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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 2014
Page
3
Readers discuss road safety signs water issues and public safety costs in Aiken County they urge maintenance cleaning concerns about utilities and housing costs and question signs contracts and police fire station needs. The page invites further reader feedback via a TalkBack hotline and email.
Harriet Stwora and her husband faced Atlanta snow chaos in 1985 and slept in their car as hotels filled. They navigated 25 mph ice slicks on I-285 and I-20, aided by fire department personnel, finally returning home after a five hour drive. The episode mirrored widespread winter travel disruptions across the region.
The Aiken County Historical Museum opens a Wagener focused exhibit with items on loan from the Wagener Museum. It features a cotton gin sharpener, photos like a peanut vendor at Gunter Bargain Store, and profiles residents such as Navy code-breaker Mabel Crawford and midwife Mama Jo Riley Matthews.
Aiken County Historical Museum hosts a February exhibit in its parlor on the 2014 edition of AT T South Carolina African American History Calendar. The display covers events from the Orangeburg Massacre of 1968 to the Clemson and USC desegregation efforts in the 1960s.
The Heritage Council of North Augusta hosts a second Black History Month session on the Wanderer. Filmmaker Christi Koelker and author April Leopold Hynes discuss the 1858 Wanderer incident at Jekyll Island and the enslaved Africans, including Isaac Bland. The talk at Old Storm Branch Church Beech Island is free at 7 p.m. Call 803-270-9400 for details.
The Heritage Council of North Augusta presents a 1858 Wanderer slave ship program at Old Storm Branch Church Beech Island. The free event begins Tuesday at 7 p.m. Brenda Baratto is contacted at 803 270 9400 for details.
Aiken County Council will hold its annual budget retreat starting at 8 30 a m at the Aiken Electric Cooperative 2790 Wagener Road Aiken. Department heads will discuss budget needs and Council will set goals for the coming fiscal year. The event is expected to end around 4 30 p m.
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