Aiken Standard Seeks Person of the Year and Top Stories 2012
The Aiken Standard invites readers to nominate a Person of the Year and select the Top 10 stories of 2012. Past honorees honored local officers. in 2012 Bridgestone expansion Savannah River Site layoffs and property reassessments were noted as top stories.
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Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Aixen Standard
Aiken
Scotty Richardson
Bridgestone
Savannah River
Area Deaths Reported in South Carolina
Betty Eubanks Bishop of Warrenville Geraldine Geri Mahoney McGill of New Ellenton Scott Gavin of Williston and Patricia Pat Buckalew of Aiken are listed among area deaths. The notices provide names and towns but no further details.
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Betty Eubanks Bishop
Warrenville
Geraldine
Geri” Mahoney
McGill
New Ellenton
Scott Gavin
Williston
Patricia
Pat” C. Buckalew
Aiken
Volunteers rally to fund and host Operation Santa in Aiken
More than 100 people in Aiken benefited from a Christmas event organized by Mental Health America Aiken County and partners. Donors funded gift bags after a prior fundraising appeal, with Santa delivering presents as culinary arts students and volunteers served dinner. Orrin Hicks attended for his first large holiday celebration, seeking joy after his mother’s passing.
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Mental Health America Aiken County
Liz Neal
Aiken High School
Culinary Arts
Jolly Old Elf
Neal
Aiken Standard
Ing
Orrin Hicks
Calvin Shealy
Local legislators in Columbia file pre filed bills
South Carolina House members from Aiken submitted pre filed legislation before the winter break. Rep Bill Taylor now 1st Vice Chairman of the Education and Public Works Committee cosigned two bills while stressing education reform and better returns on tax dollars. He joined about 30 lawmakers including Rep Bill Hixon and Rep Don Wells to amend unlawful pistol carrying laws, with further details continued on page 16A.
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South Carolina
House of Representatives
Bill Taylor
R-Aiken
William Clyburn
D-Aiken
Taylor
Education & Public Works Committee
House Education Committee
Bill Hixon
North Augusta
Don Wells
White majority in US projected to vanish by 2043
Census projections released in Washington DC anticipate whites will no longer constitute a majority in the United States by 2043. The shift, driven by higher birth rates among minorities and aging white population, may reshape schools, the workforce, and political dynamics as demographic diversity grows.
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U.S
Washington, D.C
Census Bureau
America
Mexico
Barack Obama
Supreme Court
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