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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 2002
Page
2
Aiken reports an active nightly mosquito spraying program at dusk targeting city streets. Readers are urged to call 642-7610 to request spraying in specific areas. The piece blends local public health action with editorials on slavery, evolution, and civic duty, including a goodwill program overview and a Talkback hotline.
The Aug 26 edition error misnamed Marge Glauser, director of ACTS. The Aiken Standard regrets the error and issues this correction to set the record straight.
Westinghouse Savannah River Co President Robert Pedde asked Savannah River Site workers to be patient about potential job losses as a reorganization targets involuntary reductions. The letter follows a February workforce restructuring that encouraged retirement to ease cuts. Pedde stressed accelerated cleanup, revised organization, and workforce management as linked priorities shaping future staffing and possible reassignment.
Two Savannah River Site laboratories study how bacterial melanin production can aid environmental cleanup. Sheldonella bacteria from subsurface soils produce the pigment aiding metal and radionuclide transformation. The project, funded with 85700 by the Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research Program, emphasizes nature based cleanup and collaboration between SRTC and SREL.
Edgefield County Sheriff Adell Dobey, a lifelong local, is among three South Carolina lawmen selected for the FBI Academy at Quantico. He will complete a 10 week program focusing on leadership, investigations, forensics, and fitness to better serve Edgefield County residents. Dobey previously served 17 years in surrounding sheriff and police offices.
Jorge Gonzalez-Vasquez a 40 year old leader of a drug smuggling gambling and money laundering operation run from Edgefield federal prison was sentenced to 33 years to be served consecutively US District Judge Joseph F Anderson Jr also sentenced three associates including Daniel Gonzalez-Vasquez Juan Carlos Rodriguez and Kristin Shamel. FBI investigation spanned about two years resulted in 22 indictments and the gang used outside associates for bets money transfers and narcotics sales with no parole.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting at 7pm at the North Augusta Community Center to discuss the draft safety evaluation report for the proposed Mixed Oxide fuel fabrication facility at DOE's Savannah River Site. If construction is authorized, the facility would convert surplus weapons grade plutonium into MOX fuel for nuclear reactors.
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