German shepherd Tessa joins Aiken drug interdiction team
Imported from Germany Tessa the narcotic detection dog joins Shooter in the Aiken Department of Public Safety drug interdiction unit. Lt Hunt notes she is a straight narcotics dog, alongside handler Burgess, with six cases since arrival in late January.
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Tessa
Drug Interdiction Team
Shooter
Aiken
Clark Smith
Germany
Michael Hunt
Craig Burgess
Hunt
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Cers
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Sandy Nemth
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United Way programs join forces to repair area homes
The Kiwanis Club of Aiken hosts United Way representative Vicki Bukovitz to discuss Project VISION and the Home Repair Volunteer Initiative HRVI. VISION funds one day tasks while HRVI coordinates skilled volunteers for multi day repairs at homes. The first HRVI project aids Melissa Jackson and her three children after a December fire.
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Vicki Bukovitz
United Way of
Aiken County
Kiwanis Club of
Aiken
Bukovitz
Project Vision
HRV
Melissa Jackson
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
North Augusta pots revived Slovak sister city ties
NAMS students restore ties with Stara Lubovna Slovakia after decades. Columbia County residents sent letters and Valentine gifts, including 48 letters and puzzles, to English class pupils. A planning meeting for another Slovak visit is planned as a display of the cross cultural exchange remains active.
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North Augusta
Columbia County
Stara Lubovna
Waue
North Augusta Middle School
NAMS
Maria Meimovicova
Ken ‘McDowell
North Augustan
Standard, Star shine at Press Association awards
Aiken Standard staff and North Augusta Star members earned 11 awards at the South Carolina Press Association winter meeting. Senior writer Carl Langley won first in spot news for elder abuse arrests at Ranson Community Care.
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Press Association
Columbia
Aiken Standard
North Augusta Star
South Carolina Press Association
The
Scott Hunter
Carl Langley
Ranson
Brookhaven Drive
Melissa Hanna
Ginny Southworth
Larry Taylor
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Scott Webster
SCPA
Star
Phylllis Britt
Ellen Gladden
South Carolina
State Association
Loren Schneider
the Press Association
Jeffrey Wallace
Correction: Dixie Lee Restaurant address and contact
A front page notice clarifies that the Dixie Lee Restaurant is at 3822 Jefferson Davis Highway in Clearwater and provides the contact number 599-0908 for more information. The Aiken Standard regrets the error and publication of the incorrect details.
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