Greenway Announces Run for At-Large School Board Seat
North Augusta resident Rod Greenway resigns from North Augusta High School after ten years to seek the Aiken County Board of Education at large seat. He criticizes school operations and supports policy focus while listing extensive education credentials and community roles. Greenway and family attend North Augusta First Baptist Church.
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North Augusta
Rod Greenway
Aiken County
Greenway
South Georgia Junior College
Georgia Southern
Appalachian State University
South Carolina
National Education Associations
Yellow Jacket Club
Linda McDonald
Happy
North Augusta First
Board weighs sale of 4.6 million construction bonds
The Aiken County Board of Education plans to begin selling 4.6 million dollars in authorized construction bonds at tomorrow's meeting. They will also consider debt service funds approval and several other items including special building funds for South Aiken High, job description changes for Maintenance Supervisors, and participation in the South Carolina Deferred Compensation Plan. The session starts at 8 p.m. at the Education Center in Aiken with a 7 p.m. premeeting on the organization study with the State Department of Education.
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Aiken
South Carolina
State Department of Education
Education
Edgefield Ave
S.C. Department of Education
Health Agency Reviews Aiken Home Health and Outpatient Plans
The ECGHSA in Augusta will review the Aiken Visiting Nurses Association home health agency request at 6 p.m. after a prior favorable committee vote. Opposition comes from Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center and Aiken County Health Department. Also on the agenda is Aiken Community Hospital expansion and a $45,189 federal grant for a Family Planning Community Health Education program in the Lower Savannah District.
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Visiting Nurses Association of
Greater Aiken
Home Health Agency
East Central Georgia Health System Agency
VNA
Ecghsa
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Aiken County Health Department
Georgia Railroad Bank
Broad St
Augusta
Aiken County
Aiken
S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Division of Family Planning
Lower Savannah
Allendale
Barnwell
Aiken Community Band Performs at Hopeland Gardens
The Aiken Community Band directed by Penny Bagwell performs tonight at Hopeland Gardens at 7 p.m. with selections under Robert Porter and Don Milford. Featured pieces include The Star Spangled Banner Sounds of Hollywood Stars and Stripes Forever and The King and Eagad. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. admission is free with parking at Whiskey Road and Mead Avenue.
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Aiken
Hopeland Gardens
Penny Bagwell
Robert Porter
Don Milford
Sounds of
Hollywood
Stars and Stripes Forever
And
the King and
Eagad
Aiken Recreation Department
Whiskey Road
Mead Avenue
Aiken City Council to hear annual report and plans
The Aiken City Council meets tonight at 7 30 to receive the annual report and hear plans for Aiken s Makin by the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce. Harrington Industries seeks expansion in Aiken Verenes Industrial Park with a public hearing and second reading for annexations of Houndslake properties on Vardon Drive and Aiken Plaza on U S 1 which includes Bi Lo and K Mart. The meeting is on the Municipal Building second floor at 214 Park Ave.
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City of
Houndslake
Vardon Drive
Aiken Plaza
U.S. 1
Bi-Lo
Kmart
Park Ave
New Ellenton Council to Hold Regular Meeting Tonight
The New Ellenton town council meets at 7 PM at the town hall located at 200 Main St. The session has no agenda available and the public is invited.
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New Ellenton
New Ellenton Town
Main St
Weekend thefts reported in Aiken and Mitchell area
Aiken PD reports thefts from Karen Hijduk at 469 Monetta St. items include a telephone 300 record albums and two guitars valued about 1650. Another theft from Lethgo Package Shop at 206 James Larry Jackson 1704 Whiskey Rd. involved a 300 calculator a vodka case valued 96 and a stereo system 650. Three televisions were taken from the Big E Store in Mitchell Shopping Center Saturday per the department.
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Karen Hijduk
Monetta St
Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Lethgo
Park Ave
James Larry Jackson
Whiskey Rd
Big E
Mitchell Shopping Center
County Council Sets Brief Meeting
Aiken County Council schedules a 5 30 p m session at its Richland Avenue office to consider a resolution regarding the Aiken County Nursing Home. The special meeting is open to the public.
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County Council
Aiken County
Richland Avenue
Aiken County Nursing Home
Clues for a Crossword Style Word List
A compact list outlines crossword style hints including before previously finish popular beverage stopped standing grain a type of bread and acting secretly doing things on the hush hidden actions in the background.
Doctor Wood of Aiken A Pioneering Citizen
Ezekiel Jeremy Charles Wood arrived in 1852 and built The Homestead in Aiken. He ran the first drugstore without a formal medical degree, promoted a library and horticultural society, chaired the St John’s Methodist Church Building Committee, and engaged in several local schemes from railroads to public parks. He also led church plans, served as Sunday School superintendent, and was noted for Reconstruction era work.
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Aiken
Wood
Augusta
W.E. Percival
Aiken County
Coker Spring
St. John’s
Lyceum Hall
Highland Park
Columbia
Pioneer Aiken Leader Champion of County Split and Civic Works
Historic figure E J C Wood championed forming Aiken County by separating from Barnwell and Edgefield. He helped publish migration reports, served on the county board, faced a courthouse scandal, and later promoted Aiken via pamphlets and ads. He helped found Aiken Elementary School and laid the Institute cornerstone in 1890.
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Aiken County
Wood
County Board of Commissioners
Gregg
Colleton Avenue
Knights of Columbus
Aiken
Palmer
Thomas Maurice
Board of Trade
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Hopelands
Emily Hindman
Edgefield
Charleston
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