County Council Meets On Bond And Election
The Aiken County Council scheduled a 6 p.m. special meeting to address an industrial revenue bond ordinance and an election in Council District 1. The bond would authorize 45 to 91 million dollars for Owens Corning Fiberglas expansion and would not tax the public. The council seat vacancy comes as Judith Warner leaves Tuesday to become registrar of mesne conveyance.
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Aiken
Owens-Coring Fiberglas
Judith Warner
Mesne Conveyance
Boy dies in fire caused by blowtorch in West Mifflin
A 10 year old boy using a blow torch to free his younger brother from a locked bedroom sparked a fire that trapped the child inside the trailer home in West Mifflin near Pittsburgh. The father was at work and the mother’s whereabouts unknown. The incident occurred shortly before noon Sunday.
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West Mifflin, Pa
West Miffin
Pittsburgh
Obituaries Notice Names Include Bell Clemons Lutot Jones
Obituary listing notes the deaths of Johnny Bell Springfield Annie Clemons Columbia Shelby Hutto Bath Sean Gregory Lutot Jr North Augusta Elloree Jones Sheppard Gran iteville with brief notices. Details on dates, ages, and survivors are not provided in the fragment.
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Johnny Bell
Springfield
Annie Clemons
Columbia
Shelby Hutto
Bath
Sean Gregory Lutot Jr
North Augusta
Elloree Jones Sheppard
Graniteville
NRSMEEP Brings Hands-On Ecology Education to CSRA Students
The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at USC Aiken leads the NRSMEEP program to boost math science and engineering skills for grades 3-12. Partners include APEC, the Forest Service and DOE. Busloads of children visit Savannah River Site weekly for guided tours of local ecology in the Carolina marshes and piney woods.
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Ruth Patrick Science Education Center
USC Aiken
CSRA
Carolina Marshes
Piney Woods
Natural Resources Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Savannah River
Jeff Priest
Apesec
Education Center at USC Aiken partners expand learning diversity
A three part Aiken Standard series highlights USC Aiken Education Center's collaborations with local schools and agencies. Sunday features Northaiken Elementary and a new hands on approach with Clearwater third graders wearing hard hats. Denise Dickey notes student enthusiasm for outdoor lessons. Tuesday covers Westinghouse Savannah River Company and SRS woodsy science visits with water sampling and soil layers.
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Ruth Patrick
Usc Aiken
Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Northaiken Elementary
Clearwater Elementary School
Denise Dickey
Forest Service
Department of Energy
Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
New Year Plans In Aiken Highlight Local Events
A list of New Year activities in and around Aiken features First Night Aiken, an alcohol free arts celebration starting at 7 p.m. with the People’s Grand Procession. Entertainment spans music, magicians, storytellers and more across venues like the Aiken Center for the Arts and nearby streets.
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Guy Lombardo
Aiken
Aiken Center For the Arts
Laurens Street
Richland Avenue
the Alley
Newberry Street
Center For the Arts
Aiken Drug
Woodruff Drug
Leminick Pharmacy
Depot Food Stores
South Aiken Presbyterian Church
New York
Making First Night Happen in Aiken Arts Festival Leader
Amy Neeley coordinates the alcohol free First Night festival in downtown Aiken, guiding annual planning, artist invitations, venues, and volunteer tasks. Since 1994, she has run three consecutive festivals, learning each year how to stage events and engage families without alcohol as a New Year celebration.
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Ray
Fair Nashville, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Cheryl Goforth
Columbia Nashville Memorial Hospital
Aiken
Amy Neeley
Ms. Neeley
Boston
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Barnwell
Allendale
Richmond
Columbia Counties
Teddy Shuler
SRS
By Thomas Smith
United States
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
Charlottesville
Neeley
Ginny Southworth
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