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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 2017

Page

3

Talkback: voter fraud claims and immigration debate stir editorials

Aiken Standard readers debate claims of illegal voting tied to election losses and critique future Trump policy moves. The letter ponders immigration history, school discipline, and past political clashes, noting long American roots and calls for enforcing existing laws.

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Weekend South Carolina Lottery Draw Summary

Friday results show South Carolina midday picks 1 3 2 and 3 2 9 5, evening 9 6 1 and 2 8 4 8, Palmetto Cash 5 1 2 4 6 22, Power Up 2, and Georgia draws 2 2 0 cash 3 midnight and Fantasy 5 1 17 20 40 42.

South Carolina Georgia Cash Cash Fantasy

Driver passes truck on Bettis Academy Road causing fatal crash

Aiken Standard reports a Feb 19 fatal collision after a driver attempted to pass a truck on Bettis Academy Road and struck the truck from behind during a left turn. An email from the Aiken County Coroner's Office cites the passing attempt, while a later South Carolina Highway Patrol recording says the vehicle hit from behind without noting passing.

Aiken Aiken County Bettis Academy Road S.C. Highway Patrol

Edgefield potter Dave Drake honored in Hall of Fame

David Drake also known as Dave, a slave who became a renowned Edgefield District potter, was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. Wingard described his life, the signed jars, and the 1834 concatenation jar as several fragments of a full life still missing from records.

David Drake Dave South Carolina Hall of Fame Old Edgefield George Wingard Savannah River Archaeological Research Program Trenton Daughters of the American Revolution Aiken County Historical Museum Wingard Savannah River Harvey Drake Abner Landrum Miles Mark Caroline Jones Caroline Mark Jones Edgefield Dave Drake

Aiken County Schools Official Apologizes for Facebook Comments

The district communications coordinator Mike Rosier issued a formal apology for weekend comments posted on Facebook while acting in his professional role. He said the remarks did not reflect district values and called his actions a poor personal decision and bad professional judgment. He apologized to all board members administrators teachers staff students and stakeholders potentially offended.

Aiken County Facebook Mike Rosier Rosier Aiken County Public Schools Sean Alford

SRNS FIT program saves Savannah River Site millions in 2016

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions reports more than 31.6 million in productivity and efficiency cost savings in fiscal year 2016 driven by the Focused Improvement Transformation Lean program. The effort increased employee engagement to about 30 percent and completed 24 Rapid Improvement Events across areas like chemical management, QA corrective actions, training, public tours, and month-end closing. A June 2016 event refined pipette calibration at F H Laboratories, reducing costs from 188 to 44 per unit and cutting annual recalibration by 344 per pipette, with projected savings over 396 thousand dollars.

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Department of Energy Savannah River SRNS P.K. Hightower Ance SRS F/H Laboratories DOE Savannah River National Laboratory Analytical Labs SRNL Stuart MacVean SANS Marion Cofer

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