Aiken Named Finalist for All-America City Award
Aiken is named one of 30 finalists for the 1997 All-America City Award by the National Civic League. City Manager Steve Thompson and Assistant City Manager Frances Thomas note the strong application and preparation by a multi-hour committee. Finalists perform in Kansas City from June 5 to 7 with 10 winners announced after three days of judging.
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Denver
National Civic League
Aiken
Steve Thompson
Frances Thomas
Ms. Thomas
Kansas City
Karen Papouchado
Obituary Notices Highlight Local Figures in North and Burnet
The notices recall Nina Bonnette Springheld Elise Grant Springfield Anne Robinson Scott North Augusta and Richard C Warren of Burnet town as listed in page 7B obituaries.
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Nina Bonnette
Springheld
Elise Grant
Springfield
Anne Robinson Scott
North Augusta
Richard C. Warren
Burnettown
Odell Weeks Center to Host Grand Opening Gymnasium
The Odell Weeks Center unveils a new gymnasia and activity center with a 10 a.m. opening featuring a speech by Mayor Fred Cavanaugh. Body Dynamics instructors will demonstrate aerobics and fitness classes before 1 p.m. when the gym opens for basketball. A racquetball court will also start at 1 p.m. with in-person reservations. Lisa Hall invites the public to register at the demonstrations and gives contact 642-7648.
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Odell Weeks Center
Lisa Hall
Fred Cavanaugh
Body Dynamics
Two Tigers Holding Forms In Aiken Textile Venture
Two Aiken businessmen Doug Kingsmore and Rod Grandy formed Two Tigers Holding to acquire and run existing textile related firms. Their first purchase is Southern Weaving Co. of Greenville for 25 million, with Robert Hammersla appointed to manage the company. Kingsmore and Grandy praise Hammersla's tenure and capability.
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Aiken
Doug Kingsmore
Graniteville Co
Rod Grandy
Exxon Corp
Michael Thomas
Two Tigers
Rod
Auburn
Clemson
Two ‘Tigers Holding
Kingsmore
The
Tigers
Graniteville
Two Tigers Holding
Southern ‘Weaving Co
Greenville
Southern Weaving
Robert Hammersia
S Kingsmore
Hammersia
Southern
Grandy
Bob Hammersla
Southern Company
Kingsmore and Kingsmore form holding company buy Southern Weaving
Doug Kingsmore announces the formation of a holding company after acquiring Southern Weaving. Kingsmore becomes chairman and CEO while Grady serves as president and COO. The firm makes safety harnesses and load binders for the auto industry and battery conveyors. The executives seek further ventures.
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Impushment
Southern Weaving
Kingsmore
Grandy
New Ellenton Mayor Refuses to Quit Despite Council Vote
In New Ellenton the city council, by a unanimous 50 vote, demands Mayor Paul Parker justify why he should not be removed for dual office holding and schedules a May 5 public hearing. Parker vows to stay, plans to attend with counsel, and may pursue legal action if the findings are not in his favor. The town also wins a Supreme Court ruling on a Public Works case, but faces ongoing financial strain from sewer debt and public criticism.
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Parker
Aiken
S.C. Supreme Court
New Ellenton
Public Works Commission
South Carolina
Ida Hurst
New Ellenton Council Sets Special Election Dates
Council accepts resignation of Chris Beam effective April 1 and schedules a special election to fill the unexpired term. Qualifying runs April 18 to April 28 with the primary on June 17 and a potential runoff. Election is set for Tuesday August 5. Beam's committee assignments await his successor.
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New Ellenton
Chris ‘Beam
Beam
Question of Parker election legality debated at council meetings
The legality issue has lingered since November as Norman Strader, Parker's defeated challenger, repeatedly pressed the point. Councilman Hank Rowland recalled Strader pointing it out the day after the election and noted the Aiken County Election Commission did not respond.
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Parker
Norman Strader
Strader
Hank Rowland
Aiken County
Nuclear cleanup dubious cost outlook at Pit 9 Idaho
Two years after selecting a plutonium laden acre in Idaho to prove cheaper cleanup methods, no progress has been made. The contractor seeks 158 million more, potentially doubling the price to over 300 million to clean a single acre amid technical glitches and delays. The Energy Department faces a costly, slow project near Yellowstone.
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Washingson
Idaho
Pit 9
Yellowstone National Park
Energy Department
Idaho plans 179 million cleanup under 1994 contract with Lockheed
Idaho aimed to spend up to 179 million under a 1994 fixed price contract with Lockheed Martin Advanced Environmental Systems Co to design build and operate a leaching system to treat a buried pit with thousands of 55 gallon drums of radioactive material reactor vessels and toxic wastes including PCBs lead and ammonia. The facility would model private sector cleanup for the Energy Department.
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Lockheed Martin Advanced Environmental Systems Co
Lockheed
Energy Department
Department
Congress
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