Farm Bureau Youth Ambassador finalists named in Myrtle Beach
Victoria Shekastehband of Aiken County and daughter of LeAnn Barkley joined five other state finalists in the SC Farm Bureau Federation Youth Ambassador Scholarship Contest during the 72nd annual meeting in Myrtle Beach. Shekastehband, a South Aiken High School senior, plans welding or business studies. The top three men and top three women gave three minute oral presentations to judges. Separately Emily Wright of North Augusta, a Belmont University music major, performed in Christmas at Belmont at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville. The PBS taping featured Kathy Mattea and over 700 student musicians and premiered December 21 with an encore on Christmas Eve.
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Victoria Shekastehb
LeAnn Barkley
Aiken County
South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
Myrtle Beach
Shekastehband
South Aiken High School
South Carolina
Emily Wright
North Augusta
Belmont University
Belmont
Nashville
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
PBS
Kathy Mattea
Belmont School of Music
Nashville Children’s Choir
Nashville Public Television
Victoria Shekastehband
SRS Salt Waste Plant Fines in Doubt as Talks With DOE Continue
Aiken Standard reports SCDHEC has not yet decided to levy fines for the Salt Waste Processing Facility startup delay at Savannah River Site. Negotiations with the Department of Energy aim to extend deadlines and funding commitments while construction remains 89 percent complete. Cost overruns push the project budget to about 2.3 billion with completion targeted for May 2016 and operation by December 2018. Derrek Asberry covers the SRS beat.
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S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Savannah River
Scdhec
U.S. Department of Energy
Aiken Standard
Jim Beasley
Department of Energy
Beasley
Energy Department
Parsons
Generous teens donate to Nurture Home
Four St Mary Help of Christians students celebrated December birthdays by hosting a joint party that raised 807 and donated underwear and socks to Nurture Home in Aiken. The gift supported single women and children living at the shelter and its self sufficiency programs.
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Nurture Home
Lisa Tindal
Tindal
Ansley Brodie
Gracie Carroll
Lili Ross
Hailey Young
Mental Health America
Aiken County
Brodie
Carroll
Ross
Young
Greenville Street
Fermata Club
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School
Bette Ross
St. Mary’s
Dede Biles
NORAD to Track Santa on Christmas Eve
NORAD marks its 60th year tracking Santa on Christmas Eve with real time updates. The program began after a misprinted Sears ad directed children to a Continental Air Defense Command hotline. NORAD operates from Colorado and offers multiple tracking options online, via apps, phone, and social media.
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Santa Claus
North American Aerospace Defense Command
NORAD
Peterson Air Force Base
Colorado
Sears Roebuck & Co
Santa
Continental Air Defense Command
Harry Shoup
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