Boys & Girls Club marks national week and 20th anniversary
The Nancy Moore Thurmond Boys & Girls Club in Aiken celebrated National Boys & Girls Club Week and its 20th anniversary begun in 1995. Community leaders and lawmakers attended, including Sen. Shane Massey, Rep. Bill Taylor, and Tim Simmons, with a $100 check from the Aiken Mid-Day Lions Club and a Congressional recognition for the club. The event honored roughly 130 local children served annually with education and leadership programs.
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Nancy Moore
South Carolina
Shane Massey
R-Edgefield
Bill Taylor
R-Aiken
Nancy Frost
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Tim Simmons
Aiken Club
Aiken
Mid-Day Lions Club
Sarah Beaulieu
United States
Joe Wilson
R-S.c
Dede Biles
Boys & Girls Club
Nancy Moore Thurmond Boys & Girls Club
Shawn Risher
Arch Templeton
David Phelps
The
Salvation Army of Aiken
Advisory board briefs on WIPP incidents and SRS shipments
Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board discussed last year’s WIPP exposure incident in Carlsbad New Mexico. Fire and radiation events halted waste shipments from SRS and other sites, with 22 workers exposed to radiation and 13 treated for smoke inhalation.
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Savannah River
Citizens Advisory Board
New Mexico
SRS
Advisory Board
CAB
Carlsbad
WIPP
Energy Department
Don Hancock
Southwest Research and Information Center
Hancock
Idaho
DOE
CAB seeks clarity on DOE TRU waste ownership and SRS pilot plant plan
CAB presses for timely information on which DOE program owns transuranic waste from MOX and the SRS shipments to the pilot plant. Susan Corbett raised concerns about remaining SRS waste. 9,551 cubic meters shipped to date with 617 left. The 2016 completion date clashes with DOE openning hopes. state and federal approval would be needed if facility reopens. Derrek Asberry covers the SRS beat.
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CAB
DOE
SRS
New Cab
Susan Corbett
Hancock
Chukker Lego teams shine at state FIRST Lego League tourney
At River Bluff High School in Lexington, three Chukker Creek Elementary teams competed in a state FIRST LEGO League event with 20 students among 60 squads. Lego X placed fifth overall and won programming. A Lego Learners took ninth. Aiken All-Stars did not place.
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Lego
Chukker Creek
River Bluff High School
Lexington
Lego Team X
Aiken
Payton Lark
Camille Day
Aiden Arnold
Andrew Pencille
Robin Boyd
First Tee of Aiken Summer Camps Registration Open
Registration opens for The First Tee of Aiken summer camps with nine sessions from June to August. Hours run 9 am to 2 pm most days, Linksters 9 am to 1 pm, pricing ranges 124 to 175 dollars depending on member status, with contact options 803-226-0053 and lexie@thefirstteeaiken.org. Animal Shelter and FOTAS seek volunteer ambassadors, call 803-514-4313 for involvement.
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Aiken
Lexie
Aiken County
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Madison Ackroyd
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