DOE Disputes Over Savannah River Ecology Lab Funding
DOE officials say documents will show ongoing talks with Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and University of Georgia about outside funding. The agreement signed in 2006 cut core funding, gave only 1 million for infrastructure this year, and halted core support in 2008. DOE review on May 7 found most proposals outside mission goals, limiting additional funding to about 1.8 million for this year. Dr. Paul Bertsch leads SREL.
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Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
University of Georgia
Megan Barnett
DOE
Ecology
Department
Ecology Lab
Paul Bertsch
Srel Direc
SREL funding fate sparks plea to lawmakers and lab closure risk
The Aiken Standard reports SREL may exhaust funding by end of May risking ecology lab closure and staff losses. Rep Barrow urged DOE to boost support. DOE says leadership pledged self sufficiency, which lab officials dispute. Funding has fallen from 7.5 million to 5 million in 2006 amid ongoing budget battles.
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Bertsch
LOO
John Barrow
D-Ga
Bodman
Department
James Rispoli
DOE
SREL
Rép. Miller
House Committee On Energy and Technology
Rep. Lampson
House
Aiken commemorates historic Oaks Orangeburg Street canopy
South Boundary in Aiken features 120 oaks dating to the 1800s planted by Henry Dibble to beautify the commute from Montmorenci. Mayor Fred Cavanaugh and Danny Burbage of the SC Urban and Community Forestry Council praise the mile long canopy as a natural respite and a strong sense of place. The Heritage Tree Award 3 honors trees with historical or cultural significance, with past winners including the Wade Hampton Oak and the Angel Oak.
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Orangeburg
Danny Barbaie
Urban and Community Forestry Council
Henry Dibble
Aiken
Montmorenci
Cavanaugh
Tohy Baughman
Fred Cavanaugh
Danny Burbage
S.C. Urban and Community Forestry Council
S.C
Memories Surface As Dyches Building Fades to Demolition
Siblings Clyatt and Duches trace family history in the Dyches building as a demolition crew clears the site. They salvage a few items including an elevator wheel and bricks with their grandfather’s initials, while a metal threshing piece engraved H.P. Dyches 1908 may be donated to the Aiken County Historical Museum. A hand painted sign from the old front reads PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY.
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Clyatt
Aiken County
H.P. Dyches
Dyches
Duches
Principal Changes at New Ellenton Middle School
Blanche Wimberly leaves as assistant principal and Tom Adams retires as guidance counselor at New Ellenton Middle School. Enrollment shifts mean 1.5 fewer teaching positions. Silver Bluff High School expects up to 199 graduates this month while area enrollment trends show mixed movement toward Area 5 and nearby communities.
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Ellenton Middle School
Tom Adams
Wimberly
Tor
North Carolina
Pamela Graves
National Guard Youth Challenge Academy
Stowe
New Ellenton
Area 5
Ing
Savannah River
Silver Bluff High School
Silver
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