SRS failure in H Canyon goes undetected for a month
Officials say a January power outage to the waste-monitoring system at Savannah River Site H Canyon briefly knocked out agitators in a waste tank, risking inaccurate plutonium readings but never surpassing the criticality safety limit. Power restored in three hours as backup diesel generators activated. no long-term impact reported.
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H Canyon
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Area Deaths List Roundup for Georgia and Nearby Areas
Obituary notices pay tribute to Cecile Macomber Augusta Dennis F Drennan Lexington Leonard Edward Wooden Aiken Melba M Hallman Batesbury Shirley Sims McGee Graniteville Tyris James TJ Burns Warrenville William Hastings Grice Jr Aiken with brief biographical notices and funeral details across Georgia and surrounding communities.
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Shirley Sims McGee
Graniteville
Tyris James
Tj” Burns
Warrenville
William Hastings Grice Jr
Aiken
Resident marches in Selma with Rashad Gaines group
Rashad Gaines joined tens of thousands of marchers in Selma Alabama on Saturday as residents participate in the mass event honoring civil rights history in the city.
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Rashad Gaines
Selma
Alabama
Selma 50 years later inspires local reflection in Aiken
Aiken resident Rashad Gaines joined thousands in Selma to honor the Edmund Pettus Bridge march’s 50th anniversary. He called the experience sobering and said it spurred a personal reckoning on his future role. The bridge’s controversial namesake recalls past violence and the fight for voting rights.
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Rashad Gaines
Edmund Pettus
Selma
Alabama
Passion of restoring homes earns historic award
Anne Thomasson began restoring the Carriage House Inn at 139 Laurens St. N.W. in 1987 and recently received the Historic Aiken Foundation Stewardship Award for preserving the 1872 era house. The inn, to be placed on the historic registry, aims to maintain history and integrity while improving it.
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Historic Aiken Foundation
Laurens St. N.W
Laurens Street
Aiken
Preservation Awards Schedule in Historic Aiken Foundation
The Aiken Standard will feature a Preservation Awards series every Tuesday highlighting recent Historic Aiken Foundation honors. Today’s Stewardship Award goes to Anne Thomasson for the Carriage House Inn, with further honors scheduled February 24 Fusion Capital Adaptive Use, March 3 Whitney Polo Field pavilion Leadership, March 17 Don and Sandie Nicolaisen Clark Barn, March 24 Adath Yeshurun synagogue, and March 31 Heather Sargent for Newberry Cottage Wilds Sipe Treasured Home.
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Clark Barn
Adath Yeshurun Synagogue
Wilds Sipe
Heather Sargent
Newberry Cottage
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