Augusta Pianist Vola Jacobs to Join USC Aiken Music Faculty
Vola Jacobs, a Augusta born piano soloist and chamber musician, will join USC Aiken as a music instructor. A Eastman School of Music alumna and Juilliard study, she has performed with orchestras nationwide and abroad and is married to Harry Jacobs, conductor of the Augusta Symphony Orchestra.
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Vola Jacobs
USC Aiken
Augusta
United States
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N.Y
Juilliard School
New York
Harry Jacobs
Augusta Symphony Orchestra
Voter Registration Available Tomorrow in Aiken County
The Aiken County voter registration office will be open tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 736 Richland Ave for first time registrations address changes and lost card replacements. Regular hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Additional hours will be added for the upcoming general election.
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Aiken County
Richland Ave
Dog Bojo Wins Stay of Execution in Court Battle
In Columbia, a 22 year old male German shepherd named Bojo faced a lethal injection after alleged bites in Dentsville. Defense attorney Jack Swerling argued mistaken identity and the dog’s alibi, prompting Richland County officials to schedule a court hearing first. The animal control officer cited Bojo as a third vicious bite.
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Columbia
Jack Swerling
Bojo
Dentsville
Richland County
Police Urge Warning System Over Suffolk Chemical Leaks
Chapin officials and residents press Suffolk Chemical Co. to install a central warning system after an acid spill near a 25 000 gallon muriatic acid tank caused evacuations. A community meeting will discuss safety, past accidents, and plant repackaging plans as officials weigh options.
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John Burris
Lexington
Mt Calvary Lutheran Church History in Johnston Is Highlighted
The Mt Calvary Lutheran Church in Johnston traces a 150 year heritage from an 1820s preaching point through multiple buildings, with the present 1927 church featuring German ordered stained glass and timber from church lands. Pastor Louis Shealy notes strong congregational support and a wide regional reach including Aiken Edgefield Johnston Ridge Spring Monetta and Batesburg.
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Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Johnston
Louis Shealy
Shealy
Aiken
Batesburg
Mt. Calvary
Germany
Edgefield
Ridge Spring
Monetta
Savannah River
Senate panel approves 220 million SRP funding request
A Senate Appropriations Subcommittee backed a 220 million defense waste and special projects funding bill for the Savannah River Plant near Aiken. The package includes 135 million for the Defense Waste Processing Facility to turn high level waste into glass for disposal, and 35.5 million to build a fuel recovery unit to recycle uranium-235 from spent fuel tubes, potentially cutting interstate shipments.
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Washington
Senate
Savannah River Plant
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Aiken-area
Hollings
House
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Energy and Water Development
SRP
Holling
U.S. Department of Energy
Aiken
Energy Department
du Pont
James M. Gaver
DOE
Defense
Gaver
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Teachers Win Grants From State Aid In Aiken County
Aiken County teachers and schools win over 40000 in Educational Improvement Act grants to boost classroom programs. Individual awards range up to 2000 with projects including CARE and WORDS. School grants go to Paul Knox Middle and North Augusta elementary and middle schools with several four thousand-plus awards.
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Aiken County
Owen Clary
State Department of Education
Clary
Elizabeth Webber
Aiken
Pamela Simpson
Aiken Elementary
Cathryn Dzaugis
Sara Sears
North Augusta
Mary Smith
Helen Bates
Patricia Madore
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Susan Sorenyi-Sander
Carolyn Pridgen
Wagener-Salley High
Patti Roman
New Ellenton
Paul Knox
North Augusta residents oppose pedestrian underpass on Martintown Road
About 50 residents at Rep. Huff's town meeting urged safety measures and widening of West Martintown Road while opposing an underpass. They favored a bridge instead and pressed for traffic lights, truck traffic management, and timely right of way steps.
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Martintown Road
N.A
W. Martintown Road
North Augusta
Thomas E. Huff
West Martintown Road
Alexander A. Valois
Huff
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USCA
Burriss
Chapin
Stan Shealy
Suffolk
Keith Babcock
Willie Johnson
Lutheran
Mary Anne Browder
By Phil Jones
Mt. Calvary Road
Barbara Hokanson
Schofield Middle School
North Aikien
Carol Niland
George Burgess
Highway Department
Herman Snyder
Ward
Georgia Avenue
Edgefield County Line
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