DENMARK â âLegacy of Leadership, Learning, and Loveâ was the theme for the Eta Gamma Sigma chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.âs virtual Mother-Daughter Scholarship Brunch held on Saturday, March 15. The program honored mothers and leaders in the chapterâs service communities.
Hazel Rickenbacker, the financial secretary for the Delta Chi Sigma chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., Orangeburg, served as the mistress of ceremonies. She was presented to the virtual audience by Christine Simpkins-Holman, a member of the local chapter. Other members of the chapter on the program were Barbara Brewer, chaplain, who rendered the invocation; Dianna Davis-Bailey, the historian, greeted the guests; and Sharmiece Patterson, a newly inducted member, delivered the occasion.
 This article is No. 5: The Savannah River Site plutonium settlement.
The single largest legal settlement in South Carolina history was reached in 2020, the culmination of years of litigation and weeks of high-wire dealmaking.
And it explicitly involved the Savannah River Site, Aikenâs nuclear neighbor.
In late August, the Palmetto State and the Department of Energy unveiled a landmark accord; terms of the deal included a DOE promise to remove from South Carolina 9.5 metric tons of plutonium by 2037 â years ahead of prior projections â and an upfront $600 million payment from the Trump administration.
âThe Trump administration is committed to tackling our nationâs toughest challenges where previous administrations have failed,â Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette said at a Statehouse ceremony, âincluding the removal and disposal of Cold War-era plutonium from the state of South Carolina.â
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The Aiken City Council will discuss at a special-called meeting Tuesday potential changes to the future city headquarters, including a parking-garage connector, suggesting a downtown parking structure remains in the cards.
A walkway linking a renovated Regions Bank building along Chesterfield Street and a nearby garage could cost $750,000, according to documents circulated Friday. The estimated price tag â perhaps prohibitive â includes design and construction. A similar span in Augusta was referenced, the documents show.
Erecting a parking garage in the cityâs downtown shopping-and-dining district is neither a new idea nor a noncontroversial one. Years ago, for example, a garage was floated for the corner of Richland Avenue and Newberry Street, down the street from Hotel Aiken. That never came to fruition.