County eyes reclaiming SRS land for park and open space
Aiken County considers requesting DOE return of a 4000 acre SRS tract north of Highway 278. Developer Fred Christensen cites potential open space or $20 million from sale and timber, with several council members backing open space while some favor limited development.
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Savannah River
S.C. Highway 278
Aiken County
Fred Christensen
Department of Energy
Savannah River Ecology Labo
Colbert Bridge
DOE
Hitchcock Woods
Christensen
Council
Kathy Rawls
District 5
Eddie Butler
Butler
Science Bowl team tours Savannah River Site robots
Three of five members from A&M Consolidated High School travel to Savannah River Site after a second place finish in the DOE Science Bowl in Washington. The trip’s highlight was controlling a laboratory robot at Savannah River National Laboratory, a site with BattleBots exposure. Gilbert Huang noted the robotics feature as the standout moment.
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A&m Consolidated High School
Texas
Savannah River
Washington, D.C
The
Savannah Riges National
Ginny Lounworth
Tony Mills
Savannah River Ecology Lab
SREL
Navan Rathnayaka
Gilbert Huang
Nathan Savir
Kristen Jones
Space station crew brace perilous spacewalk without shuttle
NASA accepts higher risk as a two man crew on the International Space Station plans a Russian US gear spacewalk to replace a fizzled circuit breaker. Astronaut Mike Fincke and cosmonaut Gennady Padalka adapt to limited communications and uneven parts delivery, traveling about 45 minutes each way.
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Space Station
Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
International Space Station
U.S
Westbound ISS EVA to repair faulty circuit breaker
A joint NASA and Roscosmos spacewalk will feature one American and one Russian astronaut venturing outside the International Space Station on Thursday. They will don Russian docking compartment gear and space suits to fix a malfunctioning circuit breaker critical to station operations.
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International Space Station
Aiken selects GeoSpec to build $125,000 skate park
Two skaters attend a meeting as GeoSpec Environments presents design options for an upcoming skate park in Aiken. The project, funded at $125,000, was awarded to GeoSpec from 10 bidders, with plans to start this fall. The firm, Rhino Ramps dealer, has built parks in North Carolina.
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Jon Jones
GeoSpec Environments
Aiken Parks, Recreation and
Glenn Parker
Parker
GeoSpec
Jones
South Carolina
North Carolina
Census shows growth on coast in South Carolina
The 2003 population estimates show South Carolina up 3.1 percent to 4,147,152 with the coastal region outpacing state growth. Beaufort County led with about a 9 percent rise since the 2000 Census while coastal areas drive faster gains and raise quality of life concerns.
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Charleston
Myrtle Beach
Hilton Head Island
South Carolina
U.S. Census Bureau
Dana Beach
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
Beaufort County
Economic figures show mixed gains and declines
The data lists several year over year changes including increases of 2.80 percent and 0.40 percent across multiple categories, alongside declines of 0.40 percent and 0.50 percent. Allendale records a 2.20 percent decrease, with other locations showing 3.50 percent declines.
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SRS
Oping
Boggy Gut
Mt. Beulah
Aiken
New Ellenton Barricade
Tim O'Briant
Rately. Christensen
Mike Fincke
Gennady Padalka
Fincke
Mission Control
Gennady
Mike
Compartmen
Mshi
Abby
Aiken Skate Park
Philip Lord Gnarly
Allendale
Edward Caldwell
Columbia
Jacksonville, Fla
Elijah Morris, Augusta
Ronald L. Weil, Aiken
Alkback
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