Phelon funds $500000 gift for ATC IT center naming
Aiken Technical College and its Foundation name the new Information Technology Center for Dale Phelon after his $500,000 donation toward the $5.375 million project. Interim President Don Campbell called the gift a watershed for ATC and the local economy, noting it is the largest donation the college has received.
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Aiken Technical College
Aiken Technical College Foundation
Dale Phelon
RE. Phelon Company Inc
ATC
Don Campbell
Campbell
Phelan
Pageant queen visits Burns Dance Studio summer camp
Alecia Harden Miss Aiken County visited Burns Dance Studio to encourage young dancers and share Miss South Carolina pageant insights. She demonstrated ballet skills, autographed pointe shoes, and urged campers to dare to dream. The state pageant is July 7 to 10 at Converse College Spartanburg with Harden performing a variation of Don Quixote’s wedding dance.
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Seed Webster
Aiken County
Alecia Harden
Burns Dance Studio
South Carolina
Miss Harden
Rhoda Burns
Dale Phelan Information Technology Center Under Construction
An artist's rendering shows the Dale Phelan Information Technology Center on campus. The two level, 40 000 square foot facility sits adjacent to the Student Activities Center and is currently under construction.
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Dale Phelan
Richardson stresses security at DOE labs during Savannah River visit
Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson visited Savannah River Site on Thursday to celebrate the Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area and Ecological Reserve and to press concerns about DOE security. He praised Savannah River's record but urged stronger safeguarding of nuclear secrets amid past Chinese spying. He called for a radical revamp of secrecy practices and noted ongoing worries across top secret laboratories.
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Savannah River
Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area
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Richardson
Department of Energy
DOE
Death and funeral announcements list several for 5A
Obituary notices on page 5A list Lougenia Geanie May Beck at Napier Funeral Home Alice Blake in Aiken George Casey at Johnston Bland. Floyd Collier at L Brighthorp and Sons. Donley Cook in Leesville Milton Shealy. Gerald DuBose Ridge Spring at George Funeral Home. Bernice Harper Jackson Stephen D Posey. Stella Ferrell Martin James H Davis. Ruth Kennedy Quattiebaum Wagener Blizzard Funeral Home.
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Lougenia
Geanie
May Beck
Napier Funeral
Alice A. Blake
Aiken
George Funeral Home
Claude Casey
Johnston
Bland Funeral
Floyd Collier
L. Brighthorp and Sons
Donley Cook
Leesville
Milton Shealy Funeral
Gerald . DuBose
Ridge Spring
George Funeral
Bernice Harper
Jackson
Stephen D. Posey
Stella Ferrell Martin
James H. Davis
Ruth Kennedy Quattiebaum
Wagener
Blizzard Funeral Home
Session ends with absences
South Carolina lawmakers wrap the session as House Speaker David Wilkins and Lt. Gov. Bob Peeler end the Legislature's work while Gov. Hodges calls a special session for Tuesday to push new video gambling regulations. Absentees and scheduling hindered votes, prompting criticism from leaders on both sides.
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House
David Wilkins
Bob Peeler
Jim Hodges
Hodges
Wilkins
Greenville
Gilda Cobb- Hunter
Orangeburg
Cobb- Hunter
Denver
Senate
John Land
Land
Manning
John Drummond
Holly
Cobb-Hunter
State Legislators Conference
Mack Hines
Florence
James Smith
Payoff allegations swirl over Hodges call for session
Rep James Roland Smith balks at Gov Hodges plan to reconvene the legislature next week accusing it of being a payoff to the gambling industry. House leaders and Speaker David Wilkins challenge the governor authority and scope of a special session focused on video poker law.
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James Roland Smith
Langley
Jim Hodges
Smith
David Wilkins
Greenville
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