Theft of For Sale Sign Sparks Local Anger and Comment
A reader complains about the theft of a for sale sign on Whiskey and Silver Bluff roads and urges better security. The letter also praises Odell Weeks Center staff led by Rasheeka for clean facilities. Commenters discuss Martha Stewart, O J Simpson, Ken Lay, and broader tax and justice issues. The piece ends with a call to apply for bus driving jobs and to discuss The Passion of the Christ controversy.
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Silver Bluff
Martha Stewart
O. J. Simpson
Ken Lay
Scott Peterson
Martha
Corrected caption for litter check photo names
The caption for the Day In the Life item titled Lit ter Check was incorrect. Corrected: Ronnie Young Aiken County Council chairman, Rodney Cooper chief litter enforcement officer with Aiken County Public Works, Palmetto Pride representative Sarah Robinson, Susan Overcash of Aiken County Public Works, and Rep. Roland Smith R Warrenville. The Aiken Standard apologizes for the error.
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Ronnie Young
Aiken County
Rodney Cooper
Aiken County Public Works Department
Palmetto Pride
Sarah Robinson
Susan Overcash
Aiken County Public Works
Roland Smith
Warrenville
Aiken Standard
Scientists urge gentler cleanup of DOE contaminated land
Colorado State University, University of Georgia, and Argonne National Laboratory scientists argue in Science that strict remediation criteria based on lifelong residence are overly conservative. They propose federal management to preserve natural buffers, protect wildlife, and reduce costs, noting many lands at large DOE sites remain undeveloped and environmentally valuable.
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Colorado State University
University of Georgia
Argonne National Laboratory
Science
U.S. Department of Energy
DOE
Tom Hinton
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
UGA
Savannah River
South Carolina
Aiken High Graduate Returns as Marine Pilot for ROTC Inspection
Robert Pridgen, an Aiken High School alumnus and CH-53 Sea Stallion pilot, visits his alma mater for the NJROTC inspection. He flies in from New River NC, tours the helicopter with cadets Chaquanta Williams and Annalee Shealy, and credits teachers and Sen Strom Thurmond for his path.
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Aiken High
Aiken High School
Robert Pridgen
Naval
N.C
Marine Corps Air Station
Pridgen
Gary Edwards
Naval Security Group
Ft. Gordon
Turner
Chaquanta Williams
Annalee Shealy
Chaquanta
Annalee
U.S. Naval Academy
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
New River
Persian Gulf
Africa
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461
Rob Novit
Rmovit
Aikenstandard.com
South Carolina to replace punch card voting with electronic machines
New voting devices will let blind residents vote unassisted for the first time as punch card systems in 10 counties are replaced before fall elections. Each precinct will include an accessible machine with voice guidance, while debates focus on privacy and cost. The state plans full modernization by 2006 at an estimated 36 million dollars.
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Aiken County
Stuart Bedebaugh
Voter Registration & Election Commission
Bing Her
Carney
South Carolina
State Election Commission
Burton
Greenville County
Woman airily lights candle ignites home in fatal blaze
An elderly Vaucluse woman remains in critical condition after unintentionally igniting her clothing and home while trying to light a candle Thursday morning. Firefighters from GVW and the City of Aiken battled a fully engulfed single-story Green Street residence for about three hours. nearby homes were saved.
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Vaucluse
Madora Duffie
Doctors Hospital
Graniteville-Vaucluse- Warrenvile
Aiken
Napier
GVW
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Maci Johnson
Nicole Hill
Marine Corps Transport
Carol Randolph
J.C. Lexow
Linda’s ‘Bistro
Karen
Kdaily
Ginny Southworts
Green St
Floyd & Green
Ha “W
Floyd & Green Jewelers
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