Batchelor case prompts call to keep memories alive
Readers respond to the Batchelor case urging Joy Grooms Batchelor to tell her story and honor her sons. The letter highlights community grief, asks questions about local annexation and business movement, and critiques coverage and local issues.
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Joy Grooms Batchelor
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Man charged with assault after car chase and domestic incident
Andre L. Schultz 21 of Silver Bluff Road was arrested Friday on criminal domestic violence charges following a road confrontation with his wife. A witness in the SUV reported the Lincoln Town Car swerved to edge the victim off the road while yelling obscenities and gesturing. the wife feared for her life and that of two children aged 8 years and 23 months who were present.
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Silver Bluff Road
Aiken Public Safety
Lincoln Town
East Pine Log Road
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FFA grows at Midland Valley High adding resource focus
At Midland Valley High School the FFA chapter rises from seven to 86 members under agriscience teacher Jere my Brooks. The program shifts from horticulture to national resources with new forestry and environmental science classes and collaboration with SREL and the Aiken County Career Center.
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Rob Novit
Midland Valley High School
Chris Bolt
Josh James
Devin Hodson
Tyler Hancock
Jeremy Brooks
Farmers of America
Aiken County
Brooks
Savannah River
Central Carolina Technical College
Sumter County
Devin
FFA
Clemson University
Midland Valley
Tony Mills
Savannah River Ecology Lab
Mills
Movit
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Aiken High Senior Pursues Sea Career Through ROTC and Academy
Aiken High School senior James Johnston rose from family WWII stories to lead the Naval Junior ROTC unit as cadet commanding officer. He earned a congressional agency appointment to the Merchant Marine Academy, with nominations from Hollings Graham and Barrett, to study logistics and pursue a third mate license.
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James Johnston
Johnston
Aiken
Naval
Robert
Shelley Johnston
James
Kentucky
Schofield Middle School
Jason
Tom Burris
Greater Aiken
Dennis Turner
Bruce Bryant
Johnson
Merchant Marine Academy
Maritime Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S
Aiken County Council approves planning and budget measures
The Aiken County Council approved an amended planning ordinance after a full evening session. Officials discussed incorporating 2000 census data into the 1999 comprehensive plan while planning staff emphasized scope cost and schedule. Finance director Terry Bodiford reported revenue of 28.8 million and expenditures of 28.6 million through March 31 2005. An animal overpopulation presentation by Barbara Nelson of the Aiken SPCA highlighted adoption totals and euthanization rates, urging spay and neuter programs and funding support.
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Planning Commission
Bunker
Philip England
Planning and Development Department
England
Aiken High School
Olajuwon Paige
Sydney
Australia
Terry Bodiford
Bodiford
Barbara Nelson
Aiken Spca
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