Carolina Fence Garden Dedication Along South Carolina Georgia Border
First Lady Rachel Hodges led about 70 volunteers at the dedication of the Carolina Fence Garden a feature of the 1 20 Welcome Center in North Augusta. Garden clubs, city leaders, and state agencies joined the event highlighting native plants and a wren house on a split rail fence.
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North Augusta
Georgia
Rachel Hodges
Carolina
South Carolina
Carolina Hills Garden Club
Nancy Posey
Hodges
Galan Potter
Lark Jones
Garden Club of
Greenville
Charleston
Columbia
Florence
North
Augusta
Posey Funeral Home
S.C. Dept. of ‘Transportation
S.C. Wildlife
Scott Webster
Betsy Steele
Lancaster
Carlina Fence Garden
Highway Habitats
South Carolina Welcome Center
First Steps Board elects Nancy Busbee as chair in Aiken County
Nancy Busbee, longtime Aiken County School District grants director, was elected chair of the Aiken County First Steps Board at its annual meeting. She pledges a balanced statewide program showing progress to the General Assembly and the public. The board noted ongoing funding efforts, 4K classrooms, dental prevention, and a new first grade tutoring initiative across 14 sites.
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Hodges
Rachel
Governor’s Mansion
Aiken
Vim Hodges
First Steps
Busbee
Aiken County
Scott Hunter
Aiken Standard
Hunter
Peggy Wertz
Michael Hall
Don Baldwin
Ralph Courtney
Courtney
Hall
Baldwin
North Augusta
Scott
Wertz
Nancy
Burglary Suspect Arrested in Beech Island Case
Craig H. Gainey 28 of 105 Jaywood Road was arrested by Richmond County police on a Beech Island theft spree case. He faces one count burglary first degree, six counts burglary second, and four counts of grand larceny after a traffic stop chase.
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Williston
Aiken County
Richmond County
Craig H. Gainey
Jaywood Road
Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Program Planned
Brothers and Sisters of Aiken County host a second year program at First Baptist Church gymnasium from 5 30 to 9 p m to steer youth toward positive summer activities. Wallis Alves notes it will share information on available programs and discuss consequences of negative choices, gang activity, school discipline, and juvenile justice.
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Brothers and Sisters
Aiken County
First Baptist Church Gymnasium
Wallis Alves
Alves
Two area charter schools race to open in Aiken County
Lilian Thomas and Keisha Lloyd Kennedy prepare Midland Valley Preparatory School and Lloyd Kennedy School as the first charters in Aiken County and among the first in South Carolina. Enrollment projections exceed expectations with 166 and 75 students, while continue accepting applicants. Political and legal questions loom over a Supreme Court review of racial quotas in charter legislation.
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Lilian Thomas
Keisha Lloyd-Kennedy
Aiken County
South Carolina
Midland Valley Preparatory School
Thomas
Lloyd-Kennedy
Lloyd-Kennedy School
Aiken
Frank Roberson
S.C. Supreme Court
S.C. Supreme Court Review of An Earlier Circuit Court
Supreme Court
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Carolina Fence Garden
Bill Beng Star
Spartanburg
York County
Cherokee
Oconee
Dillon County
S.C. First Steps
S.C. House
House
Senate
Aiken Board
Dad
Tsman
Floyd & Greene
Floyd Greene
Centre South
FloydandGreene.com
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