Aiken researcher finds fewer terrapins on Kiawah Island
Whit Gibbons of the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory reports declining diamondback terrapins on Kiawah Island creeks. He notes fewer juveniles and many previously tagged turtles still present, signaling long term population stress amid coastal growth.
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Charleston
Aiken
Whit Gibbons
Kiawah Island
Gibbons
University of Georgia
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
New England
Texas
Sweet treats draw crowds as heat drives ice cream
Locals seek relief from heat with Bruster's coffee cake streusel ice cream and Oreo cones, while The Sweet Cow Creamery reports strong sales in June and July as hot weather keeps customers lining up for seasonal flavors and smoothies.
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Gayle Lockhart
Sallie Mobley
Bruster's
Mobley
Lockhart
Kayla Ott
Ott
Laurens Street
Roger Sherman
Sweet Cow Creamery
State eyes privatization as bus funding runs tight
A state education official warns school bus funds may run dry next year under current lottery and repair allocations. Transportation director Don Tudor notes unclaimed prize revenue saved 2003 04 repairs but a shortfall could leave about 6 million underfunded. He adds districts already bear 80 cents per mile and privatization may be studied, though savings are unclear.
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State Department of Education
Don Tudor
Tudor
Aiken County
Aiken
Susan Jordan
Cottage industry blaze sends chemical smoke plume afar
Several emergency agencies fought a Thursday afternoon fire that engulfed a cottage industry site releasing unknown chemical fumes in a black plume visible up to fifteen miles away. No injuries reported as nearby fires in CSRA over three days included a Lamplight Trailer Park mobile home blaze and a Windsor brush fire tackled by Windsor Volunteer Fire Department and the South Carolina Forestry Commission.
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Merriwether
Land Ark Wood Finish
Lamplight
Windsor
African American Culture Center fundraising gains momentum
The African American Center for History Art and Culture reports rapid early support. In month one of a multi year drive pledges reach 20 percent of a 500 000 goal. The center would occupy the Immanuel School property at York Street and Richland Avenue.
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Center For History, Art and Culture
Scott Hunter
Doug Slaughter
Second Baptist Church
York Street
Richland Avenue
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Aiken Man
Kiawah
South Carolina
J.D. Wilson
John Moore
Cool Kid
Philip Pfeiffer
Sweet Treat
Tenenbaum
CSRA
Bill Bengtson
Meriwether
African American Culture Center
Sedemenes
Abby
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