Fireworks Extravaganza Honors Veterans at Aiken County Fairgrounds
Todd Coontz of Coontz Investments hosts a $50,000 non profit family festival at the Aiken County Jaycee Fairgrounds. Gates open 10 am with crowd projections surpassing 30,000 for rides, arts and crafts, monster trucks, antique cars, Elvis impersonator, a business expo, live music, a 60 piece choir and 50 piece band. The event ends with a 30 minute fireworks display around 8:30 to 9 pm.
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Aiken County
Todd Coontz
Coontz Investments & Insurance, Inc
Aiken
Gates
Coontz
Ges
America
Two Arrested on Counterfeit Check Conspiracy
Dantel Wallace and Larry Turner were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiring to pass counterfeit checks through a Johnston bank and a liquor store. Wallace cashed a $460 check from The Credit Co. at First Citizens Bank with Turner’s proceeds. Turner later supplied a $482 Carolina Cranes check and Wallace cashed it at Mims Liquor Store in Edgefield. Each faces up to five years in prison and fines up to $250,000. Prosecutor Kevin F McDonald leads the case, investigated by Edgefield Police and the Secret Service.
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Johnston
Columbia
Dantel Wallace
Edgefield
Larry Turner
North Augusta
Turner
Wallace
The
Credit Co
First Citizens Bank
Carolina Cranes
Mims
Kevin F McDonald
Fun with Spanish camp for kids at USCA
The Office of Continuing Education at University of South Carolina Aiken offers a summer course Fun with Spanish for rising third to sixth graders. Instructor Vicki Collins leads the class July 9 to 12 from 1 to 4 pm at a cost of $75 with contact number 641 3288 for details.
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University of South Carolina Aiken
Vicki Collins
Barnwell Volunteer Hochstetler Shares Thailand Service
Barnwell resident Harley Hochstetler recounted his volunteer work at Im Jai House in Chiang Mai Thailand to the Aiken Kiwanis Club. He described aiding with computer communications hosting teams and driving children to church while 36 residents aged four to fourteen lived at the facility funded by private sponsors and a $150 monthly cost.
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Thailand
Barnwell
Harley Hochstetler
Im Jai House
Chiang Mai
Hochstetler
Aiken Kiwanis Club
Department of Public Welfare
Im Jai
Hochstetler’s
Reach Out Ministries
c/o
Don McCormick
Feather Road
8.C
USA
Highland Park Grill
Coones to head Downtown Aiken Rotary Club
Aiken resident Tom Cones becomes president of the Downtown Aiken Rotary Club at an installation at Newberry Hall. He succeeds Jim Glenn and oversees officers Lumus Vick Renee Rinder Dorothy Creech and others. The club honors Cheri McGee and Pam Willard for service and donations while noting Osteen’s perfect attendance since 1993.
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Aiken
Tom Cones
Rotary Club
Newberry Hall
Cones
Greenville
Burleen Coones
Rieter Automotive
Jim Glenn
Cheri McGee
Pam Willard
Rotary
International Service Organization
Vern Osteen
Osteen
Dick Lamar
John Garrison
Larry Ricks
Inter Service
Lumus Vick
Renee Rinder
Dorothy Creech
Rich Waugh
Glenn
Coones
Eight vie for NADPS patrol sergeant vacancy in North Augusta
North Augusta NADPS opens internal field for its patrol sergeant post vacated by Mark Delmore who left May 23 to join a private firm. Eight internal officers apply after an internal, multistage process including interviews by citizen and professional review boards and a public safety aptitude test.
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North Augusta
Department of Public Safety
Mark Delmore
NADPS
Delmore
Wackenhut Securi
Charles Williams
Williams
T. Lee Wetherington
Wetherington
Criminal Justice Training Academy
Columbia
Citizens Review Board
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USCA
Star
Maureen Chavie
Kiwanis Club
Avis
Lans
Ibout
New Ellenton
Beech Island
Jackson
Floyd Greene
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