Aiken County to consider shifting Doris C Detention Center to Sheriff Office
Aiken County Council plans first reading on September 14 of an ordinance to return supervision of the Doris C Gravat Detention Center from the county administrator to the Sheriff’s Office. Council member Kathy Rawls comments support accreditation and good management. An evaluator from NIC visited the center at the council’s request to ensure proper procedures.
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Sheriff’s Office
Aiken
Clay Killian
Onl
Kathy Raw
Rawls
Aiken County
National Institute of Corrections
NIC
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Education tackles childhood obesity through school programs
Simone Diggs, an eighth grader at Schofield Middle School, joins a health education effort led by Gail Diggs and Martina Mingo from the Department of Health and Environmental Control. They worked with over 50 preteens in an after school program to raise baseline knowledge on diet, activity, and health. The group found about 45 percent at risk of overweight or obesity and emphasized practical changes over sweeping lifestyle shifts. See EDUCATION, Page 10A.
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Schofield
Simone
Gail Diggs
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Diggs
DHEC
Martina Mingo
Mingo
Susan Selvan
Selvan
Schofield Middle School
U.S. Department of Agriculture
MCG and SRNL Forge Interdisciplinary Research Link
Savannah River National Laboratory and the Medical College of Georgia plan a collaboration to push scientific frontiers by combining medical and engineering expertise. Dr. Matthew J. Kluger notes the value of cross disciplinary work while SRNL seeks biological insights from MCG partners.
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Savannah River National Laboratory
Medical College of Georgia
Matthew J. Kluger
NAACP picks Augusta for South Carolina convention site
The NAACP announces its 63rd South Carolina state convention will meet in Augusta Georgia starting October 7 due to South Carolina’s display of the Confederate battle flag and a tourism meeting ban. The group vows ongoing economic sanctions against South Carolina while the flag remains on public grounds.
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South Carolina State House
NAACP
Palmetto
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Savannah River
Georgia
South Carolina
Aiken native directs Newsweek photo ops in Athens
Kelli Grant formerly of Aiken Day School now heads photo operations for Newsweek in Athens during the Olympic Games. The Clemson graduate and NYC resident has spent 15 years roaming the globe for the magazine, keeping in touch with her mother as the Games unfold.
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U.S
Michael Phelps
Athens
Greece
Kelli Grant
Aiken Day School
Newsweek Magazine
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Lou Grant-Hartnett
Newsweek
Kelli
Grant-Hartnett
Grant
Clemson University
New York City
Boston
Olympic Pool
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