Pennsylvania man survives second lightning strike
A Pennsylvania man says he survived a second lightning strike in 27 years. The Friday incident burned a hole through his pants but left him unharmed. Video is available on the Aiken Standard site in the right hand tab.
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Chipper Jones Drives In Five For Braves Win
Chipper Jor drove in five runs as Tim Hudson allowed three hits over seven innings to stop Arizona's eight game winning streak. First Baptist Mission Council hosts tea party by Women’s Mission Council at First Baptist Church of Aiken on a Sunday evening.
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Chipper Jor
Tim Hudson
Arizona
First Baptist Mission Council
Women's Mission Council
First Baptist Church of
First Presbyterian ‘Church
Smith
Aiken
Ola Hitt
First Baptist
Amplus Howard
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bells of Aiken: history and chimes of downtown churches
Downtown Aiken echoes with bell and electronic chimes from First Baptist and St John’s Methodist. First Baptist’s 1883 Meneely bell weighs about 1100 pounds and tolls at noon for two minutes, with St John’s emitting a hymn at noon and six.
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Aiken hosts exchange students from 11 countries
Dana Hodson coordinated a visit of 21 exchange students in Aiken, part of Lions International Exchange. Seventeen of the 18 staying with South Carolina host families toured Hilton Head, Beaufort, Myrtle Beach, Lake Jocassee, and Carowinds, while learning about American life and diverse cultures.
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Aiken
Lions Club International Exchange
South Carolina
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America
Hudson
Hilton Head
Beaufort
Myrtle Beach
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Lake Jocassee
Carowinds
Austra
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Switzerland
Croatia
Mongolia
Finland
Denmark
Samu
Teenager overcomes barriers at North Augusta graduation
Nichole Sanchez Vargas a 16 year old from Costa Rica spoke to summer school students about a child’s fear of a new country and her determination to push through obstacles. She recalled doubting finishing the year and graduating in America seven years ago.
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Aiken County
Edgefield County
Nichole Sanchez Vargas
Costa Rica
Nichole
America
Century doubles tropical storms in Atlantic over century
The number of tropical storms developing annually in the Atlantic Ocean more than doubled over the past century with two jumps. Increases align with rising sea surface temperatures driven largely by human-caused warming, researchers Greg J. Holland and Peter J. Webster say in a Philosophical Transactions note.
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Atlantic Ocean
Greg J. Holland
Peter J. Webster
Philosophical Transactions
Royal Society of London
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