WKA Banquet honors top student athletes and interns join local firms
Kirstie Boone and Jacob Shealy were named Wyman King’s Senior Male and Female Student Athletes of the Year at the May 19 WKA Athletic Banquet. Ligons adds an intern role with Aiken Electric Helping Hands and Habitat for multiple outreach efforts while reporting on event planning and publications. Dr. Connie L. Drisko plans to step down as dean of the College of Dental Medicine at Georgia Health Sciences University effective July 1 2013, remaining on faculty. under her leadership enrollment rose from 60 to 80 per class and residencies from 34 to 47, with future growth toward 400 students and 100 faculty.
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Vom Tel Prov
Kirstie Boone
Jacob Shealy
Wyman King
WKA
Connie L. Drisko
Merritt
College of Dental Medicine
Georgia Health Sciences University
Drisko
Commission On Dental Accreditation
The
American Dental Association
Police to be out in force during week of July 4th
State troopers will expand enforcement across the holiday week and the following weekend to keep motorists safe. Col. Mike Oliver urges adherence to seat belt use, speed limits and avoiding drunk driving as a means to prevent crashes. Officials note travel is expected to rise with falling gas prices and warn drivers to be prepared for checkpoints and distractions from electronics. Karen Daily, USC graduate, is longtime crime reporter for the Aiken Standard.
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Palmetto State
Mike Oliver
S.C
Aiken
AAA
Carolinas
Fireworks stands prep for Fourth of July rush
Wacky Wayne's on Whiskey Road offers sparklers Roman candles mortars and cakes as July 4 approaches. customers Ryan and Mason Lentsch browse a cart while sales rep Marcelis Thompson notes strong shells sell fast. East Pine Log Road stand also draws buyers with intense artillery and mortar shells. prices span 25 cents to 600 dollars. city rules limit firecrackers in Aiken but North Augusta and rural areas permit broader fireworks use. Haley Hughes reports from the Aiken Standard.
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Ryan
Mason Lentsch
Mason
Wayne's
Whiskey Road
Wayne’s
Marcelis Thompson
Riverwalk
Thompson
East Pine Log Road
RSC
Sallie McCain
McCain
Aiken
Aiken Newvalets Club to Meet at Newberry Hall
The Aiken Newvalets Club for women will gather July 10 at Newberry Hall 117 Newberry St. SW. Registration starts at 11 am business meeting at 11:15 am and luncheon at 11:30 am costing 14 dollars payable to Aiken Newcomers Club. Attendees will bring school supplies for the fall seminar.
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Aiken Newvalets? Club
Newberry Hall
Newberry St
Aiken Newcomers Club
Canclub
Deadline nears for petition candidates in county races
Andrew Siders and other hopefuls push to file petitions and SEI forms by July 16 at noon to appear on the November ballot. Statewide rulings require exact SEI timing. several candidates were decertified last May. Gunter reports over 2,000 signatures collected for county treasurer bid, seeking 5,000 with family help, amid voter confusion over the primary ballot removal.
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S.C. Senate
House
State Election Commission
Aiken
Andrew Siders
Aiken County
District 7
Siders
State Supreme Court
Elections Office
Janet Vaughters
S.C
Jason Goings
Charles Barton
Jim Vause
Michael Hunt
Tom
Young
Don Wells
Seis
Cour
Svea
Wes
Andrew Wai
Yong
State Ethics Commission
Ethics Commission
Asene
Gunter
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Ligons
Aiken Electric
Helping Hands
Habitat For
Ices
Dean
Karen Daily
USC
Aiken Standard
Waytre
Rya
Haley Hughes
North Augusta
Hughes
Middle Tennessee State University
Knoxville, Tenn
Hewes’ Club
Haley Hughes Hughes
Aikenstandar
TNS
Porky Bradberry
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