Rotary club raises library funds with birthday donations
Sunrise Rotary Club members donated over nine months totaling 800 dollars to the Aiken County Public Library for new books. Library manager Roderick Lee said the roof will be replaced with a leak free tin roof after bidding. March circulation was strong and the summer reading program will kick off with about 350 to 400 children each year reading around 20 000 books.
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Aiken County
Sunrise Rotary Club
Andrew Marine
Roderick Lee
Marine
Rotary
Harriett Skinner
Aiken County Public Library
Lee
Kmart Partners with March of Dimes for WalkAmerica
Kmart stores in South Carolina will host a one day car wash fundraiser from 9 AM to 3 PM to support March of Dimes WalkAmerica. Cars wash for 5 dollars and shoppers can buy a WalkAmerica paper shoe for 1 dollar. In 2000 Kmart nationwide raised 4.6 million dollars for WalkAmerica. Local efforts in South Carolina raised 58 thousand dollars last year. The fundraiser funds research and programs to prevent premature births and protect babies. The South Carolina Chapter reports over seven hundred thousand dollars in research grants and community services.
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Aiken County
March of Dimes,o
South Carolina
Walkamerica
Kmart Nationwide
March of Dimes
South Carlina
March of Dimesa
Aiken
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Carolina Dog status gains focus at Downtown Aiken Rotary
The Downtown Aiken Rotary Club hosted speaker Billy Morgan Benton who highlighted Carolina Dogs as friendly, agile, and healthy with direct bloodlines to ancient tribal dogs. He brought an adult dog and two puppies to showcase the breed among members at Newberry Hall where the club meets weekly.
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Aiken
Billy Morgan Benton
North America
Benton
Ridge Spring
Newberry Hall
Jim Glenn
South Aiken orienteering team wins national runners up
South Aiken High School Orienteering Team earns second place overall at the Orienteering Nationals held at Elk Neck State Park Maryland over a weekend. The A team is second among high school varsity and overall divisions while the B team finishes second in high school junior varsity.
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South Aiken
Richard Barnes
Elk Neck State Park
Maryland
Court to settle surveyor's bill for North Augusta work
A long running dispute between North Augusta and surveyor Tony L Carr Sr. and Associates Inc. is in court over unpaid work on the city's GIS mapping project. Filed March 15 by attorney Laurie A Salley III the suit seeks 18925 plus fees and costs. City officials received notice last week and have 30 days to respond with a 30 day extension request.
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North Augusta
Laurie A. Salley III
Lexington
Tony L. Carr Sr
Kevin Blayton
Blayton
Carr
Kelly Zier
Zier
Heins to Speak at Lifelong Learning Event at USCA
Dr. Richard Heiens of the University of South Carolina Aiken will present for the Academy for Lifelong Learning on April 20. The lecture at noon in Room 112 Penland Building covers science literature international relations history and art. Call 641 3288 for details.
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Richard Heiens
University of South Carolina Aiken
Academy For Lifelong Learning
USCA
Penland Administration
Washington Group reshuffles executives in broad makeover
John Lee becomes president of TRU Solutions in Carlsbad New Mexico replacing Henry Herrera who moves to Savannah River Site to support the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The parent company Washington Group oversees Westinghouse Savannah River Company managing much of SRS work. The move aligns with DOE national transuranic waste program requirements.
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Herrera
Washington Group
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Washington Group International
John Lee
Henry Herrera
TRU Solutions
Carlsbad
Savan
Nah River
US Defense Threat Reduction Agency
TRU
Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
SRS. A
Fine
Department of Energy
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