Unanimous votes mark Lower Savannah COG actions in Palmetto event
Lower Savannah Council of Governments approved a 1.7 million Willow Springs sewer project funded by the Farmers Home Administration serving Clearwater and Belvedere. A 5.7 million Bamberg School District portable classrooms renovation was greenlit with FmHA funding. A Cordova post office site received approval. DHC/AC Aiken Medical Centers will be honored May 16 for wellness seminars. Tomorrow is last day for anti rabies clinics with multiple local vets offering shots at varied sites for 3 dollars each. Confederate Memorial Day ceremonies advised at 6 PM with W Scott Barnes as speaker and Mary Beth Moseley as soloist. 10th Georgia Infantry reenactors present. Delegates from Abbeville, Newberry, Aiken, Edgefield to convene at Houndslake at 10 AM.
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Barnwell
Lower Savannah
Farmers Home Administration
Clearwater
Belvedere
Bamberg
Fundin
Cordova
COG
HCA
Aiken
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Charles Timmerman
Timmerman’s Vet Hospital
L.W. Smith
Langley Post Office
James Hawk
Jackson
Michael Drinkard
Center Fire Department
Shiloh
Salley
Grady McEsmurray
Windsor
Aiken County
W. Scott Barnes
Mary Beth Moseley
Sans Souci Baptist Church of
Greenville
10Th Georgia Infantry
York Street
First Baptist Church
Abbeville
Newberry
Edgefield
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Houndslake
SRP to Monitor Radiation Levels after Russian Accident
Savannah River Plant officials and the South Carolina health department checked yesterday's rainfall for possible radiation from the Ukrainian nuclear incident. SRP spokesman Carl Nandrasy cited low likelihood of eastward detection and noted monitoring stations were inspected after Wednesday's rain. EPA officials said any US radiation would not pose a health risk.
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Savannah River
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
SRP
Carl Nandrasy
Nandrasy
Earth
Ukraine
Environmental Protection Agency
United States
Washington
Oregon
Commission Reverses Permit for Augusta Hydroelectric Study
Washington report says the Energy Regulatory Commission reversed a permit for a hydroelectric study near Augusta eight days after granting it. No reason was given for the reversal. The action leaves the project’s study status unresolved and raises questions about regulatory timing.
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Washington
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Augusta
Aiken Postmaster Named State Postmaster of Year
Farrell Rodgers of Aiken has been named Postmaster of the Year by South Carolina NAPUS at a Santee convention. The Olin D Johnston Award honors community service and postal contributions. Rodgers has been a postal employee since 1951 and Aiken postmaster since 1975.
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Rodgers
Aiken
Aiken High School
New Ellenton
Olin D. Johnston
NAPUS
Meese Urges Power of Individual in Commencement
USCAiken 1986 graduates hear Edwin Meese III urge that the rule of law relies on individuals. He stresses personal responsibility, the value of liberty with law, and the need to reshape laws to better society as nations unite against terrorism. Meese receives honorary Doctor of Laws. Seymour Knox also honored.
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Phil Jones
USCA
Aiken
Seymour H. Knox
U.S
Edwin Meese II
USC Aiken
Robert É. Alexander
Knox
Meese
Alexander
Nancy Thurmond
USC
James B. Holderman
United States
Edwin Meese III
Lebanon
Tokyo
George Bernard Shaw
University of South Carolina
Holderman
Aiken Winter
Single Member District Plan Moves in S C House
The South Carolina House advanced Senate Bill 1218 to create single member districts for Aiken County Board of Education. Rep. Charles Sharpe said the measure now goes to a second reading with a likely third reading before week’s end, pending federal approval under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Rep. Thomas Huff questioned the district makeup concentrating five of nine seats in Aiken and North Augusta, urging public hearings to avoid a rigid, city favored outcome.
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Aiken County
Justice Department
Sharpe
Thomas Huff
North Augusta
House
Huff
Thomas Moore
D-Clearwater
Aiken
Huff predicts return of school district consolidation bill
North Augusta representative Thomas Huff says unpassed but controversial school district consolidation legislation will return next year in the new two year term. He plans reintroduction with broader support from other House members and will seek passage through the Rules Committee. He also expects tort reform and liability limits to be major issues and notes sharp criticism from the South Carolina Medical Association.
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North Augusta
South Carolina General Assembly
Thomas Huff
Huff
Aiken County
House of Resentatives
Senate
House
House Rules Committee
Lader criticizes 'hefty' moves on trash dumping
Democratic candidate Phil Lader urged strong leadership to curb South Carolina waste imports. He cited Philadelphia shipping 140000 tons of garbage here and described a federal suit to halt the disposal. He pressed for safe dump-site regulations and criticized Lt. Gov. Mike Daniel over Cherokee county waste concerns.
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North Augusta
South Carolina
Phil Lader
Lader
Control Data Business and Technology Center
Philadelphia
Mike Daniel
Daniel
Cherokee
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Licog
Willow Springs
Commission
Paula Daniels
Aiken Lions Club
Vic[eed Maye
Warrensville
N.C
Eddie
Mary Anne Browder
Kirk Martin
U.S. Justice Department
Haff
S.C. Medical Association
Fran Chapman
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