Aiken Critique of Senior Citizen Programs and Channel Changes
Persistent complaints compare prior senior transportation and center services with current limits citing far residences and limited daytime activities. Residents also oppose local cable shifts from Family Channel to a sports channel and lack of Disney Channel access in Aiken.
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Aiken
Carlina
Senior Citizen Center
Council On Aging
Aiken Center
Aiken Mall
Aiken City Limits
Family Channel replacement draws reader complaints
Miss Raleigh Collins urges keeping the Family Channel, calling it child geared. Abbot also supports contacting Northland Cablevision with a Talkback hotline and email to register concerns. Readers may comment briefly. names are not required for publication.
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Raleigh Collins
Aiken man charged with armed robbery
Darrin Darrell Holston, 26, of 2801 Eutaw St., is charged with armed robbery and simple larceny after an Augusta man was robbed at Hampton Avenue and Laurens Street. The victim, Lavon Reynolds, handed over four gold rings and about $300 in cash before escaping. Reynolds reported his black Chevrolet Caprice was stolen. Holston is held at the Aiken County Detention Center.
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Augusta
Aiken
Darrin Darrell Holston
Eutaw St
Bery
Department of Public Safety
Lavon Reynolds
Sharpes Lane
Hampton ‘Avenue
Laurens Street
Reynolds
Ike
Holston
Aiken County Detention Center
Bi Lo opens new shopping center in Aiken with ribbon cut
Mayor Fred Cavanaugh joins Keith Sizemore and Rodney Thigpen in a ribbon cutting for Bi Lo Northside store on York Street, a 42 000 square foot market linking to the Pine Log Road location. Cavanaugh hails north side growth near I 20 and the bypass as workers from Savannah River Site seek housing nearby. The center includes six other shops, a deli bakery, dollar deals and a wall of values, with hours 7 am to midnight weekdays and 7 am to 11 pm Sundays.
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Hob
Bi-Lo
York Street
Rodney Thigpen
Aiken
Fred Cavanaugh
Keith Sizemora
Morni Cavanaugh
Keith Sizemore
Pine Log Road
Cavanaugh
Savannah River
Sizemore
Tree of Life
ACTS
United Way
Food Bank
Scholarships Offered by Children's Place Support Local Graduates
Children's Place Inc. announces $250 scholarships for former attendees who graduate high school and gain college or technical school acceptance. Seven students are eligible now, with more hoped for. We fund through Celebrity Waiters Night, last May’s fundraiser, which exceeded its goal. Eligible students should visit the office with required paperwork. awards will be made August 1.
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Children’s Place Inc
Children’s Place
Peggy Ford
Ford
Den’s Place
Phyllis Coker
Children’s Place Board of Directors
EPA finds groundwater contamination at Williston Admiral site
EPA reports phase one findings at the former Admiral Home Appliances site in Williston. Groundwater and soil show elevated heavy metals including chromium nickel zinc and arsenic with a trichloroethene plume extending toward the Dorch family property. Phase IB begins in August to define source extent while officials say no imminent public health hazard exists.
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EPA
Williston
US Environmental Protection Agency
Admiral Home Appliances
Williston High School
Admiral Home
Dixie-Narco
Admiral
South Carolina
Steve Sandler
Dorch Famiy
Sandler
Savannah River
Willis Millpond
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Aiken County
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Disney Channel
Family Channel
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Reynotds
River of Life Church
Summer Shelton
Ashley Shults
Ashley Newton
Barbara Walker
Ay Lamely Schneider
Princess Princess
Floyd Vd Greene
Alke
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