Environment Center to Open on Savannah River Site
A 550000 dollar environment center and a 560000 dollar conference center will be built on 68 acres along U S Highway 278 east of Johnsons Crossroads at the Savannah River Site. The University of Georgia Foundation in a land agreement with the Department of Energy will run the center through the Savannah River Ecology Lab. Officials including Dr Michael Smith and Dr Joe Key announced the plan at a news conference at SREL with tentative guidance to open by next summer. The site on Upper Three Runs Creek will host tours and presentations as part of public environmental education efforts.
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Johnson's Crossroads
Savannah River
The
of Energy
University of Georgia
Georgia
Jane M. Sanders
SREL
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Sanders
Centr
Three Runs Creek
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
Legality Of Order Doubted By City Officials In New Ellenton
RANJIM reports that two council members and residents question a consent order between NationsBank and New Ellenton over a 5.025 million sewer revenue bond. They say the bond ordinance contains false statements and its validity is disputed while the mayor pro tem calls the ordinance illegal. The consent order asserts the ordinance was valid and the bond binding.
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NationsBank
City of
New Ellenton
Axel Adams
Aiken, Barnwell Joint Industrial Park Plan Approved
Aiken votes six to one for a joint working agreement with Barnwell County on an industrial park to be located north of Aiken. The measures include industrial revenue bonds up to 100 million for Beaulieu of America Inc and Metal Services and Supply, plus leasing four solid waste centers and funding a county animal control shelter building.
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Aiken
Barnwell
Aiken County
Barnwell County
Beaulieu of America Inc. Yam Research and Manufacturing
Alken
Barnwell Partnership
Beaulieu, Metal Services and Supply Inc
Beloit Corp
Beaulieu
U.S. 1
Interstate 20
Metal Services and Supply
Montmorenci
Facilitieloit
Verenes
Carrol H. ‘Warmer
Robert M. Bell
Wagener
North Aiken
Belvedere
Windsor
Community directory notice with contact numbers
Readers are invited to share news tips by calling 548 2311. The notice lists names Irene G Black Margaret E Butler Louis Corley Ernest Farmer Lillis G Flake Ida B Harris Bobby Key Hazel L McDowell and addresses Wagener Blackville Ridge Spring Jidge Spring North Augusta Aiken Barnwell.
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Irene G. Black
Barnwell
Margaret E. Butler
Aiken
Louis Corley
Ridge Spring
Ernest Farmer
North Augusta
Lillis G. Flake
Wagener
Ida B. Harris
Blackville
Bobby Key
Hazel L. McDowell
Jidge Spring
Trustees Promise To Improve Policy On Crime Reports
The Aiken County School District, reacting to a sexual assault at Aiken High School last May, plans a policy change on handling juvenile criminal information. Solicitor Barbara Morgan and district officials discussed confidentiality limits and cooperation with law enforcement to better share information. A draft policy to address incidents and protect minor confidentiality will go to the board in late October or early November.
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Aiken Igh School
Aiken County
Second Judicial Circuit
Barbara Morgan
Board of Education
William Burkhalter
Burkhalter
Ms. Morgan
Nielsen reforms clear hurdle amid board questions
State Superintendent Dr Barbara Nielsen advances reform plans in three curriculum frameworks after a 9 am State Board first reading amid earlier committee approval. Some Aiken County trustees questioned the frameworks Tuesday night as the boards move toward statutory compliance and potential data access provisions.
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Columbia
Barbara S. Nielsen
Aiken County
Readers invited to end city fiction prize ends
Readers are invited to submit a 1000 word ending to a five part serial about the theft of Aiken Municipal Cup. Entries from local residents allowed with cover sheet including name address social security number and phone numbers. Deadline is noon Monday Oct 25 with winning ending published Friday Oct 28.
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Aiken Standard
Haiti Mission On Hold After Dockside Protest
Washington suspends plans to deploy 600 U.S. military advisers to Haiti after gunmen blocked docking of the USS Harlan County in Port-au-Prince. Senators from Haiti tour say pullback risks the push to restore Aristide to power. The ship withdrew with 194 U.S. and 25 Canadian noncombat forces aboard.
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Haiti
Washington
Clinton
Port-au-Prince
U.S
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
White House
Madeleine Albright
United Nations
New York
U.N. Secu
Rity Council
Governors Island
N.Y
Aristide
Graham
Alfonso D’ Mate
R-Nlv
Harlan County
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
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Ginny Southworth
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Russell Walker
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Carl Langley
Ablevisie
Gudean Tis Tecyelal
Eric E. Ward
Nielsen
Erick
Ward
Princees
Trustees
Fiction Fun
Isabel Vandervelde
Whit Gibbons
Karen Papouchado
Idella Bodie
Joseph Harris
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