Calendar of events at First Baptist and local venues
A reading list of events shows butterflies support group at First Baptist Church on Friday at 6 p.m. Aiken Community Playhouse on Price Avenue hosts My Cousin Rachel at 8 p.m. A Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center Miniature and Dollhouse Show runs 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Call 6543 0001 ext 236 for more information. The schedule also lists My Cousin Rachel performances at 3 p.m. and another at 8 p.m.
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Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Aiken Community Playhouse
Price Avenue
My Cousin
Rachel Aiken Community Playhouse
Vandalism and arrests reported in Aiken County blotter
Aiken County Sheriff’s Office reports vandalism at Eureka Baptist Church on Tuesday and damage to a Storm Branch Road residence. A North Augusta man was arrested during a Granitteville traffic stop for disorderly conduct, DUS second, and threating a public official. A stolen car was taken on Pierson Avenue in North Augusta Friday. An employee at a Silver Bluff Road business faced breach of trust charges for letting customers skim items. An Aiken man sleeping in his car on Charleston Street was arrested for disorderly conduct on Wednesday. A York Street business was burglarized Sunday.
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Eureka Baptist Church
North Augusta
Graniteville
Pierson Avenue
Main Drive
Augusta
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Silver Bluff Road
Charleston Street
York Street
Aiken
Police hunt two in North Main Street Food Lion attack
Aiken woman Yamela Walker, 34, was assaulted and robbed by two men in the North Main Street Food Lion parking lot Tuesday at about 7:20 pm. She resisted, was cut with a pocketknife, and handed over $30 before the assailants fled on foot. She suffered minor injuries and declined ambulance aid.
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New Ellenton
North Main Street
Yamela Melissa Walker
Ms. Walker
Battle of Aiken reenactment marks Civil War 135th anniversary
The upcoming Battle of Aiken reenactment on February 26 and 27 will feature over 600 living history specialists from the movies Gettysburg and Glory. Sponsored by the Brig Gen Bernard E Bee Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the event commemorates Sherman’s March with participants from Illinois, Maine, and Pennsylvania preparing to portray soldiers defending South Carolina.
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Gettysburg
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Illinois
Maine
Pennsylvania
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Bee Camp
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Battle of Aiken Moves Site to Carolina Star Gun Club
The battle will be held at the Carolina Star Gun and Hunt Club eight miles from downtown Aiken with tours for students starting Friday February 25 at 9 a.m. Advance tickets go on sale Tuesday at the Aiken Chamber for 6 dollars adults 3 dollars children ages 6 to 17. at the gate 8 dollars adults 4 dollars children 6 to 17. Oyster roast night artillery show and concert priced at 3 dollars. under 5 free.
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Carolina Star Gun and Hunt Club
Aiken
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Cedar Branch
Carolina Star
Don Starkie
Nam
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Buckle Up Aiken launches bumper sticker drive
Aiken County's Tri Development Center and the Aiken County Community Traffic Safety Steering Committee roll out free bumper stickers to boost seatbelt use. Safety administrator Jones Bowen notes that adults buckling up models safe behavior for children and the grant funded effort includes monthly meetings with law enforcement health care and community members to address traffic concerns. The next meeting is February 7 at 11 a.m. in the Tri Development Center board room.
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Tri-Development Center
Aiken County, Inc
Aiken County Community Traffic Safety Steering Committee
Jones Bowen
Aiken Community Traffic Program
Tri- Development Center
S.C. Department of Public Safety
Bowen
Department of ‘Transportation
Vaucluse Road
Aiken
Autopsy rules Ellis death a traffic fatality in crash
Autopsy on Richard H. Ellis 76 of Savannah found he died of a heart attack after a Jan. 17 collision on SC 19 that killed Mitchell E. Smith 31 and his infant son Dylan. Ellis survived initially but died Friday at MCG after the wreck that left Mary Smith with a broken leg.
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Richard Harold Ellis
Savannah
Ellis
S.C
Powell Road
Mitchell E. Smith
Dylan Smith
Mary Smith
Medical College of Georgia
Aiken
Sue Townsend
Townsend
Offenders Detained After Stolen Bicycle Escape Incident
Two North Augusta Department of Public Safety officers were injured Wednesday while detaining Ronald Carlic who fled on a stolen bike. Carlic assaulted officers Raffield and Bell, received rib injuries, and was treated at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. He faces larceny and resisting arrest charges.
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Carlic
Michael Raffield
Robert Bell
Aiken
Womrath Court
Carlie
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