Rains Boost Area Crops Across Regions
Local growers report favorable moisture with corn and cotton thriving amid mix of rain and sun. Farmers like Carl Brown Jr and Jay Jarrett note benefits to crops. wheat and peaches face occasional rain damage and disease risk. Weather officials predict near normal July to September with daily thunderstorms possible.
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Carl Brown Jr
Brown
Jay Jarrett
Cowden Plantation
Jackson
Jarrett
Holstein
Ohio
Florida
Aiken Standard Weather Station
Bruce Cherry
National Weather Service
Climate Prediction Center
Washington D.C
Youth Rally at Edgefield Soccer Field Aims to Inspire
Women in Unity hosts a Saturday Youth Rally at Edgefield Soccer Field from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The free event features contests such as watermelon seed spitting sack race and hula hoop, plus speakers and performances. Essie Nicholson notes 300 attended last year and invites families for a day of fun and motivation. Vendors will sell food and treats. contact numbers are provided.
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Women In Unity
Edgefield
Essie Nicholson
Nicholson
Highway 25
Graduates honored for IB participation in Aiken County
Aiken High and North Augusta High School graduates were recognized for completing International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs. IB directors Jim Sheehan and Galen Potter praised student perseverance as 2005 Aiken High IB diplomaists Emily Flora Meghann Glenn James Goff Drew Philipp Shahin Rothermel Ben Stewart and Andrew Walker were listed among honorees.
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Natasha Hoover
College of Charleston
Hoover
Aiken High School
Aiken High
North Augusta High School
Aiken County Board of Education
Jim Sheehan
Galen Potter
Sheehan
Potter
Emily Flora
Meghan
Weather delays Mossy Creek Elementary exterior work
Architect Allen Taylor told the Aiken County School Board a weather hampered exterior paving on the Mossy Creek Elementary project as officials aim for a August 9 start. Deputy Superintendent Dr Bill Gallman warned the project is “down to the wire” and expresses nervousness.
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Mossy Creek
Allen Taylor
Aiken County School Board
North Augusta
Bill Gallman
Taylor
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Daniel G. Cook
Cook
Ben Moore
Moore
Wallis Alves
Alves
Dan
Department of Social Services
Jeff Evans
Aiken County Dss
Evans
Aiken County Judicial Center
Erin Brooks
Ebrooks
Aikenstandard
Gibson Solomons
Farm Service Agency
Solomons
Bush Field
Augusta
Cherry
Dennis
John Moore Quintinn Scott
Highway 19 Produce & More
John Hardy
Sues
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