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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 2001
Page
1
Reggie Merriweather racked up over 2600 rushing yards and 29 touchdowns guiding North Augusta High School to a 9-3 record after a 4-win prior season. The junior standout became the centerpiece of the Aiken area’s high school football campaign.
Roman Catholic organizers frame World Youth Day next July as essential in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. The event will end with an outdoor Mass by Pope John Paul II, drawing a half million young pilgrims.
Debut notices list death headlines for Willie L Beatty Barnwell Robert W Farmer Warrenville Donald Lee Hood Aiken Frances Wilson Rhoden with brief family notice and location identifiers typical of the obituary page. Burial details are not included in the fragment.
North Augusta leaders celebrate a $65 million allocation by the South Carolina Infrastructure Bank for the Bobby Jones Expressway extension from the Savannah River to I-20 with $100 million more promised. Senator Greg Ryberg lauded a four hour compromise that included Aiken County officials and notes the project conceived in the 1970s and promised over decades.
Congress passed a $343 billion defense bill funding missile defense and the largest military pay raise in two decades. The plan halted by base-closure fights was approved after delays, with Senate and House votes of 96-2 and 382-40 respectively. Senator Thurmond touted benefits for South Carolina installations and defense industries including Aiken.
US backed tribal fighters said they seized a cave in the Tora Bora area that an Afghan commander said was recently occupied by Osama bin Laden. Hazrat Ali said the cave was among several found after al Qaida forces were driven back by heavy U S bombing and surrounding operations. There were unconfirmed battlefield reports bin Laden could be among those in the area.
Lori Thomas earned magna cum laude as she received her diploma at USC Aiken. She attended with her husband and five children ages 6 to 16. Chancellor Dr. Tom Hallman praised the 200 plus December graduates and spoke of faculty pride.
In remarks about the class of 2001, Hallman praises the graduates for learning about national resolve and personal strength after the Sept 11 attacks. He urges that courage become a lifelong, daily trait for graduates and all Americans, not only in emergencies.
Negotiators representing Wackenhut Security Services and the union, with state and federal mediators, reached a contract agreement amid a national anti-terrorism alert. The shift involved reallocating funds from an extra holiday to other benefits, a plan the union proposed and the company said was a win for employees and the firm.
The Chesterfield North project in Aiken continues a joint effort by the Aiken Housing Authority and the City of Aiken to provide affordable homes. Ten families including Walree Green will move into three bedroom houses at 109 James Town Court as part a grant backed expansion aimed at turning government assisted housing into ownership.
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