Robert Arnold named chief nurse executive at East Central Regional Hospital
Robert Arnold is appointed chief nurse executive at East Central Regional Hospital and director of Mental Health Partnerships at Georgia Health Sciences University College of Nursing. He will direct mental health nursing services at ECRH and work with Dr. Deborah Nating on a strategic plan to recruit and retain nurses and promote the ECRH GHSU inter professional partnership at state and national levels.
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Robert Arnold
East Central Regional Hospital
Georgia Health Sciences University College of Nursing
Arnold
ECRH
Deborah Nating
GHSU
College of Nursing
Herbold Wins Two South Carolina Press Awards
USC Aiken junior Melanie Herbold won two South Carolina Press Association honors in the collegiate under 5 000 division for Pacer Times articles. She earned second place in news and third in feature. She is the daughter of Keith and Rita Herbold of Aiken.
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Melanie Herbold
South Carolina Press Association
Bill Rogers
USC Aiken
USCA
Pacer Times
Keith and
Rita Herbold
Aiken
Cadet OFFICERS Named for USC Navy ROTC Command
Ryan Wisz, former South Aiken High School NAROTC commander, will be battalion commanding officer for USC Navy ROTC next semester. Another former South Aiken cadet and USC student, Mark Hissner, was Alpha company commander last semester.
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Ryan Wisz
South Aiken
University of South Carolina
South Aikien
USC
Mark Hissner
Lance Corporal Payton Douglas Completes Training in California
Lance Corporal Payton A. Douglas completed pre deployment training at Twenty Nine Palms California on March 26. He was born in Aiken and is a 2011 Lawton High School graduate. Douglas is the son of Portland Frame of North Augusta and nephew of Bill and Susan Cole of Windsor. He is a Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma member and brother of Philip Gleason of Aiken.
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Payton A. Douglas
Twenty- Nine Palms
Calif
Aiken
Lawton High School
Lawton
Oklo
Douglas
Portland Frame
North Augusta
Bill
Susan Cole
Windsor
Philip Gleason
Oklahoma
Area 1 faces ongoing school bus driver shortages
Area 1 which serves Aiken and nearby neighborhoods remains short five regular drivers with supervisors and staff filling routes. Transportation director Maria McClure notes long term issues though several candidates are in training for upcoming classes in April May and July. A late pickup incident involving an elementary student was the first since before Christmas, though chronic delays persist on some routes.
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Sharon Harris
Area 1 Public Schools
Area 1
Aiken
Harris
Maria McClure
McClure
District seeks bus drivers as shortage hits on time goals
Maria McClure explains the district prioritizes on time student transport despite driver shortages. Bus drivers start at 10.71 dollars per hour with partial cost covered by the State Department of Education and district supplements. Interested applicants may call Candy Hayes at 593-7123.
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McClure
S.C. of Education
Candy Hayes
Conference for child care workers slated for Saturday
Dozens of child care providers in Aiken County will attend the sixth Early Care and Education Conference at USC Aiken on Saturday. The event features breakout sessions, a keynote by Marcia Nash, and a posthumous Children’s Champion award for Jones Bowen.
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Aiken County
USC Aiken
Aiken County First Steps
USCA
United Way Success By Six
Children’s Place
S.C. Center For
Nash
Jones Bowen
Tri-Development
Bowen
Stephanie
First Steps
Jones
Aiken County Firefighters Sponsor Barbecue Fundraiser
The Aiken County Firefighters Association hosts a barbecue fundraiser April 28 from noon to 5 pm at Montmorenci Fire Department Highway 78 Montmorenci to send members of the Aiken Public Safety Color Guard and Officer Richardson's shift to National Law Enforcement Day in Washington DC. Meals include barbecue chicken and pork with sides and dessert. carryout only with delivery to EMS law enforcement hospital staff. Tickets $10 one meat three sides dessert $12 two meats three sides dessert available at Fatz Cafe Pine Log Road and from the Firefighters Association.
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Aiken County Firefighters Association
Aiken Public Safety Color Guard
Richardson
Washington, D.C
Montmorenci
Highway 78
EMS
Fatz Cafe
Pine Log Road
The
Firefighters Association
McMillan Pazdan Smith chosen to design county animal shelter
McMillan Pazdan Smith will design the Aiken County Animal Shelter after a unanimous County Council vote. Friends of the Animal Shelter and the county revised a memorandum of understanding guiding funding and architectural services. The project, funded internally at 1.5 million with 100,000 from FOTAS, aims to double the size of the existing 5,000 square foot facility and improve animal safety, health, and operations.
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McMillan Pazdan Smith
Aiken County
Friends of the Animal Shelter
County Council
Fotas
Brian Sanders
Jennifer Miller
Miller
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S.C. Press Awards
Wisz
Aiken High
Tyler Bechtel
Thomas Pope
Business & Education
University Parkway
McMillan Pardan Smith
South Carolina
May Royal Drive
Wire Road
Lower Savannah
Kathy Rawls
Rawls
New Aiken County
Iporky Bradberry
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