Aiken Youth Jobs Program Aims to Boost Local Economy
In Aiken County 455 summer positions under the Youth Employment Demonstration Projects Act funded by CETA offer 14 to 21 year olds from economically disadvantaged backgrounds paid work for nine weeks at $2.65 an hour. The program, run through the Employment Security Commission and CAC, prioritizes learning and placement over makework while addressing a tight local labor market.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Aiken County
CETA
W. J. Murphy
Employment Security Commission
Murphy
Community Action Commission
CAC
Pirect
Mike Facciolo
Aiken Recreation Department
Recreation Department
Gordon Davidson
USCA
Aiken County Today Headlines Pilot City Outlook
Aiken County’s Monday edition reports on local news including community events, school notes, and civic updates affecting residents of Aiken and surrounding areas. The page highlights upcoming meetings and public notices for the week.
Cooperative Programs Provide Life Science Research Experience
University of Georgia operates the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory at SRP near Aiken. The program offers undergraduate, graduate, and faculty participation in energy related ecological studies with field access, stipends, and supervision. Since 1967 over 200 undergraduates and 50 graduates have engaged in research.
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Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
SREL
U. S. Department of Energy
Savannah River
SRP
Aiken
University of Georgia
DOE
Good Fight Miss Foster Seeks Work Across 30 Jobs
Iris Foster, Winthrop fashion major with sewing skills, searches for employment across groceries, dress shops, and other firms. She hopes for minimum wage with flexible hours, excluding Sundays, and considers cashier work as vital experience though no openings exist.
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Iris Foster
Miss Foster
Winthrop
Foster
Joseph Digging On Cherokee Site Near Telaco Dam
Joseph, an English major from the College of Charleston, joins a 10 member TVA dig crew at the Citigo village site along the Little Tennessee River near Telaco Dam Tennessee 40 miles south of Knoxville. They skim soil document disturbances and plot post holes before excavation and artifact processing at UT lab.
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Joe Joseph
Joseph
Tennessee
Knoxville
Little
Tennessee River
Tennesse Valley Authority
College of Charleston
Walt Joseph
University of Tennessee Lab
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Southeastern
Cornelia Cho
Augusta
Texas Christian University
Keith Daum
SRES
TCU
Jeannie Lancaster
Fort Moore
Beech Island
Robert Newman
Newman
University of South Carolina
University of Tennessee
USC
Soil Systems Inc. of
Atlanta
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