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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 2003
Page
2
Readers share appreciation for Aiken Regional’s medical team during a Sunday emergency. The letter mentions frustration with proposed city smoking regulations for local establishments and calls for broader holiday pay and workplace unity.
The Aiken Standard retracts an error from Thursday’s edition stating weapons-grade plutonium was shipped to the Tennessee Valley Authority. The correction clarifies that weapons-grade uranium is being sent to Tennessee, and regrets the mistake.
A 16 year old female in New Ellenton will not face criminal charges after a July 12 collision that killed Edith Bishop, 65, in Aiken. Assistant Solicitor Ben Moore cited no reckless driving, no speeding, and no criminal conduct. Bishop and two other Gaffney residents were en route to a funeral when the crash occurred at Whiskey Road and Powderhouse Road.
Gov Mark Sanford will sign a minority affairs bill to grant official minority status to the Beaver Creek Indians. Slusher, chief elder, led four years of research documenting the tribe despite scarce records and cases of enslavement. The ceremony is at 3:45 PM in the Governor's Office with tribe members seeking broader recognition and economic opportunity.
The Aiken Department of Public Safety will receive more than $900 in federal funds toward officer vests as part of a broader Justice Department grant program favoring jurisdictions under 100 000 population. Vests cover up to 50 percent of cost and are rotated every five years. prices range from a few hundred to $1000 per unit. Other recipients include Barnwell Edgefield and Williston with grants of $1189 $1824 and $2980 respectively.
The Savannah River Site plans to move 8,800 drums of buried transuranic waste to New Mexico for permanent storage once the South Carolina DHEC issues a storage and processing permit. About 11,000 cubic yards of TRU waste sit at SRS in 55 gallon drums since the 1970s, buried in the 1980s awaiting WIPP opening.
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