Seniors graduate at South Aiken Baptist Christian School
South Aiken Baptist Christian School held its graduation with Principal Randy Martin and Dean Tonya Bryant welcoming 19 seniors. Valedictorian Adam Batton and salutatorian Caysee Smith led graduates bound for Clemson USC Aiken USC South Carolina colleges.
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South Aiken Baptist Christian School
Randy Martin
Tonya Bryant
Martin
Bryant
South Afriaa Baptist
Adam Batton
Caysee Smith
Clemson
Batton
Logan Fanning
Abbie Marbert
Leatha Minichan
Hunter Norris
University of South Carolina
Vietnamese refugee story shapes a graduate's life and goals
Mai Batton escaped South Vietnam in 1975 just before the Communist takeover after a prior family upheaval with the Khmer Rouge. Her son Adam Batton, valedictorian at South Airicn Baptist Christian School, plans Clemson biology and a future trip to Vietnam.
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Adam Batton
Mai
Adam
South Airicn Baptist Christian School
Jim Batton
Clemson
Vietnam
Batton
America
Mai Batton
South Africa Baptist Christian School
Survivor recounts escape from Vietnam to America and family reunion
The narrative follows Batton and relatives fleeing Vietnam after a Grandmother and others, aided by a military helicopter to an aircraft carrier, then onward to Guam and Pennsylvania. Six weeks later a sponsor in Wilmington welcomed them, linking a life in Corpus Christi and Aiken romance, with Batton thanking her new homeland.
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Vietnam
Batton
Guam
Pennsylvania
Wilmington
Del
Florida
Corpus Christi
Texas
Aiken
America
Travis
Paul
Adam
Brent
Fraternity invites 200 men to launch Fatherhood Initiative
The Sigma Pi chapter of Omega Psi Phi invites 200 men in white to a June 8 service at Mount Anna Baptist Church in Aiken launching a Fatherhood Initiative inspired by Barack Obama's call for responsible fatherhood. The event features men speaking on personal experience and urges active father involvement in children’s lives.
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Sigma Pi
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Mount Anna Baptist Church
Aiken
Barack Obama
Obama
Nathaniel Dicks
Basileus
Banks Mill Road
Sigma Pi Chapter Hosts Fatherhood Initiative at Mount Anna Baptist
The Sigma Pi chapter invites 200 men to a Fatherhood Initiative event on Saturday at 5 p.m. at Mount Anna Baptist Church located at 2612 Banks Mill. The program aims to support responsible fatherhood and community engagement.
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Mount Anna Baptist Church
Banks Mill Road
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William Brown
Jocelyn Buczek
Scarlett Kass
Cassidy Blush
Joshua Hawes
Aiken Technical College
Laura Cox
College of Charleston
Rachel Proctor
Lee University
Rachel Schaffer
Winthrop University
USC Aiken
Lea Gossett
Jessica Sandifer
Christina Saylor
Jonathan Scotten
Cassie Smith
Julia Stuart
Ashlee Trotter
Kass
South Aiken Baptist
South Africn Baptist Christian School
Rob Novit
The
Aiken Standard
Walterboro
University of Georgia
South Aiken
Jennifer
South Airian Baptist
Fraternity
Om PN
Porky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
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