Readers urge back pay for past city raises amid parade chatter
Letters cite Roger LeDuc turning down his raise while city employees received higher raises. They demand repayment of 7 percent from last year and 10 percent the year before, noting a lag for lower ranks. The discussants reference candy hazards and election timing around Saddam Hussein.
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Roger LeDuc
Students observe children in teacher cadet program
South Aiken High School seniors Sylvia Beam and peers visit Sunshine House and Millbrook Baptist Church preschool to observe children as part of a teacher cadet program. They study cognitive social and physical development to align teaching with diverse learning styles and plan exchanges with Williston-Elko High School cadets.
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Sunshine House
Sylvia Beam
South Aiken High School
Sylvia
Millbrook Baptist Church
Anne Poplin
Millbrook Baptist Preschool
Kelly Edwards
Williston
Williston- Elko High School
Poplin
Millbrook Baptist School
Rob Novit
Dylan Young
Funeral home offers videoconferencing for family
An Aiken funeral home partners with Tele-en-Vivo to provide live video conferencing for services. The system links distant families with the service and allows both sides to control their camera views, costing 1000 to 1500 dollars per use.
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Funeral Home
Aiken Funeral Home
B.L. Jenkins Memorial Chapel
Tele-en-Vivo
Aiken Communications Company
Brendalyn L. Jenkins
Mexico
Spain
Guatemala
Peru
Venezuela
Jenkins
Gabriel Biguria
AmigoLatino.com
Biguria
Jeremy Schoolfield
Jschoolfield
Aikenstandard
Local DHEC runs out of flu vaccines in Aiken
The Department of Health and Environmental Control in Aiken has exhausted its supply of influenza vaccine. Doses received from DHEC in Columbia last week were quickly used, with no more available locally. CDC in Atlanta is working to obtain additional doses and will be announced if available.
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Department of Health and Environmental Control
Aiken
Department
DHEC
Columbia
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Veleta Rudnick
Shriners brighten Christmas for Aiken County children
Shriners in Aiken County organized a Christmas party at their U.S. Highway 1 facility where about 20 children and families received gifts for Shrine hospital patients. Ashley Brook aged six gasped at a stamp kit gift as Santa arrived, while Martell Hightower received a battery powered SUV. Club president Coy Sharpe said the annual event provides gifts to every treated child and includes snacks and entertainment from the Southland Express Cloggers and Miss Lander University Kristie Argo.
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Ashley Brook
New Ellenton
Santa Claus
Ashley
Aiken County
Aiken Council
Shrine Club
U.S. Hwy. 1
Coy Sharpe
Shriners
Southland Express
Miss Lander University
Kristie Argo
Aiken
Bonnie Anne Fulghum
Martell Hightower
North Augusta
Martell
Bobby Hightower
Shrine Hospitals
Sharpe
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