Third grader Haley recovers after heart transplant and rehab
Haley, a third grader, battles back from congestive heart failure and an open heart operation to receive a new heart. She undergoes rehab with speech, physical and occupational therapies at Hitchcock Health care and returns to school gradually with the support of family, teachers, and friends.
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Baer
Icu
Haley
Fam
Vicki Snow
Snow
Jasmine Blakely
City approves roundabout plan and arts commission formation
Council discusses a new East Gate Drive roundabout with Richard Smith praising the connector road proposal. The first reading approves a seven member Arts Commission to oversee arts events and tax-funded activities with non voting members from Etherredge Center and local arts groups.
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Richard Smith
East Gate Drive
Fabian Drive
Escapee apprehended near Rye Patch in Aiken County
The man who fled from a pre release center was captured within three hours by local police in Rye Patch off Whiskey Road. He faces charges including fugitive status and assault with intent to kill. Larry Morris confirms the subject is a City employee. the vehicle tied to the case was towed from City grounds. Owens had been serving a three year grand larceny sentence from Oct 5 2002 and a youthful offender term when he escaped. He had been at the Wire Road facility since Aug 5 2003.
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Aiken County
Corrections
Owens
Dorchester County
Scdoc Steater
Wire Road
SREL budget cut alarms Warrenville teachers
Aiken County educators fear the loss of SREL research and education programs if President Bush's budget trims funding. Bonnie Ryan and Joanne Skillman cite the outreach impact on students and teachers, with Mills and Scott noting hands on science and field trips aligning with state standards, urging protection of the program.
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Mills
Bush
SREL
Aiken County
Bonnie Ryan
Warrenville
Joanne Skillman
Tony
David Scott
East Aiken
Greendale
Scott
East Afrien
Mary Robinson
Ryan
Rob Novit
Movit
Aikenstandard.com
Car seat safety clinic helps families in Aiken County
Aiken County coroner Tim Carlton urged parents to demand seat belt use for children and legislators. SAFE KIDS hosts a car seat clinic at the Target Shopping Center on Whiskey Road from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A Spanish speaking technician will assist. Residents unable to attend can arrange inspections by calling Tri Development at 643-4562 or the Aiken Department of Public Safety at 642-7620.
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Aiken
Tim Carlton
Carlton
Safe Kids
Target Shopping Center
Whiskey Road
Bowen
Debbie Kersh
Senate panel disclosures knot UN oil for food tale
A Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee says newly obtained Iraqi documents imply Benon Sevan, former head of the UN oil for food program, may have benefited financially from oil deals with Saddam Hussein. The probe also scrutinizes Kojo Annan’s 1998 activities and a Saybolt inspector’s $105,819 bribe in an illegal sale, amid broader concerns of fraud and mismanagement at high levels.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
U.N
Saddam Hussein
Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee
Benon Sevan
Sevan
Eric Lewis
Saddam
Norm Coleman
R-Minn
Kojo Annan
Kofi Annan
Cotecna
Subcommittee
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Coteena
Saybolt International BV
John Denson
Saybolt
Armando Carlos Oliveira
Portugal
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LeDuc
Ginny Southworth
Rye Patch
Aiken - Tues
West Frontage Road
I-20
Ronald Gorayev
Roy Stripling
Lufkin
Elaine Burrows
Liverpool, NY
Ft Worth
Jeff Pacotti
Grand Junction
Donna Jackson
Centralia
Oenue Sane
Tricia Houtty
National
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South Carolina Pharmacy Association
University
Aiken Medical Center
Aiken Hospital
Holley Heating & Air
de Taal
Carter Factory
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