Rotary gifts aid Red Cross and Silver Bluff Fire Dept
The Rotary Club of Aiken donated 10000 to the Aiken Red Cross and 4500 to the Silver Bluff Fire Department after its Beech Island Tornado relief efforts destroyed the fire station. Fire officials praised the community response and the federation of responders during the prolonged operation.
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Rotary
Red Cross
Silver Bluff Fire Department
Rotary Club of
Aiken
Tion
Salvation Army
Kevin Lancaster
Rotary Club
Fire Department
Lancaster
Rob Novit
Fred Humes
Aiken Red Cross
Suzanne Jackson
Ridge Spring Monetta honors first Margaret Cato Scholar
RS M senior Sally Yon is the inaugural recipient of the Margaret Cato Scholarship, a $2000 award funded by a bequest from the late Aiken High School teacher. Glenda Vance Corbett and Diane Mangiante presented the prize. Yon plans to attend Clemson University and hopes to teach at RSM High someday.
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Margaret Cato
Ridge Spring-Monetta High School
Aiken
RSM
Sally Yon
Cato
Glenda Vance Corbett
Diane Mangiante
Public Education Partners
Yon
RSM High
Clemson University
Corbett
Hickory Grove School
Monetta High School
Windsor High School
Aiken High
Margaret
Rob Novit Ridge
Spring-Monetta High School
Glenda Corbett
Beech Island Man Indicted on Eight Counts of Bank Robbery
Frank Douglas, 50, was indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts of bank robbery. The charges cover robberies at Clearwater Regions Bank on Jefferson Davis Highway and seven other banks across South Carolina between Sept 9 and Oct 16, 2008. He used notes on deposit slips, never displaying a firearm, and faces 10 years to life if convicted.
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FBI
Frank Douglas
Clearwater Regions Bank
Jefferson Davis Highway
South Carolina
Douglas
Cayce
Beaufort
Summerville
Orangeburg
Columbia
Clinton
Aiken County
Sentencing set after plea doubts in cocaine case
An Aiken man indicted in 2003 on drug distribution faces over 15 years. Bruce Jones pleaded guilty Jan 4 to possession with intent to distribute large cocaine quantities and crack, then tried to withdraw his plea. a recent appeal denial preceded Thursday sentencing.
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Bruce Jones
Jones
Waters Named Outstanding Senior in Economics at Presbyterian College
George Dana Waters V of Aiken was chosen as the Outstanding Senior in Economics and Business Administration at Presbyterian College Clinton. He belongs to South Aiken Presbyterian Church.
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George Dana Waters V of
Aiken
Pres
Byterian College
Clinton
Waters
South Aiken Presbyterian Church
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