Talkback readers weigh in on guns taxes and energy
A TalkBack submission extols stricter gun controls and universal background checks while criticizing senators from South Carolina. It also discusses tax policy, energy projects in Aiken, and antibiotic use, urging solar street lighting and safer bike routes.
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Kite Festival in Aiken Draws Residents to Park
Residents flocked to Citizens Park for the sixth annual Kite Festival hosted by the City of Aiken Parks Department. Live music from Fort Gordon Signal Corps Rock Band accompanied kite flying, inflatables, and car displays by Aiken Horsepower. SPCA Albrecht Center collected book donations for Paws for Reading and showcased dogs up for adoption.
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Silence and Music concert at USC Aiken April 28
The USC Aiken Concert Choir and Master Works Chorale present a pure vocal program featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams Mass in G Minor. Soloists include Rebekkah Nordan Lucy Santos Green Jonathan Hallman and Don Dupee under Joel Scraper. Masterworks soprano Donna Walker notes rehearsal practice since January and the blend of classical with Williams modern works.
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Silence and Music concert at St Pauls Lutheran Church
The program on April 28 at 4 p m features all voice performance by two choirs with intermingling lines and no instruments. Augusta Men’s Chorus will join as special guests. Tickets cost 10 and can be obtained by calling the USC Aiken Etherredge Center at 803 641 3305.
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USC Aiken Professor Maureen Carrigan Wins Trustees Professorship
USC Aiken psychology professor Dr. Maureen Carrigan has been named one of three Carolina Trustee Professors and will receive a $2,000 award from the USC Board of Trustees. The award recognizes her research on how stress and mood influence substance use, including alcohol and tobacco, and its implications for treatment. Carrigan earned her psychology degree in 1991 from St. Joseph's University and completed internships and her PhD at SUNY Binghamton in 1998.
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Aiken and North Augusta Plan May Day Prayer Events
The Aiken National Day of Prayer committee hosts a noon May 2 event at the City Building corner of Laurens Street and Hayne Avenue with an evening observance at 6 45 p.m. at H Odell Weeks Activities Center Music by Gospel Originals and Bless Ed For details contact Roger Rollins 803 640 4689 The North Augusta Mayor hosts the 24th Annual Mayor s Prayer Luncheon May 2 at noon at the North Augusta Community Center Rev Dr John M Younginer Jr will speak Tickets are 12 For information call 803 441 4350.
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