Playwright attends opening night of local romance
The South Carolina premiere of Taking a Chance on Love at the ACP Playhouse drew playwright C. Robert Jones to the audience. Jones praised the hometown welcome as cast, crew, and director Collette Miller spoke of the thrill and boost to morale. Performances run tonight and through May 2 with tickets via the ACP box office.
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City gears up for fifth Earth Day in Aiken
The city hosts an Earth Day event at Hopelands Gardens Saturday from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. with about 12 vendors and 25 exhibitors on water conservation. Tim Coakley notes 18 million gallons used daily by residents. drought statuses in Upstate counties drive local concern. Tours of the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and.
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Busy Bees Sponsor Ladies Bunco Night For Relay Funds
The Busy Bees Relay For Life team hosts a Ladies Bunco Night on Saturday May 2 at 6 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church on Whiskey Road. Dinner and 18 Bunco games with prizes, tickets $15. Call Pat Kaufman at 649-1223 for tickets. all proceeds benefit Relay For Life.
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Yoga classes at Odell Weeks Center canceled today
Odell Weeks Activities Center yoga classes will not meet due to four day teacher training. All other exercise classes proceed at their usual times and the yoga schedule resumes on Tuesday.
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Recovery Act hires begin work at Savannah River Site
The Department of Energy says the first 50 ARRA funded workers started at SRS this week. Carpenters electricians and iron workers join asbestos removal and reactor deactivation in R Area as part of a $1.615 billion stimulus plan to speed cleanup create jobs and reduce site area by 40 percent by 2011.
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Southern authors and poets to appear at Aiken library weekend
The Aiken County Public Library hosts Richard Cété at 2 p.m. Saturday for a talk titled Tara It Wasnt Why Nobody In Their Right Mind Would Choose to Live in the 18th Century South. He will discuss daily life, violence, race and gender, and primitive medicine in South Carolina. A poetry event follows at 3 p.m. Sunday with Mike Lythgoe and Rose Marshall hosting Hail and Farewell in Poetry. Both programs are free.
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