Fire chiefs hire lawyer over fire fee funding shortfalls
Aiken County fire chiefs hire Columbia attorney Rolland Greenburg using dues money for research to halt ongoing funding strains. New Ellenton chief Mark Key cites annual fire fee losses up to 28000 not collected, a problem echoed across county districts. Fees are billed by multiple methods, with some collected by the county treasurer along with real estate taxes and delinquent notices.
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Aiken
Aiken County Association of Fire Chiefs
Columbia
Rolland Greenburg
New Ellenton
Mark Key
Key
Wanda Claims Aiken Trained Horse of the Year
Aiken's Wanda earns praise after winning the Canadian Triple Crown and is named Aiken Trained Horse of the Year by Lisa Hall. Wando, a 3 year old colt owned by Gustav Schickedanz, has five stakes wins this year and $2,379,700 in earnings. Ceremony set for Sunday March 14 at 12 30 p.m. in Hopelands Gardens.
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Wanda
City of Aiken
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Wando
Aiken
Hopelands Gardens
Gustav Schickedanz
Schickedanz
Long Leaf Plantation
Schomberg
Gustav Schickendanz
Mike Keogh
Canada
Woman mentors at risk children in Aiken County program
Donna Wesby, education outreach specialist at Westinghouse Savannah River Company, leads Brothers & Sisters in Aiken County and Granitieville, guiding at risk youth. She chairs the board five years and emphasizes respect, community support, and personal growth through college prep and mentorship.
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Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
Wesby
Brothers & Sisters
Aiken County
Aiken
Graniteville
Wesbey
Eric Stallings
Eric
Wesley
WSRC
Joe Buggy
Rock Hill
Black History Black Future profile in Aiken County
In a February feature of the Aiken Standard the third profile in a four part series highlights a young African American woman from Aiken County. The piece notes her family ties at the Savannah River Site and her role as a senior honor graduate who delivered the commencement address reflecting on self-improvement.
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Aiken
Betty Gant
Savannah River
Wesby
Britney
D.J
Michael
Booker T
Rebecca Cathcart
Wesley
Aiken High School
Wesbey
Beech Island Woman Missing as Foreclosure Looms
A Beech Island mother of two, Lisa Shuttleworth, has been missing for more than five months as a mortgage company begins foreclosure on her home. Investigators with the Aiken County Sheriff's Office pursue several leads while urging anyone with information to contact the sheriff or CrimeStoppers for a possible reward.
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Aiken County
Michael Frank
Lisa Shuttleworth
Frank
Tors
Hunt
Shuttleworth
South Carolina Students Outpace National Test Averages
South Carolina students scored above the national average on TerraNova in spring 2004. Among 23,000 tested, 57.1 percent of fifth graders, 51.3 percent of eighth graders and 54.6 percent of 11th graders scored above the national average. Aiken County official Dr. Frank Roberson praised the results.
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U.S
TerraNova
Palmetto State
State Department of Education
Terra Nova
Frank Roberson
Aiken County
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Clearwater
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Bennie Griffin
Flora Elliott
Aiki
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