Aiken community voices on event, traffic, and pageants
Readers comment on Aiken's Makin' impact noting revenue losses for some groups and urging wider vendor distribution. They call for traffic fixes at Chukker Creek Elementary and risky intersections on Highway 278 and SC 19. They question city projects, Miss Aiken County pageant rules, and tattoos in public discourse. Public comments include a Talkback offer and reader privacy notes.
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U.S. Highway 278
S.C. Highway 19
New Ellenton
DOT
United Energy to Build Alternative Fuel Tank Farm
United Energy Distributors Inc will open a three hundred thousand gallon tank farm on S C 78 in early 2005 after a 150000 grant from the U S Department of Energy. President James Red Roberts also seeks a three state contract and a future soybean extraction facility contingent on an energy bill.
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S.C. 78
U.S. Department of Energy
United Energy Distributors Inc
United Energy
James “Red” Roberts
South Carolina
S.C. Department of Transportation
DOE
Roberts
Nikki Parrish
Parrish
U.S. Congress
United States
America
Toolebeck Road
Philip Lord
Plord
Aikenstandard
New Byrd Elementary to Open During 2006 2007
Aiken County Schools plan to replace Byrd Elementary with a new building to open in the 2006 2007 term. The project shifts from renovation to construction due to budget limits and land constraints. Five other projects would be delayed to finance the new school.
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Rob Novit
Byrd Elementary
Diane Kmiecik
Aiken County
New Byrd Elementary
Graniteville
Rosie Berry
Berry
Kevin Chipman
Allen Mayberry
Gallman
Graniteville Mills
Avondale Mills
Avondale
Gloverville
Ridge Spring-Monetta
North Augusta High School
Silver Bluff High School
Jackson Middle School
Jackson
Nancy Brooks
Mary Lamback
Byrd
Brooks
Jackson water contaminant levels deemed not a public concern
A South Carolina health official says Radium 226 and 228 in two Jackson wells average 8.00 piC per liter, above the 5.00 EPA standard, but pose extremely little hazard. The town is adding a new well and plans another to replace the affected sources, with public notification required if used again.
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Jackson
South Carolina
McRee
Armed robbery trial may conclude today
Aiken man Tyrone Rosales faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the October 29 2002 armed robbery of a BP station on Richland Avenue Closing arguments were set to begin today at the Aiken County Judicial Center Rosales plead not guilty arguing insufficient evidence while two co defendants Kenneth Islar and Kenneth Bussey testified to Rosales planning and aiding the heist
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Aiken
Tyrone Rosales
Colleton Avenue
Aiken County
Everett Chandler
Chandler
Rosales
Kenneth Islar
Kenneth Bussey
Islar
Bussey
Tyrone
Sherri H
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Brunson
Chukker Creek
Williamsburg Street
Barnwell Avenue
Roger LeDuc
Aiken Road
Southside
Whiskey Road
Mall
Dougherty
Iken Standard
J.C. Lexow
Flexow
Stoney
Augusta
Dean
Dean Rosales
Gene Snyder
Snyder
Reginald Lloyd
Floyd Green
Crown Jeweler
FloydandGreene.com
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