Aiken to host humanities festival
Aiken hosts the South Carolina Humanities Festival March 26-27 with the USC Aiken Etherredge Center as the hub. Free events feature presentations, performances, and tours under the theme History Horses and Humanities. Notable speakers include Calvin Smith Jill Koverman and Bill Brockington with a 6 15 pm reception.
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S.C. Humanities Council
University of South Carolina
Aiken
Humanities Festival
Etherredge Center
USC Aiken Information
Calvin Smith
David Duncan Wallace
Graniteville
Jill Koverman
Terry Ferrell
Steven Naifeh
Greg Smith
Joye
USCA
Robert Alexander
SCHC
Wayne
Obituary notices for Brodie Fulmer Pickett Powell on page 5A
Obituary items list John C. Brodie Harvey Fulmer Gladys Pickett and David Mab Powell among those remembered in Spartanburg Barnwell Aiken Edgefield notices on page 5A with brief biographical lines.
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John C. Brodie
Spartanburg
Harvey Fulmer
Barnwell
Gladys Pickett
Aiken
David
Mab) Powell
Edgefield
Georgia Lottery Sunday Draws Summary
Winning numbers listed for Can 3 Evening 8 20 Cash 4 01 33 Pantany 5 1 A 617 21 22. Source note points to Aiken Standard website for results.
Yolanda Bennett Aims for Olympic Tae Kwon Do Trials
Yolanda Bennett a tae kwon do instructor at the Martial Arts Academy Sport Tae Kwon Do Center on University Parkway will travel to the Olympic trials in Colorado Springs Colorado in May. The 3rd degree black belt has earned medals in national and international events and cites the 1993 Olympic Festival gold as a career highlight.
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Yolanda Bennett
Ms. Bennett
Martial Arts Academy
Sport
University Parkway
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lo-yearvuma
Arew
Bennett
United States
Man charged after fatal shooting at Morning Glow Lane
Peter Gunn, 28, of Morning Glow Lane, died from a gunshot Sunday after an altercation with James Howard McMenamin. McMenamin had initial assault and battery with intent to kill, upgraded to manslaughter, as autopsy results awaited. Gunn allegedly assaulted Teresa Riddlester before a neighbor fired a high powered rifle. Gunn and Riddlester were taken to Aiken Regional Medical Center, where Gunn died.
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Peter Gunn
Morning Glow Lane
Aiken County
Gunn
James Howard McMenamin
Michael Frank
Lester
Children learn about pollution demo at Hughes Academy
Kim Gandler led a classroom demonstration at Hughes Academy showing non point source pollution. She used cocoa for dirt Kool AId for chemicals chocolate chips for waste and oil to illustrate runoff into the Reedy River. Parents and students watched as red polluted water flowed through model streets to the river.
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Greenville
Kim Gandler
Hughes Academy
Gandler
Reedy River
Mamie
Employee of the year aids Aiken aging transport needs
Delores Byrd, director of transportation operations at the Aiken Area Council on Aging, was named employee of the year. She coordinates 125 to 150 daily rides for seniors to doctors, VA facilities, and dialysis centers across Aiken, North Augusta, and Augusta, directing about 20 drivers and handling complex access needs with dedication and humor.
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Council On Aging
Aiken County
Aiken Area
Aiken-Barnwell
Veterans Administration
Gambro Health Care
Aiken
North Augusta
Augusta
Transporttion
Beth Hollingsworth
The
Council
Transportation Department
George Alexander
Byrd
Alexander
Scott Webster
Delores Byrd
Council ‘On Aging
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