Deputy Tops Marksman in SCCJA Class 314 Graduation
Aiken County Deputy Robert Parsons 37 earned the Clifford A. Moyer Marksmanship Award at SCCJA Basic Class 314 graduation in Columbia. Parsons scored 548 of 550 on firearms tests across 3 to 25 yard distances. Also noted, 27 year old Rodney Thigpen of Aiken scored 549 at the same test. Both are with the Sheriff’s Office Road Patrol. Dawn Branham, Silver Bluff Junior Miss 1996, heads to Anderson for South Carolina Preliminary of America’s Junior Miss Scholarship program. Branham, a Silver Bluff High senior, leads her class, drum major, and So.NHS member.
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Aiken
Parsons
Frank
Rodney Thigpen
Sheriff's Office Road Patrol
Anderson
Dawn Elizabeth Branham
Silver Bluff
South Carolina
Miss Branham
Silver Bluff High School
Silver Spirit
Branham
Steve and
Elizabeth Branham
Jackson
Aiken Community Band Opens Hopeland Gardens Series
The Hopeland Gardens Summer Concert Series, now in its 23rd season, features the Aiken Community Band on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. The City of Aiken Parks and Recreation sponsors the series with rain venues at South Aiken High School. Parking details and contact Lisa J. Hall at 642 7648 for more information.
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Aiken
Hopelands
Hopeland Gardens
City of Aiken Parks and Recreation Department
Monay
South Aiken High School
Rye Patch
Berrie Road
Dupree Place
Lisa J. Hall
Brooke Lundy to guest on Ralph Emery Show
Brooke Lundy will guest star on the Ralph Emery Show on Tuesday. The program airs at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on TN.
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Brooke Lundy
Aien
Ralph Emory
Tax Reassessment Policy Stirs Debate Across Counties
Senator Tommy Moore discusses Act 208 from 1976 which shifted periodic property reassessments to counties. He notes failures to reassess timely sparked mandatory reassessment and cites inequities such as closely located homes with vastly different values and outdated mobile home valuations. Moore urges common sense fixes and statewide remedies.
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State Department of Taxation and Revenue
Tommy Moore
D-Clearwater
Moore
Assessor cites timing of extension on county reappraisal
Aiken County Tax Assessor Patricia Antley says the county council properly sought a one year extension three years ago but notes it should have been requested at the back end of the reappraisal. She argues the front end delay hindered clerical work on about 77 000 properties and would have allowed time to fix errors.
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Aiken County Tax
Patricia Antley
Aiken Coun
Ms. Antley
Change On Tap At Pond
Bobby Rutland leads the Langley Pond Development Committee planning a 250 acre site for rowing camping picnicking and hiking. Volunteers cleared 2000 stumps to install rowing lanes and a nature trail heading toward Pleasure Island while talks of more lanes and state grants emerge. International teams have booked practice time next spring ahead of the Olympics.
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Bobby Rutland
Langley Pond
Rutland
Midland Valley
Joan Wilson
Pleasure Island
CSRA
Dr. Fry
Scott Webster Lynn Kirkland
Thieves Recycle For Cash In Scrap Yard Murky Issue
Local scrap yards report thefts of cardboard bales and metals as thieves cash in on high prices. Augusta workers describe stolen weighings of 2000 pounds of items and drug use driving the crimes, while officials advise vigilance over misused cardboard and aluminum.
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Dave Whitehead
Goldberg Bros. Inc
Augusta
Home Depot
Charles Tant
Irector
Clean Community Commission
Richmond Recycling Inc
Aiken
Claudette Frclk Murder Shocks Family and Community
Mary Frclk writes of ongoing pain after the murder of her daughter Claudette Frclk in Atlanta, her family’s search posters, and the killer’s death penalty case. The Frlks recall the tragedy and the slow healing process as Jason Ragland faces trial.
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Jason Ragland
Cl Dette
Ragland
Ficlks
Mary Frclk
Craig
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Silver Blutt
By Carl Langle
Kathie Byrne
George Fry
Csra Rowing Association
USC Aiken
Gloria Busch Johnson
Aikken Technical College
Fry
ABC
Ted Koppel
Supreme Court
Harry Blackmun
Blackmun
Koppel
Harry
Ted
Claudette
Atlanta
Trenton
Georgia
Justice Blackmun
Carl Langley
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