Aiken High Team Reaches Second Round at National Championship
The Aiken High School Academic Team advances to the second round at the Texaco Star National Academic Championship in Houston. Coach Mac Hanna confirms the team is among 30 still competing, after defeating the Minnesota state champions for a 25th place slot. They face a Pennsylvania group today for a share of $75,000 in scholarships.
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Aiken High School
Houston
Texas
Mac Hanna
Hanna
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Aiken
South Carolina
Dorman High School
Irma High School
Clinton High School
Local Windsor yields 10 1/4 pound cabbage prize
Gladys Rt Hatcher of Windsor displayed a hefty 10 1/4 pound cabbage grown locally. Keith Whittle, a friend, presented the oversized vegetable, drawing attention from neighbors and fellow gardeners.
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Keith Whittle
Correction: Nerissa Barnett omitted from 1992 Silver Bluff graduates
The Aiken Standard acknowledges an omission in listing Silver Bluff High School 1992 graduates and corrects the record to include Nerissa Elaine Barnett among the names.
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Silver Bluff
Nerissa Elaine Barnett
Silver Bluff High School
Aiken Standard
ATC adopts semester system ending quarter era
Aiken Technical College will switch from a quarter to a semester calendar this summer. Registration is June 1 with classes starting June 16. The change aligns with state policy and reduces the 60 credit hour associate degree to about two years, with 12 semester hours per term and 15 weeks of instruction.
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Aiken Technical College
ATC
Paul L. Blowers
Arolina
Blowers
Aikens New Tree Ordinance Sets Higher Landscaping Rules
The Aiken City Council unanimously adopted a landscape and tree ordinance after 1 1/2 years of discussion. It requires 20 percent landscaping for commercial and 40 percent for multi-family projects, up from 10 percent. It may not fit all sites. council will review in six months and staff in January. The meeting also approved state grants for D A R E officers, street resurfacing funds, and several committee recommendations, while resigning Lewis Brown from the Housing Authority and first reading a franchise fee increase to 5 percent.
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Jackson
Jackson Municipal
Westinghouse
Savannah River Co
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center
US Aiken
Jimmie Berry
Ruth Patrick
Lower Savannah
Aiken
W. Waters
Ordiance
Waters
Lewis Brown
Housing Authority
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Family Dog Kills Rabid Raccoon On Lanier Road
A family dog killed a rabid raccoon that came to feed on dog food near a Beech Island home on Lanier Road. The raccoon tested positive for rabies after the fight. The dog, vaccinated for rabies, faces 30 days quarantine and 6 days restricted period. Rabies cases rise with four confirmed in three months prompting free pet vaccination clinics Saturdays at multiple sites.
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Donna Cole
Gurley
Cox Charged With Felonies In Fatality
Preston E. Cox 54 of Ludlow Lake Road was arrested Monday and charged with three felonies tied to a January 8 highway death of 26-year-old Donald P. Griffith near Shiloh Church Road north of Aiken. Warrant says conspiracy, solicitation to commit felony, and obstruction of justice. Griffith’s body found in a wooded area two miles from the crash. another man, Michael Cox 30, faces charges including reckless homicide and leaving the scene. Cox posted personal recognizance bond of 15,000.
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Hammack Starts Victims of Impaired Drivers Group
Lillian Hammack former state leader of MADD announces a regional anti drunk driving group named Victims of Impaired Drivers. The organization aims to aid victims through the judicial process and grief while monitoring courts and legislature to push tougher penalties.
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Lillian Hammack
New Madd
Aiken
Coll
Citizens’ Watch
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