Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers Circus on sale and schedule
Tickets for Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers Circus go on sale at the Weeks Center Smith Hazel Center and Aiken Mall with performances at Citizens Park on Sept 15 at 4 30 pm and 7 30 pm Reserved seats cost 12 adults 8 for children or seniors while general admission is 10 and 6 Tickets are sold weekdays 9 am 8 pm weekends 10 am 4 pm and 1 30 pm 4 30 pm at the listed locations Public tents raising by elephants Monday 7 10 am Free. Proceeds benefit Fun Funds Scholarship Program. Call 642-7630 for details.
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Clyde Beatty
Cole Brothers Circus
H.O. Weeks Activities Center
Citizens Park
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
Aiken Mall
Weeks Center
Smith- Hazel Center
Fun Funds
Midland Valley Band Boosters Meet
Midland Valley High School Band Booster Club holds its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the high school band room. All band parents and interested people may attend.
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Midland Valley Band
Langley
Midland Valley High School
North Augusta High
Midland Valley High
Silver Bluff High
Aiken High
Wagener Salley High
Babies born to threeLaurens Street moms in August
Three downtown women in nearby shops welcomed babies within a week in August. Cathy Bland of Tea Garden Gifts had a girl named Carly, Melissa Bernard of Mango's had a boy named Grisham, and Christina Allewelt of the New Moon Cafe had a boy named Michael.
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Laurens Street
Cathy Bland
Tea Garden Gifts
Carly
Melissa Bernard
Mango's
Grisham
Christina Allewelt
New Moon Cafe
Michael
Donor ties life to marrow in moving encounters
Mona Martin faced years living on borrowed time after marrow depletion until a transplant at Johns Hopkins. Donor Donna Nichols recalls meeting her "sister" and the life saving gift after complications in childbirth. The exchange underscores the life changing impact of bone marrow donation and the consent that binds donor and patient.
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Mona Martin
Donna Nichols
Ms. Martin
Edgefield pottery comes alive under Ferrell at Redcliffe
Stephen Ferrell demonstrated a belled pot on the kick wheel at Redcliffe Plantation, likening his work to historic Edgefield pieces by Landrum Lan drum Miles and Rhodes. He notes current values soar to twenty to thirty thousand dollars for edgefield ware while detailing 1800s ki operations and glazes.
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Beech Island
Stephen Ferrell
Redcliffe
Ferrell
Edgefield
John Landrum
B.F. Landrum
Lewis Miles
Collin Rhodes
Edgefield Pottery
Old
Free blood drive and bone marrow screening Friday
The American Red Cross will host a free bone marrow screening and blood drive at the H C Weeks Activities Center this Friday from 10 am to 7 pm. Bone marrow testing normally costs 60 dollars but will be free that day. 18 to 60 year olds are eligible, with sponsors including Kimberly Clark and Westinghouse among others. For more information call 803-251-6104.
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American Red Cross
H.C. Weeks Activities Center
Kimberly Clark
BellSouth
Beloit Manhattan
Owens-Corning
Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
BNFL
Bechtel
City Receives 109 Applications for Assistant City Manager
City of Aiken reports 109 applications for the assistant city manager post. City Manager Steve Thompson says he is just beginning to review candidates after the Aug 15 deadline and aims to fill the position soon. Frances Thomas plans to leave for Rock Hill this Friday.
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Bridgestone/Firestone
Aiken
Steven Thompson
Thompson
Frances Thomas
Rock Hill
Ms. Thomas
Missing dog returns after classified ad leads to reunion
Retired teacher Joanne Eubanks found a black dog named Junior wandering near a highway and returned him after spotting Debra Foote's lost dog ad in the Aiken Standard. Junior had vanished while the Footes stayed with a house sitter during a wedding trip.
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Joanne Eubanks
Aiken Standard
Debra Foote
Junior
Debra
Phen
Missing dog Junior returns home after ad leads to tip
Carl Langley’s owner Mrs. Foote tells how her 14 year old dog Junior disappeared after her mother died last April. A frantic search including posters and a newspaper ad led to a tip near Union and Colleton streets, and Junior was found safe.
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Junior
Mrs. Foote
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Aiken Choral Society
All Saints Anglican Church
B. Hartley
Aiken County
Carl Langley
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