City employees learn value of character traits in Aiken
City of Aiken workers attend monthly Character First classes led by Steve Swenson, high school director at Aiken Prep. The sessions feature hands on activities and stories to teach traits such as resourcefulness and punctuality, with Mayor Fred Cavanaugh praising the program.
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Steve Swenson
Aiken Preparatory School
City of Aiken Public Safety
Swenson
Aiken Prep
Character Training Institute
Secretary of Education
William Bennett
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Linda Coffin
Aiken
Coffin
Betty Galardi
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Galardi
Cavanaugh
Aiken-area
City Hall
Tony Baughman
Aiken City
February
Ryberg awarded for seat belt legislation
Sen. Greg Ryberg of Aiken, a proponent of South Carolina's primary seat belt law, was among five legislators awarded the Seat Belt Champion Award at a luncheon in Columbia. The honor recognized efforts to pass the law and its early impact with usage up and estimated deaths down in January. Other recipients included members of the Democratic and Republican parties from multiple districts, noted for advancing the legislation.
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Aiken
Greg Ryberg
R-Aiken
Ryberg
Meharry State Farm Alliance
South Carolina
Legislative Black Caucus
Capital City Club
Columbia
Darrell Jackson
Richland County
Joel Laurie
Kershaw/Richland counties
Ronald Parker Townsend
Abbeville
Anderson Counties
Phillip D
Violinist Eliza Hesse to Perform at St Johns Sunday
Local violinist Eliza Hesse and pianist Laurel Larsen will give a recital at St. Johns United Methodist Church Sunday at 3 p.m. Free and open to the public, the program features Bach Mozart Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff.
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St. John’s
Eliza Hesse
Hesse
Laurel Larsen
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Bach
Mozart
Mendelssohn
Rachmaninoff
University of South Carolina
St. John's United Methodist Church
Eliza Hesse of
Aiken
Auditions for Canterbury Tales at Aiken Youth Wing
The Aiken Community Playhouse Youth Wing holds auditions for The Canterbury Tales a modernized Chaucer adaptation by Lindsay Price. Auditions Saturday 10 a.m. and Monday 6 30 p.m. at the Aiken Community Playhouse with at least 10 male and 10 female roles for ages 12 to 18. The show runs April 20 22 at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts experimental theater with reduced student pricing supported by the Aiken Junior Woman's Club. Contact 648 1483 or 648 1438 or visit the theater site.
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Merry Old England
Aiken Community Playhouse
Geoffrey Chaucer
Lindsay Price
Nancy Hansen
Chuck Shick
Hansen
Washington Center For the
Aiken Junior Woman’s Club
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