Aiken schools win Palmetto Gold and Silver honors
Seventeen Aiken County schools earned Palmetto Gold and Silver awards from the State Department of Education for PACT performance and criteria. Gold recipients include Silver Bluff High, Aiken High, South Aiken High, Midland Valley, North Augusta, Wagener Valley, Ridge Spring Monetta High, Aiken Elementary, Chukker Creek, and the Aiken County Career Center. Silver honors went to Leavelle McCampbell Middle, New Ellenton Middle, Kennedy Middle, J D Lever Middle, and Ridge Spring Monetta Elementary.
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Silver Bluff High School
Aiken High School
South Aiken High School
Midland Valley High School
Midland Valley High
North Augusta
Wagener-Valley High
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Aiken
Chukker Creek
Aiken County Career Center
Leavelle-McCampbell
New Ellenton
Kennedy
J.D. Lever
PACT
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Goad Chases Air Force Roots From Aiken to Columbus Duty
Colonel William Goad leads the Aviation Detachment at Defense Supply Center in Columbus Ohio after a 25 year Air Force career begun in Aiken. The Citadel graduate and Boston University alum reflects on logistics training, F-16 maintenance tours in Madrid and Incirlik, and a Desert Storm crash investigation that tested his resolve. He values maintenance work but finds procurement duties equally engaging.
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Air Force
Goad
Defense Supply Center
Columbus
Ohio
Aiken
Kenneth Goad
Laura Joan Goad
England
West Point
St. Angela Academy
Citadel
Anna Marie
College of Charleston
Sarah
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Goodfellow Air Force Base
Texas
Chanute Air Force Base
Illinois
Madrid
Spain
Incilik Air Force Base
Turkey
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Marine
Navy
North Augusta council ballot debate prompts attention
Questions of responsibility and notice surround North Augusta mayoral and council ballot plans. The attorney general’s office weighed in without a written ruling on re opening filing to add candidates. Incumbents and two newcomers filed amid disputed notices ahead of the April 26 election.
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North Augusta
South Carolina
David Nix
Aiken County
Republican Party
Phil Mottel
Mottel
Nix
Attorney General's Office
Aiken
Democrat Party
City Election Commission
Heart Benefit tea boosts ticket sales for USC Aiken play
Community members gathered at Idylwood to purchase Heart Benefit tickets for the 36th annual event. Tickets range from 15 to 20 dollars for matinee and evening performances staged February 17 to 20 at the Etherredge Center.
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Suzanne Stone
Eleanor Bookstaver
Kathy Reynolds
Trish Sucher
Center
Heart Board
Gwen Schwalle
Aiken Women’s Heart Board
Usc Aiken Etherredge Center
Jim Moore
Agnes Hobson
Darrell Rains
Benefit
Bookstaver
Heart
American Heart Association
Shirley Brown
Idylwood
Hayne Avenue
Pitkin
New York
Graniteville Mills
Deborah and
Patrick Brooks
Eulalie Salley
Baden Brown
Sharon Brown
Brown
Vonda Carr
Augusta
Eleanor Bookstayer
Shirley Shaw
Kennan Kizer
Peg Robinson
Ava Hammond
Manwarren to headline Aiken piano recital benefit
Classical pianist Matthew Manwarren will perform at the Aiken Symphony Guild piano recital Sunday at Cumberland Village at 3 p m. The event funds Augusta Symphony outreach and a fifth grade program in Aiken County with after concert hors d oeuvres. Tickets are 40 dollars by check to Aiken Symphony Guild Box 2801 Aiken SC 29802 contact Jim Wetzel or John Moore for details.
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Aiken Symphony Guild
Cumberland Village
Pat Kirk
Augusta Symphony
Aiken
Aiken County
Jim Wetzel
John Moore
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Honda Odyssey Drives New Economy Firsts on Road
The Honda Odyssey introduces efficiency innovations with an engine that automatically shuts off three of its six cylinders to conserve fuel. This interruption in power is part of a broader push toward fuel economy in minivans, aiming to appeal to family buyers seeking lower operating costs.
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Honda Odyssey
Orangepurg Wilkinson Faces Aiken In Regional Basketball Clash
Orangeburg Wilkinson High travels to James A. Taylor Activities Center for a region basketball contest against Aiken High. The schedule note appears in a Saturday sports roundup and jokes column context.
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Orangepurg-Wilkinson High School
James A. Taylor Activities Center
Aiken High School
Aiken's January Trait Is Orderliness
Aiken notes January is Orderliness. Wednesday numbers include Pick 3 Midday 4 6 0 Pick 4 Midday 7 1 3 4 Pick 3 Evening 4 0 9 Pick 4 Evening 1 4 7 8 Carolina Five 3 13 16 35 36 Powerball 21 23 27 38 50 Powerball 38 Powerplay 5 Cash 3 Midday 4 4 7 Cash 4 Midday 3 5 6 5 Cash 3 Evening 6 4 1 Cash 4 Evening 0 7 0 2 Fantasy 5 35 11 9 23 3 LottoSouth 2 3 4 12 22 40
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Cash
Fantasy
LottoSouth
Aiken Standard Contact and Subscription Information
The Aiken Standard lists office hours and contact numbers for staff, plus subscription rates and delivery problem contacts. It notes EzPay options, billing practices, and policy on payments to carriers, with instructions to call to cancel subscriptions.
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