Budget Sequestration Hits Aiken County Agencies Hard
Automatic federal spending cuts known as Sequestration threaten 85 billion dollars nationwide and may reduce funds in Aiken for victim services at the Cumbee Center and senior programs run by the Lower Savannah Council of Governments. Local leaders warn of tighter budgets, fewer services, and stalled federal priorities including reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Severe reductions could affect service to 1,800 to 2,000 victims annually and about 190,000 dollars in regional senior programs.
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Congress
Kay Mixon
Cumbee Center
Aiken
White House
South Carolina
Mixon
Senate
House
Lower Savannah
Allendale
Bamberg
Barnwell
Calhoun
Shade
Seaion
South Caroina
Area Deaths Annie Rainey and Lora Bell Bradley
The Aiken area mourns multiple deaths with funeral services planned. Annie Rainey of New Ellenton and Lora Bell Bradley of Aiken are listed among area obituaries with service details reflected in the 6A notices.
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Annie Rainey
New Ellenton
Lora Bell Bradley
Aiken
Five Day Weather Forecast for City General
Partly cloudy forecast with temperatures ranging from 36 to 59 degrees over the next five days. General offices, Newsroom.
Wreck damages fence and pole at Aiken Training Track
A man fled the scene after crashing his 2005 Jeep through a wooden fence and snapping a utility pole at the Aiken Training Track on Two Notch Road. William Thomas Pierron, 30, of Windsor, was traveling too fast for conditions and was not injured. Police could not locate him at the scene.
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Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety
William Thomas Pierron
Water Oak Drive
Windsor
Two Notch Road
Perron
Mahoney
Himseln
Pirron
Wallace Johnson
Darryl Holloway
African American pilot breaks barriers and recalls career
David Harris, 78, a retired pilot living in Trenton, recalls breaking racial barriers as the first Black pilot for a major passenger airline. He flew for American Airlines from 1964 to 1994 after an Air Force career, reflecting on racism and perseverance in a life tied to aviation.
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David Harris
Harris
Trenton
Twin Lakes
American Airlines
New York
Los Angeles
Odo
Ohio State
U.S. Air Force
New Ellenton Library Relocation and Expansion Planned
The New Ellenton Branch Library opens in April 2012 in a new 2,337 square foot building beside City Hall. The upgrade adds more reading and meeting space, additional computer stations, and a self checkout at the circulation desk.
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Ellenton
City Hall
Tax funds help beautify and equip Aiken towns
HALEY HUGHES and AMY BANTON report on Round two of Aiken County's Capital Projects Sales Tax. Municipalities Perry Jackson Burnettown used funds for police cars, department improvements, and public works gear. Burnettown bought two police vehicles for 570000, Jackson 105000 for police facility upgrades, Perry 4500 for a backhoe and lawn mower. Parks and beautification projects also occurred, with Perry completing the main park area with walking paths, trees, lighting and benches.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Perry
Salley, Jackson
Burnettown
Jackson
Forse Department
Tod Theedge
Teir
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ASC
Columbus
Ohio
Pan American Airways
William E. Durrett, JR
University Parkway
Aikenpain.com
Haley Hughes
Amy Banton Hughes
Aiken Standard Co A
Bantonia Aiken Standard Co
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