes Masters Title Amid Course Changes and Rain
Tiger Woods wins the Masters with a 272 total in the 16 under tier, beating David Duval by two and Phil Mickelson by three. Augusta National’s Hootie Johnson criticizes longer hitters for turning the course into a pitch and putt, noting 285 extra yards added and two boxes shifted. Rain on Tuesday and Wednesday softened greens, boosting putting and shortening some holes, while Woods eyes a repeat as a Masters champion with tee times from 10:53 to 3:15.
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David Duval
Phil Mickelson
Augusta National
Hootie Johnson
Johnson
Woods
Jack Nicklas
Nick Faldo
Mickelson
John Daly
Rain collapses roof at Aiken CVS during rainstorm
Aiken public safety responded to CVS Pharmacy at 1614 Richland Avenue on Wednesday after reports of a structural collapse. No collapse occurred but a temporary roof leaked heavily, causing water damage to merchandise and an extended closure while officials deemed the building unsafe.
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Uesday
Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety
CVS
Richland Avenue
Kalmia Plaza
David Turno
Aiken Public Safety
Turno
First Steps seeks Senate support to restore funding
First Steps Director Marie-Louise Ramsdale urged a Senate budget subcommittee to protect the $38 million requested for the next fiscal year. House leaders contend the agency faces a 37.5 percent cut with the House budget, while Senate leaders weigh the committee's subpanel findings before acting. Ramsdale notes the program spans all 46 counties, funding preschool health screening and parent education. Land, a Senate Democrat, calls the budget tight and piecemeal restoration unlikely, citing personal connections to the program. Leath-Flo says he will wait for subcommittee reports before acting on funding.
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Columbia
South Carolina
House
Senate
First Steps
Marie-Louise Ramsdale
Ramsdale
Gox
Jim Hodges
Jon
Land
D-Manning
Manning
Senate Finance Committee
Hugh Leath Florence
Cing
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