Teachers find strengths in tests and growth
About 20 teachers and administrators from South Aiken High School and Aiken High School attended a workshop on the StrengthsFinders program. They explored identifying personal strengths through Gallup and will introduce online surveys to freshmen. Public Education Partners funded the effort with a Food Lion grant.
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U.S. Army
South Aiken High School
Aiken High School
Gallup
StrengthFinders
Karen Carter
Public Education Partners
Food Lion
Silver Bluff Road
Diane Mangiante
PEP
Jessica Tyler
Omaha
Neb
America
Tyler
Mangiante
US relies on smaller nations for energy risks
Dr. Doug Wyatt warned at the Rotary Club of Aiken that the United States imports 60 percent of its energy, creating security risks. He noted Qatar and Abu Dhabi LNG supplies and outlined the share of fossil fuels, while stressing limits in overnight fuel switching and future water-driven energy challenges.
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United States
Doug Wyatt
Washington Safety Management Systems
Wyatt
Rotary Club of
Aiken
David Cozad
Qatar
Abu Dhabi
National Energy and Technology Lab
Morgantown
W. Va
Bush Administration
Savannah River
Nevada
California
South Carolina
Aiken Municipal Conference Center
William Price
Bean bag gun used by Aiken officers in tense arrest
Aiken Public Safety used non lethal bean bag rounds for the first time this weekend to subdue Larry Miles after he threatened officers with two broken beer bottles. Miles is charged with assault with intent to kill and resisting arrest with a deadly weapon.
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Aiken Public Safety
Larry Miles
Kershaw Street
Aiken
Department
David Turno
Public Safety
Turno
Karen
Kdaily
Aikenstandard.com
North Augusta Blotter Highlights Arrests and Theft
A North Augusta man was jailed December 30 after a traffic stop on Bluff Avenue on charges including third offense crack cocaine possession and driving while suspended. An 18 year old was jailed December 29 after a Bradleyville Road Knox Avenue stop with charges of driving while suspended beer as a minor open container and seat belt violations. A December 26 larceny at Market Place Drive involved $634 in jewelry medication cash and other items stolen from an employee’s purse.
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North Augusta
Bluff Avenue
Bradleyville Road
Knox Avenue
Market Place Drive
Three arrested after assault at Aiken night club
Aiken Public Safety arrested Damien Padgett Lameaka Padgett and Marcus Spann after a weekend fight at the Bellagio nightclub on York Street. Officers responded to reports of a gunman and confrontations with patrons who refused orders, culminating in multiple arrests and a call for improved club security.
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Aiken
Damien T. Padgett
Vista Drive
Lameaka S. Padgett
Aiken Public Safety
Sheriff's Office
Aiken County
David Turno
Turno
Karen
Kdaily
Aikenstandard.com
Aiken High School Alumni Plan January Reunion
AHS graduates from the 1930s 1940s and early 1950s will hold a semi annual reunion at Shealy's Barbeque Leesville on Monday January 23. Attendees should arrive about 10 30 a m and begin the buffet at 11 a m. No reservations required. Call 649 3451 or 649 4549 for details.
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Aiken High School
Shealy’s
Leesville
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Aiken High
Garen Cofer
Cofer
South Afrian
Jan Nashatker
Nashatker
Rob Novit
Rnovit
Marcia Weinberg
Philip Lord
Plord
Aiken County Ems
North Augusta Public Safety
D. Padgett
L. Padgett
AHS
Floy loydsGreen
Jones
Silver Bluff Rd
Floydandgreen.com
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