Jackson man arrested for fondling a child
Alan Dudley Mease, 52, of 195 Quail Ridge Drive in Jackson, was arrested by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office on two counts of committing a lewd act upon a child. The alleged incidents occurred during April and May at his home. Mease surrendered to deputies and was released from the Aiken County Detention Center.
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Jackson
Aiken County
Mease
Sheriff's Office
Golden Pantry
Trolley Line Road
Janie Circle
Bath
Silver
Burglary and theft incidents reported in Windsor area
Police blotter details multiple burglaries and thefts across Windsor including a home on Disaster Road, a Knox Avenue SE storage building, and various locales. Items stolen include televisions, tools, jewelry, a radio, a radar detector, a VCR, and a car window break preceded ignition key, with activity on February through August and several vehicle entries on Walker Street.
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Disaster Road
Windsor
Knox Avenue SE
York Street SE
Live Oak Court
Ray Lane
Walker Street
Coral Way
Belvedere
Festival Trail Road
Cushman Drive
Local Artist AL PAYNE Creates Two-Inch Dough Bear Ornaments
AL PAYNE designs two-inch tall dough bear ornaments painted by hand to support the Aiken Literacy Council. Bears holding a book and pencil sell for $10 and go on sale next month at The Reading Place on Silver Bluff Road, with proceeds aiding adult literacy programs. For details call The Reading Place at 642 712.
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AL Payne
Aiken
Italian group arrives for 13 day exchange in Aiken
Italian students arrive at 10 pm to begin a 13 day visit in Aiken hosting families from Orvieto. They will study local government education and sports, attend football and cheerleading practice at Aiken High School, enjoy a Fermata Club reception and swimming, then travel to Atlanta to see the Braves with sightseeing and Planet Hollywood options.
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Aiken
Orvieto
Italy
Betsy
Uber
Aiken High School
Fermata Club
Atlanta
Braves
Planet Hollywood
Hard Rock Cafe
North Augusta considers riverfront funding through new taxes
North Augusta City Council seeks public input on accommodations and 3 percent hotel tax and 2 percent hospitality tax. Funds would support riverfront and downtown redevelopment with an expected 515000 from taxes plus a 500000 utility transfer. Public hearings set for Sept 21 and monthly readings start in October.
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North Augusta
City Utility Fund
Charles Martin
Riverfront
Council
Martin
Charges pending in fatal Audubon Street crash
Police expect to file charges soon against Tammy Hornsby after a car hit a tree on Audubon Street killing passenger Jeremiah Sol Kelly. Hornsby remains in good condition at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Authorities anticipate additional charges after toxicology results. alcohol may have influenced the crash.
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Tammy Hornsby
Audubon Street
Jeremiah
Jeremy) Sol Kelly
Ms. Hornsby
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Salley Eyes Cable Change As Council Approves Purchase
Salley town officials move to study the sale of Mid Carolina Cable Company to Pinetree Cablevision of Pennsylvania after a public hearing set for September 22 at 7 p.m. The deal requires county and local approvals affecting Wagener Salley Perry and nearby communities. A coroner reports a vehicle left Audubon road at 3 a.m. hitting a tree at an estimated 45 mph with no skid marks. occupants were aided at the scene including Ms Hornsby and Kelly.
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Ment
Galardi
Audubon
Kelly
Ms. Hornsby
Salley
Mid-Carolina Cable Company
Pinetree Cablevision
Pennsylvania
Nathan Salley
Aiken
Joan Wilson
Century's 100 greatest novels up for debate at USC Aiken
University of South Carolina Aiken English faculty debate Modern Library list of the century's 100 best English language novels. Ten advisory board members, nine men and one woman, all white, draw heavy criticism for lack of women authors and scant titles from the last 25 years. Critics urge wider inclusion and question self promotion by Modern Library.
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University of South Carolina Aiken English Department
Modern Library
Random House
Lbrary Advisory Board
Sue Lorch
Toni Morrison
Davidson
Sherman Alexie
Paradise
Salman Rushdie
Tom Mack
Martin Amis
Patrick McGrath
Salinger
Notable 20th Century English Novels Across USC Aiken Professors
Instructors from the University of South Carolina Aiken English Department shared lists of standout English language novels of the 20th century. Works appearing on multiple professors’ lists include Beloved, The Wings of the Dove, To Kill a Mockingbird, Heart of Darkness, The Sun Also Rises, To the Lighthouse, Absalom Absalom, The Great Gatsby, Brideshead Revisited, Invisible Man, A Passage to India, Sons and Lovers, and Lord of the Flies.
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University of South Carolina Aiken English Department
Toni Morrison
Henry James
Harper Lee
Joseph Conrad
Ernest Hemingway
Virginia Woolf
William Faulkner
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Evelyn Waugh
Ralph Ellison
India
E.M. Forster
D.H. Lawrence
William Golding
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Whiskey Junction
Salley Eyes
USC Aiken
Alice Walker
Mary McCarthy
Newsweek
Phebe Davidson
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