PILT payments revived for Savannah River Site communities
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a defense bill restoring 5.7 million dollars in payments in lieu of taxes to Aiken Allendale and Barnwell counties surrounding the Savannah River Site. PILT funds support local services education and emergency response as the NDAA moves toward final passage.
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Savannah River
Biden
Aiken
Allendale
Barnwell
Department of Energy
PILT
Barnwell County
Ben Kinlaw
South Carolina
Citizens For Nuclear Technology
Jim Marra
U.S. Defense
Energy Department
Senate
Jim Inhofe
Oklahoma
House
Bank president recalls 1996 Olympic bombing memories
Augusta resident Phil Wahl, president of Security Federal Bank in Aiken, volunteered as a security coordinator during the 1996 Atlanta Games. He helped guests and led nightly park sweeps in Centennial Olympic Park where a pipe bomb exploded at about 1 am. He described the blast's impact and recalled the event amid overall pride in the Olympics.
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Phil Wahl
Security Federal Bank
Aiken
Centennial Park
Atlanta
Augusta
Wahl
Centennial Olympic Park
Wachovia Bank
Centennial
Top female pickleball star brings clinic to Aiken
Simone Jardim ranked world No 1 by the PPA leads a workshop at Two Sisters Farm in Aiken hosted by Chris Powers. The session runs today and tomorrow with morning and evening slots as players prepare for national events in December in Indian Wells California.
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Chris Powers
Simone Jardim
Pickleball Association
Jardim
Naples
Florida
Michigan State University
Santa Maria
Brazil
U.S
Aiken
Powers
Two Sisters Farm
Hopeland Farm Drive
Woodside Plantation
Indian Wells
California
Bill Bengtson
Professional
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