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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 2002
Page
1
Democrats in Washington plan to accuse President Bush in the coming months of failing on promises on Social Security education and deficit spending. They will outline their strategy and preview a videotape sent to state parties contrasting Bush's campaign statements with current policies.
Several community leaders and CSRA officials left for the nation’s capital early Wednesday to attend an annual lobbying trip. Mayor Fred Cavanaugh said the trip began years ago to address issues with Congress.
Obituary notices publish brief memorials for Blanche Biana Alchesky Laura H Bradham Billy Charles Brown Lena Mae W Danielson Don Denver Padgett with locations including North Augusta Aiken Ridge Spring and surrounding communities. Names appear in a local deaths column for 5A.
South Carolina lawmakers criticize Gov. Hodges after he filed a suit against the federal government over weapons-grade plutonium arriving at the Savannah River Site. Rep. Graham and Rep. Wilson call the move risky and question funding for the MOX conversion plant slated for 2004. First shipments from Rocky Flats may begin May 15.
New Ellenton swears in Jim Sutherland as mayor at City Hall with 42 attendees when a man fearing a heart attack arrived by car. Police and medics arrived, assisting to clear the lot. Water commissioner Darryl Whitman, an EMT, kept the patient stable until ambulance arrival around 5 p.m.
Aiken County redistricting plans, delayed to meet 2000 census data, are set for Justice Department consideration early next week. The eight single member districts will be adjusted, with Districts 1 2 5 and 6 up for election this year per Stuart Bedenbaugh.
Dozens of children participated in the USC Aiken Kiwanis Club tradition tricycle races on the lawn. Brennan Webster won the three year old division after a roughly 25 yard sprint, while families cheered, and volunteers supported the event as a fundraiser for good causes.
A former Margaret J Weston Medical Care Center board member alleges reverse discrimination in board representation. He cites nine of twelve directors as black and urges parity based on population and patient demographics. The rural provider serves elderly poor at Clearwater and an Aiken satellite.
Augusta area brothers Larry and John Fridie Jr claim 49 percent stakes in Augusta International Championship Inc and seek damages 32 000 in commissions and a receiver to protect their interests in the Mount Vintage LPGA event. They name MV Development Co Mount Vintage International Corp and others in Richmond County Superior Court claiming mismanagement and dissolution of the MVIC partnership. The Ladies LPGA event at Mount Vintage Plantation carried a 1.2 million purse.
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