Fire truck runs over Aiken teen during public safety demo
A 15 year old girl was run over by the right rear tires of an Aiken Department of Public Safety ice engine after a demonstration at Helping Hands. She was transported to MCG in critical condition with unknown cause under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Officers note driver action pending investigation.
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Medical College of Georgia
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken
MCG
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Tom Galardi
ADPS
Highway Patrol
Highway Department
New Ellenton residents tour troubled sewer plant
About 50 citizens joined a public tour of New Ellenton’s deteriorating sewage treatment facility after a call from City Council members. Officials cited substandard areas and promised better transparency, with visitors urged to see the site’s conditions firsthand.
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New Ellenton
New Ellen
Tink Sanders
Robert Hutchenson
Columbia County
Hutchenson
Chris Beam
Beam
New Ellenton Sewer Debt Case Set Before Judge Floyd
Circuit Judge Henry F Floyd acts on a NationsBank suit claiming New Ellenton owes a $5 million bond debt from a five year sewer controversy. The consent order froze sewer revenues and redirected them to debt payments while the state withholds funds. NationsBank alleges town officials diverted funds to operations in December 1993.
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Henry F Floyd
New Ellenton
New Ellenton Sewer
Floyd
NationsBank
97 looks strong for economy
Economists from NABE predict the US economy will grow about 2.3 percent in 1996 and 1997 with a high chance of continued expansion. They expect inflation to stay controlled around 3 percent and see little risk of a recession despite a softening in business investment and housing.
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Washington
National Association of Business Economists
Association
U.S
Mark Dodd
NABE
At&t Corp
No Drug Crisis in Parents Poll Says Teens Likely to Try Drugs
A national survey finds two thirds of baby boomer parents who used illegal drugs as youths expect their children to do so. It notes 46 percent foresee teen drug experimentation, with higher figures among parents who used marijuana themselves.
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Washington
Joseph Califano
Center On Addiction and Substance Abuse
Columbia University
Bob Dole
Clinton
Officer Drayton Begins Role as Middle School Resource Officer
Schofield Middle School welcomes Joe Drayton, new in two weeks as a resource officer with the Aiken Public Safety Department. He chats with students to build trust as they adjust to an on campus police presence. Drayton, a 1981 hire now sergeant, aims to impact students positively.
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Joe Drayton
Schofield Middle School
Drayton
Aiken Department of Public Safety
S.L. Spooner
Schofield Middle
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