Aiken County Fire Row Highlights Staffing and Response Gaps
Aiken County volunteer chief defends actions as Sage Mill station near Bridge Stone-Firestone in Sage Mill Industrial Park is under staffed. Two GVW firefighters waited at Springdale mobile home fire as pumper and ladder trucks were not dispatched from Sage Mill despite proximity. GVW chief Napier summoned Langley and Bath units over seven miles away. Sage Mill station remained unused.
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Aiken County
Sage Mill
Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville
Springdale
Rick Powell
Bridgestone-Firestone
Springdale Road
Neck of
Phil Napier
Mobile
GVW
Langley
Bath
Napier
Cavan
Aiken Standard
Sage Mill Fire Station Tensions At Center Of GVW Control
Fire crews rushed to a Springdale Road blaze from the Valley area while Sage Mill sat idle. Langley backup arrived after GVW control disputes from 2000 lingered, with ex-council member Napier opposing cross assistance.
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Springdale Road
Sage Mill
Langley
Napier
Aiken County
Sanford marks a year in office with direct approach
Gov Mark Sanford marks one year in office by bypassing traditional rituals and holding open door meetings. He vetoes local issue bills as illegal special legislation while pressing legislators on tax plans and facing friction with the General Assembly. An October poll measured his popularity versus the legislature as his budget plan totals 5.1 billion dollars.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Mark Sanford
Sanford
General Assembly
College of Charleston
Bill Moore
Fugitive Mathis Shot While Evading Arrest in Aiken
Aiken police sought Troy Lee Mathis for kidnapping and sexual assault. He was shot early Saturday outside a Hahn Village home and hospitalized in stable condition at the Medical College of Georgia. He faces multiple charges and will be interviewed once stabilized.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Troy Lee Mathis
Mathis
Medical College of Georgia
Public Safety
David Turno
Hahn Village
Bradley Lane
Boo
USA Weekend Missing From Aiken Standard Over Offensive Graphic
The Aiken Standard did not print USA Weekend this Sunday due to a graphic containing an offensive term. USA Weekend officials and publisher Scott Hunter apologize. the piece was supplied by a freelance artist who copied text from another publication. Readers can read the current issue online at usaweekend.com.
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USA Weekend
Aiken Standard
Marcia Bullard
Usaweekend.com
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David Boyd
Tim O'Brian
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Nside
Abby
Fern N. Baker
Aiken
Erma
Jean R. Anderson
Langley Robert P. Blassingame
Augusta
C. A. Buddenhagen
Warrenville
Richard J. Huckabee
Salley
Robert D. Parkinson
Lyman Bruce Puette
Jackson
John C. Woodward
Florida
Scott Hunter
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