Hurricane Emily Strikes Yucatan Peninsula
After Emily hit the Yucatan people regroup and assess damage. A medical exam is offered to wreck victims. USC Aiken helps locate people near Graniteville accident for medical evaluations. Local golfer Matt Hendrix shines first round at BC Open then finishes just outside top 10. Lic A Dee Split Ice Cream Parlor in Bath revives 50s decor. Judy Mote reviews The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
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Yucatan Peninsula
USC Aiken
Graniteville
Aiken
Matt Hendrix
Bath
Termination notices issued to WSRC workers at Savannah River Site
As many as 400 employees at the Savannah River Site will be notified of termination as Westinghouse Savan nah River Corp moves into the second phase of a three part workforce restructuring. The plan aims to reduce site staff to under 9,000 with 1,200 total terminations since March and a final phase next year.
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Savannah River
Westinghouse
Savannah River Corp
WSRC
Bob Pedde
Department of Energy
SRS
Will
Callicott
Kids Deconstruct Gadgets At Camp Invention
Kathryn Noel an eight year old from South Airean Baptist School joins eighty eight peers at USC Aiken Ruth Patrick Science Education Center for Camp Invention. Students wear goggles and hats while taking apart a VCR and a stereo system to explore inner workings. Instructors guide five hands on modules aligned with national standards and plan soon to build non working transformed devices like a robot. The Ruth Patrick Center hosts the program for a second year with National Inventors Hall of Fame support.
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Kathryn Noel
South Airien Baptist School
Kathryn
Dren
USC Aiken
Ruth Patrick
John Hutchens
David Stoner
Alana Simmons
Matt Wilkin
Jefferson Elementary
Barebones
Ruth Patrick Center
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Hutchens
Woman jailed for fatal Wagener wreck in 2003
Alexandria S. Jeffcoat, 18, of Rocky Grove Road, was jailed on a felony DUI warrant tied to a December 23, 2003 single vehicle crash near Wagener that killed 16 year old Whitney Harley and injured others. The driver faces felony DUI death and great bodily injury charges.
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Whitney Harley
Pine Log Road
Harley
Reushe
Dark pride spreads as nerds embrace fame in Chicago suburb
In Lake Zurich Illinois a 15 year old violinist Steffi Weiss joins peers in celebrating nerd culture. She and a friend modified black mesh jerseys to read ORCH DORKS on the front and added their names and instruments on the sleeves.
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Chicago
Idaho
Steffi Weiss
Lake Zurich
Orch Dorks
VLNI
Dogs Missing After July Fourth Escape Endures Search
The Kraft family reports their two dogs Sissy and Kaiser vanished after escaping a boarding facility in Graniteville during a July 4 weekend move. Beverly Kraft placed ads and distributed flyers as they searched Graniteville daily for two days before the dogs were found.
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Sissy
Kaiser
Mark
Beverly Kraft
Denver
Rocky Flats
Memphis
Tenn
Aiken
Savannah River
Krafts
Maid Marian Court
Graniteville
Beverly
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Judy Mote, Riker
Dan Brown
Mabie T. Bentley
Glenn B. Cole
Charlotte, NC
Betty Jo D. Gossett
Geneva Mason-Middleton
North Augusta
Lula Mae Saylor, Aiken
Robert Byron Toole, Neeses
Abby
Rob Novit
Bronson Eckmyre
Chukker Creek
Wagener
Karen Daily
Jeffcoat
Weiss
DORKS
Jordyn Ford
Steffi
Lll
J.C. Lexow
Mark Kraft
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