Calendar highlights for Aiken area events tonight
At 8 p.m. the Aiken Community Playhouse presents Me and Jezebel. A 1 p.m. council meeting takes place at City Hall in New Ellen ton. At 7 p.m. Hopelands Gardens hosts Code 99 on the Roland H Windham Stage. At 11 a.m. Ridge Kids Community Concert Series offers The Emperor's New Clothes at Haynes Auditorium on Main Street.
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Hopelands Gardens
Code 99
Roland H. Windham
Hopelands
Ridge
Haynes Auditorium
Main Street
Suspect Damages Building in Aiken County Break-In
A Batesburg store diesel heist left 61.10 unpaid at Old Ninety Six Indian Trail. A Northbrook Drive mailbox damaged for 100. A window on University Parkway shattered with a sledgehammer. A wall hole and locked filing cabinet pry attempted, causing 1200 in structural damage and a 22 inch RCA TV worth 200 stolen. Call local authorities with tips.
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Old Ninety Six Indian Trail
Batesburg
Northbrook Drive
University Parkway
Special blood drive for local resident planned at church
A blood drive will be held Monday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church in North Augusta to aid Kelly Thompson who has needed 80 pints of blood for her cancer battle. Orangeburg Medical Center staff will conduct the event, with a possible follow up drive on July 26 if this one succeeds.
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Grace United Methodist Church
North Augusta
Kelly ‘Thompson
Orangeburg Medical Center
Kelly
Tread Thompson
Me and Jezebel opens at ACP
The Aiken Community Playhouse presents Me and Jezebel directed by Angie Fitzgerald with Collette Miller as Liz Fuller and Stephanie Stanley as Bette Davis. The comedy about celebrity life runs this weekend and next with Friday and Saturday shows at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. Tickets are 8 dollars for adults 7 for seniors and 5 for teens. ACP sits in Virginia Acres City Park near Price Avenue and Two Notch Road.
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Baby Jane
Sweet Charlotte
God
Eve
Little Foxes
Old Maid
Juarez
Aiken Community Playhouse
Angie Fitzgerald
Amy Conkelton
Collette Miller
Stephanie Stanley
Liz Fuller
Bette Davis
Jezebel
ACP
Ms. Fuller
Ms. Davis
Ms. Stanley
Virginia Acres City Park
H. Odell Weeks
Price Avenue
Two Notch Road
Warm Up America club knits afghans for fire victims
A local group, Warm Up America, formed in 1998 by Heather Roof, knits and crochets afghans for those in need, primarily fire victims. Nine active members meet weekly at Red Cross HQ with additional Thursday sessions at Cumberland Village led by Eleanor Reid.
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Warming Up
America
Warm Up
Heather Roof
Red Cross
Mary Lou Schenken
Cumberland Village
Eleanor Reid
Ms. Schenken
Nancy Simpson
Jean King
Anna Hicks
Kathy Reiter
Millicent Taylor
Jeannine Gast
Redd Cross
Towanda Holley
Lander honors Aiken alumna with amphitheater naming
Lander University honors Jean Tribble McFerrin of Aiken class of 1948 by naming the historic campus amphitheater for her and naming her emerita of the board of trustees. McFerrin served Lander in leadership roles with the Alumni Association the Lander Foundation and the university board since 1988.
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Lander University Board of Trustees
Jean ‘Tribble McFerrin
Aiken
Lander
Alumni Association
The
Lander Foundation
University Board of Trustees
McFerrin
Lander Alumni Association
Basketball Star Cameron Mills to Speak at North Augusta Church
Kentucky Wildcats figure Cameron Mills, an ordained minister, will address congregations at First Baptist Church of North Augusta this Sunday in two services. He travels nationwide to urge abstinence from sex, drugs, and alcohol, while promoting leadership and personal excellence. The bishop will oversee distribution of over 2,000 copies of Pathway to Victory with testimonies from basketball players.
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Kentucky Wildcats
Cameron Mills
First Baptist Church of
North Augusta
Cameron
First Baptist
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City of
Aiken County
Sheriff's Office
Georgia Lottery
Clark Cable
Shirley MacLaine
Tammy Faye Baker
Joan Crawford
Scarlett O'Hara
Kim Carnes
Ms. Fitzgerald
Aen Communications Inc
Rutan Drive
Akan S.C
Aven
Editrial
Duesouth
Scott B. Hunter
Tomer
Oaks
Wootande
Mrs. McFerrin
Swarovski
Augusta
National Hills
Saturda
Georgia
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