Free skin cancer screenings offered at Aiken Center
More than 61 people attended a free cancer screening Saturday at the Aiken Center for Dermatology. Dr Margaret Fitch notes May is national skin cancer screening month. Patients received ABCD rule guidance and were told to consult a dermatologist if needed. The center sits on Two Notch Road in Aiken.
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Aiken Center For
Dermatology
Margaret Fitch
Joan Stevens
Aiken
Rcnard S. Chesser
Two Notch Road
Sixth Annual Rally in the Valley Fetes Gospel Groups
Valley residents gathered at Harrison Caver Park for the Sixth Annual Rally in the Valley. Ten church groups performed as Lonnie McCarthy noted about 30 area churches participating. Proceeds from chicken dinners benefited Aiken Pregnancy Care Center while other concessions funded local Christian media outlets. Sara Daniel of Langley Church of God and Rose Tyler from Augusta shared remarks on the event’s fellowship and worship.
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Harrison Caver Park
Fellowship
Lonnie McCarthy
Aiken Pregnancy Care Center
Augusta
McCarthy
Valley
Sara Daniel
Langley Church of God
Rose Tyler
Police blotter details motorcycle headlight arrest and more
A man on a motorcycle was stopped for an illegal headlight between Pine Log and Two Notch roads Friday. Officers found marijuana he tried to discard and charged him with resisting arrest and driving with no license. A woman was arrested Friday for trespassing on York Street. A stolen bicycle belonging to an Aiken woman was recovered on Abbeville Avenue Friday. A female was caught Thursday attempting to illegally refill a prescription at Eckerd Drug Store in Whiskey Shopping Center.
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Pine Log
Two Notch Roads
York Street
Abbeville Avenue
Eckerd Drug Store
Whiskey Shopping Center
Project Graduation offers alcohol free celebration for grads
Graduating seniors from Aiken and South Aiken High School attended a midnight to 6 a.m. Project Graduation at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center. The nationwide program aims to keep graduates off roads, with activities including a womanless beauty contest, game room, disc jockey, photo backgrounds, a themed cafe, volleyball, prize drawings, and a Las Vegas style cash booth. Becky Lock, founder, said the event grows yearly with more than 300 expected participants and parents must sign out graduates.
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Melissa Hanns
Aiken
South Aiken
H. Odell Weeks
South Aiken High School
Becky Lock
Watt
Las Vegas
Adopt A Highway volunteers sweep Aiken streets
In Aiken volunteers joined the Adopt A Highway program to pick up litter along roadways. Rev. David Walker of the local NAACP says groups adopt at least two miles and clean four times a year for two years. The South Carolina Department of Transportation provides safety gear bags and signs and removes filled bags.
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Aiken
David Walker
NAACP
S.C. Department of Transportation
Sue Burgess
South Carolina
Rev. Walker
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