Beach Blast 2000 Project Graduation Seeks Support Tonight
Aiken and area high school graduates prepare for the alcohol free all night event at H Odell Weeks Center. Volunteers report raised over 21000 with community donations from AAA Vacations Acropolis Pizza Zaxbys and others. Admission is 10 in advance 15 at the door with scholarships from Bridgestone Firestone USC Aiken and more.
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Aiken
South Aiken
H. Odell
Reynolds
Paula Kane
Acropolis
Zaxby's
Melinda Zipf
Witter Construction
Artists’ Parlor
Kimberly-Clark Expands Beech Island Mill With 80 Million Wipe Facility
Kimberly-Clark Corp expands Beech Island operations near Richland Avenue in Aiken investing about 80 million in a new secret wipe facility. Since 1968 the Taylor-led Beech Island mill has been a strategic asset, with roughly 350 million in recent expansions creating about 300 jobs and signaling strong future prospects.
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Richland Avenue
Kimberly-Clark Corp
Aiken
Taylor
Beech
Island Mill
Kimbery-Clark
Kimberly-Clark
High School Graduates Share Plans for the Future
Rebecca Corbett from Jackson plans cosmetology work at Dillard’s with her stepmother after graduation. Rebecca also clears the final hurdle of high school. In Garden Valley Texas Rebecca will join Teen Mania Honor Academy for spiritual growth. Richard Rayfield Wilson Jr. from Aiken celebrates cum laude SBHS finish and will study accounting at Claflin University in Orangeburg.
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Garden Valley
Texas
Rebecca Corbett
Jackson
Dillard's
Richard Rayfield Wilson Jr
Aiken
SBHS
Claflin University
Orangeburg
County explores Bobby Jones toll road option
Moore and fellow lawmakers discussed financing Bobby Jones as a toll road to keep Aiken County's Infrastructure Bank application alive. He noted the bank favored local initiative and matching funds, with support from Ryberg and Setzler despite remaining hurdles.
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Bobby Jones
Moore
Greg Ryberg
R-Aiken
Nikki Setzler
D-West Columbia
Aiken County
Infrastructure Bank
Aiken County’s funding bid kept alive by amendment
Sen. Tommy Moore said the amendment to the transportation bill removes a timely filing hurdle for Aiken County’s bank draw. Officials were told they missed the December 31, 1998 deadline, and Moore noted the amendment aims to prevent the project from failing on a technicality.
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Moore
Aiken County
Aiken
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