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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 2001
Page
1
Tina Wesson, a Tennessee nurse, wins Survivor The Australian Outback by 43 votes over Colby Donaldson. The finale draws expected 30 to 40 million viewers as CBS scores a major win for the network.
Mary E. Cadle of Asheville North Carolina Rev Joe Cheatham Tren Elvan A Hymes Aiken Thomas J Totter Ward obituary notices detail local losses with brief mentions of families and service arrangements in the 4A obituary column.
Rep Lindsey Graham says Savannah River Site will escape proposed cuts totaling about 156 million in environmental cleanup funds. He notes restoration aligns with long term cleanup pact to maintain level funding and avoid revenue shortfalls, as Bush administration budget actions are examined.
Tommy Wessinger states a community oriented bank will succeed in Aiken. Peo ple's Community Bank of South Carolina, chartered in 1997, moves to Park Avenue weekend with grand opening set for May 17. The bank grew to 23 employees, 8,000 customers, 900 stockholders, and 80 percent county residents.
The Georgia House split over the state lottery bill with Republicans approving their version after lengthy debate and Democrats staging protests in the Statehouse lobby. Both sides added amendments before passing separate versions that now head back to the Senate for reconciliation.
A Department of Transportation spokesman says the S C 18 bypass project, widening Rutland Drive and Beaufort Street, will begin within two months. Cherokee Construction Co. of Columbia won the $6.8 million bid after protests about property loss and noise. Completion is planned for summer 2008 with work starting near York Street and ending at Pine Log Road as Pine Log Road is relocated for a large intersection.
The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act center will assist workers notified by Energy Department in applying for benefits. Senator Strom Thurmond praised the initiative and noted special claims offices will operate near nine nuclear plants including Savannah River Site Piketon Paducah Hanford Oak Ridge Los Alamos Nevada Test Site Portsmouth Rocky Flats and Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. The act offers payments and medical benefits to qualifying DOE employees and contractors.
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