Dome observatory rises in Aiken with community effort
Amateur astronomers and boosters from around Aiken complete Boyd Observatory, a silver dome near Boyd Pond Road on the ORA Savannah River Site complex. David Boyd will direct and train locals to use small scopes to view planets and variable stars, with asteroid searching a focus. Jim Metts built the dome and donated materials, joining SAS ORA leaders John Felak Stuart Roberts and Jim Cadieux along with student assistants Evan Doyle and Matt Baker.
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Boyd Observatory
David Boyd
Boyd Pond Road
Operations and Recreation Association
Savannah River
ORA
Silver Bluff Road
Boyd
John Felak
Sas-Ora
Stuart Roberts
Jim Cadieux
Evan Doyle
Matt Baker
North Augusta High School
Tobacco and health care shape a sprawling budget battle
Columbia lawmakers wrestle with 560 amendments as they scrutinize a 5.8 billion fiscal plan. An anticipated tobacco settlement amendment by Gov. Hodges failed 61 to 59. Hodges seeks 165 million in tobacco funds for farmers communities and health care. House leaders split tobacco money between communities dredging and renourishment projects. He urged farmers to pressure for a larger share while critics warn against earmarking tobacco money for nonhealth uses. The debate features heavy amendment activity and longer deliberations amid rising spending.
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Jim Hodges
Hodges
Statehouse
Nesmith
Claudie Pressley
Pressley
House
Ways & Means
Bobby Harrell
Charleston
Harrell
Bob Sheheen
Camden
Foundation withdraws request at Monetta school site
The Family Foundation of Hankock New York drops its variance request for a proposed special needs school on a 217 acre tract near Monetta. Planning officials say the public hearing was removed from the agenda due to construction plans including a gymnasium and auditorium triggering the parking-related hearing rule.
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Monetta
Planning Commission
Phil England
Family Foundation of
Hancock
N.Y
Moneta
England
Suigland
Trials parking remains same for 58th Aiken Trials
The Aiken Jaycees announce parking will stay unchanged for the 58th annual Aiken Trials. The event Saturday will take place at the Aiken Training Track off Two Notch Road with committee member Mike Fanning noting that almost everything mirrors last year.
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Aiken Jaycees
Aiken
Two Notch Road
Mike Fanning
Gaver Trophy renamed for SAS anniversary at Aiken Trials
The Gaver Trophy will be renamed the SAS 50th Anniversary Trophy during the Aiken Trials the first leg of the Aiken Triple Crown. The late John M. Gaver, a premier trainer and Greentree Stable pioneer, is honored for his decades of influence on Aiken’s equine scene and the Trials.
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Princeton
Presti
Gious Greentree Stable
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Greentree
Jim Gaver
Office of External Affairs
Department of Energy
SAS
John Gaver
Ginny Southworth
Jim Gar
the Gaver
SRS
Dick Smith group to buy Triangle Chrysler sale set
A Dick Smith automotive group representative in Columbia confirms a signed agreement to purchase Triangle Chrysler Plymouth Jeep on the Jefferson Davis Highway. The dealership will keep selling the same car lines as the sale proceeds.
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Dick Smith Automotive Group
Columbia
Jefferson Davis Highway
Brian Smith
Flynt
Anthony Reynolds
Lynn Brownlee
Reynolds
Ms. Brownlee
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