analog sunset may cut 911 access for many cell users
As of February 18 2008 several carriers will switch off analog networks affecting over a million users who rely on cell phones for emergency calls. FCC approved the change for AT&T Mobility Alltel Cellular One Dobson U S Cellular Verizon Wireless and others Sprint Nextel and T Mobile unaffected.
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At&t Mobility
Alltel
Cellular
Dobson
U.S. Cellular
Verizon Wireless
Federal Communications Commission
SprintNextel
T-Mobile
FCC
Jason Ritch
Cumbee Center
Per
Ritch
Aiken High cooks earn third at Prostart state meet
Aiken High culinary students finished third among seventeen teams at the Prostart state meet earning a $7,500 per student scholarship potential for Conrad, Peter Tindall, and Cory O’Connor. Teammates Ange and Tindall placed fourth in restaurant management amid onstage judge scrutiny and crisis moments.
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Aiken High
Culinary Ats
Cory O'Connor
AHS
Cayeered
Katie Ange
She
O'Connor
Vy See
Conrad
Peter Tindall
Ange
Tindall
Sheranda Wilson
Jackie Laiacona
Camellia Society Hosts Annual Flower Auction
The Camellia Society of Aiken hosts a live fundraising auction at St John’s United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. on Thursday. More than 50 homegrown camellia plants will be bid to the highest bidder with plants priced from 5 to 100 dollars and proceeds benefiting the society. Members and non members may attend and bids are paid by cash or checks.
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Aiken Camellia Society
Lee Poe
St John’s United Methodist Church
Poe
Altough
St. John's United Methodist Church
Newberr
Massey backs DUI bill despite weaker penalties
Senator Shane Massey voiced support for a Senate Judiciary Committee DUI bill, saying it adds teeth over current law though he wished for tougher wording. The measure increases penalties by blood alcohol level and delays tiered penalties until a second conviction, with Gov Sanford seeking a tougher first-offender stance.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Shane Massey
Massey
Senate
House
Mark Sanford
Jim Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Brad Hutto
Orangeburg
Larry Martin
Pickens
Miranda
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