Aiken Area Community Calendar Highlights Local Committees
A summary of ongoing public meetings and club activities in Aiken and surrounding areas. Listings include AIKEN AREA COUNCIL ON AGING AIKEN CHESS CLUB AIKEN CITY COUNCIL AIKEN COUNTY BOARDS ROYAL SOCIETY groups and a May 9 15 Aiken Spring Arts Festival sponsored by the Aiken Recreation Department and the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Acres
Whiskey Road
Aiken
Aiken Recreation Department
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Standard May Community Events Schedule
The Aiken Standard lists a week of community events starting Friday May 7 with Senior Citizens Club and Roselva Trio at Crosland Drive. Saturday features Aiken Prep Summer School testing, Arts Festival clothesline show at City Hall, and Sunday includes Clothesline Art Show and Shakespeare film Othello at Aiken Cinema Theatre. The notice also covers Tuesday through Thursday activities including artist guild meetings, blood drives, youth events, and public performances at local schools and venues. Several events are connected to the Aiken Spring Arts Festival and local civic organizations.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
United Press International
Aiken City Hall
Aiken Junior High School
James A. Dawsey
Marie Tewkesbury
Paul D. Grant
Clovis H. Pierce
May Birds Sightings and Garden Vignettes in Flyway
A May column notes wisteria vines and oaks hosting birds, with two purple grackles at a feeder during rain. Migration peaks in early May, Scarlet Tanagers seen in College Acres, indigo buntings common statewide, and dickcissels occasionally visiting central areas. Cardnials sing after daylight saving time, causing concern over sleep.
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Wisteria
Mockingbird
Chuck-Will
College Acres
South Carolina
Orangeburg
James Bunch
Lander Lane
Peterson
State Senate Adds Tax On Pornographic Movies
In Columbia the South Carolina Senate approved a 20 percent admissions tax on pornographic movies and authorized the creation of a State Board of Censors to determine permissible files.
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State Senate
Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
State Board of Censors
Bomb Threat Seminar Offered by Chamber in Aiken
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce, with the US Department, announces a bomb threat seminar at Heart of Aiken. Registration by May 10, $4, mail-in only.
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Greater Aiken
State considers censors board to tax and ban pornographic films
A proposed amendment to the state budget would create a three member Board of Censors to review films and arcade peep shows. Movies deemed to arouse sexual desire could receive an X rating and face a 20 percent admissions tax or be banned. ads could be forbidden if immoral. Proponents cite Maryland precedent. critics warn of legal loopholes. If enacted, tax revenue would reach about 800000 dollars, with minimal dissent in the Senate.
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State Board of Censors
Senate
Claymon Grimes
Georgetown
Gordon Garrett
Charleston
Nick Zeigler
Florence
Five Year Medical Program Approved in State
The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education approved a joint five year medical program by MUSC and Clemson. It offers an accelerated pre medical track at Clemson allowing two years of undergrad work before entering MUSC. Trustees at both universities gave early approval. The commission also studied making Lander College a state supported community college with the nearby technical center.
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Columbia
South Carolina Commission On Higher Education
Thursay
Medical University of South Carolina
Clemson University
Medical University
South Carolina
Clemson
The
Lander College
Greenwood
Admiral
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aiken County
Rutland Dr
U.S
Snorth
Aiken Lions Club
Lions Hut
Highway 19
Aiken Rotary Club
Aiken Duplicate Bridge Club
Senior Citizens
Crosland Drive
Virginia Acres Activities House
Whiskey Rd
Aiken Welcome Wagon Club
Virginia Acres Activities
American Legion Post
American Legion
Old Airport Road
Commercial
Sertoma
Commercial Hotel
Aiken Cornwell
Newperry St
Woodmen OF the World Unit 104
W.O W. Hall
North Aiken
US 1
Bruce Clampitt
Eastview Baptist Church
Belton
Senior Citizens Club
Roselva
Aiken Prep
Aiken Day School
Grace Avenue
Scott Lacher
Aiken Junior High
Aiken Artist Guild
Nancy Wilds
Greenville St. NW
National Association of Retired Federal Employes
St Angela Association
Academy
Berrie Road
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Owens - Corning Fibergias Corp
Morgan's
Dry Branch
Clark's
Kitchings Mill
Gregg
Graniteville
Kalmia Hill
A&p
Red Cross
Jaycee Community Center
North Augusta
P.m. Aiken Area
Schofield High School
Aiken School of Ballet
Augusta Civic Ballet
Order of the Eastern Star
Queen City
Aiken Masonic Temple
Laurens Street
Belvedere
Crosland Park Civic Association
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
Carroll Busbee
Aiken Public Safety
Mary Beach
Department of Education
County Education Center
Edgefield Avenue
Aiken Epda
White
Farmers and Merchants Heritage Room
Helen Mary Fenninger
St. John's Methodist Church
John C. West
Seattle
Demyer
UPI
Amsas City
FY. Worth
Montreal
Atlanta
Grimes
Maryland
Supreme Court
Board of
Censors
Central Rockies
Eastern
Gulf Coast
Middle Atlantic Coast
Bruce Clampitt Belton
Herb Gladden
North Aiken Baptist Church
A. K. Carter
U.S. Hwy. 1
Crosland Park
Aiken, S.C
Superini Builder
Scotts
Coward-Corley Seed Co., Inc
Your Garden Center
Park Ave. SE
Dial
Rhodes Furniture
Laurens St
S.W
Demask
Ces
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