Bridgestone plant to shift to 24 hour operation
Bridgestone Firestone will switch its 1.6 million square foot manufacturing plant near Graniteville to a 24 hour full rotation starting February 1. The Aiken County facility currently runs a day shift producing light truck and passenger car tires not destined for the market while analysts complete tire testing at the site. Public affairs officer Mary McLaughlin confirms the plant will run around the clock once the change takes effect.
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Firestone
Aiken County
Graniteville
Mary McLaughlin
Obituary Notices Page 2B Names Honored in Aiken Ridge Spring
Obituary notices list several individuals including Josephine R. Autry Sara William Hartzell N Augusta Bettie Lou Johnson Aiken Mayree Martin Ridge Spring Sara Coker Miller Aiken Donna M Trasak Lexington. The notices appear on page 2B and honor deceased residents with brief identifications.
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Josephine R. Autry
Sara William Hartzell
N. Augusta
Bettie Lou Johnson
Aiken
Mayree Martin
Ridge Spring
Sara Coker Miller
Donna M.trasak
Lexington
Walker's Legacy Lives On in Tenn Hunting Preserve
Mary Etta Walker from Bath recounts the grief of losing her great grandson William Walker Lloyd in a 1996 Germantown crash. The Lloyds used a lawsuit settlement to create a 317 acre hunting preserve in his memory, turning tragedy into a lasting tribute and comfort for others facing similar loss.
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Ginny Southworth
Mary Etta Walker
Walker
Tenn
Bath
William Walker Lloyd
Germantown
Lee
Carla Lloyd
Lloyds
Community hears plan to swap Busbee and Corbett schools
WAGENER local leaders urge citizen input as they discuss flipping Busbee Elementary and Corbett Middle to ease overcrowding. A Monday meeting in Corbett auditorium will explore future needs and funding, with officials stressing no action yet and input from staff students and residents sought.
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Inease Williamson
Aiken County
Schools Near Wagener Salley High and Busbee Middle
Busbee Middle adjoins Wagener Salley High while Corbett Elementary sits about a mile away. Backers argue the switch could allow some eighth graders to take occasional classes at the high school and begin meeting graduation requirements early. Students who failed eighth grade might take a class there instead of staying with younger students. Another possible change would be explained on page 5A.
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Ing Busbee
Corbett
Busbee
Wagener Salley High
Senate eyes 2000 ballot referendums on lottery and video gambling
In Columbia the Democrat led Senate moves a bill to the House for referendums on a lottery and video gambling next year. The push comes amid clashes over timing with a 1999 video gambling vote rejected in a compromise. Senate leaders and Republican opponents frame the action as a broad challenge to gambling policy.
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House
Glenn McConnell
Charleston
David Wilkins
Greenville
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Sen
David Thomas
Fountain Inn
John Drummond
D-Ninety Six
Drummond
Regatta to draw over 1 000 rowers in Langley Pond event
The Augusta Aiken Spring Rowing Regatta will be held at Langley Pond on March 20 with 1,000 to 1,500 participants from across the United States. Pleas ure Island staging in Gloverville and spectator parking at Gloverville Park will support a shuttle service to the course.
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Aiken County
United States
Pleasure Island
Gloverville
Gloverville Park
Pine Street
Sanders
Langley Pond
Savannah
Steve Patat
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