SRS Gets Another Chance From DOE Site Playoff
DOE officials eye five sites including Savannah River as candidates for a New Production Reactor to supply tritium. The project could employ up to 900 workers with eight to nine years of construction, peaking at 1,300 to 2,300 during the peak. SRS already runs a tritium recycling plant, offering potential cost advantages.
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Hazel O'Leary
Savannah River
Nevada
Tennessee
Texas
Idaho
DOE
Governmur
Susn
O'Leary
NPR
Department of Energy
Idaho National Energy Laboratory
INEL
Brad Bugger
SRS
Deaths of Trubert Baker and others noted in notices
North Augusta death of Trubert Baker and obituaries for Cora Lott Koon of Williston John Edward Morton of Aiken Mabell W Porter of Aiken James Richard Scott of Bath Jesse W Shumake of Edgefield and Vivian Hatchell Wallace of Aleolu listed as primary notices on Page 2B with brief biographical references.
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Trubert Baker
North Augusta
Cora Lott Koon
Williston
John Edward Morton
Aiken
Mabell W. Porter
James Richard Scott
Bath
Jesse W. Shumake
Edgefield
Vivian Hatchell Wallace
Aleolu
Suspected Drug Dealer Shot In Ridge Spring Raid
An ADPS officer shot suspect James Marold Davis during a 1:45 a.m. raid on Pitts Branch Road Ridge Spring. Davis, 59, produced a revolver when told to show hands, was hit twice in the upper chest and transported to HCA Aiken Regional Medical Centers in critical condition. Authorities say the officer acted in self defense.
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Ridge Spring
Aiken
Brown
Mark Farmer
ADPS
Davis
HCA
Three Ai ken County workers face trial in infant death
Three Ai ken County Department of Social Services workers Ruby Chambliss Bill Perkins and Clarence Graham were bound over to General Sessions Court for trial in the 1991 death of infant Krystal Scurry. They face charges including ill treatment of a child neglect of a child failure to report child abuse and use of public office for personal gain. Perkins also faces a charge of failure to report child abuse and Graham a charge of failure to perform duties under the Children's Code. Chambliss is charged with receiving additional compensation and failure to perform duties under the Children's Code.
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Aiken County Department of Social Services
General Sessions Court
Krystal
Jesse Scurry
Teresa Staley
Clarissa Bell
Perkins
Graham
Ms. Chambliss
Aikens Heart Unit Faces Shutdown Threat
Dr John B Tomarchio director of the Aiken Regional Emergency Department warns the loss of the open heart program will cost lives. He notes angioplasty saves patients who cannot be treated with clot busting drugs and cites transport barriers to other hospitals as a key risk.
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Columbia — St Aiken
John B. Tomarchio
Aiken
Tomarchio
University Hospital
Augusta
Ihave
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Columbia
Providence Hospital
Signs Push Yes On Video Poker Vote In Aiken County
Backers flood roadsides with placards urging a Yes vote to keep video poker legal. Opponents campaign for No, calling the games an insidious evil, while local governments show varied stances and the Committee to Protect Small Business funds a broad media push ahead of Tuesday’s election.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
State Department of Revenue
State House
Senate
Committee To
North Augusta City
Aiken City
Revenue Loss From Restricted Cardiac Services in Aiken
Columbia SC faces a seven million dollar annual revenue loss as heart patients from Aiken travel to Augusta for care. Aiken Regional Medical Centers administrator Ricky Satcher cites USC study showing blocked cardiac services, with an estimated 50 area residents needing open heart surgery next year forced to seek treatment at University Hospital in Augusta. The need for a local program is considered urgent.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Aiken
Augusta
Ricky Satcher
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
University of South Carolina
University Hospital
Satcher
Angioplasty program relies on offsite heart surgery backup
Dr. Stan Juk, a Columbia invasive cardiologist, notes that Aiken uses Augusta surgical teams to back up an angioplasty program. He cites a 5 percent mortality rate from complications when open heart surgery is not onsite, while Baptist Medical Center and Providence Hospital doctors advocate clot busting standards.
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Aiken
Augusta
Stan Juk
Columbia
Baptist Medical Center
Providence Hospital
Home Road section debuts in Aiken Standard Friday
The Aiken Standard will start a new weekly Home Road section this Friday. It combines home living features with automobile news and reviews, appearing every Friday.
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Aiken Standard
Inclde
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Abby
Susan
David Smith
Union
Brian Neill
DSS
Aiken’s
Sen. Ryberg
Spea
Carl Langley
Philip Lord
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