Rep Clyburn Appointed To Judiciary Committee
Rep Clyburn D Aiken will join the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee effective August 6 after a letter from Speaker David Wilkins confirms the appointment. A former Aiken city and county councilman, Clyburn also served as an administrative law judge with the S C Workers Compensation Commission before being elected to the House last November.
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Clyburn
Judiciary Committee
William Clyburn
D-Aiken
South Carolina
House
David Wilkins
Wilkins
Aiken
S.C. Worker's Compensation Commission
Five arrested after Saluda softball riot on July 9
Saluda County authorities charged Brenda Bledsoe 27 of Johnston and Julian Collier 18 of Ridge Road North Augusta along with three others for riot offenses at a Saluda east side softball game attended by hundreds. Officer George Hopkins suffered facial injuries when his car was struck by beer bottles and a brick during the disturbance. Aiken Housing Authority receives 195000 federal grant for drug education and policing efforts to fund three sheriff’s office patrol units in New Hope Graniteville and Valley Homes communities.
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Saluda
Edgefield County
Brenda Bledsoe
Johnston
Julian Alexander Collier
Ridge Road
North Augusta
George Hopkins
Aiken Housing Authority
Christine Varg
Housing Agency
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Saw
New Hope
US 1
Graniteville
Valley Homes
Gloverville
Correction in Friday's Lower Savannah council story
The Aiken Standard regrets an error in Friday's Lower Savannah Council of Governments report. A quote from executive director Eric Thompson should have read We are seeing that government is getting very expensive to operate and some of the smaller counties can't afford to do some of the big ticket items any longer.
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Lower
Savannah
Rotary volunteers clean up old Hitchcock Center
Dozens of Rotarians spouses and children worked Saturday at the old Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center on Richland Avenue. The event aids a relocation of Hitchcock's Home Health Care and Hospice to the old building by late August to meet growth needs.
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Hitchcock
Old Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Richland Avenue
Jane Boston
Rehabilitation Agency
Ms. Boston
Aiken Rotary Club
Aiken
Sunrise Rotary Clubs
Aiken Ro
Don Skinner
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Many Facing Job Changes
Counselors urge self assessment and planning as layoffs at the Savannah River Site and hospital staff cuts prompt area workers to consider new careers. Dr Constance Pritchard notes security is gone and lifelong company protection is a myth.
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Savannah River
Constance Pritchard
Pritchard
Pritchard outlines self assessment for career change
Dr Pritchard urges using self evaluation to map skills and transferables before career shifts. She notes assessing technical, human relations, teamwork, and goal setting, then deciding whether to upskill or repackage. She recommends two books What Color Is Your Parachute and Knock em Dead guiding readers through the process.
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Dr. Pritchard
Richard Nelson Bolles
Martin Yate
Local Dancers Sweep National Convention in Myrtle Beach
Local students from Burns Dance Studio Performing Dance Company shined at the Dance Makers Inc national convention in Myrtle Beach. Eight-year-olds Leighanne Chandler Jessica Roszell and seven-year-old Katelyn Rhinehart led the Petite Trio with three first places in jazz tap and lyrical. Senior Top Duo Jenifer Hood and Morgan Carter earned two seconds and a third. Choreography was by Rhoda Burns-Bradley and Corey Burns.
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Dance Makers Inc
Myrtle Beach
Burns Dance Studio
Leighanne Chandler
Jessica Roszell
Katelyn Rhinehart
Jazz
Jimmy Lucas
Carla Benhardt
Laree Benhardt
Leslie Carter
Heather Cole
Melissa Raines
Jennifer Roszel
Jennifer Hood
Morgan Carter
Rhoda Burns-Bradley
Corey Burns
Burns
Day Trip Reveals Forgotten Sites and Urban Wildlife
A round trip from Highway 302 toward Salley uncovers a ruined one room school, abandoned gas stations now mosquito havens, and wild Chesterfield areas near downtown. The writer notes hazards, wildlife sightings, and eerie remnants of the past as day trips blur into urban decay, ending with a lunch funded by a National Endowment for the Arts grant.
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Hampton Avenue
Highway 19
National Endowment For the Arts
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DHEC
Chesterfield
Uptown
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