Expo ’97 Brings Aiken Business Showcase April 17–18
Expo ’97 sponsored by the Aiken Chamber of Commerce and the City Parks and Recreation Department invites the public to the H Odell Weeks Activities Center on Whiskey Road April 17–18 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Representatives from at least 23 area businesses will exhibit and give away free items. AFL-CIO president Donna DeWitt to speak at the Aiken County Democratic Party meeting 7 p.m. at the County Council Building on Richland Avenue as Women’s History Month event.
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Aiken
Whiskey Road
Call 641
Afl-Cio
Donna DeWitt
South Carolina
Aiken County
Democratic Party
Kent Brown
DeWitt
Labor Organization
Brown
Burglary Reports in Chesterfield Street and Ridge Spring
A March 25 burglary on the 800 block of Chesterfield Street involved forcible entry through a back door with a VCR valued at 190 and a television valued at 300 stolen. On March 24 in Ridge Spring, a 300 block Bogeyville Road break through a rear bedroom window with pry marks, jewelry worth 400, a firearm 250, assorted items 190, and 325 in cash taken.
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Chesterfield Street
Bogeyville Road
Ridge Spring
Former Aiken Standard editor discussed Cigar on NPR
Former Aiken Standard sports editor DeDe Biles, now with The Blood-Horse, appeared on NPR Morning Edition hosted by Bob Edwards. She discussed prize horse Cigar and noted his poor stud performance amid talks of cloning him.
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Aiken Standard
Dede Biles
National Public Radio
Ms. Biles
The
Blood-Horse Magazine
Bob Edwards
Cigar
Surplus SRS gear to aid Chernobyl cleanup in Ukraine
Savannah River Site to ship up to 100000 pounds of white protective clothing and more than 3000 respirators to Ukraine in weeks, part of a G7 initiated effort to aid Chernobyl cleanup. Westinghouse and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory officials describe dire conditions for workers and note excess United States radiological gear shifted to Ukraine amid post Soviet economy strains.
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Savannah River
Chernobyl
SRS
Ukraine
Ian
Europe
Andrew Beckett
Westinghouse
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Beckett
United States
Soviet Union
Pure Fun Highlighted Aiken Community Band Spring Concert
The Aiken Community Band plans an hour and 10 minute program at USC Aiken Etherredge Center featuring a patriotic salute, show tunes, inspirational marches, and a marimba solo. Soprano Catherine Stapleton and marimbaist Katherine Brooks head the soloists. Tickets cost 3 for adults and 1 for students, with proceeds supporting the USC Aiken music scholarship.
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She Aiken
Col
William Clark
Usc-Aiken
Etherredge Center
Usca and
Security Federal Bank
Catherine Stapleton
Katherine Brooks
Israelis
S.C
UICA
Easter Bunny Boogie at H. Odell Weeks Center
The Easter Bunny will visit the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center on Saturday for a free family event at the Virginia Acres soccer field from 10 am to noon. Children ages 5 to 12 can enjoy a non competitive egg hunt carnival rides and games with ticketed rides costing 25 cents each. In rain the event moves inside the center.
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H. Odell Weeks Activities
Virginia Acres
H.O. Weeks Center
Holy Week observances in Aiken area churches
Area churches schedule Holy Week services from Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday. Programs include Maundy Thursday communion at New Covenant Presbyterian and joint Good Friday services at First Presbyterian, St. Barnabas, and others, with Noon to 7 p.m. observances, Tenebrae services, Stations of the Cross, and Easter Vigil noted at several parishes in Aiken and nearby communities.
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Christian Fellowship Churches of
Aiken
Second Baptist Church
Hampton Ave
New Covenant Presbyterian Church
Hitchcock Parkway
Ot. Barnabas
Pendleton St
St. Barnabas
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
York St. SE
Saturay
South Aiken Presbyterian Church
Whiskey Road
Trinity United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Hillview Baptist Church
Langley First Baptist Church
Hillview
Jefferson Davis
R. Louis Swanson
Frank Barker
Langley First
Red Cross disaster expert follows floods and fires
Pat Goodale of Aiken is a Red Cross Disaster Specialist for South Carolina. She began as a volunteer in 1976 and has coordinated relief across states after Hugo and recent floods, assisting 172000 meals and over 2600 families in three states while emphasizing neighbor helping neighbor.
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Pat Goodale
Mrs. Goodale
Red Cross
South Carlina
Huntsville
Ala
South Carolina
Aiken
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
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Ppo Rae
BellSouth
Coca-Cola
DuPont
General Motors
Kimberly-Clark
McDonalds
Nations Bank
Owens-Corning
Wachovia
Kenneth Wiland
Robinson- Humphrey/ Smith Barney
Putalk
Scott Webster
Stapléton
New York
USC
Brooks
American School Band Directors Association
Phi Beta Mu
National Band Fraternity
Percussive Arts Society
Music Educators National Conference
Nina J. Nndiffer
Scott Finn
Aiken Parks and Recreation Department
McDonal
Carolina Amusement Services
Weeks Center
Easter Bunny
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