Staples to open a new deep-discount store in Aiken
Staples, a large deep-discount office superstore, will open at 933 Pine Log Road in the Village at Whiskey Road, south Aiken. The 26,555 square foot former Winn-Dixie site will offer office supplies, school materials, business machines, furniture, computers and related gear with corporate and personal credit options. A private preview for business managers is planned for Tuesday April 22.
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South Aiken
Staples
Westorough
Mass
Pine Log Road
Whiskey Road
Winn-Dixie
Stock quotes and closing prices as of April 14 1997
The report lists closing prices for leading stocks including BellSouth Coca-Cola DuPont General Motors IBM McDonalds NationsBank Owens Corning SCANA Westinghouse and others. Closing data provided by Kennet Wiland of Robinson Humphrey Smith Barney.
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BellSouth
Carolina First
Coca-Cola
DuPont
Pord
General Motors
IBM
Kimberly-Clark
McDonalds
NationsBank
Owens-Corning
Scana Massachovia
Westinghouse
Kennet Wiland
Robinson- Humphrey/Smith Barney
Aiken Rotary hears donor card mailing claim and local book booth
Randy Davis announced at the Aiken Rotary Club that organ donor cards would be mailed with future IRS tax returns. Fans can find novels by Leslie Charteris and books from The Saint at the Aiken Antique Mall on Laurens Street in a booth selling books and magazines.
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Aiken
Correction LPNs meet Thursday
A corrected meeting notice states the Licensed Practical Nurse Association will hold its next gathering on Thursday April 17 at 7 pm in dining room C at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Guest speaker is Dr. Henry Chou, chief psychiatrist of Aiken Barnwell Mental Health. Contact Luerine Green or Donna Saunderson for details.
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Lpns
Licensed
Practical Nurse Association
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Henry Chou
Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health
Luerine Green
Donna Saunderson
Bike Officers Learn How To Take A Fall
The Aiken Department of Public Safety mountain bike patrols host a Basic Police Mountain Bike School for officers from around the state. Instructors, all ADPS members, teach patrol techniques nutrition mechanics and off road riding while stressing safe falling techniques and ongoing practice.
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Aiken
Edwards
Odenthal
Union Public Safety
Myrtle Beach
Summerville
Johnston
South Carolina State Campus
Coast Carolina University Public Safety
Trident College Public Safety
Greenville
South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy
Aiken County Sheriff's Office
ADPS
Spartanburg
Aiken 20/20 funds await plan for school endowment
About $320,000 donated to Aiken 20/20 and GALEF, initially for a new district office in the old Belk building, sits in a contingency fund. The district bought another site near Aiken Mall and, while pledges continue, organizers seek to redirect the money to educational use. The district’s new 50,000 square foot facility on Brookhaven Drive cost $2.1 million, replacing the old Edgefield Avenue building.
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Aiken 20/20
Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation
Belk
Kalmia Mall
Aiken Mall
20/20
Kalmia Hill
John Cunningham
Aiken
20/20 board of trustees
Aiken County
Tom Clark
GALEF
Brookhaven Drive
Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
Edgefield Avenue
Couple opens funeral home in Aiken South Carolina
Mitch Rivers and wife Erin plan Rivers Funeral Home at 715 Pine Log Road East opening mid June. Both bring years in the industry and strong SC ties with church membership, three children, and plans for traditional and cremation services plus advanced planning.
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Curtis Mitchell
Mitch
Erin
Rivers
George Funeral Home
Platt
Augusta
Aiken
Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science
Atlanta
South Carolina Funeral Directors Association
Rotary Club
St. Angela Academy
New England Institute
Boston
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Sydney
Cam
Clark
Rivers Funeral Home
Aiken Community Playhouse Seeks Seats Donors
ACP plans to replace 150 seats after this season with chairs funded by donations of 50 dollars each. Donors receive a metal engraved plate on the chair arm and can honor or memory a relative or friend. All funding comes from the local community with no outside grants.
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Aiken
ACP
Marine
Community playhouse to honor three former members with chairs
ACP volunteers arranged three seats honoring Donald Norton Bruce Hancock and Bea Bowman all longtime playhouse workers. Anyone wishing to donate a chair may send a gift to Aiken Community Playhouse PO Box 125 Aiken 29802. For more details call Marine at 648 8440.
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ACP
Donald Norton
Bruce Hancock
Beatrice
Bea) Bowman
Marine
Aiken Community
New Ellenton faces preliminary ruling on mayor's dual role
Assistant Attorney General Paul Koch says state law may bar mayor Paul Parker from serving as code enforcement officer while also holding the mayor's post. The informal opinion, in a letter to Councilman Greg Carmack, follows challenges from former Police Chief Norman Strader over the Nov 5 election.
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New Ellenton
Aiken
Paul Koch
Greg Carmack
Koch
Paul Parker
Martin Posey
Charlie Condon
Norman Strader
Parker
Strader
Francis Draine
Council
Carmack
Mayor Parker
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