Residents complete Certified Beekeeping Course
Eleven beekeepers earned certificates after passing the Certified Beekeeping Course the first step toward Master Beekeeper status. The seven week program ran January through March preparing participants to start a spring hive. The Aiken Beekeepers meet monthly at Trinity United Methodist Church with over 100 members in the association.
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Trinity United Methodist Church
Whiskey Road
Lynn Burke
Material Girls
Aiken
American Sewing Guild Group
St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church
Silver Bluff Road
ASG
Blind cat Ray seeks forever home at Aiken shelter
Ray, a 9 year old blind stray with collapsed eyes, is described as calm and affectionate. He needs an indoor home and companionship, preferably with a single person, and is available for adoption at 333 Wire Road, Aiken, contact 803-642-1537.
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Ray
Aiken County
Hillary Clark-Kulis
Wire Road
Aiken
Aiken County Democratic Forum and Community Meetings
Several local groups announce schedules for August including a Democratic forum on Affordable Care Act bills at H Odell Weeks Center with medical and public officials. Other events cover neighborhood association meeting, quilting talks, sewing guild reviews, wood carving with Chuck Spilman, RV club gathering, adult coloring, an elephant reading event, a cancer care speaker, and the Peaches n Cream Festival to benefit Second Baptist School.
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Aiken County
Democratic Party
H. Odell Weeks
Whiskey Road
Crosland Park
Aiken Mended Hearts
School of Nursing
USC Aiken
University Parkway
Brent Slack
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Newberry Street
Aiken
Second Baptist Christian Preparatory School
Police bookings for Doris C. Gravat Detention Center Aug 10
Aug 10 bookings list names with charges such as driving under suspension, DUI, theft and fraud. Several entries show bench warrants and holds for various agencies including Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, North Augusta DPS, and jail electronic monitoring. Public online access via Aiken Standard Crime tab.
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Doris C. Gravat
Aikenstandard.com
Tab Tracy Lavee Johnson
Jermaine Anwar Gibson
Joey Lavon Ellis
Dameon Altwan Davis
Timothy George Kenon
Melissa Tesh Hocker
Aiken County
James Christopher Shaw
Lee Ernest Appling
Richard Carl Woodberry
Judy Marie Lucero
North Augusta
Aiken County Crime Blotter Reports Thefts and Suspects
A Warrenville man reported a gun demand after a man showed up at his Old Apache Lane home Thursday. A Ridge Spring woman said prescription meds were stolen from her car on Cobble Stone Road. A Beech Island man received threats by phone about a shooting at Rice Bottom Road. A Catawba Street home break in was reported by an Aiken woman with multiple items stolen. A Beech Island woman said River Bend Drive home was broken into. A 53 year old Augusta woman was charged with shoplifting food and soap on Beech Island Avenue. A Beech Island man said his lawnmower was stolen from Atomic Road. An Aiken woman reported a vehicle break in on Trolley Line Road. A man faced charges for possession of a stolen vehicle and traffic offenses after fleeing a traffic stop on Kershaw Street. A Richland Avenue restaurant parking lot incident ended with a hit and run and suspended license, suspect later found at a nearby motel. A 35 year old Aiken woman claimed a brick was thrown through Maurice Terrace window. A 21 year old Aiken man reported the rear window smashed on Monterey Drive. A juvenile was arrested for shoplifting and wine possession after stealing an $18 bottle from Whiskey Road.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Catawba Street
Beech Island
River Bend
Augusta
Beech Island Avenue
Atomic Road
Trolley Line
Graniteville
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Richland Avenue
Maurice Terrace
Monterey Drive
Whiskey Road
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Aikenstandard
The
Aiken Beekeeping
Sociation
Vickie
Ron VanVacter
William
Lillian
Julie Lutz
Mark
Roxanne Weese
Karen McGinley-Mauldin
Robert and
Diane Holland
Pradeep Bapat
Bob Gordon
Aiken Dems
ACA Forum
Crosland Group
Sewing Guild
Chuck Spilman
Art and Soul Gallery
the Alley
Spilman
Wels
Shane
Sunshine Rovers RV Club
Shane’s Rib Shack
New Ellenton
Main St. N
Reading
Ulla Ringle
Rhama
Paradise Island
Aiken Center For the Arts
Laurens St
Damon O’neal Davenport
Madison Joseph Crane
Shaun Andrew Benson
Nicholas Gantt Shaw
Erik Tremayne Ratliff
Christopher Shane Blitchington
Nicholas Haynes Padgett
Gary Bunker
P.O. Box
Aiken SC
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