Smith targets loan denial for Southside motel project
Aiken City Councilman Richard Smith asks USDA Director Charles Sparks to block $5 million in federal loan guarantees for Bansi Patel to build a 100 room motel and 12000 square foot conference center on Whiskey Road. USDA says the project could qualify. Smith argues water service is refused and the site is unwanted.
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Series Examines Dropout Rates in Aiken County
On a national level about 40 percent of public school students fail to complete high school after ninth grade. In Aiken County the rate runs around 25 percent or less when movers are excluded, yet the figures raise concerns about human capital, employment prospects, crime, and welfare. The county schools are addressing the issue from elementary school onward, and starting Sunday the Aiken Standard will explore their program and challenges.
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Conference targets education for Aiken youth
The Brothers and Sisters of Aiken completed the first session of a two day youth conference Thursday afternoon. Aiken Department of Public Safety Sgt. Wilson Dandy spoke on affirmation, visualization and empowerment to instill hard work and dedication. Youth aged 5 to 18 prepared for their return to school with speakers from the school system Public Safety and the City.
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Three face assault carjacking charges in Aiken case
Ollie DeWayne Jones 20 Marquis Sintril Williams 18 and Bobby Jermaine Ricks 17 were charged with first degree criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping in a Wednesday incident involving a 19 year old woman from Aiken County. Ricks also faced a firearm charge. The arrests followed a coordinated probe by the Aiken County Sheriff s Office North Augusta and Richmond County Sheriff s Department. The attack began Wednesday at 10 20 pm when a man climbed into the victim s black vehicle.
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North Augusta
Congress weighs transport allegations over plutonium move
Rep. Lindsey Graham says he is open minded on transporting plutonium to the Savannah River Site amid a whistleblower claim of lax security moving radioactive materials from Rocky Flats Nevada to SRS. An unnamed committee member was campaigning in Hilton Head and awaiting details before review.
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New educator ready to launch into her career
Erin Warko Sumner, 22, begins her first year teaching third grade at Warrenville Elementary School after a standout early childhood education major at USC Aiken. She reflects on excitement and anxiety, student teaching at Gloverville, and hopes to ease anxious parents while shaping her dream into reality. Her roots lie near Green Pond in the South Carolina Lowcountry, where she first imagined teaching. Sumner credits advisor Ann Dudley and a two-year USC Salkehatchie stint for shaping her path and practical training with Heather Cochran at Byrd Elementary.
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