Missing 18 year old Tiffaney Wilson prompts cross state search
Investigators pursue active leads as North Augusta Public Safety, Aiken County deputies, SLED and FBI joined a search for 18 year old Tiffaney Wilson missing since Saturday after her two month old daughter Kaitlyn was found abandoned at an Interstate 20 Welcome Center. The infant was located by a visitor on the Georgia side of the Savannah River and the mother's car was later found at a SC 25 supermarket lot. Local authorities have scoured wooded areas in Aiken and Edgefield counties with no clues to date. The family has heard nothing from the missing teen.
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Tiffaney Wilson
North Augusta
Clemson's Barker Begins Presidency Tour At Aiken Stop
New Clemson president James F Barker, 14th and fifth in 15 years, visited Aiken County on a face to face tour. He met with university representatives Regions Bank and the Chamber of Commerce at the Willcox Inn, spoke of making Clemson a premier land grant university and top 20 nationally, prioritizing teaching and service, and aiming for $100 million in funded research.
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Scott Webster
Clemson
James Barker
Doug Kingsmore
Clemson Board of Trustees
Willcox Inn
New Clemson University
James F Barker
Aiken County
University
Regions Bank
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Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Barker
School
College of Architecture, Arts and Human Ties
United States
Poplin Becomes First Local Teacher Nationally Certified
Anne Poplin, English teacher at South Aiken High School, is Aiken County’s first nationally board certified teacher. She completed the year long portfolio and testing process during 1998 99, reflecting on her teaching methods in composition and active reading, and assessing student progress.
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Scott Webster
Anne Poplin
South Aiken High School
Aiken County
SAHS
Uniform grading policy approved by state board
Local educators react to a statewide uniform grading plan with A 93 100 B 85 92 C 77 84 D 70 76 and F below 69. Advanced classes will carry more weight in GPA calculations. Ridge Spring Monetta High principal supports the scale but worries about weighted credit for small schools.
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S.C
Bill Ward
Ridge Spring-Monetta High
RSM
Wagon
TVA approves tritium production at Watts Bar reactor
Savannah River Site officials say TVA's decision to use Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring City for tritium production will boost the Central Savannah River Area. A new $380 million facility at SRS will receive extracted material, operate at $13 million yearly, and employ 100 workers, peaking with 200 during construction.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville, Tenn
Department of Energy
Rick Ford
TVA
SRS
Ford
Watts Bar
Spring City
Knoxville
Richardson
Coming Sunday How freely can you get information
The Aiken Standard previews a Sunday feature on public access to information under the Freedom of Information Act. It highlights a South Carolina Press Association survey measuring how Aiken and neighboring counties comply with FOIA requests and invites readers to learn more in the upcoming issue.
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Aiken
S.C. Press Association
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