Peach Blossom Festival draws crowds despite cold Johnston event
Crowds braved 40s temperatures for Johnston's 24th Peach Blossom Festival guiding along downtown streets for a parade. Jaycees report strong turnout with wallets opening for funnel cakes and hot drinks as the Fantasic Shakers prepared to headline the finale dance.
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Johnston Town
Johnston
Dean Campbell
The
Johnston Jaycees
Billy Miller
Chan Rearden
Melva Huffstetler
Conyers
Easter parade boosts Aiken SPCA awareness
The SPCA Easter Parade in Aiken drew dog owners and volunteers including eight horse drawn carriages and several floats. A pet adoption fair followed at Newberry Street festival center with food, face painting, an Easter bonnet contest and microchipping.
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SPCA
Park Avenue
Union Street
Aiken Driving Club
Laurens
Aiken
David Stinson
Aiken High School Jrotc
Aiken Spca
Newberry Street Festival Center
Rosey
Phyllis Black Sorensen
Rosey Sorensen
Spca Thrift Shop
Aikenspea.org
STAR volunteers train at Hopeland Farm for riders program
STAR Riding and Driving Inc hosts a volunteer training session at Hopeland Farm led by coordinator Kerri Creamer. Prospective volunteers learn about horse student matching, responsibilities, and program goals while expressing enthusiasm to help students and animals.
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Star Riding and Driving, Inc
Star Riding
Kerri Creamer
Hopeland Farm
Laurie Fix
Kerri
Sion
Linda Bourbeau
Creamer
Banks Mill Rd
Aiken
Starriding.org
Ben Baugh
Scots Celebrate Tartan Festival At Aiken Community Event
The St Andrews Society of Aiken held a tartan festival at Richland Avenue and Newberry Street with banners, booths on genealogy and the Highland Games, and a noon Scottish dance. The event drew locals curious about Scottish ancestry and noted the 1998 National Tartan Day origin.
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Scotland
Richland Avenue
Newberry Street
St. Andrews Society
David Nicholas
John Heaton
Dixie
Gordon Lewis
Geordie
Debra Grimet
Doug
Sue Cassidy
Lakavage
Bill McCullough
Bill
Aiken
Columbia
U.S. Congress
State Museum
Dixie Lewis
St. Andrews Society of Aiken
Standrewssocietyofiaken
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Denise Myers
Batesburg
Joyce Woods
Myers
Patricia
Woods
Cindy Leagin
Haley Hughes
Alana Turner
Peter Cottontail
Suzanne Stone
STAR
Joan Stevens
Suzanner
Stone
Freddie Jones
Sue Ellis
Tiger Woods
Tagheuer Com
Floyd Green
Aitken
Odelia
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