Aiken standard readers share views on roads and community
Local column laments illegal left turns near Mill Brook Elementary and across Whiskey Road, urges stricter signage and road repairs. Readers praise the police and sheriff, critique city hiring and development, call for sidewalks in Crosland Park, and propose moving Aiken’s Makin to Odell Weeks Center.
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Whiskey Road
Ruby Tuesday
Golden Corral
Birdhouse sale aids 122nd Engineer Battalion families
Community project grows from support group meetings as locals and students in Aiken craft and sell wooden birdhouses to raise funds for the 122nd's soldiers families. Houses, painted with famous artworks, fetch ten dollar donations at The Sunshine House and nearby Woodward's Child Care Center, benefiting homecoming events and an emergency fund.
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122Nd Engineer Battalion
122Nd
Cathy Bryant
William
Aaron Ramsey
Aiken Career Center
Marcus Ware
Jonathan Starlings
Ramsey
Jan Woodward
Sunshine House
Woodward's
Fabian Drive
South Aiken
Woodward
Kim Carter
Aiken High School
Carter
Grant Wood
Vincent van Gogh
Munchhausen
Georgia O’keeffe
Salvadore Dali
Kandinsky
van Gogh
Carleton Hawver
Hawver
Michelle Motyka
Sally Ann McKinsey
Jessica Jackson
Jackson
Iraq
Bryant
NCO
SRS and TVA gear up to produce tritium for nuclear arsenal
Savannah River Site and Tennessee Valley Authority collaborate to produce tritium. Watts Bar 1 reactor is being refueled and tritium producing bars are inserted for irradiation. First bars planned for shipment to SRS in 2005 for processing in a $506 million TEF facility, operational 2007.
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Savannah River
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
SRS
Jim Giusti
DOE
National Nuclear Security Administration
Giusti
Aiken County
High speed Internet coming to Aiken south side
G Force Cable plans an eight phase upgrade costing 8 to 9 million dollars over 18 months. The project will bring high speed Internet and additional digital channels to Houndslake and the south side, with phased outages minimized by zone blitzes. New services include video on demand and interactive gaming.
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Aiken
G Force Cable
Houndslake
Don Gall
Pangrac & Associates
G Force
Bobby Vine
Whiskey Road
Woodside
Montmorenci
Gall
Vine
Philip Lord
plord@aikenstandard.com
Border Bash kickoff aids MCG Children's Center
The 10th annual Border Bash in Augusta, Georgia kicks off at 7 p.m. at Augusta Common to showcase Georgia versus South Carolina fans and raise funds for the Medical College of Georgia Children's Center. Organizers expect a larger turnout than 2001’s $36,000, with gates at 5 p.m., band Swingin Medallions playing until midnight. tickets cost $5.
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Augusta
Georgia
Carolina
Broad Street
University of South Carolina
University of Georgia
Medical College of Georgia
Children’s Center
Bobby Bentley
Ing
South Carolina
USC
Bentley
MCG
Danielle Wong
Bulldog Club
Gamecock Clubs
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Voss
Jim Voss
Millbrook Elementary
Mitchell Shopping Center
Aiken Estates
Hitchcock Woods
Sununy
Economic Partnership
John Sununu
City of Aiken
Sheriff's Office
Crosland Park
Southside Road
K-mart
Kroger
Wal-mart
Odell Weeks Center
Aikenstandard
Kathy Jefcoats
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