Local Burger King worker honored for returning purse with cash
Stacey Mathis of the Richland Avenue Burger King was recognized by Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh for returning a purse found in the restaurant. The bag contained $37,688 and belonged to an elderly Pelion couple, whose house funding was to come from an insurance settlement.
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Burger King
Cavanaugh
Mathis
Len Zody
Zody
Aiken
First Citizens Bank
Pelion
Stacey
ABC
Craig Leake
Leake
Summer Arts Camp nurtures creativity at Aiken Center for the Arts
The Aiken Center for the Arts offers Arts Smart: A Z camp with over 200 students from grades 1 through 12. Scholarships funded by United Way of Aiken County and the Housing Authority of the City of Aiken cover 45 participants. Activities include drawing, painting, clay, foil sculptures, paper mache, theater, and dance. Sessions run July 23-27 and July 30-Aug 3 with fees $75 members $85 nonmembers.
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Aiken Center For the Arts
Brenda Sleashman
Arts Center
Sleasman
United Way of
Aiken County
Housing Authority of
City of
Aiken
Heather Meyer
Gloverville
Tacoa Allen
Summer Priester Allen
Three area workers arrested for tax evasion in SC
Rosa K. Johnson 41 of Wagener and Carl Phinizy 36 of Augusta and Jeffrey Tobin 39 of Williston were arrested on charges of income tax evasion. They allegedly filed exempt W-4 forms to reduce withholding and failed to file returns for 1999 and 2000. Johnson also failed to file 1997 through 1999. If convicted, penalties range up to 15, 10 years and fines up to 530,000 for Johnson and 20,000 for each of Phinizy and Tobin.
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Ince
South Carolina Department of Revenue
Rosa K. Johnson
Center St
Wagener
Carl Phinizy
Pine St
Augusta
Jeffrey Tobin
Elko St
Williston
Department of Revenue Investig
Westinghouse
Savannah River
Elizabeth C. Duncan
South Carolina
Perea Erecteeeeerereatea Johnson
Johnson
Phinizy
Tobin
Kimberly-Clark to Donate 250000 to Silver Bluff Baptist Church
Kimberly-Clark plans a 250000 donation to Silver Bluff Baptist Church, one of the oldest African American churches in Beech Island. The grant, announced by Chernoff/Silver & Associates, funds preservation and upcoming projects including a marque entrance, schoolhouse restoration, society house and graveyard work, and a memorial garden.
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Silver Bluff Baptist Church
United States
Kimberly-Clark
Silver Bluff Baptist
Mistry
Beech Island
Chernoff/Silver & Associates
Kimberly - Clark
1SUIE
Man jailed after New Ellenton incident damages property
A New Ellenton man, 19, John Copley of 801 Woodlana Drive, was arrested Monday night on charges of malicious injury to personal and real property after he damaged 14 windows and a vehicle windshield at Roy Gene Ray’s home on Sunrise Lane. He was found nearby in a wooded area.
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New Ellenton
John Copley
Woodlana
Aiken County
Ray
Sunrise Lane
Copley
Creationism efforts continue in Aiken County schools
Glenn Wilson, a creationism advocate, vows to educate the public on creation truth after defeats in circuit court and with the Aiken County School Board. He plans 15 meetings through next year, criticizing the board for bowing to political pressure and urging voters to replace them. He seeks to teach both creation and evolution, while the board maintains the state science curriculum.
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Aiken County
Glenn Wilson
Wilson
ACLU
State Board of Education
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