Skyline Productions Denies Illegal Casting Calls
Skyline Productions Corp. says it is not an employment agency and has not solicited for Ace Ventura Two casting. Secretary of State Jim Miles' office had alleged the company was improperly soliciting extras and unregistered as an employment agency, while the firm claims it only seeks local talent and charges no fees.
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Columbia
Charleston
Jim Miles
Miles
Skyline Productions Corp
South Carolina
Skyline
Hannah Shoemaker
DHEC Faces Up To 100 Central Office Job Cuts
South Carolina officials anticipate as many as 100 central office jobs being eliminated to absorb 5 million dollars in Beasley budget cuts. About 90 cuts will hit the health division and the remainder the environmental quality control division. Scattered showers offer some gains for crops but more rain is needed. Corn 93 percent planted, tobacco 56 percent, cotton 12 percent. peach cantaloupe and watermelon slightly below average.
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Columbia
Department of Health and Environmental Control
David Beasley
DHEC
Health Division
Environment Quality Control Division
South Carolina Agricultural Statistics Service
Obituary Notices Aiken and Bates Areas Listed
Deaths Coleman Borders Aiken Harla Curry Thelma Duston Graves Pearl Wheeler Hite and Tyesha Lashaye James are listed in obituary notices on Page 2B with brief biographical details and dates. Local mourners and funeral arrangements may follow in subsequent columns.
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Coleman Borders
Aiken
Harla Curry
Thelma
Duston Graves
Pearl Wheeler Hite
Batesburg-Leesville
Tyesha
Lashaye James
Barnwell
City charged with four new industrial parks plan
The Aiken City Council approved a Plan of Work to develop four parks to create about 4,500 jobs in 50 companies over 15 years. Commerce Village, a high tech park near Barnwell Avenue, would anchor the effort within a defined study area. The Aiken Corporation has two years to draft a master plan for Commerce Park as a key element of economic diversification.
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Aiken Development Corporation
Aiken
Commerce Village
Barnwell Avenue
Marlboro Street
Wrights Mill Road
Rushton Road
Richland Avenue
Aiken Corporation
Aiken Councilman Perry apologizes for incident with police
Aiken City Council member Robert S. Perry Jr apologized after a March 25 incident in which he reportedly cursed at officers and left the scene of an accident near Powderhouse Road and South Boundary Avenue. Police traced a car to his Norman Lane home and noted alcohol odor.
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Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Robert S
Skipper) Perry Jr
Perry
Normandy Lane
Mike Durrell
Durrell
Study on Angioplasty at ARMC May Face Funding Hurdles
Aiken Regional Medical Centers may halt on site open heart backup angioplasty due to lack of funding for a statewide study. The task force deadline is May 25 with a July 1 end for current angioplasty operations. ARMC and Dr. David W. Cundey defend safety via standby heart surgeons in Augusta.
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Aiken
Office of Research and Statistical Services
State Budget and Control Board
Carroll A. Campbell Jr
South Carolina
United States
Campbell
Aiken Regional
Augusta
David W. Cundey
South Carolina Ranks Low In Child Welfare Nationally
The Kids Count Data Book places South Carolina 46th in child welfare, down from 43rd, amid rising unwed teen births and juvenile crime arrests. Officials urge prevention focused on families and poverty reduction to improve outcomes. The state shows gains in infant mortality, child death, and youth dropout rates.
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Columbia
Baron Holmes
South Carolina
Besty Wolff
The
Alliance For
Wolff
Sara Shuptrine
Southern Institute On Children and Families
Shuptrine
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Abby
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Hopeland Gardens
Philip Lord
Commerce Park
ARMC
S.C
Associated Press
Bill Saptenfield
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