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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 2013
Page
3
Aiken residents ask about future tenants for the new Sam's building and urge more dining and shopping options. The letter also comments on pothole repair, a homeless shelter proposal, and national politics criticizing President and immigration policy with a call to impeach and contrasts current and past scandals.
The letter lauds Dorothy Bishop for picking up litter on Powderhouse Road between Audubon and South Boundary several times weekly. It notes her honesty after she returned a wallet found with money to the police and credits her as a selfless community member, urging litterbugs to do better.
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Jill Wilson and Sally Lamb's 7-year-old gelding Uno, a Wamblood Thoroughbred cross, captured the $1,500 Security Federal Bank Foxhunter Stakes in Aiken South Carolina. Wilson based in Keswick Virginia noted Uno’s versatility across disciplines and praised the technical yet enjoyable course.
Ridge Spring resident Joe Watson celebrated turning 90 with a birthday gathering at his pecan shop The Nut House drawing 2700 invitations. A farm boy in Ridge Spring he recalled helping his father on the family farm and later served in World War II before finishing college at Clemson. Watson married Elizabeth Steadman Betty a Ridge Spring native and plans to keep running his store after his milestone birthday.
USC Aiken celebrated the official opening of its Veteran Student Success Center in Gregg-Graniteville Library with a ribbon cutting, champagne toast, and program at Etherredge Center. Veterans, active duty, and dependents total about 200, with three pillars guiding the center: peer connections on campus, internships and community service, and linking veterans to their military experiences. Congressmen Joe Wilson and Medal of Honor recipient Mike Thornton spoke, and Chancellor Dr. Sandra Jordan highlighted the campus as a military friendly institution.
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