Habitat for Humanity Dedicates 11th Aiken House Today
Aiken County Habitat for Humanity dedicates its 11th house at 3 p.m. today on 574 Legion Road Warrenville. Joel Randall attends. Aiken Junior Woman's Club donates $200 in yard equipment. House built at Aiken County Career Center relocated to site. Call 642-9295 for details.
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Habitat For Humanity
Aiken County
Legion Road
Warrenville
S.C
Pine Log Road
Joel Randall
Aiken Junior Woman’s Club
Rotary leader shares quip on medical treatment steps
James Goodman, president of the South Aiken Rotary Club, cited a joke about being treated by a doctor: take ill, take a pill, then pay a bill. The remark accompanies Town and Country magazine’s February feature profiling physicians in the United States written by Steven Naifeh and Gregory Smith.
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James Goodman
South Aiken
Steven Naifeh
Gregory Smith
Town and Country Magazine
United States
Correction: Name Misspelling in Aiken Standard Story
The Aiken Standard regrets misidentifying William Lynn Thomas 55 of Dunbarton Drive in the Saturday edition story Hitchhiker Stairs Man Steals Car and Wallet. Thomas's last name was wrong in the report.
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William Lynn Thomas
Dunbarton Drive
Thomas
Aiken Standard
Youth Baseball League Changes In Aiken With New Instructional Play
Youth baseball in Aiken will add an instructional league and split age groups for equal competition. A and B Leagues will serve 9-10, 11-12, and girls 10-12, with signups Feb started at Citizens Park. Tryouts run Feb 23 to March 16 at designated fields. fees apply and non-residents pay additional.
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Teens Learn About Abuse Peer Prevention Measures
About 40 seventh graders attended the 9th annual Aiken County Teen Leadership Connection at Camp Gravatt with bidirectional talks on drug and alcohol abuse. Gus Stephens, prevention specialist, led discussions, sharing his 18 years of youth work and poetry to connect with students.
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W.R. Thompson
Corey
Aiken County
Camp Gravatt
Gus Stephens
Aiken Center
Stephens
County Vocational Rehabilitation Center
Augusta
Stables
Aiken
Thompson
Wagener
Salley
Schools Gain Freedom Gains Freedom By ANN WINCHELL
Eight Aiken County Public Schools won deregulation status from the South Carolina Department of Education. The exemption from peer evaluation lasts 30 months and allows flexibility in class scheduling and time allotment while schools meet criteria including grants, test-score gains, accreditation, and achievement index. Oakwood-Windsor and Schofield Middle joined the list this year with others previously approved.
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Aiken County
S.C. Department of Education
Oakwood-Windsor
Sharon Foret-Cagle
Schofield Middle School
Randy Stowe
Schofield
Letting Sunshine In On Public Secrecy And Shame
A columnist reflects on open meetings, accountability, and punishment in New Ellenton after an interview with ex mayor Randy Shaw. The piece questions the value of perpetual vilification versus rehabilitation and urges sunlight as a disinfectant for government misdeeds.
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Ben Franklin
New Ellenton
Randy Shaw
Shaw
Condh
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