Aiken groups urge options on connector road debate
Planning Commission and Comprehensive Plan Task Force urge Council to study all routes for a Whiskey to Silver Bluff connector and to develop a master plan for Old Aiken district. Letters stress evaluating Chukker Creek Road, Richardson's Lake area, and other routes to ease southside traffic and inform a 2002 decision.
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Planning Commission
Task Force
Aiken
Aiken City
Aiken Planning Commission
Whiskey
Silver Bluff
Anderson Pond Road
Chukker Creek Road
Whiskey Road
South Aiken
Chukker Creek
Richardson's Lake Road
Ronny Bolton
Ed Woltz
Commission
Washington Group Reaches Settlement With Lenders and Raytheon
Washington Group International Inc secures agreement with its secured lenders and unsecured creditors to reorganize. Dennis R. Washington to remain chairman for at least two years. Lenders receive 80 percent of primary equity plus 20 million dollars. unsecured creditors get 20 percent equity and warrants to buy up to 25 percent more over four years. Stephen G. Hanks notes a framework for exit financing and stronger balance sheet with about 500 million in net worth and no debt beyond working capital draws. Board seats split with six lender nominees and two creditor nominees. Washington and current directors Hanks and Batchelder stay on board. Washington may own up to 40 percent post-reorganization. Bankruptcy hearings in Reno adjourned to aid negotiations.
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Washington Group International, Inc
Dennis R. Washington
Washington Group
Raytheon Company
Stephen G. Hanks
Hanks
Washington
David H. Batchelder
US Bankruptcy Court For
District of Nevada
Reno
The Great Cross-Country Race at USCA Etherredge Center
The University of South Carolina Aiken Etherredge Center hosts The Great Cross-Country Race, a children’s theater piece by Playground Playhouse on Nov 19 and 20. Shows for students run mornings with public performance at 7 pm Nov 20. tickets cost 5 dollars for adults and 3 for children. proceeds fund USCAR theater.
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University of South Carolina Aiken Etherredge Center
Playground Playhouse
USCA
Jack Benjamin
Molly Morell
Aiken
Edgefield County
Etherredge Center
USCA Professor Appears on PBS With Alda on Alien Invasion
Marine microbiology professor Garriet Smith and colleagues Gene Shinn and Ginger Garrison discussed coral disease on PBS, studying sea fan deterioration off St John USVI. They traced a fungus Aspergillus to dust carried from Africa by trade winds, noting asthma links and climate factors.
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USCA
Garriet Smith
Alan Alda
PBS
Smith
St. John
Virgin Islands
Gene Shinn
Ginger Garrison
Wsttiety Jorney
Sinn
Caribbean
U.S
Puerto Rico
HoneyBaked Ham opens new Aiken store on Whiskey Road
The HoneyBaked Ham Company recently opened a store at 1707 Whiskey Road in Aiken. Franchise owner Michael San Filippo and spokesperson Vincent Conroe touted a menu featuring ham, turkey, ribs, sandwiches and soups while noting the chain’s Detroit origin in 1957 and more than 300 U.S. locations. The shop will run Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Aiken
HoneyBaked Ham Company
Whiskey Road
Vincent Conroe
Michael San Filippo
Detroit
Harry Hoenselaar
United States
Hoenselaar
Rally honors veterans at Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park
Aiken County hosts its first Veterans Rally since the September 11 attacks. The 5 p.m. ceremony features Joy 102.7 music, a Friendship Baptist Church Male Chorus performance, a 6 30 p.m. F 16 flyover, Marine Color Guard colors, National Anthem, candle lighting by JROTC cadets, a prayer, God Bless America, a 21 gun salute and Taps. Speakers include US Rep Lindsey Graham and SC Rep Jim Klauber. Chairs and candles provided.
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Aiken County
New York
Washington, D.C
Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park
Joy 102.7
Friendship Baptist Church
Marine Color Guard
The
Friendship
Lindsey Graham
S.C. House
Jim Klauber
Greenwood
Aiken High School
RUTC
Don Morris
Morris
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Raytheon
Uscar Theater
Odyssey of
Jeremy Jack
Scot Webster
Chris Creely
Tortoise
Robert Benjamin
Hedgehog
Scott Webster
Bobby Labartino
Baptist Church
Ray Wisotski
George Funeral Homes
Lladro
Floyd@Greene
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