03 Jun 1999
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1999
Page
1
This week most area high schools celebrate graduation and an upcoming Saturday section will list area graduates and students honored at school awards days. The edition will publish full coverage with names and achievements.
South Carolina peach growers expect a strong harvest this season despite scattered hail damage. Lewis Holmes III says early varieties are harvested and packed with later crops promising. Clemson agent David Parker notes irrigation helped offset drought. State remains the nation’s second largest peach producer behind California. past decade shows farmer counts and trees shrinking but optimism remained for a mid September finish.
South Carolina representative Rudy Mason was found dead in a Columbia motel room after missing a House vote. Friends described him as a loving husband and grandfather, a dedicated public servant, and a respected businessman whose death shocked colleagues and the Aiken County community.
Registrations and Elections Director Stuart Bedenbaugh announced that Rep. Rudy Mason's death triggers a special election for House District 81. Filing runs June 16 to June 28, with a Republican Democrat primary August 17 and potential runoff August 31, general election November 2.
Friday ceremonies for Aiken County public high schools begin with the Aiken County Career and Technology Center at 7 p.m. and continue at 6 p.m. or 8 p.m. at Aiken Ridge Spring Monetta South Aiken North Augusta Midland Valley Wagener Valley and Silver Bluff. Law enforcement will have heightened presence due to campus violence concerns. details from the school district or each school.
Officials at Westinghouse Savannah River say only a portion of the contract will be rebid, not the entire SRS agreement. The newspaper notes the Wednesday edition misled readers and apologizes for the confusion.
GAO report warns DOE action on Savannah River Site waste disposal, begun in the early 1980s, may have been insufficient. In tank precipitation, highly radioactive sludge is separated from liquids in 35 million gallons stored in drums. Final disposal would yield about 6,000 glass logs for storage.
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