Readers react to Georgia smoking ban and local news
A reader praises Georgia restaurant smoking ban and thanks Amoco Transmission on Whiskey Road for towing a car. They criticize South Carolina SAT measures, urge changes, and commend police speed enforcement in Aiken County while inviting further comments via the Talkback line.
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Lenny
Amoco Transmission
Whiskey Road
South Carolina
Inez Tenenbaum
Augusta
Aiken County
Aiken
Community Voice Mail project earns national award finalist nod
Seattle based Community Voice Mail with 37 sites including Aiken pro viding free voice mail access for low income users is named one of 10 finalists for Amazon com Nonprofit Innovation Award. The top donating organization by Sept 30 wins a matching grant up to 1 million.
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Community Voice Mail
Aiken
Amazon. Com
Aiken Csra
Helpline
Aiken County
Amy Smith
Smith
Cam Warner
Seattle
Golden Phone
Aiken-Augusta
CVM Federation
Four Scout Leaders Die at National Jamboree
Mother and volunteers react to the loss of four Boy Scout leaders at the National Jamboree in Bowling Green Virginia as 71 local scouts remain unscathed. Peter Quinn’s family awaits word while leaders explain safety steps and maintain group routines amid extreme heat.
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Maureen Quinn
Bowling Green
Peter
Alaska
Pennsylvania
Quinn
Harold Vandine
Aiken Standard
Vandine
Peter Quinn
Aiken
S.C
Fort A.P. Hill
Finalists listed for Nonprofit Innovention Award
The ten finalists include ASD DonorsChoose KickStart PATH Community Voice Mail EARN KaBOOM Pact and Teach For America. Each finalist proposes large scale social impact through sustainable development education and community empowerment.
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PATH
Globe Health
Isis
EARN
Kaboom
America
Pact
Teach For America
Steering committee helps council finalizes vision plan
The draft Together Aiken County Vision and Strategic Plan was unveiled at the Aiken Electric Cooperative community room. Steering chairman Rick Osbon praised volunteers, noting 186 contributed, and 11 priority concerns emerged in areas like land resources, education, infrastructure, transportation, and public safety. The final plan will guide county recommendations to council.
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Together Aiken County
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Rick Osbon
Aiken County
Ty. Vounng Council
Osbon
Jamie A. Greene
ACP Vision and Planning
County Council
Aiken Standard Publication Details and Rates
Local newspaper masthead lists contact information and office hours for Aiken Standard. It announces publication schedule and provides subscription options including monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual rates, plus EzPay and out of county mail pricing.
Aiken Character Trait For July Gentleness
City of Character notes Aiken's July trait Gentleness. Lottery numbers listed include Pick 3 and Pick 4 results for Midday and Evening, Cash 3 and Cash 4 outcomes, plus Fantasy 5 and Mega Millions draws with sequences shown.
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Aiken
July
Vision plan aims to define Aiken County growth and action
Aiken County officials reviewed the Together Aiken County draft vision and strategic plan at a roundtable. Rick Osbon urged formalizing the process and creating an implementation task force. County leaders praised the plan as a living, cooperative guide for local goals.
WOW cookbook signing moved to Aiken Center for the Arts
A correction notes the book signing for WOW's new cookbook will occur at the Aiken Center for the Arts located at 122 Laurens St. SW not the Aiken Center for the Performing Arts. The piece also clarifies H Earle Holley did not own Woodside and Kimberly Clark was mislisted as the second largest employer.
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Aiken Center For the Arts
Laurens St. SW
H. Earle Holley
Woodside
Regions Bank
Aiken Standard
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Aiken County
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