Gas station staffing and local issues draw mixed concerns
Readers discuss staffing at gas stations amid robberies, praise for Governor Sanford on cultural center funding, road median upkeep in GVW area, retirement wishes for Dr. Alive Shea at Akwood Windsor Elementary, recycling budget tweaks, hummingbird hostage note, and county needs like connectors and spay neuter programs. Community voices call for faster action and practical solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hest
Alive Shea
Akwood-Windsor Elementary
LBC Starts Strings Program Ahead of Area Schools
LBC Middle School will begin a strings program joining Schofield High, Aiken High, and Corbett Middle in Wagener. The expansion, funded by a Garcia family grant and district support, aims to place violins violas cellos and basses in classrooms. Joyce Culp will lead and rotate sixth grade introductions to band and strings with a growing instrument count expected.
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Foyce Culp
LBC
Schofield Middle School
Aiken High School
Aiken County
Culp
Aiken High
Joe Laurenza
Corbett
Clair ‘Thrower
Schofield Strings
David
Joyce Culp
Beatrice McGhee
Joyce
Schofield
PTO
Derrick
Taylor
Stannard
Rob Novi
Middle School
First Christian names new pastor Rev Ken McDonald
The Rev Ken McDonald has been named pastor of First Christian Church replacing retiring Rev Don Moris after seven years. McDonald, a Canada native and former auto company finance manager, aims to grow membership, reach troubled youth, and expand community outreach with programs and partnerships as the congregation plans a larger facility. He emphasizes a light and lively preaching style and restoring relationships with God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken McDonald
First Chistian Church
McDonald
Don Moris
First Christian
McDonad
Woman Injured Horseback Riding Near Boyd Pond Road
A rider suffered a significant condition after her head hit a tree while her horse ran past it at a Boyd Pond Road residence. Fire officials from Silver Bluff Fire Department reported EMS and fighters responded to the scene to assist as needed.
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Boyd Pond Road
Silver Bluff
Wayne Crown
Silver Bluf
Flefight Ems
Aiken Man Charged After Fleeing Police Chase
Clayton D. Dunnell, 25, faces charges including first degree burglary and multiple offenses after an altercation with his estranged wife and her boyfriend. He allegedly fled on a motorcycle at high speed, nearly striking an officer, punched a sergeant, and resisted arrest before being detained with pepper spray. He is held at the Aiken County detention center.
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Aiken
Tesa
Aiken County Detention Center
Clayton D. Dunnell
Aiken Public Safety
Edrie Oaks Circle
Beaufort Street
Dunnell
Civil War historian to sign War Crimes book at local shop
Walter Brian Cisco, Civil War author and Vietnam veteran, will sign War Crimes Against Southern Civilians at The Book Stall in Haynes Avenue from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday July 25. Copies priced at 24.95. For reservations call 644-0604. Suzanne Stone coordinates at sstone@aikenstandard.com.
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Orangebure
Walter Brian
Haynes Avenue
Cisco
South Carolina
Henry Timrod
Wade Hampton
History Book Club
Sentian
Lincoln
St. Louis
Missouri
Tennessee
Georgia
Sherman
Suzanne Stone
Sstone
Aikenstandard.com
Aiken Standard publication notes and lottery update
The Aiken Standard press page lists publication details, postage rates, and a digest of lottery numbers. It includes schedule notes for 2008 dates, odds and payouts, and a contact line for the paper.
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Alice Shea
Sleepy Hollow Farm
Bailey Star
Wnuney
First Cristian Congregation
Cumbee Center
Jobs For Life
Prison Ministry Network
April Bailey
Sabaileyaikenstandard.com
First Christian Church
Don Morris
MCG
By Suzanne R. Stone
Tar Weiter
JHBRN
Uullen
Tim Ora
Nonal@anestar
Aken Commurcaions Inc
Akan
S.C
Paradais
Aken
Ays EZ
Ferman Endag Oma
Crm
Cal
Saas
Eran
Une
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Lie
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