06 Nov 2001
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 2001
Page
1
State Homeland Security Director Steve Siegfried and Governor Jim Hodges toured Duke Power's Oconee Nuclear Station in Seneca. Siegfried said the plant is highly secure against attacks by land, air or water, including bicycle threats.
The Health Care Center has earned multiple honors over two weeks. At the Southeast Aging Network Conference it won the 2001 Outstanding Community Intergenerational Award and the Positive Images of Aging Award for its Camp Wee Journey Intergenerational Day Camp.
Obituary notices list James E. Beach of North Augusta Aliie E. Chambley of Graniteville Ida J. Hammond of Aiken and Melvis C. S. Cooper of Augusta with brief death notice details from SA.
UCB Chemicals vice president Mike OBrien opened a new lab in North Augusta to argue for extending the Bobby Jones Expressway from Savannah River to 120. He and other leaders urged funding from the IC Infrastructure Bank at a luncheon, citing safety, traffic shift to the interstate, and growth as core goals.
Lonnie McCarthy led a tour for incoming county administrator Clay Killian of Aiken County's new jail on Wire Road. Officials expect to test the security and computer booking systems in the coming weeks as the facility nears operation.
Clay Killian begins his tenure as county administrator meeting department heads at the Aiken County Public Library. He aims to connect faces and titles as leaders from multiple offices guide his first week. Jail operations are hoped to be functional by late January, though that may be optimistic.
Voters engage in Aiken County polls with a steady turnout as polling hours run to 7 p.m. Ballot counting will occur at the Aiken County Council Building. Early counts show 75 voters at Hollow Creek 53 by 8:30 a.m., 29 at Aiken High by 9 a.m., and officials note turnout above normal for a local election with an unusual electronic voting machine in use.
Wilkins Lee Byrd a candidate for Aiken City Council was questioned by police Sunday after allegedly removing Debbie Williams campaign signs. An officer found Byrd folding signs into two and throwing them behind a pine before driving off in a silver Mercedes station wagon. Byrd claimed authorization from the property owner to place political signs at Whiskey and Mead.
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