Savannah River Site 50th Anniversary – 2000 Calendar
March 2000
Press Conference at Aiken County Museum
Premiere of SRS Traveling Exhibit
18th – Presentation of SRS Cup at Aiken Triple Crown
Essay Contests – Area Middle and High Schools
April 2000
1st – Ecological Tour: “Carolina Bays”
29th – Beech Island Heritage Day
May 2000
Ecological Tour: “Upper Three Runs Creek”
7th – Dunbarton Reunion
17th – Technical Symposium
June 2000
9th through July 10th – Women in Science Exhibit, Aiken Center for the Arts
10th – Ecological Tour: Ecosystems of the Savannah River Site
11th – Ellenton Reunion
19th – Opening of Exhibit at Fort Discovery
July 2000
29th – Ecological Tour: “Coal: Problems and Solutions”
September 2000
9th and 23rd – Public Tours of the Savannah River Site
16th and 17th – Employee/Retiree Family Tours of SRS
8th through 10th – Etherredge Center: “I Don’t Live There Anymore”
October 2000
Designation of SRS on the National Register of Historic Places
14th – Ecological Tour: “Ecologist for a Day”
November 2000
28th – Community-Wide Celebration – Augusta Riverwalk
(USC Aiken Concert with Aiken/Augusta Symphony)
(Remarks from Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson)
28th – Reunion of former residents of Ellenton, Dunbarton, and Meyers Mill
28th – Banquet with Edward Teller Lecture Series