Aiken Kite Festival Draws Crowds at Citizens Park
Citizens Park hosted the fifth annual Aiken Kite Festival with clear skies and light winds. Participants displayed mini to large kites as the Suburban Atlanta Kite Enthusiasts performed demonstrations. The City of Aiken Parks Recreation and Tourism offered on-site diamond shaped kites for sale while prize drawings and food added to the family friendly event.
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Kite Festival Amuses Aiken Families With Big Kites
Photos from the Kite Festival on pages 7A 8A 9A and 10A show a family friendly community event sponsored by the city recreation department Palmetto Kiwanis Club Suburban Atlanta Kite Enthusiasts the Lobster Race Security Federal the Aiken SPCA Applebee s WKSX 92 7 FM Aiken Motors Coca Cola and Jim Hanna s Custom Apparel. SAKE member Harlan Groover notes the growing festival with a variety of kites including a large display while Tim DeTroye shares his purple dragon kite with daughters Dani and Mia. The event features a DJ inflatables a rock climbing wall and a motorcycle cruise in. Suzanne Stone reports for the Aiken Standard.
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Couple develops GPS based 911 alert app eMERGE
Aiken couple Tony and Carla Williams created the eMERGE app to share a caller’s GPS location with emergency responders and a chosen list of 10 friends and family. The $1.99 tool sends a text that says I am in an emergency and provides location details.
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eMERGE 911 alert app debuts in March for emergency location sharing
The eMERGE 911 alert application offers GPS based location sharing by calling local 911 and text messaging designated contacts. Aiken attorney Jim Verenes praises it after recounting a six hour fall in a downtown parking lot and notes its potential utility and costs. Karen Daily, USC graduate and longtime crime reporter for the Aiken Standard, has covered the paper since 2001.
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Fort Gordon soldiers aid Gaston Livery restoration effort
A group from Fort Gordon’s Signal Basic Officer Leader Course joined volunteers from the Aiken County Historical Museum to restore the Gaston Livery. They tore out interior walls, landscaped, repaired a barn door, and built an old-style kiln, aiming to leave a lasting community impact.
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