Clyburn defends stimulus bid at NAACP banquet
U.S. Representative James Clyburn addressed the Aiken Branch NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet praising stimulus funds and health care reform while noting $1.6 billion for the Savannah River Site. He said the package aimed at the state, not just his district, and referenced local contamination cleanup needs. Richard Johnson received the President's Award for service and voter registration efforts.
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South Carolina
Clyburn cites TARP results and calls for equitable recovery
Representative James Clyburn credits TARP with stabilizing banks and Ford's profits, notes stimulus aided health care reform and Pell Grant increases, and urges equity in recovery. He compares the effort to the New Deal but warns against excluding communities, citing jobs in the South and education funding.
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Community and Technical Colleges
Best of the Best Renamed Reader's Choice Awards
The Best of the Best is renamed Reader's Choice Awards with ballots to publish starting Monday and run through May 11. The change shifts branding while inviting reader participation in selecting top names.
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Deaths and Funerals notices for Georgia and Kentucky
Hattie Mae Johnson of Wagoner and Mary Bowers Baum of Alpharetta Georgia are listed in the deaths and funerals column. Arthur Lee Thompson of Lexington is also noted in the same notice.
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Hattie Mae Johnson
Wagoner
Mary Bowers Baum
Alpharetta
Clearwater
Arthur Lee Thompson
Lexington
Stamp series honors local shelter animals debut
Aiken SPCA staffers brought dogs to the Laurens Street post office for the launch of a stamp series honoring shelter animals. Postmaster Joseph Hart III and site manager Vince Robinson found a poster for Animal Rescue Adopt A Shelter Pet on the sidewalk outside the Laurens Street post office. Hart hopes the stamps raise funds for animal rescue charities and the local SPCA.
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Arm-wrestlers win four tickets to Smackdown at USC Aiken
A McDonald’s Richland Avenue rumble drew eager fans to win four WWE Smackdown tickets at the USC Aiken Convocation Center. James Padgett beat competitors to reach the finals against Barry Finway, who won the semifinal and will face Padgett.
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