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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 2012
Page
2
The South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police presented the 2012 Legislator of the Year Award to Sen Nikki Setzler at the SCFOP Midlands Lodge gathering in Columbia.
Savannah River National Laboratory researchers received two SunShot Initiative grants totaling more than 6.3 million dollars over three years. The projects include Fundamental Corrosion Studies in High Temperature Molten Salt Systems for Next Generation Concentrated Solar Power and Cost Metal Hydrogen Energy Storage for Concentrating Solar Power. The SunShot program aims to make solar energy cost competitive with other sources by 2020.
Thomas M. Monahon of Aiken has been awarded the Order of the Silver Crescent by Gov. Nikki R. Haley. He recently completed two years as state deputy of the South Carolina Knights of Columbus, with the honor given for exemplary community service.
Author Stephen Graham Jones will speak at the Oswald Writers Series at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Center at USC Aiken. The event is free and open to the public.
Sam Nicole Nirenberg of Aiken, 29, former Georgia Health Sciences University employee, is charged with three counts for obtaining prescription drugs by fraud. Investigators say she forged prescriptions using DEA control numbers of two Sleep Study Unit physicians, obtaining medications from an Aiken pharmacy on Sept 29. Nirenberg was arrested Oct 13 and jailed. she resigned earlier this week as the case remains under investigation.
James L Hammons Marine Corps League Detachment 939 will host a November veteran appreciation event at Houndslake Country Club 901 Houndslake Drive from 6 to 8 p.m. featuring Medal of Honor recipient Col Harvey Barnum. Proceeds benefit the Matthew V Dillon Scholarship for Aiken County JROTC students. ticket price is 50 dollars.
James L Ham mons Marine Corps League Detachment 939 hosts a veteran appreciation dinner on Nov 3 from 6 to 8 PM at Houndslake Country Club 901 Houndslake Drive. Tickets cost 50 per person and may be purchased by calling 644 8300 or 642 2761.
A man sought for questioning in a Thursday morning shooting at 15 Brown View Drive Warrenville has been arrested on forgery charges. Investigators believe the shooting involved a drug related robbery that left 28 year old Ishmail Ameen Nurid Deen in critical condition. Police recovered a .38 revolver and seized about 6 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $4300. Two other residents of the Brown View Drive homes face drug charges while authorities pursue warrants for Deen. Call tips to the sheriff's office or Crime Stoppers.
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