Center Fire Department hosts community meeting June 6
The Center Fire Department invites all Center Fire District residents to a community meeting on Thursday June 6 at 7 p.m. at 2593 Columbia Highway North. For more details call 649-1847. Ben Newman and Greg Cahill of Palmetto Federal Savings Bank will host a June 14 customer appreciation day at 12799 Whiskey Ra with vehicle window washing and donations for Culbreath leukemia treatment. call 642-1365 for information.
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Center Fire Department
Columbia Highway North
Center Fire District
South Aikien
Palmetto Federal Savings Bank
Ben Newman
Greg Cahill
Voorhees College SBA Alumni Chapter Meeting Planned
The Voorhees College SBA Alumni Chapter will meet Thursday June 13 at 6 30 p m at Carpentersville Baptist Church North Augusta All alumni are urged to attend For more information contact Bennie Breeland or Johnny Olmes at 706 796 3175.
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Voorhees College
SBA
Carpentersville Baptist Church
North Augusta
Bennie Breeland
Johnny Olmes
Police Blotter Highlights Local Burglaries and Theft
A series of incidents reported in the blotter include two wooden patio chairs stolen from a porch on Lorraine Drive on a Saturday night, a $500 amplifier system taken from a Jeep Wrangler on Aldrich Street after the top was left down, and an armed robbery call near the Fort of Aiken Inn on May 29. Other entries note break-ins on Toote Beck Road and Frail Road, with tools worth $2,530 and electronics plus firearms stolen from a residence on Wilson Road Beech Island, plus a 1999 Saturn car stolen from New Holland Road Wagoner valued at $4,000. Updated 6/4/9.
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Lorraine Drive
Aldrich Street
Fort of Aiken Inn
Robery
Toote Beck Road
Thursay
O'R
Jon Rload
Warrenville
Sabva
Awnhite
Saturn
Ser Fom
New Holland Road
Wagoner
Wilson Road
Beech Island
Local Realtor Shines in Masters Track Events
Ann Carter, office manager at Eulalie Salley Realtors, blends business like efficiency with athletic prowess. She won medals at Greensboro and Raleigh events, earned a national spot for Tulsa, and topped hurdles and sprints in Knoxville, with Spokane looming for the U S Track and Field Masters national meet.
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Lynne Katonak
Eulalie Salley Realtors
Ann Carter
Mrs. Carter
Greensboro
N.C
Raleigh
Florence
South Carolina
Tulsa
Spokane
Wash
U.S
Writer Charmed By Aiken in Travel Guide Preview
Travel writer Jane Ockershausen toured Aiken as part of sourcing material for a South Carolina travel guide. She sampled Savannah White wine at local spots, visited Hopeland Gardens, Ma Mia's, Redcliffe Plantation, and Montmorenci Vineyards, and praised the Winter Colony history and equestrian scene while planning to finish the guide next year.
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Chasiti Kirkland Montmorenci
Jane Ockershausen
Bobby Scott Jr
Ms. Ockershausen
South Carolina
Aiken
Hopeland Gardens
Maia
Mining Valley Gold By DUSTIN Ture Bobby Griffin’s expansion plans
Bobby Griffin, owner of a popular barbecue restaurant in Aiken County, has grown from a single job to a thriving business with a new 3,000 square foot gift shop named Horse Creek Craditions. The complex will serve as museum craft shop and electric train dealership. He plans a 100 unit motel to house Olympic trainees and a Southeast Olympic training ground. A Langley Pond facility will host 250 acres for training with teams from Norway and Ukraine and talks with United States Taekwondo to move regional offices to Aiken. The project includes land development with a new museum shop and recreation area behind the restaurant and ongoing chamber collaborations.
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Dustin Ture
Bobby Griffin
Aiken
Griffin
White House
George Bush
Bobby
Horse Creek Craditions
Teland
Midland Valley Area Chamber of Commerce
United States
Langley Pond
Midiana Valley
California
Atlanta
Aiken County
Midland Valley Chamber of Commerce Economic Develop
Remedial Demise Cheered by SC Higher Ed Plan
Robert Gunter, Wagener Salley High guidance counselor, backs a phase out of remedial college courses. He cites Tech Prep and a push to place responsibility on students to take college prep classes. In six years, most remedial work will move to two year branches and technical schools, affecting about 15 percent of four year college students.
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Chasiti
Kirkland
Robert Gunter
Gunter
Wagener-Salley High School
Commission of Higher Education
University of South Carolina
Margaret Amick
S.C. State
Song And Dance Tell Eco Story At Elementary School
North Augusta Hammonds Hill Elementary School staged a song and dance eco program Monday as Mary Richardson’s first graders and Sandra Long’s third graders showcased recycling litter control and endangered species aims. Buddy classes presented dancing flowers and trees delivering messages against chemicals and pollution with a rap beat.
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Bill Bengtson
North
Augusta
Hammond Hill
Mary Richardson
Sandra Long
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Midland Valley Area Chamber of Con
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Bill Sengtson
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