Library panel reviews book selections and access
Aiken County Public Library details its Materials Selection Policy. The ABBE Regional Library System aims for diverse views and user choice while considering demand, quality, and community needs. Criteria for fiction include literary merit and suitability. non fiction emphasizes authority and references. Books by Southern authors or about the South, especially with an Aiken connection, are prioritized.
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Fi Farrss
South
Aiken
Aiken County
Dentists Should Tell Patients If AIDS Positive
Georgia Dental Association backs a policy requiring dentists and hygienists who test positive for AIDS to disclose status to patients. The Board of Dentistry may endorse it but cannot discipline disclosure failures without new state legislation. The measure, adopted quietly at Hilton Head, faces testing and enforcement debates amid concerns about reliability and timing of HIV tests.
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Hilton Nead
Georgia Dental Association
State Board of Dentistry
Board
John Ferguson
Theation
Hilton Jead
S.C
Midlands Valley High student Jamie earns Junior Scholar honor
Jamie, a Midlands Valley High student, stands out as FHA president and future law and politics aspirant. He notes the program builds homemaking, leadership, and communication skills while he leads 1992 class, serves in ROTC and Beta Club, helps community with needy families, and aims for Harvard or Howard.
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Jamie
FHA
Harvard
Howard
Midlands Valley High
Old Storm Branch Baptist Church
Discover Aiken County Draws on Local Nature and History
Aiken and surrounding areas offer numerous fishing spots nature trails and gardens including Hitchcock Woods with the Devil's Backbone and Fox's Den Hopeland Gardens Touch and Scent Trail Savannah River Bluffs near North Augusta Silver Bluff Plantation Beech Island and Graniteville Mill and Montmorenci vineyards. The region hosts 13 hunting clubs and a forthcoming Discover Aiken campaign to boost awareness.
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Aiken
Hitchcock Woods
Hope
Land Gardens
Savannah River Bluffs
North Augusta
Silver Bluff Plantation
Beech Island
Miles and aides to face random drug testing in SC
Secretary of State Jim Miles and senior aides will undergo random drug testing joining the governor and attorney general in executive branch screening. The test program will be administered by the Department of Health and Environmental Control with tests to be performed several times yearly. Miles says results will be released to the media and cites public trust in drug free service.
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Columbia
Jim Miles
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Miles
J Miles
South Carolina
Laubach training workshop and local events in Aiken area
Aiken County Literacy Council plans a 12 hour Laubach Way to Reading workshop at Aiken Technical College August 6 and 7 with breaks and lunch. Community notices promote Family Fun Day, library hours, CDL testing in Columbia, and a painters invitational at the Aiken County Historical Museum with SC artists.
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Aiken County Literacy Council
Aiken Technical College
Ralph Pekkala
Aiken County
Juriea
S.C
Wilma Becker
Alinge Kierspe
S.C. State Museum
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Atlanta
Florida
Georgia
Savannah
Martha Phillips
Dental Association
New State
S.C. Electric and Gas Company
Graniteville Mill
Montmorenci
Antioch Church
DHEC
Lois Eargle
Laubach
Rec Center
S.C. Vegarment of
COHEN
Cantey
State Fairgrounds
Scdhpt Division of Motor Vehicles
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Historical Museum
Radio Shack
America's Technology Store
Tandy
TLIS
Hal Pric
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Nandheld Cellular
Seostate
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