Racing Hall Hosts Saratoga Guests in Aiken
The Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum will welcome National Racing Hall of Fame members with a reception from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Local officials call it an honor as visitors tour Aiken’s equestrian scene. The event precedes continued tours and fellowship with Saratoga guests.
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Racing Hall
Saratoga
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum
National Racing Hall of Fame
Aiken
Hall of Fame
Stolen Clarinet From Schofield Middle School Player
Police blotter reports a 13 year old girl had a clarinet in a black case stolen while she sat on a Schofield Middle School picnic table Thursday. Burglaries include a March 20 break in on Hamilton Drive with jewelry theft, a Wednesday theft of a Black & Decker rechargeable hammer drill from an East Gate Drive construction site, and a Home stead Lane break in with entry via a broken back door pane resulting in gun and jewelry theft.
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Schofield Middle School
Hamilton Drive
East Gate Drive
Homestead Lane
Southern Saddlery Becomes Olympic Tadpole Swim Team HQ
A Banks Mill Road sign from SOUTHERN SADDLERY jokes that heavy rains created a pond at the property line with Citizen's Park. The note proclaims the business as the Olympic Tadpole Swim Team Headquarters, reflecting local humor about the standing water.
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Southern Saddlery
Citizen's Park
Banks Mill Road
Students vie in state geography bee in Columbia
Several students from Aiken County qualified for the state Geography Bee at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, starting Friday at 9 a.m. Jeffrey Murphy, Daniel Hanson, Brandon Kearse, Erin Milnes, Robert Purvis, Tim Kucharski, Micheal Zielinski, and Trevor Jones represent area schools and groups.
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Aiken County
S.C. State Museum
Columbia
Jeffrey Murphy
North Augusta Middle School
Daniel Hanson
Hammond Hill
Brandon Kearse
Schofield Middle
Erin Milnes
St. Mary Help of Christians
Robert Purvis
Aiken Preparatory
Tim Kucharski
Kennedy Middle
Micheal Zielinski
Aiken Middle
Trevor Jones
Aiken
Daniel
Gasoline explosion victim unable to work seeks aid
Aiken resident Robert Allen Prince 27 suffered second and third degree burns to his face neck chest and arm after a spark ignited gasoline while testing boat ignition on March 15th. He is undergoing skin grafts and therapy as the family loses primary income despite health insurance. An aid account is set up at Carolina First. donations can be mailed or delivered in Aiken.
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Robert Allen Prince
Vaucluse Road
Federal Express
Augusta
Lynn Harris Prince
Allen
General Express
Prince
Carolina First
Aiken
Chesterfield Street
Park Avenue
Tour home rises from ashes for St Thaddeus tour
Leland and Kathy Reynolds rebuilt their Barnwell venue home after a devastating August 1997 fire that destroyed the second floor. They moved back in by Christmas with repairs led by Mr Reynolds' construction experience. The couple saved family memorabilia and cherished items like a handmade christening dress and treasured photo albums, despite heavy losses. They have four children: Ryan, Chad, Lindsey, and Anna.
Homes and Gardens on St Thaddeus Tour
The St Thaddeus Home and Garden Tour will occur Saturday April 4 from 10 am to 5 pm with seven historic downtown homes and two gardens. Advance tickets cost 12 dollars, 15 dollars day of event, at the Stevenson McClelland Building and several local outlets. The tour features the Reynolds home at 602 Barnwell Ave NW and Bonnie Brae at 321 Newberry St SW with luncheon and tea offerings.
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St. Thaddeus
Stevenson-McClelland
St. Thaddeus Church
Eulalie Salley and Co
Material Things
Floyd and Greene
Sandhill Gifts
Southside Allery
Leland Reynolds
Barnwell Ave
Bonnie Brae
Stanley Jackson
Newberry St
Winter Colony
Aiken native plays key role in international affairs
Thomas Moore of Aiken has been named to the Commission on Military Training and Gender Related Issues and was tapped by Rep. Floyd Spence to direct international affairs. A 1966 Aiken High School graduate, Moore travels Moscow with a Senate Armed Services delegation and contributes to major outlets. He is an Army Reserve Major and author of war novels.
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Washington
Thomas Moore
Washington: Bosed
Commission On
Moore
National Security Committee
Rep
Floyd Spence
Kathryn and
Shelby Cullom Davis
Army Reserve
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