Aiken County Transportation Office Recognition Letter
A reader thanks the Aiken County Transportation Office and Mrs. McClure for prompt action on school bus routes and a workable program. The letter urges enforcement of litter laws and comments on various local issues including flags, religious sites, and business development. Readers are invited to use the Talkback hotline and email.
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Aiken County Transportation Office
Aiken County
Aikenstandard
Aiken
Karate Tradition Through RyuTe Shaping Pure Practice
Eddie Webb preserves karate in its old form through RyuTe, emphasizing kata and ancestral teachings from Okinawa. He learned from James Logue who studied under Taika Ogata, teaching in Batesburg, Lexington, Saluda and planning a Clearwater studio with family involvement and community classes.
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Eddie Webb
Webb
Okinawa
Japan
Taika Ogata
James Logue
Ogata
United States
Barnwell
Jim Logue
Mildred
Cody
Mae-Ann Webb
Batesburg
Lexington
Saluda
Clearwater
Nuclear fuel rods to be shipped from SRS to federal repository
Nuclear fuel rods used for research in foreign countries will be shipped from the Savannah River Site to a proposed federal repository at Yucca Mountain. DOE and NNSA officials discuss disposition paths, current storage at SRS, and security around the 310 square mile site.
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Savannah River
Yucca Mountain
Nev
George W. Bush
John Kerry
Bryan Wilkes
National Nuclear Security Administration
Atoms For Peace
United States
DOE
Wilkes
SRS
Jim Giusti
L-Reactor
Germany
Spencer Abraham
Defense
Philip Lord
Plord
Aikenstandard.com
City Audits Options for Updating Aiken Business Licenses
Aiken City Council held a lengthy work session to consider switching from the current gross income based business license system to the NACIS framework. Pros and cons included higher taxes for some, lower for others, with a six month staff effort to rewrite codes for about 3000 firms and a potential $1.5 million revenue impact.
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Roy Bates
S.C
Aiken
Roger LeDuc
Sutherland enters race for U S Senate seat in South Carolina
Aiken County resident Reb Sutherland, Libertarian candidate, faces Jim DeMint and Inez Tenenbaum for the U S Senate seat being vacated by Fritz Hollings. Sutherland cites nuclear waste as a top issue tied to Savannah River Site. She warns of dangers from near water tables and faults, advocates Yucca Mountain storage, tax repeal, and school defederalization.
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Aiken County
U.S. Senate
South Carolina
Ernest “Fritz” Hollings
Rebekah “Reb” Sutherland
Jackson
Jim DeMint
U.S. House of Representatives
Inez Tenenbaum
Sutherland
House
Savannah River
Yucca Mountain
Nevada
Associated Press
Westinghouse Savannah River Co
Washington, D.C
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Bradley Plumbing & Heating Inc
Carlos Garcia
RCS
Vaughters
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