Beech Island Water District asks cutback on usage Piney Heights
Beech Island Water District asks Piney Heights area residents to avoid daytime lawn watering amid drought. A 100000 gallon tank at Piney Heights and Pine Log roads ran empty around 6 p.m. last days while another tank 5 miles away kept water flowing, though not at usual levels. Summer drought compounds the strain. A fuse exploded on Bee Lane Wednesday cutting power to about a dozen South Carolina Electric and Gas customers downtown. power restored within minutes. Robin Montgomery, SCE&G spokesman, said no clear cause identified.
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Jackson Mayor Mason Rollo’s Top Fishing Spots
Jackson mayor Mason Rollo reveals five favored fishing locations. Savannan River, Thurmond Lake, Hilton Head, Edisto Beach, and Santee Cooper Lake are his listed picks for hobby and recreation.
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Mason J. Rollo
Savannan River
Thurmond Lake
Hilton Head
Edisto Beach
Santee Cooper Lake
Notable guests grace American Business Club meeting
Club president Jimmy Stewart welcomed John Glenn to a filled gathering with celebrities. Joes Wilson noted space tomato plants from 1984 sent by Jane Timmerman at North Airien Elementary. NASA visited, with plants taken to Bethesda, Maryland for inspection by NASA personnel.
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Jimmy Stewart
John Glenn
Aiken High Horticulture Department
Space
Joe Wilson
North Airien
Jane Timmerman
Wilson
NASA
Bethesda
USC Interim President Halts Scholarship Program
USC's incoming interim president Arthur K. Smith will end the controversial "USC Scholars" program next May. The awards, funded from James Holderman’s discretionary account, went to children of top USC officials. Smith’s daughter was among beneficiaries. Smith urged freeing funds for the financial aid office and outlined new spending guidelines at a board meeting.
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University of South Carolina
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Arthur K. Smith
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Huppara
Financial Aid Office
Hubbard
Group Sets Top Goals for Future of Acc County
NORTH AUGUSTA The Commission on the Future of Ai ken County outlines main aims from 14 recommendations. Priority is boosting public school funding and literacy efforts while creating a human relations board. Other key aims include private sector cooperation with educators, workforce planning, and programs to raise education expectations and self-worth.
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DOE Panel Sets Public Hearing on Savannah River Site Training
A public hearing on training standards for Savannah River Site reactor operators will open at 5 30 p.m. at Municipal Conference Center 214 Park Ave S W and run to 10 p.m. The Nuclear Facilities Safety Board urged DOE to define and specify qualifications for operators and supervisors and align SRS standards with commercial reactor norms. The meeting will cover oral and written training improvements, current knowledge, access to accurate safety drawings, and updated procedures for emergencies and normal operations.
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Savannah River
DNFSB
U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Conference in Columbia Focuses on Efficiency and Future Power
A Columbia conference on electricity hosted by South Carolina Electric and Gas featured national speakers led by Tom Kuhn of Edison Electric Institute. Kuhn urged energy efficiency as the path to solving the crisis, outlining coal and other sources as dominant while highlighting technologies like efficient chillers and thermal storage. Organizers called it the first such corporate event, hoping for an annual, increasingly global outlook with strong attendee feedback and a positive reception from participants.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Kuhn
Rious
Gene Martin
Sce&g. eiWetada
Edgefield Leaders Launch Tomorrow Planning Initiative
Edgefield County Council and municipal officials formed Edgefield for Tomorrow to tackle county and town issues. A Greenwood County model inspired cooperation across Edgefield Johnston and Trenton with five issue areas including revenues emergency services planning and hospital services. Committees will study local option sales tax schools emergency services and industrial development with a July 25 meeting to report on revenues.
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Edgefield County
Johnston
Trenton
Greenwood County
Upper Savannah
Edgefield For Tomorrow
Patricia Edmonds
Committee On
Atwater Surprise Visit to RNC Headquarters
RNC Chairman Lee Atwater starved for strength after brain tumor surgery made a surprise visit to the RNC in Washington presiding over a 45 minute issues session. Spokeswoman Leslie Goodman said attendees included Newt Gingrich Ed Rogers Jeanie Austin and Ed Rollins as they discussed Bush tax hike and S L C crisis politics. Doctors say the tumor has stopped growing but recovery remains under review.
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Republican National Committee
Lee Atwater
RNC
Leslie Goodman
Atwater
WAT
Goodman
House
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
White House
Ed Rogers
Jeanie Austin
National Republican Congressional Committee
Ed Rollins
Aiken Public Safety Warns on Flim-Flam Tactics
Aiken Public Safety warns residents after three local victims were targeted by flim-flam artists. Detectives report two men posing as bank examiners swindled a woman by exchanging an envelope of paper for money. Police urge never to give money to strangers, check IDs, and avoid cooperating without a third party.
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Wendell Hall
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Hall
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