Aiken Makin proposed moves and public input urged
Readers discuss relocating Aiken’s Makin to Odell Weeks Center for better crowding and mud conditions. They urge a venue decision by a committee and ban out of state vendors. A letter criticizes critics of Ed Giobbe and questions Middle East policy. Readers are invited to comment via Talkback.
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Odell Weeks Center
Correction Notice Apologizes for Aiken Standard Error
The Aug 25 2003 Aiken County civil filing listed EMC Mortgage Corp as a defendant in a declaratory judgment suit. The correct party is Gina Johnson. The Aiken Standard apologizes for the error and any inconvenience caused.
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EMC Mortgage Corp
Aiken County Common Pleas
Gina Johnson
Aiken Standard
Colorful traffic stop on Georgia Avenue checkpoint in North Augusta
North Augusta officers in a 90 minute joint checkpoint on Georgia Avenue with 95 law enforcement partners checked licenses plates and registrations. 28 cases were opened including unlicensed drivers and a swapped license incident. Traffic moved through with few stops while agencies from Aiken Barnwell Bamberg counties Pooler Georgia aided with a sobriety lab.
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Georgia
North Augusta
Pearson
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Saddam Hussein
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Bill Bengts
Don Turno
Aiken County
Names for bloodhounds spark student contest winners
Jessica O Sullivan and six other students helped choose names for three bloodhounds in Aiken County. The winning picks are Hunter Sampson and Jessie, chosen from about 300 entries by fourth and fifth graders from North Aiken and Chukker Creek Elementary Schools.
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Chukker Creek
Jessica
Julisa Peterson
North Aiken
Katie Walker
DaVashea Rhodes
Letler Jones
Sampson
Barranco
NNSA reviews comments on pit facility at Savannah River Site
The NNSA is compiling a final environmental impact statement for a Modern Pit Facility at SRS after about 1000 public comments. The plan, costing 2.2 to 4.4 billion, would run 50 years and add 800 construction jobs and 1100 to 1400 permanent positions. The decision on site location will come within 30 days of the EIS release.
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Savannah River
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James Rose
Rose
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SRS
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Texas
Carlsbad
New Mexico
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Las Vegas
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Suspected Robber Arrested in Waffle House Robberies
Aiken police arrested Tony Allen Vance, 38, of Williston Road, on Tuesday for a Monday Waffle House robbery. Investigators expect charges in two Aug 13 strong arm robberies at a Waffle House and a Depot on Whiskey Road. Vance is also linked to a Richmond County Waffle House robbery from Saturday.
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Saluda County
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Aiken
Barranco
Julisa Peterson
Cheyenne
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Katie Walker
Katie
Department
David Turno
Yance
Whiskey Road
Turno
Vance
Richmond County Sheriff's Office
Ken Autry
Yonce
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