Blue Ribbon Day highlights child abuse awareness in Aiken
Local agencies including Public Safety, Children's Place, and Aiken Barnwell Mental Health Association join the Aiken County Teacher Forum in wearing blue ribbons during Child Abuse Prevention Month. Peggy Ford of Children's Place notes abuse harms the community, linking maltreatment to mental illness, teen pregnancy, higher arrest rates, and more high school dropouts.
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Public Safety, Children’s Place
Aiken Barnwell Mental Health Association
Peggy Ford
Children’s Place
Rotary to host wine tasting fundraiser in May
The Downtown Aiken Rotary Club plans its second annual wine tasting on May 17 at the Aiken Municipal Conference Center. A silent auction and a 6:30 p.m. start will run about three hours to raise funds for local student scholarships. The club honored Silver Bluff High seniors Matthew Rutz Eddie Bryant and Monique Taylor as scholarship recipients, with Jim Glenn presiding and meetings at Newry Hall Thursdays at 2:30 p.m.
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Aiken Municipal Conference Center
New Ellenton
Silver Bluff High School
Matthew Rutz
Eddie Bryant
Monique Taylor
Jim Glenn
Newry Hall
People’s Community Reports First Quarter Earnings Rise
People’s Community announced Friday that net income from operations in the first quarter was 3161,787 or 17 cents per share. Earnings for the first three months rose about $57,000 from the same period in 2000, up 55 percent. A bank spokesman noted total assets reached $66.9 million, up 8 percent from the prior quarter and 21 percent from a year ago.
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People’s Community
Spunked Dana Dimsdale Celebrates Third Transplant Birthday
Dana Dimsdale, a 13 year old North Augusta Middle School student, survived leukemia after a bone marrow transplant on March 25, 1998. Her family faced multiple donor matches before a perfect match succeeded, marking her blood cell recovery nine days post transplant and a celebrated new birthday each year.
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Dana Dimsdale
Dana
North Augusta Middle School
Debbie Vaughn
Philadelphia
Chris Kine
North Augusta
Dimsdales
North Augusta to honor teachers with April 26 celebration
Area 2 educators will be feted at a 1950s themed Teacher Appreciation Celebration on April 26 from 6 to 8 PM at North Augusta Country Club. The event, now in its 12th year, features a band Johnny Hensley and The Red Hots, dancing, games, and hors d oeuvres. Retiring teachers will be recognized and 25-year service awards announced. Mayor Lark Jones will issue a proclamation naming April 26 Teacher Appreciation Day.
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North Augusta
Area 2
Nancy Smith
Smith
Lark Jones
Aiken County Volunteer Fair Set For April 28 At Mall
The first Aiken County Volunteer Fair will be held at the Aiken Mall April 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. in National Volunteer Week. Forty two local agencies will have tables with information. Entertainment includes clowns, bagpipes, cloggers, dancers and praise groups. Public safety vehicles and the K9 Unit will be on display. Face painting and door prizes featured. The event is organized by the 2001 class of Leadership Aiken County.
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Aiken County
Aiken Mall
Redistricting Moves Across South Carolina Legislature
Legislators sorted redistricting plans in Columbia as the House and Senate prepare maps after the 2000 Census. Key shifts affect Rep. Bill Clyburn and Rep. Don Smith, with partial county line crossings and a likely August approval after a looming lottery and budget session. A separate Senate forum at Aiken Technical College will discuss 2001 reapportionment, inviting voters from Allendale to Saluda counties.
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James Roland Smith
Langley
House
Columbia
State House
Senate
Congress
Smith
Merriwether
Edgefield County
Clyburn
Charles Sharpe
R-Wagener
Sharpe
Orangeburg
Don Smith
North Augusta
Skipper Perry
Aiken
Bill
Meriwether
Rep
South Carolina
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People’s Bank
Pugs
Pry Britar
Amber
Lisa Thomas
Sheran Proctor
Johnny Shaw
Thomas
Mardi
Tucker
Man. Smith
Centre South
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