Applications Filed for Graniteville Magistrate Seat
Nearly 50 applicants seek the Graniteville magistrate post vacated after Joey Addie resigned amid an investigation. A seven member advisory panel reviews candidates, with Sen. Thomas L Moore guiding the process and forwarding a nominee to Gov Jim Hoages for appointment. The panel aims to name a candidate by February end.
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Graniteville
Thomas L
Tommy) Moore
D-Clearwater
Joey Addie
Moore
Jim
Hoages
Senate
Name
Aiken County Miss Contest May Return in 2002
Pageant officials lament the absence of Miss Aiken County and hope to revive the tradition in 2002 after a group expresses interest. The Miss South Carolina pageant is set for July 11 to 14 at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, with concerns about timing and organization noted.
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Sanders
Aiken County
South Carolina
Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
Suspect in 1998 Holt abduction surrenders in Georgia
Coleman and two others face charges in the Father's Day 1998 abduction of Holt. Coleman turned himself in after contacting his lawyer Michael B. King, who filed a speedy trial demand in Superior Court. Investigators tie Holt’s disappearance to a forced entry, door open, and a safe, with Holt left in a burning car across the Savannah River.
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Coleman
Michael B. King
Jonesboro
King
Atlanta
David Joseph Easterling
Evans
Carlston Coleman Jr
Holt
Savannah River
North
Augusta
Ms. Beam
Miss Wood
LG. Hughes
Savannah River Site
North Augusta reuse program relies on inmate labor at MRF
Public works officials explain North Augusta and Aiken recycling contracts. The MRF processes the waste stream with inmate help from Lower Savannah Prerelease Center, using about 11 inmates daily on the line. Blue bags separate from regular refuse. some non recyclable residue remains.
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Intendent of Public Works
North
Augusta
Aiken
SRS
MRF
Lindley
Savannah
North Augusta MRF expands as recycling program grows
Courtroom observers note the MRF accepts only plastics graded 1 or 2 and sifts refuse on the tipping floor where inmates sort commodities. About five on newspapers, others on paper, plastics, and metals. the facility recovered 20 percent of 15,000 tons from North Augusta in 2000, with Aiken at 2,000 tons and SRS 34 percent recyclable. North Augusta and SRS pay per ton, while city revenue comes from recycled material sales. plans include a second tipping floor after seven years of growth.
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MIRF
SRS
Lindley
MRF
North Augusta
Zeaser
Aiken
Mre
Department of Corrections
Trial closes in Wise Phelan plant shooting case
Prosecutors argued malice in a second degree burglary charge as defendant Wise faced life or death counts for weapons possession and the plant attack. Judge Cooper denied motions for directed verdict and a new trial as testimony described workers fleeing, bullets flying, and a victim shot in the back. Prosecutor Barbara Morgan led the case with Grant Gibbons and Robert Madsen praising the jury and judge.
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Harlow
Grant
Cooper
Barbara Morgan
Ms. Morgan
Grant Gibbons
Robert Madsen
Phelan
Wise
Vance
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Edgefield
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Pageant
Scott Webster
Sonya Lindley
Kerri McClary
Hastings Wis
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Diane Wells
Ms. Wells
Ellen Beam
Leavelle McCampbell
Hughes
Bubba
Charles Griffeth
Hastings Wise
Scott Wooster
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