Highland Games and Celtic Festival opens at Sporting Days Farm
The third annual Highland Games and Celtic Festival starts today at Sporting Days Farm on Highway 78 east of Aiken. Scottish athletics pipe bands and Scottish heritage offerings will be featured with border collie demos Highland dancing Irish step dancing and Celtic food vendors. Proceeds support local charities. Gates open 8 am and events run 9 am to 5 pm. Tickets cost 10 for adults and 5 for children 5 12.
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Sporting Days Farm
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Montmorenci
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City and county workers learn safety at joint lunch fair
Aiken city and county employees attended the second annual Joint Employee Safety Fair held at the Odell Weeks center. Visitors toured safety displays including a body fat model, blood pressure checks, and a coffin display by the coroner’s office. About 150 city and 350 county workers came by for lunch and prizes, reflecting the organizers’ gesture of appreciation for roughly 1,100 employees.
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Odell Weeks
Aiken City
Lex Kirkland
City of
Aiken
Ruth Gordy
J.C. Lexow
Mead Hall May Day Play Brings Farmyard Fun and Music
Mead Hall Episcopal School staged its annual May Day musical with the theme Down on the Farm. Fourth to sixth graders sang danced and beat dairy cans while kindergartners dressed as farm animals. Joanne Stanford directed the show now in its 18th year with the head of school praising the production.
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John Moore
MacDonald
Mead Hall Episcopal School
Collin Ray
Collin
Margaret Ray
Ray
Patrick Folk
Patrick
Mead Hall
Carolyn Folk
Patty Brown
Laura Lee
Alec
Lee
Joanne Stanford
Stanford
Kitty Gordon
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Police Blotter Reports Theft and Vandalism Incidents
An estimated 200 dollars of damage occurred to two street lights in a Southside subdivision. A Northside high school cafeteria employee reported 250 dollars missing from a daily deposit. A 1200 dollar wheelchair was stolen from a doctor's office at the 100 block of Summerwood Way within the past week.
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Northside
Summerwood Way
Clearwater man linked to $1000 theft from Groves Apartments wallet
A Clearwater man is a suspect in a theft case involving $1000 in cash. The money was stolen Monday from a wallet belonging to a Groves Apartments resident, according to North Augusta Department of Public Safety.
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Clearwater
Groves Apartments
Missing North Augusta teen reported from Columbia youth center
Aiken County Sheriff's Office seeks help locating David Holton a North Augusta teen last seen April 25 at 10 p.m. He may be headed home to Stephens Estates. He is 5 10 107 pounds brown hair brown eyes blue jogging pants orange shirt. Contact Lieutenant Troy Elwell at 803 642 2024 or 803 642 1716. Traffic delays on Aiken Bypass and Whiskey Road due to collisions with no serious injuries reported.
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North Augusta
Holton
Aiken County Sheriff’s Office
Troy Elwell
Aiken County Sheriff's Office
Aiken
Hitchcock Auction funds Hitchcock Healthcare in Aiken
The 17th annual Hitchcock Auction in Rye Patch raised support for Hitchcock Healthcare a non profit United Way group. Proceeds offset free care with over 511000 donated in 2003 including 300000 for children with special needs while about 4500 patients were served. Over 130 auction items plus live and silent bidding featured vacations meat and a New Orleans themed event.
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Mary Ann Joseph
Hitchcock Healthcare
Hitchcock
Rye Patch
Joseph
Genie Farmer
Farmer
Suzanne Jackson
Hawaii
New Orleans
San Antonio
Tennessee
Costa Rica
Janet Wertz
Berry
Swingsation
United Way
Aiken
Jackson
Ginny Southworth
On the Road Classic Cars and May Herb Faire
A Weekend event lineup includes a Sunday Morning Herb Faire from 9 to 3 at Historic Pascalina near Montmorenci and the Aiken Augusta Masters Rowing Regatta at Langley Pond. Local events also feature a carnival from 10 to 3 and taxonomical May focus on Attentiveness.
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Aiken
Augusta
Langley Pond
Lottery Friday Winning Numbers Report
Friday results list Pick 3 Midday 6 1 8 Pick 4 Midday 3 6 0 7 Pick 3 Evening 2 2 8 Pick 4 Evening 2 1 8 8 Carolina Five 16 8 29 20 36 Cash 3 Midday 7 0 6 Cash 4 Midday 0 7 9 4 Cash 3 Evening 0 1 2 Cash 4 Evening 1 0 4 6 Fantasy 5 5 7 3 4 2 Change Game P 9 5 1 5 F Change Game 0 4 4 3 7 7 Change Game 1 5 2 7 2 F Mega Millions 15 21 32 39 50 Mega Ball 34
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Aiken Standard Publisher and contact details
The notice lists publisher Scott B. Hunter contact 648-2311 ext 203 and editorial email. It includes office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and delivery problem line with weekend hours. It specifies subscription rates and mailing addresses for Aiken South Carolina.
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