2014 USC Aiken Language Arts Festival medal winners
The 2014 Western Carolina Language Arts Festival sponsored by USC Aiken English Department was held February 22. Medal winners across Original Poetry Original Interpretation of Published Poetry Original Memoir Original Flash Fiction and Original Interpretation of a Visual are listed with grade level distinctions and ties.
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USC Aiken Department of English
Alex Hurd
Alicia Key
Amber Merritt
Marquis Hopkins
Kristen Ryan
Jared Burkett
Evan Layton
Melanie Mottsey
Ernesto Barquet
Cody Cain
Elizabeth Kleinkauf
Rebecca Snider
Mohammed Ali Rizvi
Jordan Dunbar
USC Aiken aims for knockout world record in community game
The USC Aiken community teams up for a single knockout game to surpass a 571 participant world record. Chancellor Sandra Jordan inspired the event, with 600 entries from the athletic department faculty staff students and locals. The plan included videotaping and a 20 page rules packet, with participants earning T shirts free game entry and VIP room pizza.
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USC Aiken
USCA
Sandra Jordan
Angel Miano
Miano
Aiken Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Stephanie Prandy
Michael Prandy
Kennedy Middle School
Prandy
Ahmed Samaha
Samaha
PHC
USC Aiken Convocation Center
Cellphone towers expanding in eastern Aiken County area
The Aiken County Planning Commission has approved five new cellphone towers in the eastern area with a sixth pending to improve rural coverage and connect residents to cellular and Internet services. Verizon’s 150 foot tower on Pineview Avenue in North Augusta drew resident concern amid the planning process.
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Rawls
Yates
Verizon Wireless
Pineview Avenue
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Augusta
Verizon
Wireless tower decision in Aiken County checks locals' ire
Residents voiced displeasure over a Fox Pond Road wireless tower but the final approval passed 4 to 1 after the owner asked Verizon for a better site. Verizon views the location as ideal. towers move to the Planning Commission and bypass County Council. Contacts for applicants are given, with Amy Banton noted as county reporter.
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Verizon
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