First Steps funding approved in budget sparks hope for Aiken County
Aiken County First Steps director Pegny Wertz says passage of a Senate funded budget at 33 million for First Steps could preserve all 2002 to 2008 projects if the conference committee keeps the allocation. The program supports full day four year old kindergarten health dental screening and parenting education and currently serves 93 children.
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S.C
First Steps
Aiken County
Aiken
Pegny Wertz
Initiaive
S.C. House
Senate
House
Aiken First Steps Board
Scott Hunter
Wertz
Budget fight over Barnwell fund raids and cigarette tax plan
The South Carolina Senate considered raiding the Barnwell low level waste cleanup fund to balance the budget. A cigarette tax increase to fund Medicaid and health programs failed after Lt. Gov. Peeler ruled the amendments out of order, with a 17-23 vote to overturn.
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Nikki Setzler
D-West Columbia
Tommy Moore
D-Clearwater
Wertz
Senate
Barnwell Fund
Lion
Ramsdale
Barnwell
Bank of Barnwell
Thomas
Sen
Verner Smith
R-Greer
Hodges
Bob Peeler
Riots Case Moves to Trial in Allen Murder
Nine defendants, all pleading innocent to murder, face a week of jury selection and a month long trial set by York County Judge John Uhler. The case revisits the 1969 Allen riot deaths when Lillie Belle Allen was shot during a white gang related disturbance in a Black neighborhood.
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Chauncey Gladfelter
York County
John €. Uhler
Robertson
Lillie Belle Allen
Gover
National Guard
Allen
Lawmakers press enforceable pledges on SRS waste deals
In a forum the group pressed for enforceable penalties if the DOE fails to meet waste disposition promises at SRS. Participants urged a bipartisan approach, calling for state support to compel federal commitments, ensure Social Security stability, and urge prudent federal budgeting and reserves.
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DOE
Greenwood
Jim Klauber
Srs
George Dunworth
10Th Judicial Circuit
Dunworth
Aiken
Stan Jackson
Jackson
Hodges
Volunteer Becomes Helping Hands Board Chair in Nine-Year Span
Aiken County volunteer describes her nine year journey from school secretary to Helping Hands volunteer to board chair. She started during empty nest days after her two children grew up. She now also serves as secretary to the director of special education and finance secretary in the county school office while mentoring many children in the evenings.
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Helping Hands
Helping Hands Board
Education
Herring
Special Education
Aiken County
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