Hopelands Gardens Summer Concert Series lineup announced
The Hopelands Gardens series runs through August with acts including Crooked River Dixieland Band on July today, Brass to the Future on July 4, Marine Corps Concert Band July 11, Doug and the Henrys July 18, ABATSU Africans July 25, Skelligs August 1, Fort Gordon Jazz Ensemble August 8, Aiken Big Band August 15, Savannah River Stringband August 22, and Aiken Concert Band August 29. All shows start 7 p.m. except finale at 6 30 p.m. Free admission with restrictions on alcohol pets leashed, parking at Green Boundary and Rye Patch, shuttle from Fred's lot. Call 642-7631 642-7650 or visit Facebook ExperienceAiken for updates.
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Aiken SWCD Announces August Meeting
The Aiken County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold a meeting on August 8 with no July session. It serves farmers landowners and homeowners in soil water and resource conservation. Contact 649-4221 ext 3 or visit 1555 Richland Ave E Suite 400.
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Visions of a Legend Elvis tribute regional qualifiers set
The Visions of a Legend Elvis tribute artist regional qualifiers will be held at Veterans Hall on Saturday July 9 with two shows at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Admission is 10 dollars for the matinee and 20 dollars for the evening performance. VIP for both is 35 dollars. For information call Terri Futreal at 474 2411.
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Portrait Workshop Night Session Shows Dobbs Assisting Kelley-Tucker
In a staff photo by Suzanne Stone, Dobbs assists Ondoree Kelley-Tucker as she renders a charcoal portrait of model Casey Black during a nighttime session at the ACA portraiture workshop.
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Aiken County Library Vehicle Break‑In Reported
An Aiken man says an intruder damaged his vehicle at the Aiken County Public Library on Chesterfield Street and stole a leather jacket a mosquito net an insulin meter and an XM Radio power cord. A Graniteville man reports a Saturday break‑in at his Park Avenue home with jewelry a television DVDs and guns taken. At Ascanga Lake Road Martin Marietta Materials site a fence was torn down and 600 feet of conductor cable were stolen.
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Aiken TEC uses gallon cans to form porch piers
Aiken TEC business manager Cliff Brown repurposes gallon cans that once held nursery products by cutting, stacking, and filling them with cement to create porch piers. A joke about perspective mirrors a press corps conference on the Potomac and a Washington Post headline about Nixon.
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Sizzler Weather Guess Contest Offers Cash Prizes
The Farmers and Merchants Bank sign in Aiken hosts a Sizzler contest asking readers to guess the exact day and time the thermometer hits 100 degrees. Subscriptions and local accounts boost prizes up to 150 dollars. Rules appear on page 6A and submissions require a post card.
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