Kennedy renovation progress hangs on timetable for Kennedy Middle
Aiken County Board of Education pressed for timely completion of Minnie B. Kennedy Middle School renovations. The group compared the pace to New Ellenton Middle delays and noted most Kennedy classes remain in portable rooms as construction continues. Administrators target late January or early February completion.
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Kennedy
Aiken County
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Obituary notices list six deaths on page 2B
Obituary notices report the deaths of David Hill Adams Clearwater Alberta Brown Williston Dorothy Dukes Gunter Wagoner Paul Stallings Jr. Aiken Annie Lou Ware Aiken. The notices chronicle each deceased and associated location.
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David Hill Adams
Clearwater
Alberta Brown
Williston
Dorothy Dukes Gunter
Wagoner
Paul Stallings Jr
Aiken
Annie Lou Ware
Georgia Lottery Tuesday Winning Numbers Update
Georgia lottery results list can 3 8 70 Pantany 6 211-2728 with numbers drawn on Tuesday.
Aiken Seats on House Redistricting Plan
A House committee considers a plan to redraw districts forcing 23 lawmakers into fall elections. The proposal, backed by Election Laws subcommittee, would avoid incumbents facing each other and reduce black voting strength in seven districts while only Julia Anne Parks faces re election in a new majority white district.
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House
Aiken County
Judiciary Committee
Bubba Cromer
Cromer
Julia Anne Parks
Greenwood
Flag dispute opens as session begins in South Carolina
On the first day of the 1997 session in Columbia a banner reading Keep the flag Dump Beasley appeared on an airplane tow and a dump truck. Beasley faces pressure from Confederate flag supporters while he pushes to move the flag to a memorial on the Statehouse grounds. The controversy shapes early legislative activity with a flag referendum unlikely this session.
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Columbia
Beasley
David Beasley
Statehouse
Jerry Creech
Council of Conservative Citizens
Capitol
Creech
House
Senate
John Drummond
Drummond
Jim Hodges
Lancaster
John Courson
SRS poised for plutonium mission with DWPF path
DOE finalizes plutonium disposition decision favoring immobilization of at least eight tons at Savannah River Site using DWPF vitrification tech. The choice keeps SRS central to future missions and expands storage and processing plans, with NEPA steps to follow and potential immobilization up to 17 tons of the surplus.
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Savannah River
Fort Knox
Defense
Department of Energy
Hazel O'Leary
SAS
Greg Rudy
Rudy
SRS
Rocky Flats
Denver
Washington
Ernie Chaput
NEPA
School board seeks meeting with North Augusta council over TIF plan
The Aiken County Board of Education voted to invite North Augusta officials to a February 4 meeting to discuss opposition to the city's proposed low tax Tax Increment Financing district. The board argues TIF would divert funds from schools and push costs onto students, and plans a public session at a local school to explain the stance.
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Aiken County
Riverside
Board of Education
Paul Knox Middle School
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