Aiken earns ninth Municipal Cup for city excellence
Editorial lauds Aiken as it wins a ninth Municipal Cup for municipal innovation. Cites Public Works Director Roger LeDuc and a "three legged stool" approach that boosted production with a smaller staff. Praises leaders, staff, volunteers and citizens for a peaceful, well run community.
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Aiken
Municipal Association of
South Carolina
Public Works
Roger LeDuc
Steve Thompson
Ed Evans
Fred Cavanaugh
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Shari Lewis Remembered as Gentle Childrens TV Pioneer
The Orange County Register tributes Shari Lewis after her death from uterine cancer following June diagnosis and chemotherapy. The ventriloquist and author of 60 books blended music, life lessons, and imagination on PBS The Charlie Horse Music Pizza, rejecting coarse humor for uplifting children’s fare.
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Shari Lewis
Lamb Chop
Orange County
Calif
SRS Aiken editors urge multipurpose reactors for a future
A long editorial from the Aiken Standard argues for multipurpose SRS reactors to burn plutonium, produce low cost energy, and recycle fuel while generating tritium and clean process heat. It cites MOX, waste heat reuse, synthetic fuel, and environmental goals to meet Kyoto like standards, urging industry partners and public backing.
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Savannah River
SRS
Southeast
Aiken Standard
VP Gore
Russia
Bill Richardson
Richardson
Clinton
TVA
SCANA
Southern Co
Duke Ei
Cp&l
Mississippi
du Pont
Usda Clemson
Les Tindal
Gilbert McMillan
Charles Sharpe
Carrol Warner
Clemson
Archer Daniels
Campaign reform wriggles through House vote chaos
Washington report details a 237-186 House vote backing the Shays Meehan bill to curb unregulated soft money amid GOP resistance. It notes pressure from freshmen reformers, potential Senate hurdles, and McCain Feingold’s fate as reformers push to end soft money in national campaigns.
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Washington
Newt Gingrich
Dick Armey
Christopher Shays
R-Conn
Martin Meehan
D-Mass
Gingrich Armey
Shays-Meehan
Gingrich
Armey
Tom DeLay
Gingrich & Co
Fred Wertheimer
Democracy 21
Tom Allen
Maine
Shays
House
Meehan
Senate
John McCain
Russell Feingold
D-Wis
Fli
Wertheimer
McCain
Congress
Alfonso D'Amato
New York
Christopher Bond
Missouri
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Colorado
Shays- Meehan
Youth missionaries lift hopes in West Virginia ridge outreach
Aiken County church groups sent teens on a summer mission to West Virginia, reaching rural families in the Ridge area from Moundsville. The trip included Bible schools, construction, and a car wash that funded Bibles for mountain children, leaving participants changed and more devoted to sharing faith.
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Aiken County
South Afrian Baptist
Edisto Beach
West Virginia
Moundsville
W.va
Jesus
Christ
Jessica Dyar
Sarah Dyar
Shelley Malinski
Matthew Smalley
Ryan Simmons
God
Millie McGhee
Millie
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