Mancke Explains Natural World At Aiken Talk
Rudy Mancke, director of Science and Nature programming for South Carolina Educational Television, spoke at the Aiken County Historical Museum about his life collecting animal skulls and snake skins. He described identifying mammals by teeth and his habit of picking up roadkill to learn more about animals.
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Rudy Mancke
South Carolina Educational Television
Mancke
Aiken County
Ginny Southworth
Christmas mailing deadlines from Aiken Post Office
The Aiken Post Office lists holiday deadlines for international and military mail. Gloria Gritfin advises early mailing as closer dates raise costs. standard mail is slower but cheaper. International dates cover Africa to Europe with varying deadlines and service rates, while APO/FPO and IPO/FPO deadlines specify first class, priority, PAL, and SAM dates. Global Priority and International Express are available with Express costing $15 to some countries.
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Aiken
Gloria Gritfin
Post Office
Africa
Asia
Australia
PAL
SAM
Aiken Post Office
Aiken Proclaims November as Compassion Month
The city promotes the City of Character theme focusing on compassion with volunteers from Salvation Army and United Way, praising schools like East Aiken Elementary for monthly character assemblies. Mayor Fred Cavanaugh notes broad interest, citing Aiken as the fifteenth city to adopt the program among now forty adopting communities.
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Aiken
Fred Cavanaugh
Salvation Army
United Way
East Aiken
Plutonium Transport Planned To Duke Plants From Dismantled Warheads
Heavy guarded tractor trailers will carry 50 tons of weapons grade plutonium from dismantled missiles to the Savannah River Site for conversion to MOX fuel. The plan runs 2007 to 2020 with 400 permanent and 2,000 temporary jobs and a $2 billion cost. Duke Energy could save on bills. safety measures include satellites and armed guards.
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Greenville
Upstate
Savannah River
Duke Energy
Catawba
Lake Wylie
South Carolina
McGuire
Lake Norman
North Carolina
Norm Sharp
Jerra Club
Energy Department
Duke
Charlotte
Duke Power
Oconee
Department of Energy
Texas
Colorado
Washington State
Rick Ford
Dan Bruner
United States
Russia
Guynn Savage
Aiken voters set to vote in city election Tuesday
Voters will choose mayor and two City Council members with the mayor Fred Cavanaugh and Council members Beverly Clyburn and Don Sprawls running unopposed. Officials warned turnout may be lower than earlier optimism after a state court ban on video poker and a failed referendum.
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Aiken
State Supreme Court
South Carolina
Fred Cavanaugh
Beverly Clyburn
Don Sprawls
Cavanaugh
Clyburn
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