North Augusta Star unveils new broadsheet format
The North Augusta Star marks its 52nd publication as it adopts a broadsheet layout with three sections Sporting Life Life on the River and the A section for news obituaries and opinions New features include Dont get me STARted and new community correspondents Brennan Francois and Kathleen Gibson Readers invited to email comments and contact details provided.
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Kathleen Gibson
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Aiken district near balanced budget with growth and state aid
The Aiken County School District is about 62 158 dollars from balancing its 2006 07 expenditures. Growth and state revenue keep the budget flat without new programs though new costs total about 5 500 000 dollars including teacher pay raises and fringe benefits. The district must raise local spending by over 446 000 dollars per a state formula, but millage increases unlikely.
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Aiken County
Brock Heron
Board of Education
John Bradley
Bradley
Aiken Artist Guild Spring Show Honors Winners at Local Center
Andrew Vincent III won Best in Show for Fifty OClock Shadow at the 2006 Aiken Spring Show held at the Aiken Center for the Arts on Laurens Street. The exhibit runs through April with a public reception on April 20 during Art After Hours. Corinne Kenney earned Best Aiken Scene for My Class Is Next. multiple artists earned first second and third place across painting and sculpture divisions. Mary Alice Lockhart's work also appears in a rear gallery, highlighting her landscape and still life paintings and long career as an oncology nurse.
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Andrew Vincent III
Aiken Artist Guild
Aiken Center For the Arts
Laurens Street
Aiken
Corinne Kenney
Carol Sue Roberts
Caroline Swanson
Myrna Spurrier
Ingrid Hofer
Deborah Tidwell Holtzscheiter
Thad Suits
Christie West
Mary Alice Lockhart
Trish Arnold
Tom Lupensky
Jo Ann King
Frank E. Lustig
Allis Chalmer
John Deere
Miss Sophomore crowned at Silver Bluff High School
Vanesse N Pollock was crowned Miss Sophomore for Silver Bluff High School 2005 2006 on February 4. She is the daughter of Bruce and Gail Pollock Jr of Aiken. Maternal grandparents Bennie and Ruby Perry of Jackson and paternal grandparents Bruce and Lillian Pollock Sr of Aiken.
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Vanesse N. Pollock
Silver Bluff High School
Bruce and
Gail Pollock Jr
Aiken
Bennie and
Ruby Perry
Jackson
Lillian Pollock Sr
Aiken man receives ten year burglary sentence
Charles Jackson, 38, of Aiken, was sentenced to ten years in prison after a jury found him guilty of second degree burglary for breaking into Elvin's on Richland Avenue and stealing a cash register. Fingerprints and blood linked him to the scene. defense argued insufficient evidence. Jackson has a lengthy prior record dating to the 1990s.
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Charles Jackson
Elvin’s
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Jackson
Grant Gibbons
Gibbons
Aaron Walsh
Walsh
Jack Early
Erin Brooks
Ebrooks
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Colorful spring luncheon with Sharon Preston in Aiken
Sharon Preston headlines a Spring rainbow luncheon for the Aiken Christian Women's Club at Woodside Plantation Country Club on Tuesday April 25 at 11 15 a.m. Jaiden Brandt will sing and Martha Cahoon will offer tips on painting hope. The $14 price includes lunch and a free preschool nursery. reservations due by Saturday April 22 with Shirley at 649 6697.
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Sharon Preston
Aiken
Shirley
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