Augusta Jazz Project to headline Hopeland Gardens concert
The six member Augusta Jazz Project performs chamber jazz at Hopeland Gardens as part of the Summer Concert Series. Selections feature alto sax trumpet trombone bass piano and drums. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Picnics welcome. alcohol not permitted. Parking at Rye Patch or Green Boundary Club. handicap at Hopelands. In case of rain, session may move to Weeks Center Gym 2. Call 642 7648 for details.
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Hopeland Gardens
Augusta
Unitarian Universalist
Hopelands
Rye Patch
Berrie Road
Green Boundary Club
Whiskey Road
Dupree Place
Weeks Center
Back to School Survival Guide Coming This Wednesday
Aiken Standard announces a Back To School Survival Guide to help parents prepare for the new academic year. The feature promises clothing lists, registration steps, and planning tips to gear up students for returning to the books.
Heat eases slightly as South widens in late summer
Local weather officials say triple digits will not return to Aiken County soon while highs dip to the mid 90s. Coaches adapt practice times to avoid peak heat, monitoring dehydration and water intake as football players work after 6 pm. In Charleston, several heat related deaths are reported despite some air conditioning.
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National Weather Service
Aiken County
CSRA
America
Larry Poole
Ridge Spring-Monetta High
Poole
The
Mercury
RSM
Frederick Mueller
University of North Carolina
South Carolina
Sankey Aiken
Charleston
Charleston County
Susan Chewning
Charleston International
Chewning
Edward Washington
Alberta Mahoney
John Sherald
Mount Pleasant
Lottie Jillard
Ex Miss S C in ministry keeps music faith alive
Wendy Willis, former Miss South Carolina, continues her music ministry across the state and beyond. Since stepping down last month she has performed at Eureka First Baptist Church and recalled starting the ministry in 1998 during her Miss South Carolina year. She notes the title opened doors to church services and school assemblies, having performed about 85 church services and spoken at around 120 assemblies in 1998.
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Wendy Willis
South Carolina
Ms. Willis
Eureka First Baptist
Clemson
Lute
Eureka Baptist Church
Advanced Fiber workers vote on contract ratification today
Workers at Advanced Fiber will complete a ratification vote on a tentative three year contract after two weeks of negotiations with the local Teamsters Union. Plant manager Jerry Hawkins cited pension and benefit issues as key topics while noting no strike occurred amid the process.
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Advanced Fiber Workers
Advanced Fiver
Teamsters
Jerry Hawkins
Hawkins
Owens-Corning —_Fibergia
Aiken
Huntington
Owens-Corning
Groupe Porcher
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Antoine Smith
Aiken High School
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France
Owens- Corning
Teamters
Snis
Abby
Barbara Sullivan Carrick
Shellhouse Funeral
Brannon Crawford
Cheatham Funeral
James William King
Larry Mays Sr
North Augusta
G.L. Brighthorp and Sons
Roosevelt Moore
Upper Marlboro
Cheatham
Ralph Eugene Pate
Graniteville
Napier
Willie A. Wheeler
Long Branch
N.J
Jackson-Brooks Funeral
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