County Democrats Set Planning Session for Convention
Aiken County Democratic Party lays groundwork for the March convention. Planning session led by chairman Kent Brown will convene in the County Council chambers at 7 p.m. The full convention is scheduled for March 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the University of South Carolina Aiken.
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County Democrats
Aiken County
Democratic Party
Kent Brown
Brown
Aiken County Council
University of South Carolina Aiken
Police blotter reports thefts and vandalism incidents
Aiken area police blotter details thefts including a lawn mower and weed trimmer taken from Toolbeck Road on Feb 13 with damage to a second mower. An Aiken man, age 37, was arrested for vandalism after driving across a Banks Mill Road front lawn. Burglary at Kendrick's Store on Wagener Road led to a beer display loss. A car break in on Ridge Road in North Augusta yielded electronics and a hood battery. A storage building break in on Poinsettia Road in Wagener saw $1,175 in car parts and a handgun taken. Burglary on Canal Street in Graniteville involved electronics. Tires and wheels stolen from a North Augusta resident on Kirby Street. A flim-slam at McDonald’s on Richland Avenue involved a white male paying with a $20 then seeking change. An Alfred Street NE attempted burglary occurred with no losses. Hubbard's Liquor Store burglary saw a glass door shattered and liquor stolen.
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Toolbeck Road
Banks Mill Road
Kendrick
Wagener Road
Ridge Road
North Augusta
Aiken County
Kirby Street
Aiken Department of Public Safety
McDonald's
Richland Avenue
Alfred Street
Hubbard's Liquor Store
Mike Jones Visits Wagener Schools For Black History Month
New England Patriots defensive lineman Mike Jones, Keenan High and NC State graduate, toured Busbee Elementary A L Corbett Middle and Wagener Salley High during Black History Month. He spoke with students about peer pressure and academics. His father David Jones once coached at Ridge Spring Monetta High.
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Mike Jones
New England Patriots
Wagener
Keenan High
Columbia
N.C. State
Busbee
A.L. Corbett Middle
Wagener-Salley High
Jones
David
Ridge Spring
Monetta High
Mentoring program seeks volunteers for at risk girls in Aiken
Aiken launches Girls Only, a first of its kind program for at risk 12 to 14 year old girls. Capt. LaLita Ashley says volunteers need no special skills and will mentor referred youths. A $28,168 state grant funds the pilot, with referrals from schools DJJ and PACT. Volunteers receive CPR and first aid training and participate in advisory workshops.
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Aiken
South Carolina
LaLita Ashley
Vegun
Ashley
S.C. Department of Public Safety
David Beasley
Department of Juvenile Justice
PACT
Police and Community Together
Capt
Blackville pushes Shamrock Hotel preservation effort
Historical Business Ventures Inc. advances to save the Shamrock Hotel with a $19,000 grant from the South Carolina Department of History and Archives to install interior steel bracing. Two fund raisers are planned a St Patrick's Day event March 13 at Blackville Community Center and a golf tournament March 27 at Blackville Golf Club with a $40 entry. Donations and brick or block name plates are offered, with larger gifts earning a Shamrock donor plaque for the hotel lobby.
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Blackville
Historical Business Ventures Inc
Valentini artwork exhibi tion links Orvieto and USC Aiken
Thomas Smith reports that the Valentini exhibition at the University of South Carolina Aiken Etherredge Center marks Valentini’s first American showing. The Arnold Gallery becomes permanent home for the Valentini collection and will display about 25 lithographs plus ceramics, sculptures and oils priced from 100 to 10000 dollars. The gallery aims to expand international ties and cultural exchange between Aiken and Orvieto.
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Aiken-Orvieto
Valentini
University of South Carolina
Aiken Etherredge
Arnold Gallery
Partners In Friendship
Tiiio Orazio Valentini
Livio Orazio Valentini
Trish Arnold
Aiken
Orvieto
Orvietio
Rescue ideas voiced for Rose Hill College fate
Owen Jones cites community outreach as key to saving Rose Hill College founded by Julie Jones. At a luncheon chancellor and guests discussed informing Aiken County about the college mission, involving churches and civic groups, and inviting observers to classes to show its classical curriculum in Christianity themed study.
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Owen Jones
Rose Hill College
Jones
Julie
The
Christian College
Laurens Street
Rose Hill
Aiken County
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
June Murf
Aiken
Ohio
Alice Batchelder
Bill
House of Representatives
Bachelor
Elizabeth
Batchelders
Remembering Miller Shealy A Palmetto League Pitcher
An old ballplayer recalls Miller Shealy, a noted pitcher from the Palmetto League of 1946 1948. The writer details Shealy s standout curve and fastball, his brief path to professional baseball, and a personal search that reconnects him with the player years later.
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America
Lutheran Homes
Miller Shealy
Miller
Tommy. Lasorda
Jack Hargett
Tommy Lasorda
Los Angeles Dodgers
Jacksonville
Bris
Tenn
Hickory
N.C
Knoxville
Langley
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Greenville
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