Y2K passes with few incidents across Aiken County
In the first hours of 2000, Aiken County reported no major Y2K issues. Cathy Love of SCE&G said preparations paid off with smooth operations and only minor outages from non Y2K causes. Local safety and sheriff offices noted a quiet night aside from a few fireworks related events and a vendor programming snag with a new case number system.
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Aiken County
Cathy Love
South Carolina Electric and Gas
Sce&g
South Carolina
Belfort County
Jackson
Tom Galardi
Public Safety
Savannah River
Paul Jones
SRS
Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
Wedding Run: A Nontraditional Vow Ceremony at Center
A running themed wedding at H. Odell Weeks Center united Joseph Piper and Faith Sanders. Guests wore running gear and signed race bibs instead of a guest book. The couple planned their own vows followed by a one mile fun run around the track and a reception at the pavilion.
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H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Joseph Piper
Faith Sanders
Piper
Putin seen as leading contender in Russia election
Vladimir Putin, named acting president after Boris Yeltsin’s resignation, appears poised for a likely victory. Analysts note his pragmatic, hard line stance and appeal as a firm leader, despite questions about his KGB past and potential clashes with the West over Chechnya.
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Moscow
Vladimir Putin
Russia
Putin
Boris Yeltsin
KGB
West
Chechnya
Alexei Chaplygin
Center For Civil Society Studies
Yeltsin
Boycott Begins as NAACP Targets South Carolina
The NAACP initiated a boycott of South Carolina to push removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse, prompting at least 85 groups to cancel meetings. Brookland Foundation moved its 11th Black Male Conference to Charlotte. Myrtle Beach area reports 12 cancellations costing $500,000 to $1 million as groups seek alternate sites in NC or GA.
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Columbia
NAACP
South Carolina
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hospitality Association of
Stephen Greene
Myrtle Beach Area
Twins Born Across Century Line At Midnight Births
Julie Wallman of Indianapolis welcomed her newborn twins born at 11:59 p.m. and 12:01 a.m., the first baby of the millennium and a tax deduction, while in Enid Oklahoma Bass Baptist Medical Center Jacob Beebe’s birth spanned the final instant of 1999 and Joshua’s minute later.
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Julie Wallman
Indianapolis
Jacob Wallman
Jordan
Joshua
Benji
Tim Beebe
Beebe
Deaths and Funerals Notices Listing
Obituary notices list names and hometowns including Charles Henry Ackerman Aiken Lucia Olivia Bentley Windsor Alice K Campbell Windsor Jack Edwards Blackville Muriel Astor Ingram Aiken William H Ryerson Appling Logan Blyth Snipes Barnwell Julia Margaret Wall Augusta the notices appear from local funeral homes across multiple towns.
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Charles Henry Ackerman
Aiken
Shellhouse Funeral
Lucia Olivia Bentley
Windsor
Rivers Funeral
Alice K. Campbell
George
Jack Edwards
Blackville
Folk Funeral
Muriel Astor Ingram
William H. Ryerson
Appling
Logan Blyth Snipes
Barnwell
Julia Margaret Wall
Augusta
Rowland Funeral
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Neide
Ginny Southworth
Faith
Sociated Press
S.C
S Index
Abbu
Fhrubers
Monagh Shoo
NFL
Alken AccuWeathe
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