St Noah Church Benefit for Wrights Attends Local Hall
St Noah Church of God in Aiken hosts a 4 pm benefit program for Mr and Mrs Junior Wright at American Legion Post 212 on Hampton Avenue. The Mighty Gospel Believers and the Sons of Faith perform plus other talents. For more information call 502-0021.
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St. Noah Church
St. Noah Church of God In
Aiken
Junior Wright
American Seion Post
Hampton Avene
Mighty Gospel Believers
Sons of Faith
Burglary, theft sprees reported across North Augusta area
Police blotter lists a Caretta Avenue burglary taking electronics and Christmas gifts, a Whale Pond Road burglary with electronics and jewelry, and thefts in Aiken including 11 radar detectors worth 850 dollars from a store display case. Other incidents include a missing RCA camcorder, a stolen gun and a missing son, a 25 inch Zenith TV, and a stolen purse with checks and cards. a call about counterfeit recovery followed by a store denial.
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Caretta Avenue
North Augusta
Whale Pond Road
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken
ADPS
Ryberg Introduced as Betty Ryberg’s Husband At Kiwanis
State Senator Greg Ryberg of Aiken was introduced at the Aiken Kiwanis Club as Betty Ryberg’s husband, remarking that it “doesn’t get any better than that.”
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Greg Ryberg
R-Aiken
Aiken Kiwanis Club
Betty Ryberg
Corrections Column Clarifies Misidentified Writer
On Saturday's opinion page a writer was misidentified as former Speaker Jim Wright. Midland Valley High School student groups collected 2308 cans for VOICE to stock the Valley Outreach Interfaith Center for holiday needs.
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Jim Wright
MVHS
Midland Valley High School
Key Club
Deca Club
VOICE
Valley Outreach Interfaith Center
Goodwill Eyes Expansion To Aiken CSRA
Goodwill International plans to expand from Augusta to Aiken aiming for a permanent Career Center in 1998. A temporary donation site operates at Wal Mart on Whiskey Road while weekly career assistance runs Wednesdays 11 am to 4 pm. The CSRA program has helped over 100 people find jobs, with Goodwill stating it is the largest employer of people with barriers.
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Clinton
Goodwill International
CSRA
Goodwill
Augusta
Ond
Washington Road
Martinez
Jeff Blake
Aiken
Wal- Mart
Whiskey Road
Blake
Ter
SRA
Elsa Bustamante
Bustamante
Beanie Babies surge as Diana Bear tops hot list
Ty Beanie Babies remain popular with 125 varieties. The Princess Diana Bear, deep purple with a yellow rose, is the hottest item and ships to stores like Bear Hollow and Patti's Hallmark in the Aiken Mall. Proceeds support the Diana Memorial Fund.
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Diana
Ears the
Bunny
Goldie
Goldfish
Beppy ‘the Hippo
Stripes
Bear Hollow
Sand Hill
Patti's Hallmark
Aiken Mall
Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
Ain
Avondale announces management changes at Graniteville plants
Graniteville Fabrics announces executive moves at Avondale Mills with Fred Padgett named Horse Creek Plant manager and Dr. Atkinson appointed general manager of Sibley and Hickman yarn plants. Kathy Haney becomes HR manager for Sibley and Sibley Finishing. Ronnie Young moves to Gregg Plant.
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Graniteville
Avondale Mills
Graniteville Fabrics Greige
Fred Padgett
Hickman
Horse Creek
Dr. Atkinson
Sibley Greige
Indigo Dyeing
Sibley and
Robert J. Fisher
Graniteville Fabrics
Padgett
Milliken and Co
First-grader Ashlynn Myers artwork to be in 1998 Kids Safety Calendar
Ashlynn Myers seven from Windsor-Oakwood-Windsor Elementary is one of 13 statewide winners in the S C SAFE KIDS Coalition calendar contest. More than 3,500 children from 130 schools entered, with each school submitting three local entries.
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Windsor
Oakwood-Windsor
Ashlynn Myers
S.C. Safe Kids Coalition
Kids Safety
Tonya Meyers
Ashlynn
Columbia
S.C
Mary Wood Beasley
Sissy Bowman
A Special Christmas With Billy The Kid
A nostalgic personal reminiscence of Christmas 1939 introducing Billy the white goat. The narrator recalls adoption of a sister in 1952, family dynamics, and Billy causing playful mischief around the farm near Dolly Johnson’s swamp edge. Oscar Ard builds a small goat cart, while ghost stories add a rural, memoir tone.
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Billy
Dolly Johnson
Oscar Ard
Oscar
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Diana Bear
Sharon Taylor
Jay Watts
Family Pharmacy
Avondale
Clemson University
Atkinson
Augusta State University
United Merchants and
the King Mill
Gun
Mrs. Meyers
Ash
Lynn
Billy, the Kid
Kristmas
Carl Langley
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