Celebrate Aiken! refunds surplus to sponsors after 175th year
Celebrate Aiken! ended with a budget surplus of about $10,000 from 22 events commemorating the city’s 175th birth day. Over 40 sponsors received refunds ranging from $100 to $800, with checks sent last week. The steering committee, led by Bill Reynolds, unanimously chose to rebate funds to sponsors who donated in early 2009 during the recession.
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Aiken
Bill Reynolds
Reynolds
Richard Pearce
Cindy
Ginny Southworth
Kathy Huff
Aiken Center
For the
Kristen Brown
South Carolina
Jim Harrison
Art Center
Faith based Jobs for Life seeks March applicants
Faith based program Jobs for Life seeks applicants for a 16 session March class at Christ Central Mission 267 Laurens St. The free program limits class size to 14, relies on volunteers including instructor Jenifer Ramseur, and aims to teach character traits, goal setting, communication, resume creation, and job search skills with assigned mentors.
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Christ Central Mission
Christ Central
Laurens St
Red Cross
Jenifer Ramseur
Tracy Adkinson
Jobs for Life class offers faith based workforce program
The program begins March 22 and runs Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 6 PM at 267 Laurens St with interviews at 3605 Richland Ave. Prospective students can call Don Boyer at 644-0631 for details or interviews. Mark Life in November called it life changing with new friends and confidence.
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Laurens St
Richland Ave
Don Boyer
Aiken County Board of Education Sets 6 30 P M Start With Two Closed Sessions
The Aiken County Board of Education will meet at 6 30 p m with a first closed session to hear three student disciplinary appeals. The regular meeting will cover the tribunal appeal system instructional technology and the district master building plan. A second closed session will hear six more disciplinary appeals and a review of the administrative structure along with budgetary effects on personnel contracts.
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Aiken County Board of Education
Army Pvt DeHarry S Gray graduates basic training at Fort Jackson
Army Pvt DeHarry S Gray completes nine weeks of basic combat training at Fort Jackson Columbia. He studied the Army mission history values and received instruction in weapons combat field tactics first aid and drill. He is the son of Breconda Johnson North Augusta and brother of Jeshia Gray Edgefield. Gray is a Strom Thurmond High School 2010 graduate. George Ben Smith named Dean of Students at Catawba College Salisbury North Carolina native of Aiken.
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DeHarry S. Gray
Fort Jackson
Columbia
Breconda Johnson
North Augusta
Jeshia Gray
Edgefield
George “Ben” Smith
Salisbury, N.C
Aiken
Catawba College
Salisbury
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Aiken County
Tom Young
Bill Taylor
Gray
Strom Thurmond High School
Smith
Dean
Catawba
Porky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
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