Thomson Firemen Win Muster Competition
A Thomson, Georgia fire department led by its team to first place in the Second Annual Fire Muster. Six teams competed from Wagener Graniteville Vaucluse Warrenville Bath Thomson and two from Aiken in events testing speed and firefighting skill. Thomson beat Wagener by ten points, with an Aiken team finishing third as organizers highlighted training value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Wagener
Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville
Bath
Thomson, Ga
Aiken
Pete Frommer
Aiken Public Safety Department
Aiken County Firefighters Association
Teague Street
Ginny Southworth
Students Learn Computers at USC Aiken Summer Camp
Eight high school students and 17 teachers attended USC Aiken continuing education computer camp, mixing math and programming. Participants trained in FORTRAN, graphics programs, and canned teaching tools while aiming to ease classroom tasks and prepare for college and careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Usc-Aiken
Becky Koelker
Oakwood Elementary
Ms. Koelker
Becky
Claire Bland
Kennedy Middle School
Helen Kelley
Aiken
Savannah River
Julie Kritz
North Augusta High School
Henry S. Gurr
USCA
Clemson
Miss Kelley
Miss Kritz
SRP
Jimmy Lee
North Augusta High
du Pont Chemical
Jimmy
Robert W. Sternfeld
Usc-A
Office of Continuing Education
Donna Mayock
Pam Goldell
Mary Hunter
Ginny Southworth
Grace Church Attacked by Lightning Strikes and Fire
After a lightning strike heavily damaged Grace Church in North Augusta, firefighters controlled hot spots as crowds observed. Church leaders vowed to rebuild bigger and better with help from local officials and volunteers as the community supported the reconstruction effort.
Nuclear release at plant prompts downstream monitoring
Mauney, director of the county Civil Defense office, notes the release was not an emergency and required no local action. The memorandum with South Carolina’s DHEC requires notification to the state duty officer and local officials. Samples of vegetation, standing water, and employee urine are being collected to determine the dose, with no worker exposures and no evacuations, according to plant spokesman Cliff Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauney
Department of Energy
South Carolina
DHEC
Cliff Webb
Webb
Judge hints at Reagan move to restart reactor on security grounds
A federal judge warns that Reagan could order the reactor restart citing national security but requires a full explanation to Congress and the involved state delegations and the governors of South Carolina and Georgia.
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Reagan
Congress
South Carolina
Georgia
Lightning Strikes Hit Aiken County Causing Damage and Outages
The storm struck multiple locations in Aiken County with lightning causing structural damage to a Bank Mill Road house and a gas leak from a 15 inch pipeline on Hillman Road. alarms activated and power outages disrupted fire crews at Grace United Methodist Church and North Augusta pumping station as trees and signs were blown down across highways and shopping centers.
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Clyde Carter
Sally Bigger
Aiken County
Jerry Henry
Nazareth
North Augusta
Ray Cooks
North Augusta Public Safety Department
Newman
Augusta Fire Department
Aiken County Sheriff’s Department
Aiken County Emergency Medical Services
Bath and
Belvedere Volunter Fire Departments
Robert Cain
Banks Mill Road
Hillman Road
Warrenville
S.C. Electric and Gas Co
Southern Gas Co
S.C. Highway Department
S.C.19
Talatha Road
Reynolds Pond Road
Salley
Grace United Methodist Church
Walter Newman
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Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville Fire Department
Thomson Firemen
J.R. Mullis
Don Turno
The
Grace Church
Grace Methodist Chruch
Phil Jones
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