Riverbanks Zoo Update Highlights 40th Anniversary and Growth
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden marked its 40th anniversary in April 2014 and set a visitation record of over 1,059,000 last year. Riverbanks occupies 170 acres, hosting 350 species and 2,000 animals, with a $36 million expansion to improve parking, access, gardens, and sea lions and seals facility. Completion milestones include grizzly and otter habitat in summer 2015, children’s garden in winter 2015, and sea lions and seals in spring 2016.
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Riverbanks Zoo
Columbia
Men’s Club of
Aiken
Woodside Country Club
Susan O’cain
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
O’cain
Riverbanks
TripAdvisor.com
Botanical Garden
Riverbanks. Org
Burglary Reports Fill Aiken County Blotter
Aiken County Sheriff's Office reports multiple incidents on Saturday including a home burglary on Johnston Highway in Trenton with a laptop taken after a front door was kicked in, a Duches Road burglary in which items were stolen, a Jackson man threatened at gunpoint on Brown Hill Road, and other thefts from a junk pile on Hillside Drive. A driveway dispute surfaced during the Brown Hill Road incident, and an eBay and PayPal account intrusion was reported on Cathy Drive. No signs of forced entry at the storage shed on H and H Street. The subject from Brown Hill Road left before officers arrived.
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Johnston Highway
Trenton
Duches Road
Jackson
Brown Hill Road
North Augusta
Hillside Drive
H and H Street
Beth Spangler to Perform at URS Center
Beth Spangler will perform in concert Thursday March 19 at the URS Center for the Performing Arts 126 Newberry St. S. W. Doors open 7 p.m. show starts 8 p.m. Tickets are 50 dollars. For information or tickets call 803-648-1438 or visit www.aikencommunityplayhouse.com.
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Beth Spangler
URS Center For the
Performing Arts
Newberry St. S.W
Aikencommunityplayhouse.com
Wild game supper feeds Edgefield County church crowd
Sweetwater Baptist Church in Edgefield County held its ninth annual wild game supper drawing about 1,700 attendees. Menu included raccoon meatballs deer chili and flounder sandwiches with alternatives like alligator tilapia and smoked deer sausages. Event featured Jimmy Sites as speaker, Joe and Kim Stanley providing music, and prize giveaways valued around 12000 dollars. Next year’s menu plans and a March 5, 2016 return visit by Bob Reccord and Allison Durham Speer are announced.
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Edgefield County
Sweetwater Baptist Church
Brian Ayers
Sweetwater
Paul Noe
Jimmy Sites
Joe
Kim Stanley
Adrian Rogers
Zig Ziglar
John Maxwell
Jerry Falwell
Ayers
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Don Winslow
Susan O Cain
Jeff Wallace
Riverbank Zoo
Aiken County Sheriff's Office
Warrenville
Cathy Drive
URS Center
Wally Busch
Woodside
Aiken Standard PO
Aiken, SC
Ellow
Bob Reccord
The
Southern Baptist Convention North American Mission Board
Allison Durham Speer
Aikenstandard.com
Y Bill Bengtsod
Dan
William J. Coscioni
Wealthcare Financial Planners
Aly Na
Sammiccians
Teel Sao Ee
PayPal
eBay
Carolina
Jim
Anita Hanna
Jimhannass
GMAIL
Rutland DR
St. Phillip Rd
Beech Island
D.C
DreamMaker
JD Norris Construction Co
Dreammakeraiken.com
Auto-Owners Insurance Company
Hutson
Park Ave
Hecos.com
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