Planetarium draws young. space curiosity shines at Ruth Patrick
Five year old Elliott from Milledgeville and family visit the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center observatory for a planetarium session. The event celebrates new carpeting, chairs, and a refurbished telescope after a lightning damage in 2009. Local volunteers and visitors from Augusta praise the facility and its moon Venus and Saturn views.
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Milledgeville
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Aiken
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Mark Moffett
Augusta
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Saturn
Mike
Jackie Frost
Stephen
Arielle
Space
Kennedy Middle School
Quincy
Monique Hillman
Quincy II
Bryce
CSRA
Hillman
Iraq
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Rob Novit
Bryce Hillman
Ruth Patrick Center
Dupont Planetarium
Aiken County shows vitality with record low unemployment
Aiken County reports 7.4 percent unemployment the state’s lowest as the Savannah River Site stimulus creates 3,356 jobs. Chamber President David Jameson touts a skilled workforce, ongoing projects like Ameresco biomass plant, Shaw Areva Max, and Fort Gordon security facilities fueling growth and future job prospects.
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Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
David Jameson
Aiken Rotary Club
Jameson
Savannah River
South Carolina
U.S
Fort Gordon
Former highway patrolman acquitted in loan fraud case
A former South Carolina Highway Patrolman, Daniel Charles Gerard Turno, was acquitted by a Columbia jury on federal charges of making materially false statements in a loan application to influence a state credit union. The two day trial featured DMV documents and Jeep payments as evidence.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Daniel Charles Gerard Turno
Matthew J
Turno
Department of Motor Vehicles
Garden Theater events and community fundraisers highlighted
ACP Youth Wing hosts Garden Theater shows at Smith-Hazel Recreation Center Hopelands Gardens and Nancy Carson Library with free admission. Just Breathe Studios offers a free Introduction to Yoga Meditation Saturday 1 to 2 pm. CSRA Beach Blast Pageant deadline passed. First Steps of Aiken County stages Children's Charity Ball Friday 7 30 pm at Houndslake Country Club with proceeds for childcare scholarships. J Man Band farewell concert Friday at North Augusta High School auditorium 7 pm proceeds to Jacket Regiment. Bentley's Kidz Pageant Talent Show set for Saturday at URS Center entry deadline Friday.
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ACP
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
Hopelands Gardens
Nancy Carson Library
First Steps
Aiken County
J-Man
North Augusta High School
Ian Calk
Gareth Calk
Aaron Sloan
Justin Abraham
Jacket Regiment
McKenna Hydrick
Carey Murdock
Bentley
URS Center For the Performing Arts
Newberry Street
P.O
Aiken
Bentleyskids
Bentleysolutions. Biz
Court Roundup Shows teens plead guilty in pizza robbery case
Two teens Gary Jackson and Joseph Taylor admitted strong armed robbery charges for the July 2008 assault at an abandoned Jefferson Davis Highway home. They face YO A prison terms up to six years, suspended to five years probation plus fines and community service. A third accomplice pled guilty earlier, with similar terms. A fourth juvenile was unnamed. Separate cases include a man jailed three years for distributing marijuana near a park and Tony Bagwell's one year sentence for failing to register as a sex offender with prior crimes and 2009 NC arrest.
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Gary Jackson
Joseph Taylor
Jefferson Davis Highway
Jackson
Taylor
Solicitor’s Office
Justin Pollock
Joseph Carlos Brown
Circuit Court
Doyet A
Jack” Early
Early
Brown
Tony Ray Bagwell
Bagwell
North Carolina
Fallon Road
Batesburg
S.C
Mike Gellatly
Mgellatly
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Just Breathe Studios
Houndslake Country Club
J-Man Band
Mike Gellatly Statt
Porky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
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