DOE to discuss SRS budget and top-to-bottom review at Friday meeting
Savannah River Site officials plan a Friday 2 pm talk at Aiken Technical College led by Greg Rudy to outline the top-to-bottom review of the environmental management program and the SRS budget request for the coming year. DOE aims to cut health risks, streamline cleanup, and shift funding toward expedited cleanup while staff anticipate potential payroll reshuffles and some layoffs or later rehires as consultants.
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Department of Energy
Savannah River
Aiken Technical College
Greg Rudy
DOE
SRS
Kevin Bishop
Lindsey Graham
R-S.c
Spencer Abraham
Seniors to Compete for Crown at Intergenerational Pageant
Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center prepares its Love is Ageless Pageant with four neighborhood units each fielding a king and queen. Contestants will wear sports and Sunday best attire and face interviews. Involving residents’ children and grandchildren, the event aims to crown an overall king and queen with a large turnout expected.
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Mattie C. Hall
Sadie Corbitt
Peach Tree Lane
Jasmine Drive
Ruth Woods
Major
Skulls excite students at Byrd Elementary visit
Jerry Pallotta, children’s author, spent a day at Byrd Elementary in Graniteville engaging students with colorful wall illustrations and tales of sea creatures. He showcased skull replicas and discussed his alphabet book series, aiming to spark reading interest.
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Graniteville
Jerry Pallotta
Byrd Elementary School
Pallotta
Rosie Berry
Byrd
Retired officer remembered for service in Aiken
Roger Felton Martin, 61, a longtime Aiken Public Safety veteran, died at his Graniteville home. A Navy veteran, he joined the Aiken Police in 1961, rising from corporal to superintendent of investigations before retiring in 1988 after 26 years. He is mourned by family and colleagues, with a funeral planned at Shellhouse Funeral Home.
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Aiken
Roger Felton Martin
Martin
Graniteville
Trolley Line Road
Cramer
Roger
Busbee
Cromer
Department
Shellhouse Funeral Home
Cindy
Martin Freeman
Beverly Martin
Kenneth Wayne Kirkland
Myrtle Beach
Olympians headline Sporting Days Horse Trials in Aiken
More than 200 riders and horses, including Olympic contenders Robert Costello and Phillip Dutton, will compete Saturday at Sporting Days Farm in Aiken. The event features dressage, stadium jumping, and cross country in seven horses, beginning at 7:30 a.m. at 2549 Charleston Highway. For info, call 648 0100 or email sdaikenhtaol.com.
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Aiken
Sporting Days
Sporting Days Farm
Robert Costello
Phillip Dutton
Charleston Highway
S.C. 78
Aol
Chandler seeks House 86 seat in rural district
Everett Chandler a 29 year old Democrat enters the race for House District 96 aiming to help rural areas. He cites improving schools and economic development while noting his background as a prosecutor and Wagener-Salley graduate. Joining politics to serve the public good, he plans a formal Friday announcement.
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Everett Chandler
Chandler
Charles R. Sharpe
Sharpe
Second Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office
Barbara Morgan
Wagener-Salley High School
Wofford College
Wofford
Wagener
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PTO
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