Veterans honor fallen at Memorial Day ceremony in Augusta
The James L. Hammonds Marine Corps League held a wreath laying at Veterans Park on Memorial Day morning. Veterans from across the county attended as the AAA Home School Band played patriotic songs and the Missing Man Table ceremony honored missing or fallen servicemembers. The Missing Man Table featured symbols of purity, memory, and loss as the color guard presented the flags and the band played Taps.
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Marine Corps Color Guard
Veterans Park
James L. Hammonds
Marine Corps League
Jim Morris
AAA
U.S. Marine Corps
Morris
America
Hopelands Summer Concert Series Postponed to Thursday
Inclement weather forced postponement of the Hopelands Summer Concert Series. Aiken Civic Ballet now performs Thursday at 7 p.m. in Hopelands Gardens, presented by The Restaurant at The Willcox.
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Hopelands
Aiken Civic Ballet
Hopelands Gardens
Willcox
Three Republicans vie for South Carolina attorney general post
Three Republican candidates Robert Belcher Leighton Lord and Alan Wilson seek the open South Carolina attorney general job vacated by Henry McMaster while Democrat Matthew Richardson presents rival safety and corruption stands. The June 8 primary selects the GOP nominee to face Richardson in the fall.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Robert Belcher
Leighton Lord
Alan Wilson
Henry McMaster
Matthew Richardson
Richardson
Barnwell
Supreme Court
Julius B
Bubba” Ness
Duke University
University of South Carolina School of Law
Beth
South Carolina attorney general race features Bolchoz bid
Bolchoz, a former Charleston assistant solicitor and deputy to Charlie Condon, seeks the attorney general post with a platform focused on public safety and fighting corruption. He now works as a self employed attorney in Columbia and is a father of four.
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Bolchoz
Charleston County
Charlie Condon
ING Americas
Columbia
Cheryl
Belchez
City considers DOGood dog cleanup program in Aiken
The Aiken Recreation Commission eyed a DOGood program to educate residents on cleaning up after dogs. At a May 18 meeting, director Glenn Parker cited Chattanooga’s model and noted interest at H Odell Weeks track. Participants would wear lime green shirts and dog bandanas for donations of 5 to 10 dollars.
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Aiken
Parker
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Rider pursues Paralympic dream despite disability
Robin Brueckmann, a two time U S Paralympic competitor, will ride two horses at the U S Para Dressage Selection Trials for the 2010 Allied FEI World Equestrian Games One horse is based in Aiken County Elly Schobel s Raison d Etre a U S bred three quarters Thoroughbred may compete at the 2010 World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park in Georgetown Ky Brueckmann lost use of her right leg to reflex sympathetic dystrophy and faces a long road back Friends support her bid for the Worlds.
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Robin Brueckmann
Brueckmann
U.S
Aiken County
Elly Schobel
Kentucky Horse Park
Georgetown
Schobel
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