Readers weigh in on bills and local business ideas
Readers vent about rising utility costs and urge bill checks, discuss store openings and empty boxes, advocate education and health care reforms, praise routes maps, demand job layoff news, and invite comments via Talkback. The piece reflects diverse views from Aiken readers.
Hitchcock Center to Rename and Unveil Logo at Meeting
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center will announce a name change and debut a new logo at its annual meeting Monday January 20 at 6 pm. A formal press event follows Tuesday at 11 am. Executive Director Pat Samuel and Marketing Director Carrie Morgan will honor former Aiken residents Bill and Meritt Thurlow for years of volunteer fundraising and leadership. The public is invited to attend with the board, staff, and friends attending to recognize the year’s volunteers of the board and staff.
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Comteresne
Hitchcock
Aiken
Bill and
Meritt Thurlow
Pat Samuel
Thurlows
Pennsylvania
Carrie Morgan
Friends of Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
African Children's Choir entertains local audiences at church
The African Children's Choir from Uganda performed traditional spirituals in multiple languages before a large crowd at First Presbyterian Church. The 20 young performers, mostly orphans, study by day and sing by night while volunteers help them keep up with schooling in English. Proceeds support a Washington State ministry aiding needy children, with two more shows at Crown Christian Center on Sunday.
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First Presbyterian Church
England
American
Uganda
Washington State
Byterian
Crown Christian Center
Richland Avenue
Pam Simpson
First Presbyterian
Simpson
Kristine Detweiler
Ohio
David Cozad
Cozad
Africa
USCA Wins Grant For Disability Tech Lab And Wireless Expansion
USCA will use a 798000 Education Lottery grant to create an assistive technology lab for students with disabilities and to expand wireless computing campus wide. The plan, titled Ubiquitous Campus Computing, funds a lab with magnification tools Braille printer video magnifier and assistive devices plus wireless classrooms and a public resource center. About 200 disabled students on campus may benefit, with stipends to support program development and training for faculty on educational technology and distance courses.
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USC Aiken
USCA
Commission On Higher Education
Michael Casdorph
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Caldorph
Casdorph
Williston water not contaminated say officials
Williston drinking water remains safe says DHEC official Craig Dukes noting groundwater solvent plumes head away from public wells. No private wells tested show contamination as testing continues with new wells and sapples collected along the plume path at Edwards Cleaners. Public meeting planned before choosing a cleanup method with several months needed for data.
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Craig Dukes
DHEC
Bureau of Land and Waste Management
Williston
Edwards Cleaners
Rosemary St
Dukes
S.C
Edwards
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