City honors Aiken staff with character awards
City of Aiken recognizes three employees at the annual awards banquet for traits like joyfulness virtue benevolence and self control. Tracy Lott Charlene Myers and Therese Mosher are praised for calm public service helpfulness and positive spirit in finance records and facilities at the H Odell Weeks Center.
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City of Aiken
Tracy Lott
Aiken
Fred Cavanaugh
Lott
Charlene Myers
Public Safety Records Department
Myers
God
Therese Mosher
Mosher
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Cavanaugh
Gift Delivered 28 Years Later Opens Old Memories
In Aiken South Carolina former Girl Scout leader Pat Roberts receives a decorative bar of soap 28 years after it was meant as a Christmas gift from Alice Garvin Hicks. The two families reconnect as Hicks recalls buying the item in 1972 or 1973 and misplacing it.
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Pat Roberts
Alice Garvin Hicks
Roberts
Aiken
Hicks
Ed Garvin
Tom Roberts
Garvin House
Mrs. Roberts
Local police warn of phone solicitation scam
North Augusta Public Safety Chief Lee Wetherington warns of a bogus fundraiser claiming to be from the South Carolina Police Officers Association. The scam is under investigation by state and federal authorities. He urges verification with local agencies and notes no authorized phone solicitations. Aiken County Sheriff’s Office confirms no drive is underway.
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Lee Wetherington
North Augusta
Carolina Police Officers Association
Ment of Public Safety
Wetherington
Aiken County
Michael Frank
Real Estate One owner named Realtor of the Year
Sally W. Brodie, owner and broker of Real Estate One in Aiken, was named Realtor of the Year. She began in 1972 and is deeply involved in local groups including Aiken Chamber of Commerce, GALEF, and Public Education Partners, with long service on the Aiken Board of Realtors.
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Sally W. Brodie
Brodie
Aiken
Real Estate One
GALEF
Public Education Partners
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Citizens For Nuclear Technology Awareness and Economic Development Partnership
Aiken Friends of the Opera
Aiken Board of Realtors
South Carolina Association of Realtors
Students push to honor Iwo Jima heroes through letter campaign
Deanna Tremlin eighth grade class read an abridged Flag of Our Fathers and, inspired by author James Bradley, wrote to U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond urging the addition of Rosenthal and the six Iwo Jima figures to the Arlington National Cemetery memorial. Students Courtney Behlin Caitlin Buxton Trey Jones Grant Major Jessica Miller Karyn Sealy Grant Vellanti Amanda Watson participate.
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Tremlin
James Bradley
Iwo Jima
Bradley
John Bradley
Joe Rosenthal
Arlington Cemetery
Felix de Weldon
Rosenthal
Harlon Block
Franklin Sousley
Michael Strank
Ira Hayes
Rene Gagnon
John
Courtney Behlin
Caitlin Buxton
Trey Jones
Grant Major
Jessica Miller
Karyn Sealy
Grant Vellanti
Amanda Watson
U.S
Strom Thurmond
Buxton
Jones
Rob Novit
Action
Caitlin Bryton
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Palmetto
New Aiken Golf Club
Floyd & Greene
Alteen
Centre South
Floydandgreene.com
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