No Better Christmas Gift Than One That Saves Life
A local appeal urges donations to the Samuel Hickman Trust Fund to cover $6,000 in anti rejection medication for a kidney transplant. The drive notes $1,500 is due by January to keep Hickman on the transplant list and asks area residents to donate at Bank of America and Wachovia.
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Samuel Hickman
Aiken
Bank of America
Wachovia
Samuel
Garden Club Recognition At Hopelands Draws Praise
Readers praise Hopelands Garden Club for its good work and thank Aiken Public Safety for yard cleanup and house lights. The letter also comments on TV shows and local charity efforts with praise for Salvation Army and criticism of Goodwill and Target.
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Garden Club
Hopelands
Aiken Public Safety
Goodwill
Aiken
Salvation Army
Correction on toddler sex in insecticide detectors report
The Aiken Standard corrects an earlier item stating a female toddler was involved. The child is male, and the newspaper regrets the error.
Defense questions Shaken Baby Syndrome in Bostick trial
A defense witness challenged SBS validity in the trial of Saquan T. Bostick, charged with inflicting great bodily injury on the 16 month old Makaylia Coleman. Dr. Peter Stephens argued SBS is rare and often linked to lack of oxygen or falls, while cross examination explored a crib fall simulation and absence of other injuries.
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Saquan T. Bostick
Bostick
Aiken
Makaylia Coleman
Peter Stephens
Iowa
Makaylia
SBS
Stephens
Richard Miley
North Augusta
Miley
Suzanne Mayes
South Carolina Commission On Prosecution Coordination
Mayes
Erin Brooks
Ebrooks
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USC Aiken students gain research view at Savannah River Site
Six students from USC Aiken and South Carolina State University spent months at the Savannah River Site for the SC Research and Education Foundation Undergraduate Research Internship Program. Christina Wilson shared her lead contaminated soils project while Dwight Jones and others developed tools for emergency response and GIS analysis under faculty and mentor guidance.
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USC Aiken
South Carolina State University
Savannah River
S.C. Research and Education Foundation
Christina Wilson
USCA
Wilson
Augusta
Dwight Jones
Justin Syms
Erin Brown
Kashif McCasline
Daniel Howard
Jones
SRS
Matthew Maryak
Environmental Geographic Informational Systems Group
Maryak
Rob Novit
Jackson Wins Grant For New Water Well In Jackson
Jackson will receive a 250000 dollar grant combined with a 164800 dollar EPA grant to fund a 434400 dollar well replacement. Mayor Todd Etheredge credits Rep James Roland Smith for securing the aid as radium levels exceed standards. The project serves about 1600 water customers and ends a consent order from DHEC.
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Jackson
Todd Etheredge
James Roland Smith
R-Warrenville
Etheredge
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
Smith
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Philip Lord
Plord
Aikenstandard
Three arrested for illegal construction debris dumping
Three men including Johnnie A. Baker Jr. of Adairsville Georgia and Douglas P. Beverly of North Augusta with Lewis Y. Davenport of Bath face charges after police linked them to dumping large amounts of construction and demolition waste on Davenport’s Bath area property. Baker is charged under the Pollution Control Act and Davenport under Solid Waste Act and conspiracy.
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Aiken
Georgia
Aiken County
Bath
Johnnie A. Baker Jr
Adairsville
South Carolina
Douglas P. Beverly
Womrath Road
North Augusta
Lewis Y. Davenport
Wall Street
Davenport
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