Memorial Day Parade and Festival Highlights in Aiken
A Memorial Day event features 19 copters signaling the parade start along with a Bradley Fighting Vehicle display. The Marine Corps League hosts a day with clowns, train rides, face painting, dunking booth, and a watermelon seed spit contest. Food vendors, live performances, and a wreath laying service at Veterans Memorial Park conclude the observances. A June 2 memorial service and tree planting follow.
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Marine Corps League
United Defense of Aiken
Snow Factory
Ways To the Heart
Njrotc
Carolina
ADDA
Veterans Memorial Park
Horse Creek
Midland Valley Veterans Park
Hunter Kilburn Remembered By Friends From Aiken County
Hunter Kilburn a 1969 graduate of Aiken High School died in Vietnam on May 31 1970 after a Marine patrol triggered a Viet Cong booby trap in Quang Nam Province. Friends recall his quiet leadership intelligence and humor as they reflect on a generation lost young. Memorial Day notes frame this eighth in a series honoring local families.
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Toon
Alpha Company
1St Brigade
Sth Marines
Quang Nam Province
Rusty Reed
Palmetto Economic Development Corporation
Santee Cooper
Kilburn
St. Mary's Grammar School
Kennedy Junior High
Aiken High School
Reed
Hunter
St. Mary’s
Aulburn
Ater
Columbia
Jack Duncan
Marines
Duncan
Cathy Chick ‘Turner
Kilbburn
Chick
Minnie Key Goodman
Hornet
Vietnam
Mary
Charlotte
Greg
St. Angela Academy
Buddy Platt
Greg Kilburn
Howard
Sauerborn
Cambodia
America
Kil
Mike Hicks
Carolina
Aiken County
Gas prices surge on East Coast amid refinery strain and volatility
Analysts warn prices will stay volatile as summer demand nears. Crude and reformulated gasoline inventories tighten while refiners run hard and some shut for repairs. MTBE and natural gas costs push pump prices higher, with regular unleaded near $1.69 a gallon and wholesale futures peaking.
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New York
Rtile Exchange
Lanae Muldrow
Chevron
Phoenix
Debra Warren
Jack
Tom Bentz
BNP Paribas
Hearing continued on DOE plutonium processing project
Moniak and his group criticized the DOE for pursuing liquid acid plutonium processing while claiming to favor a dry pyroprocessing option. They cited NRC reporting and environmental estimates showing vastly higher waste volumes and rising design costs from 50.4 million to 92.8 million, urging cancellation and a full hearing or elimination of the project.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Moniak
Urgus
DOE
NRC
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Turner
Chick Chick
Sonville, Fla
Warren
Aetna Insurance Co
United States
Mike Fitzpatrick
Fimat USA
Energy Department
Scrapboo
Aiken
Patti’s Aiken Mall
Deli
Porky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
Alltel
Alltel Reta Sor
Mipatoo Rasa
Vijootme
Alltels
Atay Oe
Dan
Herarvepan Warman Stores
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