Donations Save Salvation Army Soup Kitchen at Park Avenue
Donations rescue the Salvation Army shelter on Park Avenue as the soup kitchen faced two days of closure weekly due to food shortages. Volunteers and residents like Logan Williams praised the community response which filled shelves with green beans rice and pasta. Cash and food donations surpassed fourteen thousand dollars and seven thousand dollars respectively since a May article spotlighted the shortage.
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Salvation Army
Park Avenue
Logan Williams
Williams
Park Ave
Paul Volz
Soup Kitchen
Volz
Sam’s Club
Sam’s
Aiken Standard
Ten Area teachers win mini grants on the go
Local News reports 10 area teachers receiving mini grants in a community effort. The piece lists recipients and notes the event occurred in Augusta and surrounding communities with brief mentions of deaths in the 6A section.
Service honors county residents at pauper burial ceremony
Six Aiken County residents were laid to rest in Graniteville at a pauper burial service coordinated by the County Coroner's Office. The ceremony honored Cynthia Ann Sullivan, a nurse, and five other local residents, highlighting community support for unclaimed remains and recognizing the dignity of those without families who could fund burials.
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Graniteville
Wanda Dansereau
North Augusta
Cynthia Ann Sullivan
Sullivan
Aiken County
Dansereau
George Gibson
Tony J. LaCarter
Robert Cowan
Barbara J. Acord
Henry Reese
Tim Carlton
Aiken
Beth O’rear
O’rear
Colleen Lucas
Alexa
Abby
Lucas
Beth O
Debbie Reninger
Adrian White
Officials push for more SRS funding amid shrinking resources
In Washington DC last week, David Jameson of the Greater Aiken Chamber told South Carolina lawmakers and DOE leaders that Savannah River Site funding is shrinking while needs grow. He cited a $51 million cut to H Canyon missions and a potential loss of about 350 jobs, urging Congress to boost funding for cleanup, infrastructure, and future missions. He and others also discussed CSRA benefits as Cyber Command relocates to Augusta and explored homeland security cyber programs and internships.
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Savannah River
Washington, D.C
David Jameson
Greater
Columbia County
Jameson
Congress
Energy Department
SRS
SRS Community Reuse
Homeland Security
CSRA
Cyber Command
Augusta
Sandra Jordan
USC Aiken
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Aikenstandard.com
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Aiken Fairgrounds
Book Festival
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Earl Lee Dingess
Lonnie K. Young Jr
Salley
Rebecca Wilson
Abby Seeee Eveees
San Diego
Larry Wood
Cindy Kubovic
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Carlton
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