South Carolina Teen Driver Law Notches Decline in Crashes
Statistics show teen driving collisions dropping as South Carolina's Graduated Driver Licensing law nears its first anniversary. The program phases in privileges for 15 year olds over 15 months, restricting unsupervised driving from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., with broader education and experience cited as factors in reducing teen fatalities.
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Kesman
South Carolina
Allison Dean Wright
S.C
Serice
Pete Frommer
Aiken
Aiken County
Voters hold key to hospitality taxes
Aiken voters will decide in November whether to fund a county one cent sales tax that could replace the citys two cent hospitality tax on prepared foods. If approved, the city would use an estimated 220000 yearly from the acquisitions tax to support capital projects and possibly reduce millage by two to three mills.
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Aiken
Aiken County
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Hitchcock Woods
SRP Federal Credit Union
Thelma Jackson
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WSRC Outreach Reaches 61000 CSRA Students With $800k Gift
Westinghouse Savannah River Co. reports outreach touched more than 61,000 students in the CSRA. Corporate funds donated over $800,000 and 1,000+ employees volunteered, with Dean Campbell and Joe Buggy citing broad teacher and student benefits across public and some private schools. Programs ran last school year included 24,000 student demonstrations and 15,000 participants in science fairs.
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CSRA
WSRC
Joe Buggy
Dean Campbell
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Campbell
Aiken County
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Allendale
Barnwell
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Mid Day Lions Install Officers for Next Year
The Mid Day Lions Club held a Tuesday meeting featuring a talk by Karen Papouchado and the installation of one year officers led by Bill Finley. New officers include Pat Friday as president, Karen Grimm as 1st vice president, Gian na Heath as 2nd vice president, Vicki Rich as secretary, Cookie Jackson as treasurer, Lynn Brownlee as Lion, and Jimmie Osterhoudt as Tail Twister. Brownlee received Lion of the Year. Richardson received the President's Award. A donation to Leader Dog was accepted by Nancy Knowles, funded by Salute to Secretaries’ April community support.
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Karen Papouchado
Lions Club
Pat Friday
Karen Grimm
Gianna Heath
Vicki Rich
Cookie Jackson
Lion Tanner
Lynn Brownlee
Jimmie Osterhoudt
Lion Bill Finley
Aiken
Roni Richardson
Papouchado
Nancy Knowles
Aiken praised for Dogwood Stable horse training methods
Mary Jane Howell AMBUCS speaker described Dogwood Stable operations in Aiken with about 60 horses nationwide and eight at the local stable. She cited climate and soil as key to training and explained how Dogwood names horses through a employee contest led by Mr. Campbell. The group noted the November rodeo at the County Fairgrounds and regular AMBUCS meetings at Holley House.
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Dogwood Stable
Ambucs
American Business Club
Aiken
Ms. Howell
Dogwood
Dog ‘Wood
Campbell
Aiken County Fairgrounds
Jan Kirkland
Holley House
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