City adds pet registration clinics in Aiken
Aiken launches monthly Saturday clinics over five months to help residents register pets under a stricter ordinance. The first event opens at Smith Hazel Recreation Center with on site microchip and lifetime registration for a one time fee, with free licenses for sterile microchipped animals.
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City of Aiken
Aiken
Pete Frommer
Smith Hazel Recreation Center
Kershaw Street
Frommer
Aiken implements pet microchip and registration program
City guidelines set fees for lifetime pet registration 80 dollars with microchip or 100 without plus rabies vaccination five dollars and microchip fifteen. Kennel and capped fees apply for multiple pets. Public Safety handles registrations at 251 Laurens Street 8 to 5 weekdays. Income based spay/neuter co pay thirty five? No, fifteen. Call 642-7620 for details.
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Public Safety
Laurens Street
Aiken
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Aiken Public Safety
Teen After-School Center grows in Aiken
The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice partners with Second Baptist Church and Christian Preparatory School to operate The Teen After-School Center Program in Aiken. TASC targets at risk youths ages 12 to 17 with structured activities to boost academics vocational skills and employability outside regular school hours. Grand opening was Feb 6 with goals of reducing truancy misbehavior and disruption while guiding students toward college pathways. Referrals come from Family Court school resource officers DJJ or parents and volunteers are sought via local contacts.
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Second Baptist Church and Christian Preparatory School
TASC
South Carolina
Second Baptist Church
Aiken
Wallace
DJJ
Erin Brooks
Ebrooks
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Barbara Morgan
Aiken County
Elizabeth Morris
Douglas Slaughter
Yolanda Cornish
Max Dorsey
SCDJJ
Bill Byars
Barry Guillory
Hit author Susan McBride to speak at Aiken Library event
Public library talk and book signing with Susan McBride set for 7 p.m. Thursday February 23 at the Aiken County Public Library. The appearance precedes her festival invite at the South Carolina Book Festival February 24 26.
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Susan McBride
McBride
South Carolina
Aiken County Public Library
Friends of the
Aiken County Library
Booklovers Bookstore
Booklovers
Fran Bush
Bush
Ellen Byerrum
Nancy Cohen
Laura Durham
Alessa Holliday
Harley Jane Kozak
Nancy Martin
Sarah Strohmeyer
Man is found guilty in molestation case
Warrenville resident Paul Arthur Laird, 44, was found guilty on three charges after a juried trial in general sessions court. He received 15 years for criminal sexual conduct in the second degree, 15 concurrent for a lewd act upon a child, and 3 concurrent years for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Warrenville
Paul Arthur Laird
Laird Lane
Jack Early
Laird
Brenda Brisbin
Aaron Walsh
Walsh
Brisbin
Erin Brooks
Ebrooks
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Local support groups and jazz jam in Aiken events
Overeaters Anonymous meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at St. John’s UMC Room 109 in Aiken. call Cecil at 644-2953. Narcotics Anonymous holds multiple weekly meetings at 7 p.m. at 421 Hampton Ave and the Aiken Center. Juilliard Jazz musicians jam at Southside Gallery and Cafe Monet on Saturday March 11 at 10 p.m. tickets $20. call 649-6757 or 649-2412.
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Overeaters Anonymous
Aiken
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Cecil
Hampton Ave
Aiken Center
Juilliard
Southside Gallery
Cafe Monet
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