Aiken Community Band to Perform at Hopeland Gardens Concert
The Aiken Community Band directed by Alex Henderson performs tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Hopeland Gardens Summer Concert Series sponsored by the Aiken Parks and Recreation Department. Attendees may park at Rye Patch on Berrie Road and bring lawn chairs. admission is free.
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Aiken
Hopeland Gardens
Aiken Parks and Recreation Department
Glenn Miller
Alex Henderson
Rye Patch
Berrie Road
Robbery on Edgefield Avenue Matches Guns Pointing Suspects
Charles Thompson reported being robbed at gunpoint by two Black men on Edgefield Avenue early Friday. He was walking to his girlfriend's home at 812 Edgefield Ave when the suspects, one six feet tall and the other five feet nine inches, demanded his $150 and fled after shoving him into bushes.
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Edgefield Avenue
Charles Thompson
Washington Avenue
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Garbage Truck Fire Ties Wires At Taco Bell Site
A city garbage truck from Aiken began unloading trash at a Taco Bell on Richland Avenue when high voltage wires in the parking lot became tangled with the bin top and ignited the vehicle. SC Electric and Gas shut off power after reports by Aiken Public Safety. Building meter and wiring were damaged. no building damage estimate released. The trash compactor sustained fire damage.
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Taco Bell
Richland Avenue
City of
Aiken
South Carolina Electric and Gas
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Cauthen Named Director of Lower Savannah EQC District
Rea K. Kim Cauthen is appointed director of the Lower Savannah Environmental Quality Control District by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. Cauthen succeeds Floyd K. Hill, is a native of Rock Hill, joined DHEC in 1978, and holds civil and environmental engineering degrees from USC. He is a registered professional engineer and serves Aiken and surrounding counties.
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Rea K
Kim) Cauthen
Lower Savannah
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Cauthen
Floyd K. (Kin) Hill
Rock Hill
DHEC
Bureau of Air Quality Control
Columbia
Aiken
EQC
University of South Carolina
Kaye Holley
Orangeburg
Barnwell
Bamberg
Allendale
Calhoun
Hit and Run Damages Car and Gas Pump in Warrenville
A tan 1976 Ford struck a gas pump and a parked car in the De pot parking lot on S C 421 Warrenville around 9 30 p m. The driver fled leaving a scratched driver’s side on the Ford and estimated damages of 90 dollars. The parked car owner is tied to Christina Habbick of Savannah Drive.
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Warrenville
S.C
Aiken County
Aiken County Debates Legality of License Tag Fee
Rep. Charles Sharpe says a 15 per vehicle license tag fee approved by Aiken County Council may lack legal basis under home rule law. County officials and attorney Robert Bell acknowledge challenges and note 15 counties have similar taxes. no formal ruling yet.
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Sharpe
Aiken
S.C. General Assembly
Rep
Robert M. Bell
Council
Aiken County
House Gutted After Tree Hit By Lightning
A fire on Newberry Street in Aiken destroyed a residence at 420 Newberry St SW after a lightning strike caused a tree to fall on a power line and blow a transformer. Thirty firefighters controlled the blaze in about ten minutes with no injuries reported.
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Newberry Street
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Mary Lewis
Newberry St
ADPS
Aiken celebrates Gyles Park reopens with festival
The northwestern corner of Park Avenue and Kershaw Street hosted a festival and rededication for Gyles Park led by the Aiken Parks and Recreation Department. Hundreds attended in heat to enjoy games, a dance contest, talent show, booths, and refreshments as the park marks a renewed community space with proceeds funding recreation programs.
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Aiken
Gyles Park
Park Avenue
Kershaw Street
H. Odell Weeks
Weeks
Herbert Gyles
Terry Rhinhart
Aiken Parks
Lessie Price
Anne Suich
Children’s Place
Roland Windham
Thomas Roberson
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
Susan Perry
Recreation Department
Aiken Parks and Recreation Department
Betty Gyles
Smith-Hazel Center
Smith-Hazel
Schofield Alumni Association
Ambassadors Club of
Ten Gents
Gregg Scholarships Awarded to Ten Local Graduates
Ten high school graduates received William Gregg Scholarships from the Gregg-Graniteville Foundation Inc. recipients include James Robertson Hays III Scott Edward Sanders Mark C Dzieciolowski Otis M Priester Jr Rajeev Jindal David P Seymour Wanda R Mims Susan Eubanks John Robert Lowe Jr and Emily Williams. awards cover four years 8000 for residents 5000 for nonresidents with selection by a USCA committee based on academics aptitude achievement and need. eligibility targets Graniteville Warrenville Vaucluse area and children of Graniteville Co Community Services C H Patrick Co and Gregg Park Civic Center employees.
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William Gregg
The
Gregg-Graniteville Foundation Inc
James Roberson Hays III
Scott Edward Sanders
Mark C. Dzieciolowski
Otis M. Priester Jr
Rajeev Jindal
David P. Seymour
Wanda R. Mims
Susan Eubanks
John Robert Lowe Jr
Emily Williams
Hays
Midland Valley High
Jim Hays
Billie Jean Hays
Clemson University
Sanders
Robert Edward
Rachel Sanders
Midland Valley
Clemson
Ms. Mims
Strom Thurmond High
USC
Roosevelt
Julia Mims
North Augusta
Aiken High
Ms. Eubanks
USC Aiken
Ronald
Emily Eubanks
Aiken
Lowe
USCA
John Robert
Dorothy K. Lowe
Graniteville
Ms. Williams
James and
Magdalene Williams
Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville
Graniteville Co
Community Services Inc
Gregg Park Civic Center
C.H. Patrick & Co. Inc
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Hopelands
Kirk Martin
County Council
Chester
South Carolina
Bell
By Phil Jones
Roadice
Markes Cullum
Gregg
Dzieciolowski
Richmond Academy
Augusta
Henry
Hui-Chu Dzieciolowski
Georgia Institute of Technology
Priester
Otis
Kathy Priester
Jindal
Kalwant
Kaushalya Jindal
Seymour
Jim
Nora Seymour
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