Aiken Artist Guild Names Show Winners
The Aiken Artist Guild spring show at USC Aiken crowned Barbara Cheatham with best of show for watercolor and Teresa Harper with the Gus Lehman tree award for pencil. Blue ribbon winners included Gail Dedman, Dianne Feaster, Millie Gott, Doris Miller, Barry Tompkins, and Teresa Harper. Red ribbon honorees were Wanda Carstarphen, Bill Colgate, Don Fisher, Ruth Ravasz, Barbara Cheatham, Erna Leone, Phil Permar, Joan Simmons, and Mary Toole across media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Artist Guild
Blue Ribbon
Mildred Gott
Doris Miller
Dianne Feaster
Gail Dedmon
Teresa Harper
Phil Jones
USC Aiken
Barbara Cheatham
Gus Lehman
Gail Dedman
Millie Gott
Barry Tompkins
Wanda Carstarphen
Bill
Aiken and North Augusta Chambers Review State County Highlights
The joint council meeting covered state legislative highlights led by Sen. Tommy Moore and county actions led by Carrol Warner. Topics included blue laws, USC Aiken funding, school district research, budgeting, hiring freezes, and local zoning disputes. Mayors and chamber presidents spoke on growth, services, and yearlong achievements.
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Aiken
N.A. Chambers
North Augusta
Sen. Moore
Senate
Usc Aiken
Aiken County
Carrol Warner
Hastings Wyman
Wyman
Tom Greene
Pro
Joint Council
North Augusta Country Club
Eight Arrested After Two Drug Raid Homes Confiscate Chemicals
Early morning raids on two Clearwater and Belvedere homes led to eight arrests on charges ranging from marijuana possession to possession of controlled substances and cocaine. Authorities seized laboratory equipment and chemicals used for producing methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDA, with bond set at $97,833 total.
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Aiken County
Carrol Heath
Clearwater
William Harold Futch
Heath
Belvedere
Noah Gerald Newman
Futch
Newman
John Chris Paulos
Augusta
Virginia Lynn Wylie
Thomson
Angela Lucas Rainwater
Robyne Cauthen Futch
David Lynwood Rainwater
Silver Bluff II Regional Rodeo Winners Named
Silver Bluff High School won the Regional School Bus Rodeo beating Aiken High by four points. Eleventh grader Roger Martin drove for SBHS, with peers Pat Baxley and Robert L. Stallings as bus patrols. Aiken High’s Edgar Turner led, with Delores Brown and Mark Cutts as patrols. Counties participating included Aiken Barnwell Bamberg Edgefield and Saluda. State title awaits May 4 at the Columbia Fairgrounds with $500 to the driver and $100 to each patrol.
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Silver Bluff High School
Pat Kellar
SBHS
Aiken High School
Roger Martin
Pat Baxley
Robert L. Stallings
Edgar Turner
AHS
Delores Brown
Mark Cutts
Aiken
Barnwell
Bamburg
Edgefield
Saluda
Fairgrounds
Columbia
The
South Carolina Association For Pupil Transportation
More Deputies Needed in Graniteville Car Wash Vandalism Case
Graniteville Car Wash owner Alton Norris calls for more deputy presence after theft and vandalism since 1978. He recounts coin box thefts, a damaged money changer, and repeated lock-cutting on vacuums, noting the car wash is the only facility between Aiken and Gloverville and hoping to reopen soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graniteville
Alton Norris
Norris
Sheriff's Department
Judy
Aiken
Gloverville
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Silver Bluff
Strom Thurmond High School
Ginny Southworth
Mary Anne Browder
Park Avenue
S.E. Aiken
Starnes Deli
Laurens
Curtis Mathes
Reutine
TVS
Stereos
Curtis Home
NT Center
Whiskey
Eckerds
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