State lottery bill advances as Senate OKs 36 9 vote
The Senate approved a state lottery bill 36 to 9 sending the debate to the House where leaders differ on management and funding. Gov Hodges praised the vote as a step toward scholarships. The House plan would use lottery funds to expand the LIFE Scholarship requiring B average or better or top 30 percent ranking or SAT 1100.
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House
Senate
Jim Hodges
Carolina
Carolina Students Deserve,” Hodges
Glenn McConnell
Charleston
Deaths and Obituaries in Local Notices
Louise Carree Gary L. Cooper Doris J. Finch Addis Jordan John V. Poole Joe W. Troutman Charles A. Walker obituary notices list several local residents. The fragment implies a published deaths column with multiple names and dates, reflecting a community record of recent losses.
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Louise Carree
Gary L. Cooper
Doris J. Finch
Addis S. Jordan
John V. Poole
Joe W. Troutman
Charles A. Walker
Fate of Rivera tapes to be decided in Georgia hearing
North Augusta man Reinaldo Javier Rivera 37 faces a pretrial hearing before Judge Albert M. Pickett in Savannah to determine admissibility of six hours of taped conversations with law enforcement. Tapes describe two deaths in South Carolina and two in Georgia and an October 2000 assault in South Augusta.
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North Augusta
Georgia
Reinaldo Javier
Ray” Rivera
Albert
M. Pickett
Savannah River
Pickett
South Carolina
South Augusta
Ashley Wright
Bridgestone
Firestone
Aiken County Council Denies Volunteer Fire Millage
Aiken County Council rejected a resolution to raise a tax millage for volunteer fire departments in a 47 to 0 vote with one abstention. The vote maintained existing fire fees, and officials acknowledged the need to assist departments while noting a county wide vehicle tax could provoke opposition from municipal residents. Council member Willar Hightower urged finding ways to improve fee collection.
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Aiken County
Ments
Willar Hightower
State funds aid Aiken area child programs under First Steps
State First Steps board approved 1 371 for Aiken County and 128 218 for Edgefield and 1 857 466 for Lexington to support child oriented programs. Aiken County Initiative leaders seek to expand school readiness with child care scholarships worker training and half day kindergarten with hopes for full day classes in rural areas.
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Aiken County
State Board For First Steps
Edgefield County
Lexington County
ATC and USCA to raise tuition for next semester
State budget shortfalls drive proposed hikes at ATC and USCA. In state tuition would rise to 850 dollars per semester at ATC and 172 dollars more at USCA bringing in state total to 1729. Board approvals and June decision loom as educators warn of wider cuts and campus funding gaps.
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University of South Carolina Aiken
ATC
Marning
USCA
Tom Hallman
Ham
ATC Press
State Board For Technical and Comprehensive Education
Jim Hodges
Heated talks over SRS MOX facility proposal at North Augusta
More than 100 residents and officials gathered at the North Augusta Community Center as the NRC weighs a license for a Savannah River Site MOX facility to convert weapons grade plutonium into reactor fuel. Rep J Roland Smith and Mayor Fred Cavanaugh voiced support, citing safety and disposal logic.
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Savannah
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R Langley
Fred Cavanaugh
Smith
Savannah River
Cavanaugh
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