Heat and Medicines Raise Heat Risks in Aiken Augusta
Aiken Augusta area endures a fourth day of record heat with 103 degrees in Augusta. Some medications raise sun sensitivity or blunt sweating, increasing sunburn and heat stroke risks. Dr. Brooks Metts notes photosensitive drugs for mood, seizures, acne, diabetes, and hypertension, plus oral contraceptives. Parkinson’s and other conditions heighten danger as sweating drops.
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Brooks Metts
University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
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Tritium Supply Analyzed From Staff Reports
Energy Department plans a new tritium production source by 2008 to meet nuclear weapons needs. Construction could begin about 2000 or soon after with Savannah River Site as a leading contender. The plan includes potential reactivation of K-reactor or use of an accelerator and relies on a five year pre construction phase and a five year reserve drawdown.
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Emergency Crews Wrestle With Imaginary Disasters
Emergency crews from Aiken County joined state and federal agencies in a STARCEX 93 disaster drill to test responses to a tornado scenario. The 24 hour exercise began at noon, simulating power, water, phone outages, collapsed bridges, fires, and injuries.
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Emergency Preparedness Division
Aiken County
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State Area Command
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Call to share news with newsroom at number 6182311
The notice invites readers to report news by phone and provides the contact number 6182311 for the newsroom. It emphasizes a channel for tips and information from the public.
Heatwave Strains State Amid Record July Heat
The Associated Press reports 100 degree plus days across the state bring irritability and health risks. Foresters fear fires, utility workers monitor usage, and hospitals treat sunburns. Colora son resident Candy Dillingham says heat feels like hell behind a screen door as coastal areas endure the toll.
New Carpet Plant To Locate In Aiken County
Beaulieu of America will build an 85 million manufacturing facility in Aiken County near Interstate 20 and U.S. 1 nine miles north of Aiken. The plant will cover 400000 square feet and create up to 350 jobs at start. Gov. Carroll A Campbell said the project is major economic development for the area. County Chairman Carrol H Warner called it the county’s largest private industrial investment in decades, surpassing early investments by Owens Corning and Kimberly Clark. Construction should finish by year’s end and the site began work Thursday on the 40 acre plant area.
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Carroll A. Campbell
Aiken County
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Aiken
S.C
Owens-Corning
Kimber
Gov
Campbell
Warner
Thomas L
Tommy) Moore
Huff Promises Fight Over School Board Litigation Fund
North Augusta Rep. Huff says he will raise with the Aiken County delegation the board’s May vote to use public funds to hire lawyers for suits against critics of the school system. He argues the move is prior restraint and unconstitutional and seeks assurances the action will be rescinded. The board approved the plan 6-2 in May with Slay Bradley Williamson Chriswell Reames Hunter Jr. voting yes and Shaw Hickson voting no while Proctor was absent.
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Thomas E
Tom) Huff
North Augusta
Aiken County
Robert Slay
William Burkhalter
Huff
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Slay
John Bradley
Inease Williamson
Kay Chriswell
Charles Reames
John M. Hunter Jr
Johnny Shaw
GOP Chief: Clinton and Derrick Synced in Politics
GOP state chair Henry McMaster compared Bill Clinton and Butler Derrick, calling them tools of big taxers and big spenders. He accused the Clinton administration of disarray, predicted gaffes, and said Clinton’s popularity would drop into the teens by December, urging Republicans to win governor, House, and local offices. Derrick was labeled as embodying Clinton’s “goofy ideas.”
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Henry McMaster
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Athen County
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