Disabled American Veterans meet Tuesday at post home
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 43 welcomes Fran Bush owner of Photos Made Perfect to speak at the post home 2194 Columbia Highway North Refreshments start at 6 30 pm with the guest speaker and regular meeting to follow MVHS Booster Club also meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm in Midland Valley High School band room inviting parents and interested people.
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Disabled American Veterans
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 43
Post
Columbia Highway North
Fran Bush
Photos Made Perfect
Ladies Auxiliary
MVHS
Langley
Midland Valley High School
Correction Clarifies Two Separate Stillbirths in Aiken
The Aiken Standard acknowledges an error in Friday's edition misidentifying two women who each gave birth to stillborn babies. Both women are suspected of drug use during pregnancy. the paper regrets the confusion and misstatement.
Police injures man in dispute over child visitation rights
A 36-year-old man was shot in the knee with a 22 rifle after an argument over child visitation rights Thursday. No arrest by Friday as the Aiken County Sheriff's Office continues investigations at a home on William Lanes. A woman who picked up two men at Golden Pantry later reported a purse theft of $500. The incident report notes the men were given a ride and left with the money after the woman fell asleep on the sofa. A toolbox was stolen from a pickup on Gray Street Wednesday. Updated 2/2.
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Aiken County
Gray Street
Heartland Express stage proposal shocks lively opening
During the opening performance of The Heart Board's Heartland Express actor Dan Clayton stepped to the stage edge with a spotlight on his girlfriend Elaine Miller. He proposed marriage and she said yes amid cheers from an delighted audience.
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Heart Board
Dan Clayton
Elaine Miller
Silver Bluff wins NJROTC drill meet at MVHS stadium
Silver Bluff High emerged as overall champion at the CSRA MVHS drill meet hosted at Midland Valley High School, with 21 units and over 600 cadets from Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. SBHS senior Lee Baxley earned top individual honors in drill rifle handling. Cmdr. Ron Freeman praised the strong performances amid a tough field and noted the squad's resolve after a recent local tragedy.
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Burnettown
Midland Valley High School
Parris Island
Naval
Aiken High
North Augusta High
Strom Thurmond High
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ron Freeman
Silver Bluff
SBHS
Lee Baxley
Freeman
Aiken Symphony Guild Reveals 98 99 Season Details
The Aiken Symphony Guild announces the 1998 99 season with a Gershwin Gala at the Etherredge Center USC Aiken on Sept 25. Vocalists appear in the second half. a Christmas Pops concert is set for Dec 12 and a Spring Concert on April 23, 1999 featuring the Josef Hofmann Piano Competition winner.
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Aiken Symphony Guild
Etherredge Center
University of South Carolina Aiken
Porgy and
Josef Hofmann
Trials tickets now available for Aiken event kickoff
Ticket sales began at the Aiken Jaycee Hut near the fair grounds for the Aiken Trials, the kickoff to the Triple Crown series. Gates open 10:30 am, post time 2 pm, with advance GA $6 and gate $8, parking $5 advance or $10 day of, information via the Aiken Chamber of Commerce.
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Aiken
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Jaycees
Powderhouse Road
Two Notch Road
Audubon Drive
Aiken Trials Set at Aiken Training Track on March 14
The Aiken Trials feature timed flat races for 2 and 3 year old horses. Gates open at 10 30 a m with post time at 2 p m Advanced general admission is 6 dollars, parking 5 dollars, tickets at the Aiken Chamber of Commerce. Remaining Triple Crown events follow on March 21 and March 28.
Aiken Standard Earns State Press Association Awards
Aiken Standard staffers won multiple SC Press Association honors at the Winter Banquet in Charleston. Photographer Scott Webster took second in Feature Photo for Kids take the rain, Larry Taylor placed third in Sports Page Design, and Thomas Smith earned third in Enterprise Reporting for This time it wasn't somewhere else. The paper also earned two AP awards for Best PMs Cooperation and Best Individual Cooperation for PM newspapers.
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Charleston
Aiken Standard
Scott Webster
Larry Taylor
Thomas Smith
Enterprise
R.E. Phelan
S.C. Press Association
South Caroli
FallBack plan to curb video poker in South Carolina
A columnist draws parallels between historic New York mob bosses and current South Carolina figures John Land and Glenn McConnell. He warns of a looming fight over video poker, urges persistence, and hints at a fallback strategy to counter operators and lobbyists while citing state revenue figures from 1997 showing millions wagered and millions paid to operators.
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Sam Giancana
Carlo Gambino
Paul Castellano
John Land
Glenn McConnell
Sam
Carlo
Paul
New York
Mafia
Army of Crime
John
Glenn
Comnpone
South Carolina
John and
Dwight Drake
Land
McConnell
Claren
Don
Charleston
Ace Lindsay
Sears
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