Graham visits Aiken plant cites defense spending and Gulf troop stance
Senator Lindsey Graham toured United Defense in Aiken for about 30 minutes and spoke with workers. He forecast near term defense spending growth to fill gear gaps, urged a larger regular force, criticized troop withdrawals in the Gulf, and argued against a Medicare drug addendum while pushing WTO action on steel imports.
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Lindsey Graham
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United Defense Plant
Aiken
Graham
Gulf
Senate
J.C. Lexow
R-S.c
James Dickert
No. 10 Downing Street to close after 14 years in Aiken
No. 10 Downing Street owners Jan Waugh and Ginnie Huckabee retire after 14 years in business. The Legare Morgan House, a historic building on the National Register, is for sale with potential to keep a restaurant or adapt the space for another use. Waugh plans time with her retired husband Rich. Huckabee will finish a house near Brevard NC.
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Aiken
No. 10 Downing Street
Jan Waugh
Ginnie Huckabee
No. 10
Waugh
Rich
Huckabee
John
North Carolina
Brevard
Downing Street
Legare-Morgan
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Laurens Street
NAACP vows outside probe after noose incident at Savannah Site
NAACP leaders say they will seek an outside investigation if any future racially tinged incidents occur at the Savannah River Site. Rev. David Walker notes a mounted noose at the Tritium Extraction Facility last month and graffiti targeting a worker. He says SLED or DOJ may be asked to take jurisdiction on federal property.
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Aiken Naacp
Savannah River
NAACP
David Walker
SLED
U.S. Department of Justice
Walker
Audit finds lottery operates efficiently
An audit of South Carolina’s nearly two year old Education Lottery found few improvement areas in cost controls. The lottery kept costs below 15 percent of revenues and largely accepted audit recommendations, with some exceptions such as unclaimed prize money and a delayed contract for gambling disorder treatment.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Commission
John C.B. Smith Jr
Smith
Frank Fusco
State Budget and Control Board
Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
Ser
South Carolina Teachers Earn National Board Certification
Rhonda Brummel of Schofield Middle School joins 16 other Aiken and surrounding county educators in earning National Board Certification. The group will receive a state funded $7500 annual bonus for 10 years. Brummel cites self examination of teaching methods as central to the rigorous process.
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South Carolina
Schofield Middle School
Rhonda Brummel
Brummel
Riker County
Aiken County
Mark Roberts
Schofield
Teresa Berger
Mary Davey
Marcy O’berry
North Augusta High School
Melissa Chance
Bridget Coleman
J.D. Lever
Michelle Dempsey
Midland Valley
Patricia Sumerau
Paul Knox Middle School
South Aiken
Anne Poplin
Poplin
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Aikenstandard.com
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Susan Hein- Bodiford
Tracy Shealy
North Augusta
Patricia Logue
Hammond Hill
David Mihoulides
Nancy Thorne
Michelle Novato
Jackson Middle
David Smith
Richard Valiquette
Abby
Louise Lederer Kosky
Charles Truman Collier
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Danny McCray
Orangeburg
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