Clemson professor to speak at Central Savannah River meeting
Brief notice that Dr. Larry Murdoch assistant professor Geological Sciences Clemson University will speak July meeting of Central Savannah River Geological Society. Topic reduced fracturing environmental remediation occurs July 29 7 p.m. USC Aiken Science Building Room 327.
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Larry Murdoch
Department of Geological Sciences
Clemson University
Central Savannah River Geological Society
Usc-Aiken
Murdoch
Students Build Computers at Paul Knox Middle School
Gifted and talented students at Paul Knox Middle School use a $2,000 BellSouth grant to assemble personal computers. The public is invited to observe the process Monday from 10 to 11 15 a.m. in Room 101.
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Paul Knox Middle School
BellSouth
Cyclists add Aiken to tour
About 2,500 Gold Wing riders from Chapter Q of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association will visit Aiken September 12 to 14 for the South Carolina Three Corners Tour. Checkpoints will be in Easley Myrtle Beach Beaufort and York with riders choosing routes.
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Gold Wing Road Riders Association
Aiken
Davis
South Carolina
Daylight Centre Expands Senior Activity Options in Aiken
The Aiken Area Council on Aging runs the Daylight Centre for seniors with Alzheimer’s and related dementia at St. John's United Methodist Church. Open Wednesdays 10 am to 1 30 pm, the program funded by a Brookdale Foundation grant focuses on social activity, exercise, mental stimulation and hand eye coordination with a 4 to 8 participant capacity and volunteer needs.
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Aiken
Brookdale Foundation of New York
Ms. James
Aiken Area
Daylight
Kids get chance to act up in Aiken theatre class
The City of Aiken Parks and Recreation and Dream Station Express offer a drama program at H O Weeks Center from August 19 to September 23. Tuesdays 6 30 to 8 30 pm invite eight to sixteen year olds to learn acting movement mime dialogue and improvisation under Carla Cloud with plans for intermediate and advanced levels and future amateur productions. The class costs 70 for in city residents and 77 50 for out of city residents. To register call 642 7631 or 642 7648.
Airport and golf club topics on city council agenda
The City Council adds a summer meeting with a 7 p.m. work session and 8 30 p.m. regular session. Topics include Highland Park Country Club traffic flow and renovations, Aiken Municipal Airport hangar project and capital improvements, a lease ordinance for 756 Laurens Street for Talk To Me, a first reading to raise sewer rates by 5 percent, and bond refinancing firm selection. Council Chambers, Municipal Building at 214 Park Avenue.
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Highland Park Country Club
Aiken
Country Club
Laurens Street
Talk To
Park Avenue
Not-so-ordinary memories of Aiken’s evolving streets
Lewis Wise recalls Aiken’s dirt streets and the trolley era from his youth in Vaucluse. The 87 year old former bookkeeper and hardware merchant reflects on magnolias, azaleas, and downtown growth, noting the trolley’s last run in 1929 and shifts brought by the car era.
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Lewis Wise
Vaucluse
Aiken
Old Aiken Institute
Mattie Hall
Wise
Summit Place
Security Federal Bank
Laurens
Richland
Hayne
Park Avenue
Augusta
Whitlaw
Broad Street
Espe
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Aiken International
Aiken International Club
Aiken Center For the Arts
Victoria Clare
Turkey
Sandy Hochel
USC Aiken
Limestone
Limestone College
Gaffney
Grayson- Sellers School of Fine Arts
Andrea Ottinger
USCA
Usc-Aiken School of Education
York
George C. Davis
Airport
Bill Bengtson
Daylight Centre
Dream Station
Langley
Carl Langley
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