Aiken resident to embark on fifth medical mission to Cambodia
Judy Sauls, 73, a retired nurse from Aiken, prepares to leave for Cambodia for her fifth medical mission with Southeastern Medical International. She plans to travel Saturday, missing part of the holiday season but expresses fulfillment in serving others and using her medical training since her first trip in 2010.
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Judy Sauls
Cambodia
Aiken
Sauls
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aiken County Hospital
Southeastern Medical International
Happy Neuter Year aids surgeries for animals
Local News notes an initiative named Happy Neuter Year supporting veterinary surgeries for animals. The brief outlines a community effort to fund or organize neutering procedures, aiming to reduce shelter populations and improve animal welfare.
Couple victims detail lives altered by Jay Brooks fraud
The Aiken Standard profiles John and Jane McGuire, longtime residents who lost more than $60,000 to Jay Brooks’s alleged Ponzi scheme. They describe seeking financial security, being drawn to seminar promises of a 5 percent, tax free return, and the impact of the betrayal on retirement plans.
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Jay Brooks
Brooks
Kershaw Correctional Institution
Aiken
Jane McGuire
McGuires
Compass Academy
Aiken Standard
Jane
John
Aiken Together Campaign Nears $500K Toward History Centers
The Aiken Together capital campaign has raised over $435,000 toward a $2.9 million goal across three entities the Center for African American History Art and Culture the Savannah River Heritage Site and the Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum. Pledges are growing with about half already collected and dispersed as projects begin phased improvements including insulation upgrades at the African American Cultural Center and building upgrades at the Savannah River Heritage Site. The campaign aims to fund five years of donations to advance local history endeavors.
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Aiken Together Capital Campaign
Aiken County
Center For African
Savannah River
Aiken
Tim Simmons
Aiken Railroad Depot Committee
Center For
Friends of the Railroad
Simmons
SRS Heritage Center
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Abby
IKEN
Alex and
Ani
H Love
Floyd
Silver Bluff RD
Aiken, SC
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