Space shuttle Discovery rides jumbo jet to Florida
Space Shuttle Discovery traveled piggyback on a large jet bound for Florida, arriving over a week after landing. USC Aiken hosted Freshman Day of Service with 20 new students and transfers volunteering with cats and dogs. Danny Francis portrayed Confederate General Joseph Wheeler in Battle of Aiken film, pleased with early results after months of filming. South Carolina reports a favorable crop outlook as Spring and Summer prove kind.
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Space Shuttle
Discovery
Florida
USC Aiken
Danny Francis
Langley
Joeseph Wheeler
Cabinet of Curiosities spotlighted in reading page
Aiken Standard writers spotlight reading to spark discussion featuring Pam Stone Graniteville and the work Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Other names Patricia A Scarborough Summerville Robert M Bulfinch North Augusta Mildred H Nunn Wagener appear in deaths and funerals notices.
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Douglas Preston
Lincoln Child
Patricia A. Scarborough
Summerville
Robert M. Bulfinch
North Augusta
Mildred H. Nunn
Wagener
Friday Football Opens Season for Local High Schools
South Aiken High School and West Florence opened the season with a hard fought Friday game. Midland Valley hosted Allendale-Fairfax in the season opener. Full coverage available in SPORTS.
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South Aiken High School
West Florence High
South Aiken
West Florence
Midland Valley High School
Allendale-Fairfax High
Midland Valley
Allendale- Fairfax
Retired veterans join Habitat build with Air Force volunteers
Al Miskulin leads Friday Habitat crews in Newberry Street project with help from more than 20 airmen from the 31st Intelligence Squadron Ft Gordon including Vanessa Rengel. Lt Col Marilyn Jenkins notes ongoing projects with about 500 airmen in the community.
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al Miskulin
Habitat For Humanity
Newberry Street
31St Intelligence Squadron
Ft. Gordon
Vanessa Rengel
Muskulin
Aiken
Habitat
Alabama
Jenkins
David Buchanan
St. Mary Help of Christians
Most wanted man caught in Aiken and Lexington counties
Charles H. Gantt, 24, of Batesburg-Leesville, was arrested by Aiken County deputies on first degree burglary strong armed robbery and assault and battery in Aiken. He had been on Lexington County’s Most Wanted List for armed robbery with a deadly weapon burglary grand larceny criminal conspiracy and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. He is accused of breaking into a 71 year old man’s home last May shoving him to the floor and stealing his wallet on Kneece Mill Road in Batesburg.
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Batesburg-Leesville
Aiken
Lexington
Aiken County
Charles H. Gantt
Hill Street
Lexington County
Report warns against shipment of plutonium to SRS
A government review cautions against moving surplus plutonium to the Savannah River Site near Aiken. It notes lack of a processing plan and questions consolidation, while DOE stresses no final decision on storage at SRS. The GAO report cites cost risks and safety concerns across Hanford and Rocky Flats involve disposal timelines and oversight gaps.
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Columbia
Savannah River
Aiken
Department of Energy
SRS
Rocky Flats
Colorado
DOE
Government Accountability Office
Hanford
Washington
Hanfords
Lindsay Graham
R-S.c
Graham
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Kevin Bishop
Tom Clements
Greenpeace
Congress
DOE Sill
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Habitat Board
Pep Pepper
Rob
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