Aiken memorial honors rail depot advocate Mac McClearen
Aiken figures mourn Mac A McClearen a longtime booster of the rail depot project died at 92 Born in Lange Tennessee he graduated UT in 1942 served in World War II then worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Savannah River Site He co founded Friends of the Aiken Railroad Depot and co authored a history book He received the 1999 Order of the Palmetto and was named Man of the Year in 1997 Services are set at St Thaddeus Episcopal Church Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Harber “Mac” A. McClearen
McClearen
Lange, Tenn
University of Tennessee
United States Army Signal Corps
England
France
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge
Owen Sheetz
Grant Wiseman
St. Thaddeus
Sheetz
Friends of the
Aiken
Mac
Tammy Cook
Friends
Cook
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Wiseman
Children’s Place aids troubled kids transform through therapy
Peggy Ford, executive director, describes the child and family development service as helping youths and families grow strong. The program includes a therapeutic preschool for older children called Gotcha, with a 49-member staff and about $1.7 million annual budget sourced from United Way, grants, and fee-for-service.
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Children’s Place
Peggy Ford
Ford
Carol
United Way
Children's Place seeks new building and supplies
Executive Director Peggy Ford says the Children's Place needs a larger building to serve more children in Aiken County and surrounding counties. The nonprofit accepts gently-used toys books clothes and old gowns and runs programs like InterACT Families Matter Family Check-Up along with therapy services for abused autistic and drug exposed children.
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Peggy Ford
Fort
Ford
Children’s Place
Aiken County
Bamberg
Barnwell
Edgefield
McCormick and
Saluda Countes
Warrenville Elementary Earns State A Grade With Title I Reward Status
Principal Brad Weston celebrates Warrenville Elementary School receiving an A from the State Department of Education under a new letter grade system. Warrenville is a Title I reward school for progress, one of eight statewide, with a districtwide rise in HSAP performance and improved math and arts results.
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Warrenville
Brad Weston
State Department of Education
Weston
New
Ellenton Middle School
Gloverville
Michelle Padgett
Shante Dugar
New Ellenton
Silver Bluff High School
Midland Valley High
Silver Bluff
Collette Johnson
Everitt
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Mac’ McClearen
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Don Barnes
Friends’ Construction Committee
Barnes
Laurens Street
Amy Banton
The
Aiken Standard
Ew Children’s Place
Jamarion Lightsey
Hailey Gilmore
Nonprofit OF the
Barnwell Ave
N.E
Dede Biles
Rob Novit
Porky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
Aiken Oe
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