Controversial Hunters Glen hotel breaks ground for five acres
Residents opposed to the five acre site say clearing and early ground work began around Monday for a proposed 100 room hotel and 12000 square foot convention center. They fear property value impact and oppose taxpayer backed loan guarantees from the USDA while developer Bansi Patel seeks almost five million in guarantees. USDA officials say the loan application is not yet complete and no decision has been made. Local officials and neighbors voice concern over the project and its funding.
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Hunters Glen
Denny Gieldings
Diane
Bansi
Patel
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
City of Aiken
Jane Vaughters
New Ellenton
Carter Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Mediation Efforts
Former President Carter receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo for decades of work to resolve conflicts through diplomacy. The Norwegian committee cites his Camp David Accord mediation and global human rights advocacy, with a $1 million award. Carter Center statement highlights expanding rights to health care and security.
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Oslo
Norway
Carter
Nobel Committee
Camp David
Israel
Egypt
Carter Center
Shel
Williston teacher wins Milken Award for teaching excellence
Jenna Adcox a kindergarten teacher at Kelly Edwards Elementary School in Williston is one of two statewide Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award recipients. State Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum presented a $25,000 check as Principal Baron Hickson praises her dedication and outreach. The Milken awards honor top educators nationwide since 1985.
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Hob
Jenna Adcox
Kelly Edwards
Willston
Inez Tenenbaum
Williston
Inez ‘Tenenbaum
Milken Family Foundation
Baron Hickson
Adcox
Hickson
Aiken
Belvedere Elementary School
Milken
Aiken County
Schofield
Military force gets approval
Washington Congress approved the use of the United States military against Iraq after days of debate. The House and Senate authorized the president to use force if needed to compel disarmament of biological chemical and nuclear weapons. President Bush said Iraq’s outlaw state status would end though some Democrats warned about risks of a pre emptive unilateral strike.
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Washington
Congress
America
Iraq
Bush
Saddam Hussein
House
Senate
White House
Baghdad
George W. Bush
NAACP convention opens in Savannah
NAACP moves its annual convention to Savannah after years in Charlotte. President James Gallman says the boycott of South Carolina will continue until the Confederate Flag loses its statehouse prominence. The Savannah gathering focuses on core civil rights issues amid the flag controversy.
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James Gallman
South Carolina
Gallman
Charlotte
Savannah
Georgia
Wilson seeks full term in Congress against Legg and Whittington
U S Representative Joe Wilson faces Libertarian Jim Legg and United Citizens party hopeful Mark Whittington in the race for the 2nd District seat. Wilson, a former state senator and USC law graduate, voted for the Iraq war resolution and drew national notice after accusing California Democrat Bob Filner of disloyalty on C-SPAN.
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Wilson
Legg
Whittington
Congress
Joe Wilson
R-S.c
Jim Legg
Aiken
United Citizens Party
Mark Whittington
Columbia
University of South Carolina Law School
C-Span
Washington Journal
Bob Filner
D-Calif
America
Filner
Saddam Hussein
United States
Obituary notices listed for Aiken and surrounding towns
Obituary notices appear under Classifieds 6A listing multiple names including Rose Bing Blair Dorn Dorothy Holley Johnston Helen Hook Davis Inabinet Windsor Linda Stapleton Massingale McMullen Tuff Wiliams Jr Harold Wilson and other local residents from Aiken North Augusta Wagener and surrounding areas.
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Rose Bing
Aken
Ronald “Blair” Dorn
Dorothy F. Holley
Johnston Helen Reisner Hook
Aiken Davis
Inabinet
Windsor
Linda Massingale Stapelton
Aiken
John McMullen Tuff
Wile Wiliams Jr
North Augusta
Harold D. Wilson
Wagener
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Carolyn Smith
Department of Agriculture
Doug Mellgreneger
Sarter
Nye Mer
NAACP
Starwater
Floyd Spence
S.C. Senate
Stee
US Commerce Depot
Newsweek Magazine
Associated Press
Lege
Vonage
Abby
National News
Washington, D.C
Woodbridge
Washington D.C
Virginia
Prince William County
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