SRS to recycle old buried batteries at Savannah River Site
Workers found 1300 lead oxide and zinc mercury batteries buried in a pit used 1972 to 1978 for debris burn. Batteries will be shipped to distant recycling plants after tests showed mercury emission. Nearby, a charity dance in Aiken aids North Side Bears cheerleaders with age specific times and raffles.
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Savannah River
North Side
North Side Bears
Hahn Village
Bear Hollow
Aiken
Laurens St
Police blotter reports on vandalism arson theft and assault
Police blotter notes a Banks Mill Road vehicle damaged by three youths on Wednesday as deputies questioned area residents with no juvenile confession. A window air conditioner was pulled from a home on Aiken Road on Sept 5. Arson suspected in a Main Street Monetta storage fire as mop ignited and shoved through a broken window. items damaged included papers furniture and a toilet belonging to a 93-year-old man. A wallet from Camp Rawls Road and Shaws Fork Road intersection contained two South Carolina driver licenses with different names and a third ID. A sexual assault occurred on Senn Street Graniteville Sunday with treatment at Margaret Weston Center. Deputies recovered a car stolen from Lexington on Columbia Highway North Wednesday. An Aug 26 employee theft at Back Room Shoes involved fraudulent return slips and cash. Burger King workers questioned about missing funds totaling 330. A red Snapper push lawn mower was stolen from Berry Road on Monday.
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Banks Mill Road
Aiken Road
Graniteville
Main Street
Monetta
Camp Rawls Road
Shaws Fork Road
Wagoner
S.C
Senn Street
Berry Road
Rich Willard Named Baylor Business Student of the Year
Richie Willard, a 1994 Silver Bluff High School graduate, has been named Baylor University’s business student of the year. He plans a career in business consulting after graduating in May 1999, possibly with Ernst and Young.
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Richie Willard
Silver Bluff High School
Baylor University
Ernst and Young
Epps Found Guilty in Video Poker Store Robbery
Darryl Epps, former youth league coach, was convicted Thursday of armed robbery for directing two young men in the May 30 1997 stickup at Just Fun Video Games on Orangeburg Street in Aiken. The jury deliberated about three hours and could sentence him to 30 years at sentencing.
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Darryl Epps
Epps
Rodney Peeples
Ms. Morgan
Michael Glover
Jermaine Hicks
Senior meals return to Graniteville Recreation Center
Helen Simpkins, park supervisor for Aiken County Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, has persuaded the Aiken Council on Aging to restart the senior meals program at Graniteville Center. The plan requires 25 seniors aged 60 plus to meet two to three times weekly, allowing the program to resume after being nullified amid crowd concerns. Simpkins notes seniors were bused elsewhere and that the program offers social and travel opportunities while easing fixed incomes.
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Graniteville
Helen Simpkins
Aiken County Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
Simpkins
Aiken Council On Aging
Council On Aging
Jockey Lot
Anderson
Savannah River
Columbia
Candidates Strive On Education Goals In Aiken Event
Democrat Inez Tenenbaum and Republican David Eckstrom spoke to Phi Delta Kappa members at Houndslake Country Club about improving South Carolina schools. Tenenbaum backed rural resource distribution and homework centers with public private support, while Eckstrom urged focusing on basics English history math and science and cautioned against overextending services. They addressed Beasley’s plan for a 6000 dollar teacher raise tied to Praxis II standards and raised questions about funding and implementation.
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Edgefield
Barnwell
Houndslake Country Club
S.C
Inez Tenenbaum
David Eckstrom
Phi Delta Kappa
Columbia
Eckstrom
Tenenbaum
Lexington-Richland
South Carolina
Bridgestone Firestone site in Aiken outlines future tire output
BFSC industrial engineering head John Stewart reviewed last year’s events and plans for the Bridgestone Firestone plant near Graniteville. The facility aims to produce 20,000 tires daily with self-sufficiency in components and a Japan display for the plant’s second tire. Stewart lauded local workers and noted the fastest startup among Bridgestone’s 17 global plants. The Rotary Club session also highlighted the plant’s progress and community impact.
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Bridgestone
Firestone
South Carolina
Graniteville
John Stewart
BFSC
Industri
Japan
Aiken County
Stewart
Newberry Hall
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Steve Brooks
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