Aiken Community Event Week Highlights and Notes
Sunday features the 86th Aiken Horse Show at Hitchcock Woods Show Grounds and a performance of Working at O’Connell Theatre. Monday hosts the Aiken AARP meeting at South Aiken Presbyterian Church with America’s working class referenced in nightly listings.
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Aiken
Hitchcock Woods
South Aiken Presbyterian Church
Whiskey Ra
America
O'Connell Theatre
Etherredge
Center
Commission of Public Works
New Ellenton
South Main Street
Monetta Drive-In Clerk Robbed At Gunpoint
Aiken County Sheriff's Office reports a masked man robbed the Monetta Drive-In clerk at 5822 Columbia Highway Friday near 10 p.m. He handed a note demanding money and fled in a car, described as a black male, 5 feet 8 inches, 150 pounds, blue shirt, gray pants, bandana. Call (803) 922-9708 or Crime Stoppers at (866) 88-CRIME with tips.
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Moneta Drive-In
Monetta Drive-In
Columbia Highway
Aiken County
Sheriff's Office
Michael Frank
Fank
Aiken
City of Character April Trait Creativity Highlighted
Aiken names Creativity as the character trait of the month for April, spotlighting imaginative actions and expressive civic spirit in the community program.
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Aiken
S C Lottery Results and Apology for Late Draws
Saturday lottery readouts for Pick 3 and Cash 3 show midday and evening numbers with several misprints. Cash 4 midday appears as 6.0 1 9, and a note explains last two drawings were not waited for due to time change. An apology to subscribers follows.
NAACP Freedom Fund dinner and community events notice
Contact 648 6963 to schedule an appointment. NAACP 21st annual Freedom Fund dinner at Mt Anna Baptist Church Family Life Center on Banks Mill Road Saturday. Also a child safety program at 11 a.m. at Aiken County Public Library. Committee to Elect George L Brighthorp to Congress meeting. For announcements mail to Aiken Standard events, PO Box 456, Aiken, SC 29602, fax 803 648 6052 or call newsroom 803 648 2311.
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Freedom Fund
Mt. Anna Baptist Church
Family Life Center
Banks Mill Road
Aiken County
Aiken
S.C
Leavelle McCampbell Hosts Spring Arts Festival
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School held its third annual spring arts festival on Thursday night. Parents toured three floors viewing nearly 400 pieces of student art and enjoying performances by the wind ensemble, combined chorus, and guest actor impressionist Bill Oberst who presented a Tribute to Lewis Grizzard. Oberst conducted a weeklong workshop, with students sharing poems or songs that moved them and discussing how language creates lasting impressions.
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Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
Bill Oberst
Rita Crozier
Oberst
Mark Twain
John F Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr
Lewis Grizzard
Leavelle McCampbell
Crozier
Twain
King, Kennedy
Shakespeare
Ridge Spring-Monetta HS Third Quarter Honor Roll Released
Ridge Spring Monetta High School and St Mary Help of Christians School publish third quarter honor roll lists. Names span multiple grades including All A students Victoria Freeman and Amanda McKinney, with many B and honor roll qualifiers such as Shannon D Anderson and Latoya Smith.
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Ridge
Monetta HS
Monetta High School
Shannon D Anderson
Marco A. Casas Jimenez
Jennifer Coleman
Tina Driggers
Diedra Gibson
Kirby Jerry
Robyn Maroney
Daniel Montesdecca
Angie Nicholas
Catina Oakman
Wilfred Raiford
Tarrance Samuels
Shevonne Sullivan
Robin Wright
Latoya Culbreath
Paula Duches
Daniel Hartley
St. Mary Help of Christians
Mary Help of Christian School
Nicholas DeLoache
Alex Amrick
David Tisler
John ‘Truesdell
Will Connor Frei
Cara Mayberry
Elizabeth ‘McIntyre
Jessica Ray
Michael Stoner
Blake Yoder
Undefined historical notice from 19th century office hours
FragmentedOCR summary notes office hours 830 am to 530 pm Monday to Friday. Mentions 1ME AIKEN STANDAND and postal service style details. Contains garbled dates and addresses with references to postmaster and box numbers.
Portraits of the Past call for old Aiken County photos
Aiken County researchers seek historic images and identifications. Readers with photos or information should contact Melisa Hanna at 648-2311 ext 229 to share or help document the faces and places from the community's history.
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Aiken County
Melisa Hanna
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