ACTS honors volunteers at annual appreciation dinner
ACTS recognized volunteers at St. Angela Hall for ongoing service from interviewing clients to delivering groceries. Executives highlighted last year’s impact with 14,000+ served, 103 new volunteers, and $27,000 from Applefest for ACTS 20th anniversary. Ronnie Young praised aid to Graniteville and Aiken County.
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St. Angela Hall
ACTS
Vicki Bukovitz
Mark Miller
Shaws Fork Baptist Church
Graniteville
Avondale Mills
Miller
Alfred Holmes
Holmes
Powderhouse Road concerns dominate Aiken County meeting
County Councilman Gary Bunker urged the Transportation Committee to address Powderhouse Road deterioration after it became a de facto bypass for Whiskey Road. He proposed fixes from patching to paving and widening with a turn lane while warns of 6,000 to 7,000 daily vehicles.
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Gary Bunker
Aiken County Transportation Committee
Powderhouse Road
Whiskey Road
Bunker
Transportation Committee
Powderhouse
South Carolina
Beam
Josh Voorhees
Jvoorhees
Aikenstandard
Woman faces three counts of lottery fraud in Aiken
Tashawn I. Ealey, 23, turned herself in after alleged theft of dozens of scratch-off lottery tickets from a convenience store. Each $10 ticket cashed by the suspect deprived the store and could require restitution. She faces up to 15 years for theft and five years for cashing stolen tickets. bond set at $15,000.
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Tashawn I. Ealey
Jehnssee Drive
Aiken
Billy Royster
Aiken Public Safety
Royster
Aiken County
Organization to award $1000 in scholarships May 2007
Friends of the Aiken County Commission for Disabilities with AMBUCS will award more than $1000 in scholarships for post secondary education for 2007 2008. Eligible are students with disabilities and those working with the disabled. Contact Jan Dudley or Kay Benitez before March 30 for details.
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Friends of the Aiken County Commission For Disabilities
Ambucs
Jan Dudley
Kay Benitez
Wagener man suffers severe burns after yard fire fall
A Wagener man was airlifted to a regional burn center Monday after falling into a fire he set to burn debris from last week's storm. Emergency responders found him burned and bleeding in the 400 block of Water Wheel Road, with EMS transporting him by helicopter to the hospital by 11:30 a.m. Investigators will determine exact cause.
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Wagener
Sheriff's Office
Michael Frank
Aiken Ems
Couchton
Greg Bailey
Couchton Fire and Rescue
Bailey
Highway 302
Aiken County
Karen
Kdaily
Aikenstandard
Gregg Park Offers Various Programs In Graniteville
Senior fitness classes taught by Tiara Timmerman run Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 to 10 a.m. at Gregg Park Civic Center. Karate classes by Brian Randall are Tuesday nights 7 to 8 30 p.m. for ages 5 and up at the same center. Free blood pressure testing is offered first and third Tuesdays 4 to 6 p.m. by nurse Tonya Hunt. Lunch Bunch Walkers meet Monday to Thursday noon to 2 p.m. in the gym. call (803) 663-7552 for details.
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Tiara Timmerman
Gregg Park Civic Center
Graniteville
Gregg Park
Brian Randall
Tonya Hunt
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