Hale tapped for Chamber annual event
Former South Carolinian and world-traveled educator Dr William Hale Jr will be guest speaker at the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting on Thursday January 17 at 7 PM in USC Aiken Student Activities Center. RSVP by January 9. Cost 30 dollars per person.
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Chamber of Commerce
William 4. Hale Jr
Furman University
University of South Carolina
Florida State University
University of Seoul
Korea
Hale
Prism Associates
Athens
University of South Carolina Aiken
Palmetto Kiwanis spotlights blind aid programs at USCA meeting
Constance Barksdale and Liz Lewis explained services helping the blind and visually impaired. Barksdale’s Older Blind Program in South Carolina serves 55 plus from Aiken to Barnwell with home assessments on communication transportation and nutrition. Lewis works in SCCB Children’s Services from birth to high school, focusing on employment prep and classroom visits. Palmetto Kiwanis meets first Tuesday for lunch at EJ’s. monthly business meeting is third Tuesday in Admin Building room 110 at USCA.
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Barksdale
South Carlina
Commission For the Blind
Aiken
Allendale
Bamberg
Barnwell
Lewis
SCCB
Palmetto Kiwanis
Eejay’s
Adminisation
USCA
Workers picket Kentucky Tennessee Clay over union recognition
Langley workers at the Kentucky Tennessee Clay Company, 43 employees, protested in an informal picket demanding management recognize and negotiate with the Boiler Makers International Union Local formed after a 2000 vote. Officials say the company contests the election and NLRA pending. Outside demonstrators included Donna Dewitt, AFL-CIO SC president. Plant operates since 1927. company since 1995.
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Scott Webster
Leonard Riley
International Longshoreman Association
Charleston
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company
Huber Clay Road
Langley
S.C. Afl-Cio
Donna Dewitt
Kentucky
Tennessee Clay
Boilermakers International Union
Oneunion
Pres
Ent
National Labor Relations Board
Columbia
S.C
Afl-Cio
Dewitt
Pastor opposes home schooling rules in Aiken meeting
Columbia pastor Rev Ray Moore told John Birch Society members Monday that House Bill 3364 would undermine homeschooled and private school diplomas. He urged contacting legislators to protest, calling public education a tool to erase Judeo Christian values and labeling reforms as fascist.
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ASC
House of Representatives
Columbia
John Birch Society
Aiken
Ray Moore
Moore
Exodus
Gulag
Silver Bluff Bulldogs honored for state titles and 30 game win streak
The Aiken County Board of Education publicly thanked Silver Bluff High football team for a second straight state championship run and a 30 game win streak, noting a 43 of 44 game run and a 1000 plus SAT average. Trustees invited players and coaches to a meeting and reception to receive certificates.
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Silver Bluff High
Aiken County Board of Education
Warren Whitson
Silver Bluff Stuents
Whitson
al Lown
Bulldogs
Frank Roberson
Rob Novt
John Bradley
Silver Bluff
Shawn Harris
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George Bush
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S.C. General Assembly
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John Brown
Jack Hunter
Shell
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