USC Clemson prep for football season with freshquarterback
USC and Clemson brace for a new season as a USC freshman quarterback earns a chance to prove himself against Louisiana-Lafayette while Clemson teams reflect on last year. Also note the Aiken premiere of the film Firetrail in September at the Aiken Center, produced by the team behind The Battle of Aiken.
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Clemson
Louisiana-Lafayette
Tiger
Aiken
Aiken Center
The
Arts
Deaths on Funerals 6A Thomas Krick
Thomas Allen Krick known as Ken Krick dies. obituary notes funeral details on page 6A with survivor mentions and service information.
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Thomas Allen Krick, ‘Ken
Prison report opens old wounds in New Ellenton family
Linda Taylor says she learned Dianne Graddick, killer of her son Walter Slayton, is serving a life term in a minimum security prison and works as a housekeeper at prisons director Jon Ozmint’s home. The revelation renews pain over perceived mismanagement and housing decisions outlined by a legislative probe.
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Graddick
Taylor
Niy
Tay
Walter Slayton
Jon Ozmint
Legislative Committee
Cally
Columbia
Slayton
New Ellenton
Picketers denounce Graham at immigration bill protest
Augusta protesters oppose Senator Lindsey Graham over a failed immigration reform bill. Jim Stach and other League of the South members gathered outside the Aiken Center for the Arts during a reception for his re election bid. They accuse Graham of amnesty supporting invaders and say they aim to defeat him politically.
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Jim Hanks
James Layden
Jim Stach
Sen
Lindsey ¢ Center For the Arts
Augusta
Stach
Aiken Center For the Arts
Graham
Arts Center
Congress
Nere
Lindsey Graham
Aiken
League of the South
Layden
League
Apartments in GVW annexation battle highlighted
Springside Apartments owners seek annexation into the City of Aiken as part of a GVW area map change. Southeastern Housing Foundation, owner of a 40 unit complex near USC Aiken, filed Aug 15 with Aiken planning. The request appears on the Planning Commission agenda for Sept 11.
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Tony Bauge
Southeastern Housing Foundation
City of
Aiken
Springside
University Parkway
Robert M. Bell Parkway
City of Aiken
Graniteville-Vaucluse
Warrenville
Southeastern Housing Foundation of Barnwell
Usc Aiken
SAT Scores Vary Across Area High Schools
District high schools showed wide swings in SAT results. South Aiken High led with 1019 combined, Midland Valley rose 18 points to 978, Wagener Salley up 20 to 938, Ridge Spring Monetta up 34 to 897, while Silver Bluff fell to 961 and North Augusta declined to 978. Officials emphasized preparation and access issues, noting waivers for low income students and concerns over overall readiness.
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South Aiken High School
Wagener-Salley
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Silver Bluff High
North Augusta High
Mathis
Silver Bluff
Todd Bomscheuer
North Augusta
Kyle Smith
Bomscheuer
Bornscheuer
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