Local donor drive highlights life giving organ pledges
Townsend USC Aiken official and county coroner share personal experiences with organ donation. He recalls a neck injury treated with donated bone allowing quick relief and regained arm function. He notes only two percent of people donate and urges signing donor cards to save lives.
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USC Aiken
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Surgeon lands in Aiken to lead new cardiac program
Dr. Voegele, a board certified cardiothoracic surgeon, will head the ARMC cardiac program in Aiken. Satcher and Will Cole praise the recruitment as a major community gain, noting the physician will live in town. Earlier, two Augusta doctors pulled out, prompting ARMC to pursue the local hire. Voegele has ties to Charleston area hospitals and USC Medical School, with Germany origins and Berkeley Northwestern education.
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Will Cole
Augusta
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Donor support urged amid grief and organ gifting
A speaker stresses organ donation as a way to ease grief and benefit others. She quotes Tomlin on leaving assets behind and urges people to become donors. For more info contact SCOPA at 800 462 0755 or the Medical College of Georgia at 706 721 3411.
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Medical College of Georgia
Duff Beer clash over Simpsons brand stirs court case
Australian brewer South Australian Brewing Co. faces a federal court suit from Fox over using the Duff Beer name made famous by The Simpsons. Matt Groening says the name dates to early episodes, while the brewer claims it derived from market research.
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Australia
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South Australian Brewing Co
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Who
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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp
Aiken Area Christian Women's Club Brunch Speaker Talk
The Aiken Area Christian Women's Club hosts a Happy 21st Birthday brunch on Tuesday April 23 from 9 30 to 11 30 a.m. at the Ramada Inn S C 19 and Interstate 20 featuring Lillian Bosworth of Rome Ga former Atlanta Symphony soloist speaking on finding the correct theme of life with Vicki Rutland as musical guest Reservations are $7 75 with a free nursery and no dues call 648 4722 or 649 1813 brief notices include Ellenton City Council meeting April 22 MOWW meeting April 23 Ming Wah Restaurant Augusta call 648 4140 and gospel singing April 23 7 30 p m at Shaws Fork Baptist Church with Edisto Singers Wagener area call 648 2573.
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Lillian Bosworth
Rome
Atlanta Symphony
Vicki Rutland
MOWW
Ming Wah
Augusta
Charles ‘Thorngate
Shaws Fork Baptist Church
Edisto Singers
Wagener
Earth Day Sparks Partisan Battle Over Hypocrisy
Washington observers note Earth Day has become a political contest as Democrats accuse Republicans of eco-fraud and hypocrisy while GOP leaders condemn the charge. Deb Callahan calls out activist rhetoric as the 26th Earth Day nears and lawmakers clash over environmental policy and election timing.
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League of Conservation Voters
George Miller
D-Calif
Newt Gingrich
Rga
Thomas Bliley
R-Va
House Commerce Committee
Bliley
Environmental Protection Agency
Crime Costs Americans 450 Billion Annually
A comprehensive Justice Department funded survey estimates the annual cost of crime in the United States at 450 billion dollars. It counts out of pocket expenses plus intangible losses from murder, child abuse, domestic violence, and other crimes, noting prisons costs would push the total toward 500 billion. Critics question the intangible cost methodology.
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Discovery of explosives at slain man's home reported
Relatives sorting through Cecil Wayne Renew's belongings found a yellow container marked Sturrey Explosives and a sealed liquid-filled container at his Muddy Branch Road home. Investigators say the compound, a two-part explosive, is dangerous when combined, but not when separate. Raymond Day, of Trenton, is jailed on the murder charge, with officials noting no current link to the death.
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Cecil Wayne Renew
Renew
Muddy Branch Road
Raymond Edward Day
Trenton
Sheriff's Deputies
Sturrey
SLED
Hugh Munn
Munn
Aiken County
Police Blotter Report Of Vandalism And Robbery
Vandalism occurred in Wal Mart parking lot with a shattered driver door window causing about 70 dollars in damage. A break in on Independence Boulevard featured ripped window screen pried open entry and theft of jewelry electronics and a 2 gauge shotgun. An armed robbery on a Wednesday in Alken involved a white male and female forcing a woman to Boy Scout Camp Road, firing a handgun into the air.
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Indpendence Boulevard
Alken
Aiken
Grani
Boy Scout Camp Road
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