Internet regulations and local pressures spark letters to the editor
Readers complain about FCC internet rules and a plan for synthetic turf at North Augusta High School. They call for booster clubs to fund turf, oppose tax increases, and urge civic action on Memorial Day events and local parades. Other topics touch taxes, geography, flagpoles, headlights, and Steeplechase venue concerns.
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North Augusta High School
Aiken County
Tanner Lewis remembered at Midland Valley High for scholarship and service
Tanner Lewis, a Midland Valley High School senior, earned a Duke University scholarship and was famed for academics Boy Scout leadership and a passion for history and politics. After his sudden illness and death two months before graduation his family started a scholarship fund to honor core values and political science or history, aided by church fundraisers and Scout troop members who built a new cabin at Knox Boy Scout Camp.
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Rob Now
Boy Scout Troop 351
Michael Tiedman
Jeffrey Branard
Brandon Derman
Melea Funderburg
Samantha Schooler
Langley Pentecostal Holiness Church
Tanner Lewis
Scout
Midland Valley High School
Duke University
Lewis
David
Donna Lewis
Logan
Tanner
Raleigh Ennis
Cub Scouts
Knox
Lincolnton
Georgia
Caleb Padgett
Police K9 golf tourney seeks teams in Aiken
The U.S. Police Canine Association invites teams to enter its fifth annual golf tournament on Friday at Woodside Plantation. The nonprofit award certifies canine teams in narcotics and explosive detection tracking and criminal apprehension, with Region 2 covering South Carolina and North Carolina.
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U.S. Police Canine Association
Woodside Plantation
South Carolina
North Carolina
Aiken
Police Canine Golf Tournament Planned at Woodside
The Police Canine Association hosts a four player team golf tournament Friday at Woodside Plantation Country Club with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Entry is 60 dollars per player, range opens at noon, and the event benefits Region 2 canine training and judges hotel costs. Contact Clark Smith at 803-640-2630 or cgsk977 att.net for details.
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Police Canine Association
Woodside Plantation Country Club
Smith
Settlement possible in Lakisha Thomas wrongful death suit
A special administrator has been appointed to negotiate a settlement offer in the Lakisha Thomas wrongful death case. J. Martin Harvey was named by Aiken County Probate Judge Sue Roe to evaluate the offer and report to the court. Thomas died after being struck by a Jeep on York Street on March 30 2013. Maria Saxon as estate representative seeks medical expenses pain and suffering funeral costs and exemplary damages asserting the driver Tom Woodruff was charged with careless driving. Harvey says he will review the mediated offer and may file a petition for court approval.
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Thomas Wronegful
Aiken County
Sue Roe
Barnwell
J. Martin Harvey
Thomas
York Street
Aiken
Tom Woodruff
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Maria Saxon
Woodruff
Roe
Harvey
Saxon
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