Aiken City Earns Municipal Association Award Honors
Aiken City Manager Steve Thompson says the Municipal Association Achievement Award recognizes innovation in local government. The trophy, highlighting Aiken’s improvements, will be displayed at the ADPS for one year.
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Municipal Association
Aiken
Steve Thompson
Thompson
ADPS
J. Carrol Busbee
Aiken Department of Public Safety
H. Odell Weeks
Tom Galardi
S.C. Municipal Association
Students Shine in Island Lab Program At USCA
Rising seniors from Westside High Augusta Silver Bluff High and USCA labs gain research experience through the Young Scholars Summer Program funded by NSF and SCUREF. Dr Harold Ornes notes strong performance outpacing Duke grads as 27 selected students work at USCA Savannah River facilities.
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Islands
Karen Wehner
Westside High School
Augusta
USCA
Harold Ornes
Duke University
Ornes
National Science Foundation
South Carolina University Research and Education Foundation
Jeff Priest
Ruth Patrick
NSF
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Savannah River Site
South Carolina State College
Savannah River Forestry Station
Katherine Bleedau
Antonio Brown
Marcy Davis
Dawn Glueck
Jeff Grace
Tara Green
Alex Gregory
Dawn Hunda
Emily Peterson
Victoria Pettit
Steven Pinckney
Whitney One
Jennifer Rhoads
Natasha Iguez
Danielle Rouse
Teresa Savin
Kelley Taylor
Bonnie Willis
Katrina Wright
Christopher Burge
Tonya Morgan
Lara Ducate
Angela Garvin
Sejal Sheth
Edric Stephens
Ivy Badger
Hunter Education Offered in North Augusta
A free hunter education course will run July 29 30 and August 5 6 at the North Augusta Community Center from 7 to 830 p m each day. Sgt Joey Rentiers a state wildlife department conservation officer will teach. Participants must attend all four nights to receive certification register with Lynn Mastin in Columbia at 734 4003.
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North Augusta
Joey Rentiers
S.C. Wildlife and Marine Resources Department
Lynn Mastin
Hunter Education
Columbia
Admiral lauds Gulf War firepower but seeks tech fixes
Rear Adm. Douglas Katz praised pinpoint Gulf War bombing yet urged improvements in targeting through weather, smoke, and barrier mitigation. He outlined Navy carrier group operations in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf and stressed logistics, sealift, and joint force integration as key factors in operational success.
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Douglas Katz
Uss America
Aren Rotary Club
Adm. Katz
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Jim Davis
Shaw Air Force Base
Thomas Gregory
U.S. Marines
Robert M. Reich
Fort Gordon
Charleston
Patrick Shepherd
Sqadron 6
Shepherd
Adm
Katz
Aiken County Schools Win Grants For Arts And Vocational Programs
Aiken County Public Schools announced grants totaling nearly 149 000 for arts education and school innovation across eight district schools Pinecrest Elementary and Minnie B Kennedy Middle School received 65752 and 32925 dollars respectively for innovation. Several elementary schools got 10000 each for arts programs and Greendale Elementary 5000 for planning. Edgefield fatalities occur in two weekend accidents as 31 year old Alvin Corley and another man died in separate incidents. Statewide arts funding exceeds 1 2 million with 293 841 for new projects and 889 417 for renewals under Target 2000 1989 education reform measures.
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Aiken
South Carolina Department of Education
Pinecrest Elementary
Minnie B. Kennedy
Aiken Elemency
Hammond Hill
Millbrook
North Augusta
Redcliffe Elementary
Greendale Elementary
State Board of Education
Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
Aiken High School
Larry Coleman
Inez Dover
Efficacy Institute
Boston
North Augusta Midle School
Midland Valle High School
Silver Bluff Hig School
South Aiken High School
Aiken Count Career Center
Aiken Hi School
Leavelle McCampbell
No Arrests Yet in Saturday Robbery
Clearwater Aiken County sheriff reports no arrests in Saturday morning armed robbery at Midland Valley Cleaners. A man about six feet tall, 160 pounds in blue jeans brown shirt and black ski mask stole between 30 and 50 dollars.
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Clearwater
Midland Valley Cleaners
Aiken County
Professor Brockington appeals sexual harassment ruling at USCA
History professor Dr. William S. Brockington Jr. filed suit in Aiken County seeking reversal of USC Aiken findings that he committed sexual harassment. He alleges improper investigation and due process flaws, asking for retrial under university rules.
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William S. Brockington Jr
USC Aiken
Brockington
Aiken County Court of Common Pleas
USCA
South Carolina
Council For the Advancement and Support of Education
Investi
Gators
Savannah River Site earns 70 Percent Plus honor roll
The Savannah River Site was named to the 70 Percent Plus Master Honor Roll by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for an 87 percent safety belt use rate. Two on-site surveys showed 85 percent and 89 percent belt use, with 608 and 1,079 cars observed respectively. NHTSA notes belts save thousands of lives annually.
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Savannah River
U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Washington, D.C
Heyward Barnwell
SRS
CSRA
NHTSA
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