Donate For Life Blood Drive Aims To Boost Local Supplies
Shepeard Community Blood Center backs its second annual Donate For Life blood drive in Aiken. Organizers expect about 300 donors at Centennial Park on Tuesday from 9 am to 8 pm behind South Aiken High School. Donors receive perks and automatic entry to summer prize drawings.
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Aiken
Jennifer Eaton
Linda Peterson
Shepeard Community Blood Center
Eaton
Shepeard
Centennial Park
South Centennial Ave
Whiskey Road
South Aiken High School
SCANA
UPS
Storm water work closes Coker Springs Road in Aiken
The city replaces a deteriorated 4 foot stormwater line on Coker Springs Road from Newberry Street to Burkwood Place near Whiskey Road. Open trenching blocks road access for vehicles and equestrians for months while crews avoid existing utilities and aim to preserve trees.
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Aiken
Coker Springs Road
Hitchcock Woods
Newberry Street
Burkwood Place
Whiskey Road
City Public Works
Larry Morris
Coker Springs Monument
Morris
Newberry
Coker Spring Road
Ted Jones
Giving Blood Quick Facts and Health Benefits
Blood donation occurs every two seconds with about 10 percent of eligible people donating annually. One unit can save up to three lives as blood components are used. Donating three times yearly may lower blood pressure and reduce risks of heart attack and certain cancers. Platelets and different blood products have varying shelf lives, and donors must be healthy at least 16 with parental consent at 17 and weigh 110 pounds, eligible every 56 days.
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Gold
Bruster
Shepcard
FDA
Shepeard Blood Center
Rachel Johnson
Rjohnson
Aikenstandard.com
Sheppard
Barnwell principal seeks District 1 Aiken County Board seat
John Bass a Barnwell County principal based in Aiken County announces candidacy for the District 1 seat on the Aiken County Board of Education. He highlights student achievement teacher quality and community involvement while noting district funding concerns and systemic reforms.
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Barnwell
John Bass
Aiken County
Bass
Deborah Bass
A.L. Corbett
Wagener
Wagener-Salley
Governor’s School For the Arts
Greenville
John Brown
Aiken
North Augusta
Jim Rex
Rob Novit
Movit
Aikenstandard
Casanova and friends seek homes at shelter
Casanova a calm seven month old Blue tick hound mix weighs 29 pounds and loves human company. Cletus a 61 pound Redtick hound mix enjoys dogs outdoors and baying. Annie Rose a 28 pound Bassett bulldog mix is sweet and playful with distinct facial markings.
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Casanova
Cletus Redtick Hound
Cletus
Bassett
Bulldog mix
Annie Rose
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