Aiken Arts Center Debate Over High Cost and Fly Loft
City leaders and residents quarrel over the Arts Center project cost. Stakeholders note tax funding and state of the art technology raise expenses while seating remains under 300. Some propose simpler design with future expansion and volunteer work to curb costs.
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Aiken
Roger LeDue
Angie Fitzgerald
Aiken Community Playhouse Board of Directors
Playhouse
The
Arts Center
Jane Vaughters
Wade Brodie
Aiken Corporation
Burglary, shooting reported at Aiken home on Travelers Lane
A 911 call reported a morning burglary at 114 Travelers Lane in Aiken with a man saying he was shot and alternated between consciousness. Police found doors locked, forced entry by a broken side-glass panel. Neighbors described the DuBose family as pleasant. crisis counseling was offered at Kennedy Middle School for Bran don's classmates and staff. Brandon, a sixth grader, was remembered as a bright, friendly student.
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Mattie C. Hall
Aiken
Aiken Public Safety
Travelers Lane
Ridgeland
DuBose
Kennedy Middle School
Coun
Seling
Brandon
George Rogers
SRS hearing outlines cleanup funds and job impacts
The Feb 26 meeting at Partridge Inn Augusta will include input from all CAB subcommittees on an $800 million cleanup account, awarded to sites with strong reports. DOE and EM officials, including Spencer Abraham allies, discussed shifting some SRS environmental work to defense, a 70 year plan with a $300 billion scope. WSRC and DOE leaders answered questions as employees and retirees attended, amid talks of a 400-500 offer of early retirement and a proposed mixed oxide fuel facility at SRS worth about $3.8 billion with 500 new jobs. More details are online at em.doe.gov.
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Partridge Inn
Augusta
CAB
Rudy
Energy
Spencer Abraham
SRS
Bob Pedde
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Joe Pescosolido
DOE
Edide
WSRC
Gox
Winter Olympics open with a celebration of American heroes past
Salt Lake City opened the Winter Games with an emotional tribute to American heroes past and present. A guard of US athletes with New York police and firefighters carried the World Trade Center flag into Rice-Eccles Stadium as President Bush watched. The ceremony honored Sept 11 victims and featured Mike Eruzione and the 1980 US hockey team lighting the Olympic cauldron. Bush called the games open as 55,000 fans endured high winds and cold. A record $310 million security plan with 16,000 personnel will guard venues over 17 days of competition.
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Salt Lake City
America
New York
Rice-Eceles Olympic Stadium
Mike Eruzione
Wasatch
Sandy Baldwin
USA
Sation
Bush
Sasha Cohen
Secret Service
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Tom Young
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