Share Your Celebrity Sightings With Aiken Standard
Readers are invited to submit photos of encounters with celebrities including actors athletes and political figures. Include the celebrity name date and a short story of the sighting. Email editorial aikenstandard com or mail to P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802. For details call Michael Gibbons at 644 2381.
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Donald
Nelly
Aiken Standard
Oprah
Tom
Mariah
Aikenstandard.com
P.O. Box
Aiken
Michael Gibbons
Master Gardener Spring Conference Opens in Aiken
The Aiken Master Gardener Organiza tion hosts a three day event titled Horticulture History and High Society at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts from Thursday to Saturday. Experts discuss new gardening techniques antebellum gardens and historical landscape styles with tours of Winter Colony gardens. Hopeland Gardens hosts mini sessions on container planting camellias orchids and garden hints with a twilight dinner and big band concert. For group discounts contact Vickie Browder at 644 5677 or visit Clemson University’s Aiken MG page.
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Aiken
Aiken Master Gardener Organization
Washington Center For the Performing Arts
Hopeland Gardens
Vickie Browder
Bellsouth
Clemson.edu
Aiken WalkAmerica Tops Fundraising Goal
The March of Dimes WalkAmerica in Aiken exceeded its goal by raising $70,000 to support research education and community programs to prevent premature births. Newman Technologies led with over $11,000 while Claudia Farrell of Metro Paper raised more than $1,000. sponsors included Bank of America Regions Bank and Publix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Dimes
WalkAmerica Aiken
Newman Technologies
Doug Haley
WalkAmerica
Aiken
Clark Bruner
Palmetto
March of
Willis Irvin on Display During Tour
Ed Cleckley recalls Willis Irvin, prominent architect, with ties to Aiken and Augusta. The tour features 40 Aiken sites and 80 plus in Augusta including churches and hotels. Notable clients included Robert R. McCormick and William Zeigler’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Irvin
Ed Cleckley
Aiken
Powell Hardware Store
Cleckley
Cas
Augusta
South Carolina
West Palm Beach
Fla
M. Irvin
U.S.A
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
William Zeigler
Bill Wood
New York Stock Exchange
Green Boundary
Whiskey Road
Lila
Lilagroup
Aiken Pregnancy Care Center Banquet and Related Events
The Aiken Pregnancy Care Center hosts its annual fundraising banquet Thursday from 7 to 9 pm at Town Creek Baptist Church with keynote speaker Dr. Oran P. Smith of Palmetto Family Council, live music by Stephanie Brantley and Bobby Dunn & Friends, catered by New Holland Mennonites. Also Thursday a thyroid diseases talk by MCG center 7 to 8:30 pm at Radisson Riverfront Augusta. call 706 721 6100 to reserve. The Aiken County Public Library offers Explore Fun With Science on Thursday at 4 pm for grades 1–5. call 642-7585 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Pregnancy Care Center
Town Creek Baptist Church
Oran P. Smith
Palmetto Family Council
Stephanie Brantley
Bobby Dunn
A.C
Aiken County
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Aiken WalkAmerica
Karen
Kdaily
Contributed By
Willis Irvin JR
Tles
America
Irvin
Guthern Plumbing & Electrical, Inc
Gouthern Plumbing & Electrical, Inc
Erin Brooks
MCG
Southeastern Thyroid/Parathyroid Center
Radisson River
Front
Medical Directory
MrCentral.com
Ltd. Services
Lennox
Toupen - Sa
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