Tomb discovered in Valley of the Kings with five sarcophagi
Archaeologists uncover a new tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the first since Tutankhamun's find in 1922, containing five sarcophagi and no disclosure yet on the identities of those buried there. Ellenton mayor Jim Sutherland will not seek another term as city leader. Salvation Army honors volunteers at the Annual Appreciation Dinner at Houndslake Country Club.
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Egypt
Tut
Ellenton
Jim Sutherland
Salvation Army
Houndslake Country Club
Deaths and Funerals Note Aiken Area Obituaries
A column in the Aiken Standard lists recent deaths and funeral notices. Names include Ruth Ellen Adams, Minnie Corbitt Brown, Bennie J. Dobbs, Aszaire P. Mitchell, Katherine Momeier, Dr. Clifford A. Rinehart Jr., and others with locations in Aiken Pompton Plains Sullivan's Island Chapel Hill.
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Aszaire P. Mitchell
Aiken
Katherine Momeier
Sullivan's Island
Clifford A. Rinehart Jr
Chapel Hill, N.C
Horse euthanized after Whiskey Road crash in Hitchcock Woods
A Thoroughbred horse was euthanized by chemical injection after unseating its rider in Hitchcock Woods and running onto Whiskey Road near Grace Avenue. No injuries to the rider or driver, but traffic slowed as responders helped. The horse, aged seven and stabled at Red Barn Stables, was described as a fox hunter.
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Hitchcock Woods
Whiskey Road
Aiken Public Safety
David Turno
Grace Avenue
Michael Brown
Red Barn
Gina Salatino
Matt Barber
Aiken City
Barber
Gop Candidates Rally in Aiken County Convention
More than 100 Republican attendees hear from Gov Mark Sanford and challenger Dr Oscar Lovelace at the Aiken Electric Cooperative forum as candidates seek votes for statewide offices. Ryberg quips about his granddaughter and the dancing question after the governor spoke.
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Tony Baughman
Mark Sanford
Oscar Lovelace
Aiken
Greg Ryberg
Aiken County
Republican Party
Ryberg
GOP
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Ginny Allen
Incum
Newberry County
Sanford
South Carolina
Bull Street
Columbia
Middle schoolers learn traffic safety in classroom program
At LBC Middle School seventh and eighth graders hear a traffic safety program led by Sgt. Steve Deibel with guest Travis Blackwelder. The video reenacts a crash that killed a young woman and shows a 17 year old driver later pleading guilty to reckless homicide and receiving ten years plus five years probation. Megan Bates says the lesson hit home urging safer choices.
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LBC
Megan Bates
Steve Deibel
Megan
Deibel
Aiken
Travis Blackwelder
Blackwelder
Zach
EnergySolutions to bid on Savannah River Site contract
EnergySolutions plans bids for both SRS overall operations and the liquid waste contract. CEO Steve Creamer says the Salt Lake City firm aims for a lead or partner role and will form teaming arrangements with other entities. The current management contract ends year end.
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EnergySolutions
SRS
Steve Creamer
Creamer
Salt Lake City
Utah
British Nuclear Fuels
BNG America
Energy Solutions
Aiken
Savannah River Corporation
Philip Strawbridge
Aiken Chamber to Name Jameson President Today
The Aiken Chamber of Commerce will announce its new president at 11 a.m. at the Chamber office. Former Aiken resident David Jameson will assume the post vacated by Charlie Weiss. Jameson previously led the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce and headed the EDP in the 1980s.
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Aiken
EDP
Jameson
David
Humes
Fayetteville
N.C
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Israel
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Valley of the Kings
Godofredo Cruz, Aiken
Jesus
Ruth Ellen Adams
Minnie Corbitt Brown
Robert Burckhalter
Pompton Plains, N.J
Bennie J. Dobbs, Johnston
Whiskey
Karen Daily
Lamb
Perry
Rob Novit
LBC Middle School
John Moore
Aiken Center For the Arts
Chamber
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