Halloween Hoopla Lights Up Aiken in Family Costume Night
Hundreds of youngsters and volunteers filled the H O Weeks Recreation Center for the city’s Halloween Hoopla. Costumes ranging from Tigers to Captain America wowed judges while Paige Catotti as Pippi Longstocking won a prize. NationsBank decorated a pumpkin-filled display. families from across the area attended a safe, festive event at local recreation centers.
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H.0. Weeks Recreation Center
City of Aiken
Paige Catotti
Pippi
Spiderman
Buzz Lightyear
Wolverine
Barney
Darth Vader
Batman
Bobby Cook
NationsBank
Aiken County Recreation Center
Smith Hazel Recreation Center
Westinghouse racial bias suit targets SRS contractors
Ten Westinghouse employees sue WSRC contractors alleging discriminatory hiring and promotion practices at Savannah River Site. Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief, back pay, and benefits for blacks passed over for jobs. Case cites open postings limited to whites and biased evaluations. Westinghouse claims racial composition improved despite cutbacks and contests the charges.
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Tractor
SRS
Westinghouse
WSRC
Ambrose L. Schwalbe
Sherman Lott
Vernelle Payton
Larry Coleman
Ava Hawkins
Curtis Young
Clinton Edwards Jr
Francis H. Newman Jr
Samuel Quiller
Pamela Wade
Bennie Bree
du Pont
Schwalbe
Savannah River
Alm resigns from key environmental cleanup post after tenure
Alm announced his departure after steering the national environmental cleanup effort, praising timelines and cost incentives while noting layoffs and budget pressures. BNFL Inc. supportive, while DOE offered no replacement details, leaving the agency awaiting a successor.
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Alm
Washington
Bnfl Inc
SRS
Man rescues siblings from house fire in Aiken
Public Safety Officer Ricky Brown, Simpkins and neighbors saved a three year old girl after a kitchen fire started by a stove pot. Firefighters arrived within five minutes. Children were checked at Aiken Regional Hospital and released to their grandmother. Parents at work, investigation by Public Safety and Social Services ongoing.
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Simpkins
Ricky Brown
Aiken Public Safety
Department of Social Services
Tom Galardi
Aiken Regional Hospital
United Way funds support Helping Hands home for children
Shady Hall of Helping Hands thanked volunteers Friday for raising funds to run a home for 25 children birth to 12 and 21 teens. United Way money covers food medicine maintenance and essentials. United Way Chairman Tom Clark stressed the raised amount reflects services provided and ongoing community care.
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United Way
Shady Hall
Helping Hands
Home
Tom Clark
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Joseph
Superman
Scott Webster
Donald Simkins
DOE
Hanford
Oak Ridge
Idaho
Rocky Flats
Michelle
Jerata
Woodside Plantation
Aiken
South Carolina
Augusta, GA
Houndslake Country Club
Hee
Jones & Bob Cupp
Tennis
Poe! Partners
Whitey A
Ned Lakes
Eda Orn
Kids Tromsan
United
Trick
Nay Walker
Laney Walker
FAT Man’s
Augusta
Faye
Aiken Safari
the Big Bank
Pea
Lurea Press Three
Piaerty
People's Community Bank
BANK
North
Auguste
Georgia Ave
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