County to take over ORA Friday in open space deal
Aiken County will assume control of the ORA Complex on Friday under a lease. The 200 plus acres include a pond and sports fields and will join the County's Parks Recreation and Tourism Department. County officials say the move preserves open space with no development and adds value for taxpayers.
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Aiken County
ORA
Gary Bunker
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department
CRA
Bunker
Aiken County Council
Operations Recreation Association
Clay Killian
Killian
Brian Sanders
Mended Hearts donate to USCA nursing program
Aiken Chapter of Mended Hearts donated 5800 to USC Aiken School of Nursing to buy a new mannequin for student practice. The gift supports skills training with mannequins like Kelly and basic fundamentals, aided by 5000 more for equipment at the USCA Wellness Center.
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Rob Novit
Julia Ball
USC Aiken School of Nursing
Mended Hearts, Inc
Anita Maddox
George Waddell
W.W Ray
Melvin Sires
Phillip Lockard
Aiken
Mended Hearts
Heart
USCA
Lockard
School of Nursing
Kent
Lauren Jones
Kelly
Jackson eyed for roadside park on former Campbell site
Jackson officials move to convert the former Campbell's Service Center into a roadside park. Five underground petroleum tanks will be removed March 15 after asbestos removal and demolition of the structure. The Brownsfield project, aided by a Brownfields grant, aims to address contamination and create a community amenity for bicyclists with shade and a water stop.
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Jackson
Campbell’s Service Center
Todd Etheredge
Burroughs and
Main Streets
Etheredge
Aiken
Brownsfield
Thom Berry
DHEC
Names and Notes: ISville Student Named to UNT President's List
Chelsey, a Senior Elementary Education major from Aiken, earned a spot on the University of North Texas President's List for Fall 2006. She is the granddaughter of Charles A Grodahl and the niece of Janette Godwin, with Walter Brown as her late great-grandfather.
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Cole
North Texas
Isville
Texas
University of North Texas
Chelsey
Charles A. Grodahl
Janette Godwin
Walter Brown
Aiken
Noted neurosurgeon Ben Carson to keynote Aiken NAACP banquet
The 26th annual Aiken Branch NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet will feature Dr. Ben Carson as the keynote speaker. The event at USC Aiken on April 20 raises funds for local scholarships and community programs. tickets are 50 dollars. Bill Pinckney and the Original Drifters provide entertainment.
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Ben Carson
Aiken
Naacp Freedom Fund
Carson
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore
USC Aiken
Freedom Fund
Brendolyn L. Jenkins
NAACP
Bill Pinckney
Jenkins
Johns Hopkins
Germany
Zambia
President’s Council On Bioethics
K.D. Justyn
Aiken Regional Medical Center
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