Blood banks plead for donations amid severe shortages
Blood banks urge recruits as critical shortages hit multiple types at Sheppard Community Blood Center and Red Cross. Donors 17 or older and 110 pounds plus in good health are sought. drives set for June 4 at Gold's Gym in Georgia and June 5 at Grace United Methodist Church in North Augusta. The Aiken center hours are listed for Monday and Thursday to Friday.
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Robin Steinhilper
Sheppard Community Blood Center
Steinhilper
Kristi Mroch
South Carolina
Red Cross
Sheppard
Mroch
Gold’s
Washington Road
Georgia
Grace United Methodist Church
Georgia Avenue
North
Augusta
Aiken Sheppard Community Blood Center
Local business owner speaks at Aiken Kiwanis luncheon
Robert Glance co owner of Concept HR addressed Kiwanis Club of Aiken during the Thursday meeting. Glance with Chad Matthews and Tim Carpenter founded Concept HR formerly Checkmate. The firm serves about 115 clients mainly small employers in Aiken Augusta and Greenville Spartanburg with HR payroll benefits and workers compensation.
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Kiwanis Club of
Aiken
Robert Glance
Concept HR
Glance
Augusta
Greenville-Spartanburg
Curiosity Shop
Eighth graders win anti tobacco book cover art contest
Three local students in Aiken County were named contest winners: Kristen Young from Langley Bath Clearwater Middle School took first, Robert Toscano of Leavelle McCampbell Middle School second, and Abby Blocker from Langley Bath Clearwater Middle School third. Young’s artwork will grace book covers in county middle schools this fall.
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Coalition For
Aiken County
American Cancer Society
Langley-Bath-Clearwater
Kristen Young
Leavelle McCampbell
Robert Toscano
Abby Blocker
Young
Julie Broome
Community Cancer Control
Governors School for the Arts first graduating class
The first graduating class of the S C Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville includes 112 seniors in music visual arts creative writing drama and dance. The ceremony is Sunday at Furman University with students from Aiken North Augusta Wagener-Salley and South Aiken high schools.
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S.C. Governor’s School For the Arts and Humanities
Greenville
Furman University
Rachel Michele Hatton
South Aiken High
Elizabeth BoYung Laine
Lisa Christine Widener
Aiken High
Cordell Yohance Baugh
North Augusta High
Abby Louise Gantt
Wagener-Salley High
Caren Elizabeth Hesse
Joseph Kristopher Walters
Anne Elizabeth Randall
Josh Michael Skeen
Emma Chaffee Vought
Aiken City Council Moves to Internally Fund Projects
The Aiken City Council approved a measure to borrow from holding funds to finance ongoing capital projects including Citizens Park phases and the planned Virginia Acres tennis and skate complex. Internal borrowing awaits second reading on June 11 as county sales tax revenue distribution remains disputed in ongoing litigation.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Citizens Park
Virginia Acres Park
Roger LeDuc
Gible
North Augusta
Heath shares lesson on herbs for cooking at Rotary meeting
Montmorenci resident Jackie Heath spoke to the Downtown Aiken Rotary Club about culinary herbs. She noted herbs were once common in households, later faded, and are resurging for cooking, hair care, cleaning, pest control and folk remedies. Heath hosts an herb faire at Pascalina, her 1835 home, twice yearly, drawing regional vendors and customers. The club meets Thursdays at Newberry Hall with Jim Glenn as president.
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Montmorenci
Jackie Heath
Aiken
Rotary Club
Heath
Pascalina
Newberry Hall
Jim Glenn
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Bonnie Pattison
East Aiken
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