Strategy Cuts SRS Pink Slips Amid Restructuring Plan
Savannah River Site officials credit careful management and a restructuring plan for a reduced layoff toll. About 1,900 positions are gone via early retirement, voluntary separation, attrition, and completed projects. Of the remaining 700, 400 come from temporary staff and subcontractors, 200 from construction workers. Only about 100 full-time WSRC, Bechtel Savannah River Inc., or Wackenhut Services Inc. workers face termination next month.
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Savannah River
Department of Energy
SRS
WSRC
Bechtel Savannah River Inc
Wackenhut Services Inc
Heritage Corridors Aim to Boost South Carolina Tourism
About 40 representatives from western South Carolina discussed a Heritage Corridors plan to use arts and history to spur economic development and tourism. The route would connect Abbeville and four counties, with heritage and nature based paths from Oconee to Charleston, timed to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
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South Carolina
Palmetto State
Charleston
Pickens
Willcox Inn
Aiken
Ben Boozer
S.C
Aiken County
North Augusta
Oconee County
Savannah
Uj Country
Charleston Railroad
Abbeville
Due West
Calhoun Falls
Conept
Greenwood
McCormick
Edgefield
N E Resident seeks wider residential zone in New Ellenton area
Nancy Knowles plans to ask Aiken County Council to rezone Cooley Alpine and Mull streets from RC to RD to allow more flexible housing use. She taps signatures of property owners seeking the change amid disputes with the Planning Commission and Zoning Board.
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Ellenton
Aiken
Alpine and
Mull Streets
Knowles
Cooley
Alpine
Mull Street
North Augusta
Belvedere
New Ellenton
Leesville
Help Wanted: Call for News Tips Across Several Regions
Readers are urged to share tips by calling 82311 and contacting Helena L. Boyd in Macon Georgia Faye A. Corbin in Beech Island Leacy T. Hutto in Augusta Inez Lamb in West Bainbridge. Details appear on Page 2B.
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Helena L. Boyd
Macon, Ga
Faye A. Corbin
Beech Island
Leacy T. Hutto
Augusta Inez Lamb
West Bainbridge
Wagener Chief Says Criticism Hurts Morale
Wagener Police Chief Rob Rucker says local complaints are unfair and have lowered morale. Residents accuse the department of race bias, being a speed trap, and bloated staff as anger over a millage increase grows. He notes the force accounts for about 41 percent of the town’s general fund.
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Wagener
Robin Rucker
Rucker
Police Department
Wagner
South Carolina lawmakers seek to cut residential property taxes
Democratic leaders push a plan to eliminate 180 million dollars in residential property taxes funding education, promising to reroute revenue without new taxes. The debate centers on how to replace the funds, with lawmakers citing possible tax shifts while acknowledging potential election year rhetoric and impacts on senior citizens in towns like Wagener.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Billy Boan
Boan
D-Kershaw
Bas Rete Boman
Greg
Sen
Sen. Ryberg
Washington, D.C
Wagener
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Roddie Burris
Mario P. Fiori
Oper
Heritage
Philip Lord
Tor
S.C. Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department
Marina Beckman
Community Development Divisi
SCPRT
Ms. Beckman
Georgia
Ken
Comtors
Adriano
N.E
Carl Langley
Abby Weather
Erma
Ranjim
Garrett
Ryberg
Williamson
Ginny Southworth
Aiken Cars
Rebecca Kirkland
Ashley Claxton
Jared Clark
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