SRS layoffs include severance for all 300 employees
WSRC officials clarified that about 300 Savannah River Site workers slated for layoff in coming months will receive severance pay equal to one week per year of service up to 26 weeks, plus accrued vacation and personal time for the current calendar year. An earlier Aiken Standard report misread an email about benefits.
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Tim O’briant
O’briant
Savannah River
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Savannah River Company
WSRC
Callicott
Ments
Bob Pedde
Doctor Strives to Help Births Through Trusted Care
Aleasha Couture sought a better OB GYN as she awaited her first child in April. Her stepmother Holly Jackson, a nurse for Dr. Oletha Minto of Aiken Obstetrics Gynecology Associates, recommended the switch. Couture praises Dr. Minto as empathetic and friendly.
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Oletha Minto
Aleasha Couture
Minto
Holly Jackson
Couture
Aiken Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates
Jackson
Doctor Minto Aiken profile speaks on youth sexual health
In February’s second Black History Black Future profile, Dr Minto, who arrived in Aiken in 2002, shares how she blends warmth with a mission to educate youths. She narrates adolescent issues from peer pressure to media influence and stresses the importance of accurate information for teens.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Minto
State Board to weigh first bright budget signal
The Board of Economic Advisors is expected to report a modest budget uptick as tax collections run about 50 million dollars ahead of projections since July. Republicans caution against overoptimism while awaiting final projections to determine agency appropriations and the 2005 budget outlook.
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State Board of Economic Advisors
Bill Gillespie
Grady Patterson
Chip Limehouse
Charleston
Board of Economic Advisors
House Ways and Means Committee
Bobby Harrell
Patterson
Largest meth bust nets three arrests in Aiken city
Undercover narcotics operation in Aiken led to the largest meth seizure in a single bust. Two Lexington County men and one Aiken County woman were arrested, Tina Holley Williams, 39, charged with trafficking meth and unlawfully dealing with a child tied to the incident.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken County
Sheriff's Office
Lexington
Tina Holley Williams
Holley Estate Drive
Aiken Public Safety
Marty Sawyer
Williams
Aiken considers 15000 loan for cultural center bid
The Aiken Corporation backs a 15000 interest free loan to fund a one year option on the Immanuel Institute property at York Street for 360000. Security Federal Bank Chairman Tim Simmons motions to seek additional loans from area banks and the council sends the funding issue to the municipal development arm after voting against fronting the full amount.
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Aiken Corporation
Security Federal Bank
Tim Simmons
Immanuel Institute
York Street
Simmons
Aiken County
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