Estes Gospel Travelers thank Wesley Church on fifth anniversary
The Estes Gospel Travelers express gratitude to the Wesley United Methodist Church family fans and friends for love and support shown at their fifth anniversary on June 13 May God bless each of you. Angel Food Ministries is at St Catherine Orthodox Church offering food distribution information in Aiken South Carolina. The note also praises Ginny Southworth for a great photo and ends with a patriotic blessing.
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Aiken
St. Catherine Orthodox Church
Edgefield Highway
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Ginny Southworth
Ginny
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America
Wise Man Change Their Mine Beasley Debate
The note cites the saying that a wise man changes his mind when new information arrives. It applies to David Beasley and political stance shifts as circumstances evolve. The speaker recounts his father, who lived into his eighties, endorsing the value of adapting positions with new facts.
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David Beasley
Pledge of Allegiance Debate and Memorial Day Cleanliness
A reader weighs in on preserving the phrase One Nation Under God in the Pledge of Allegiance and critiques Memorial Day flag decoration. The letter also notes weeks of trash and bin clutter in Aiken, urging better holiday cleanup and community pride.
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Aiken
United Way leadership to chair 2004 campaign in Aiken
Joe Lewis moves to campaign chairman as he and vice chairs Claudia Adams and Bill Inman lead the United Way of Aiken County. Dee Stanford notes 2004 will be tough amid the economy while the 2003 drive raised over 2.7 million for 33 agencies and 60 programs.
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United Way
Aiken County
First Citizens Bank
Joe Lewis
Claudia Adams
Aiken Housing Authority
Bill Inman
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Lewis
Inman
Adams
Aiken
Rob Novit
Rmovit
Aikenstandard.com
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Aiken County Sheriff Grounding Of 911 System Wires
The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office uses about 74000 from 9 1 1 taxes to ground communication wiring at the Hampton Avenue site after repeated lightning strikes. Repairs push costs toward 100000 in insurance, says Capt. Bobby Wilson. Work to ground towers and equipment should finish within a month as storms threaten the region.
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Aiken County
Hampton Avenue
Wilson
Sheriff’s Office
Aiken
Michael Hunt
Council
Walter Mitchum
Sheriff's Office
Lake Thurmond history presented at public library event
Park ranger David Quebedeaux, based in Clarks Hill, led a 50 year retrospective on the J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake at Clarks Hill outlining construction in 1954, the dam’s size and generators, cost, and shoreline. The talk covered name changes, recreation impact, and Corps history from 1779 to modern projects.
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Nancy Carson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
David Quebedeaux
Clarks Hill
J. Strom
Strom Thurmond
CSRA
Mississippi River
Quebedeaux
Principal Earns Doctorate Amid Unaccredited Online Degree
Jackson Middle School principal David Yates earned a PhD two years ago from Kennedy-Western University, a nonaccredited online school. He says no salary increase occurred and no misrepresentation. the district will inspect transcripts and consider new procedures for degree verification while board members weigh ethical questions in a closed session.
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David Yates
State Department of Education
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Aiken County
John Bradley
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State Department
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Kennedy-Western
Janice Poda
SDE
Teacher Quality
S.C. State University
Augusta State University
Cambridge College
Peda
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