Aiken bowling center drive sparks reader concerns
Readers urge a new bowling venue for Aiken and condemn run down centers. They call for firings at SRS for falsified records and supervision cuts. Community voices critique 20 minute parking rules and traffic behavior near Bedford and East Gate Drive.
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East Gate Drive
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Readers urged to call or email comments to Aiken Standard
The newspaper invites reader feedback via hotline at 803 648 2508 or email. Names are not required and will not be published. Comments should be brief, and the paper reserves right to edit for space and content.
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Chavous sues Weston Center claiming wrongful dismissal
Former Weston Center chief executive Odessa K. Chavous files in Aiken County Court of Common Pleas seeking reinstatement and damages after being removed from the building and her replacement namesake. She alleges wrongful termination, policy violations, and improper pressure on staff while the center relies on Medicaid funding.
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Margaret J. Weston Health Center
Odessa K. Chavous
Aiken County
Aiken
Kristina M. Anderson Read
Chavous
Weston Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Defendant Center
Margaret J. Weston Medical Center
Philip Lord
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Fire damages couple's home on Lorraine Road
Two men from Warrenville Consolidated Trade used a yard hose to help suppress a garage fire at Tim and Pam McKinsey's Lorraine Road home before firefighters arrived. No injuries were reported, with damage estimated at 25000 dollars. The blaze is believed caused by a main circuit breaker box in the garage.
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Lorraine Road
Tim and
Pam McKinsey
Dick Cook
9-1-1
Cook
Warrenville Consolidated
Preston Bishop
Chad Bishop
Bishop
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Pete Frommer
McKinsey
Martinez man dies after Thursday motorcycle wreck
Ronald Scott, 48, of 4758 Remington Place, died five hours after a motorcycle crash when ejected on Atomic Road near S C 302. He was helmetless and suffered massive head trauma. Toxicology results are pending.
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Ronald Scott
Remington Place
Medical College of Georgia
Aiken County
Darryl Ables
Scott
Ables
8.C. Highway Patrol
Dwight Green
Atomic Road
S.C. Highway 302
Green
Doctor dies at 56 in Aiken walk in clinic era ends
Dr Charles Hewitt, 56, who helped launch walk in medical service in Aiken, died in his sleep at home Thursday. He co founded the Family Med team in 1982 with Dr Steve Szymenski and retired about three years ago after back injury. Mary Ann Findley, former staffer, noted the end of an era as Hewitt and Szymenski left the practice.
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Charles Hewitt
Aiken
Mary Ann Findley
George Funeral Home
Hewitt
Medien
Steve Szymenski
Findley
Szymenski
Tr Aiken Community Hospital
Finder
Young S. Suh
Open auditions announced for The Sound of Music
The Alken Kidney Benefit will hold open auditions for The Sound of Music on Sunday August 17 at 3 p.m. at St John’s United Methodist Church 104 Newberry Street. The music will be performed November 14 15 and 16 at the Etherredge Center USC Aiken directed by Jennifer Cuds worth Greer. A memorial service for deceased past members is 6:30 p.m. Sunday at VFW Post 10601 Hudson Road with a garden dedication. For information call 292-956.
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Newberry St
Usc Aiken
VFW
Hudson Road
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