Hope Garden Summer Concert Series Passes 23rd Season
The Hopeland Gardens Summer Concert Series continues Monday with the Augusta Master Trombone Class performing. Sponsored by the City of Aiken Parks and Recreation Department, the series runs Monday nights at 7 p.m. Inclement weather moves events to South Aiken High School. The final show is Aug. 2 by the German Oompa Band. Parking is behind Rye Patch on Berry Road, with general lot access at Dupree Place. For details, call Lisa J. Hall at 642-7648.
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Hopeland Gardens
Augusta
City of Aiken Parks and Recreation Department
South Aiken High School
Rye Patch
Berrie Road
Dupree Place
Lisa J. Hall
Blood Pressure Screening Set by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5877
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5877 will offer free blood pressure screenings Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Additional screenings are planned for Wednesday August 50. ATC Culinary Arts course details and instructor Arthur McKenzie listed with dates September 12 to October 12 and October 31 to December 5 with a $200 fee and contact number 593-9281 ext 1230. The Ouzis Family Reunion is Sunday August 27 at Hickory Knob State Resort Park with dinner at 6 p.m. and picnic supplies provided. City in Schools seeks volunteers for L-B-C and Jackson Middle Schools. contact Joyce Streaty at 593-9231 ext 1325. Center warns blood needed urgently. Labor Day Blood Drive August 29 at First Baptist Church of Augusta with meals and babysitting.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5877
ATC
Aiken Technical College
Arthur McKenzie
Hickory Knob State Resort
Cities In Schools
Aiken County
Cities In Schools Inc
Jackson Middle School
Ee Ae
Joyce Streaty
United Way of Aiken County
First Baptist Church of
Augusta
Aiken Company Rebuilding After Fire at Marlboro Street
Two months after a June 9 warehouse fire at Allstate Petroleum on Marlboro Street, sparked by probable lightning, James Redd Roberts leads rebuilding of the insured Texaco warehouse. Crews work from a construction trailer while awaiting October completion. Roberts was treated at Aiken Regional Medical Centers after escaping the blaze.
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James
Redd) Roberts
Allstate Petroleum
Marlboro Street
Roberts
Aiken
Texaco
Rural mail carriers face dangers and long routes in Aiken County
In Aiken County rural carrier Carla Kneece details the challenges of long country routes. Postmaster Donald Dulaney notes rural routes cover many miles between boxes and carriers must own cars, maintain them, and handle breakdowns. Kneece cites two accidents in seven years and calls rural work the most accident prone in the postal service.
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Aiken
Donald Dulaney
Ken
Dulaney
Kneece
Postal Service
Signal To Start Monday At Wal Mart Lights
The South Carolina Department of Transportation will activate new traffic signals in front of Wal Mart on Whiskey Road and Corporate Parkway in Aiken on Monday. DOT engineer Mark Hannah said ownership and maintenance issues were resolved after earlier confusion with the city over jurisdiction and location. The lights, installed at Wal Mart’s request, sit near county lines and mark a broader dispute as the retailer seeks road access leverage in a nearby annexation proposal.
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S.C. Department of Transportation
Wal-Mart
Mark Hannah
DOT
Thompson
Aiken
Hannah
City of
Steve ‘Hompson
Wal- Mart
Allen
Whiskey Road
Corporate Parkway
County Council and the Good Old Days Reimagined
A columnist reflects on past and present County Council dynamics in Aiken, criticizing rising control by modern council members over contracts, questioning the need for a county administrator, and adverting to budget excesses. The piece invokes memories of 1970s tensions and notes concerns about Chronic Anxiety among veterans.
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Aiken County
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Ouzis
Sheppard Community Blood Center
Aiken Company
Carla Kneece
Rai
du Taney
County Council
Versailles
Carl Langley
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