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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 2012
Page
1
The Gateway summer arts program at Schofield Middle School wraps up with a showcase for elementary students. See Local News, 3A for full Readers Choice results from Wednesday’s paper.
Aiken Technical College is named one of 15 community colleges nationwide to receive a $100,000 grant in partnership with Achieving the Dream. The grant aims to boost student success initiatives and expand access to workforce training across the college.
The City of Aken discusses other postemployment benefits options at Monday council session. Officials aim to ensure retirees receive a fair and accurate health benefits contribution and plan funding details are reviewed.
Area obituaries include Aima lona Rackley Jackson Eleanor G Murphy Mabel Carroll Ridenour Mamie Duncan Mikell Marie Hutt Graves Mary Eleanor Taylor McLean Nettie Carpenter Dean. Deaths and funerals brief notices appear for Beech Island Granteville and adjacent communities.
Forecasters predict a steady warm-up with highs near 90s to upper 90s and a potential for near 100 degree days this weekend. Weather notes include mild start, a midweek cool down, and Friday to Saturday peaks around 95 to 99 degrees in South Carolina.
A divided Supreme Court voided key provisions of Arizona's tough immigration crackdown in a ruling that narrows state actions on illegal immigration. The decision limits Arizona's enforcement tools and signals implications for upcoming elections and federal immigration policy.
Justices struck down provisions that let local police enforce state immigration crimes amid criticism of potential ethnic profiling under the phrase me your papers. The ruling affects similar laws in other states and is discussed further on page 7A and page 9A.
Area businesses and officials sponsor a free public Fourth of July event at Aiken Veterans Park and Gas ton Livery on Richland Avenue. Gates open at 5 p.m. with games, American Tribute, patriotic performances, music by Preston and Weston, free inflatables, on-site food vendors, and cash prizes for pie baking, corn hole, best tribute, and watermelon seed spitting. Participants may bring picnics, cookers, chairs, and shade.
DOE weighs the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board recommendations on waste canisters storage and disposal. The board urged DOE to study using the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico for current SRS waste and suggested Yucca Mountain as interim high level waste storage. Blue Ribbon Commission report cited.
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