Afternoon Fund Raising Tea Aiding CSRA Girl Scouting
A charity tea to support CSRA Girl Scouting will be hosted at the home of Mr and Mrs Royal Robbins on Thursday from 4 to 6 pm. The event launches the Central Savannah River Girl Scout Councils Annual Giving Campaign with sponsors June Cannon Betty Christensen Anna Dangerfield Meg Jones and Gladys Miller and workers Margaret Ray Becky Robbins Lynn Shepard and Kathy Wise. Reservations are required via Becky Robbins at 648a4.
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CSRA
Royal Robbins
Savannah River Girl Scout Council
June ‘Cannon
Betty Christensen
Anna Dangerfield
Meg Jones
Gladys Miller
Margaret Ray
Becky Robbins
Lynn Shepard
Kathy Wise
Midland Valley Banquet To Honor Top Citizens
The Midland Valley Chamber of Commerce will host its annual banquet on Friday May 24 at 7 30 p m in the Commons area of Midland Valley High School Tickets are 20 per person Nominations are being sought for Youth of the Year and Citizen of the Year Banquet tickets and nomination forms available at the chamber office on Jefferson Davis Highway or a security Federal Bank in Langley or by calling 593 3030 A meeting of the Aiken Soil and Water Conservation District will be held at the Aiken County Agriculture Services Center auditorium on Thursday Business meeting starts at 7 p m Public invited The S C Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers will meet at noon Friday May 17 at Hitchcock Home Health and Hospice 721 Richland Ave West The program is Psycho social Interventions for Persons Coping with a Serious Illness Bring your lunch and join other social workers for this meeting Call 643 0001 ext 254 or 228 for more information.
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Midland Valley Chamber of Commerce
Midland Valley High School
Midland Valley
Chamber
Jefferson Davis Highway
Security Federal Bank
Langley
Aiken Soil and Water Conservation District
Aiken County Agriculture Services Center
S.C
National Association of Social Workers
Hitchcock Home Health and Hospice
Richland Ave. West
Police Blotter: Vehicle thefts and break-in at North Augusta
A motorcycle vanished from Liver Blut Road the 700 block between Sunday and Tuesday. It was a black 1989 Kawasaki Ninja with plate 257508 valued at 2000. A blue 1994 Cadillac DeVille Delta 88 disappeared from York Street on Tuesday while a driver visited George's Funeral Home. car valued at 20000, keys left on the car. Gregory's Community Care on Emerald Drive was broken into Sunday night. window and four doors forced open, narcotics totaling about 4000 valued.
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Liver Blut Road
Tts
York Street
George
Gregory
Emerald Drive
Augusta
Valve
Merchants Clash Over Downtown Parking Policy
Merchants dispute a proposed downtown parking plan with Sandy Harris opposing using side streets for employee parking citing safety concerns. Sam Erb says the issue is organizational while Mayor Cavanuagh urges off street or back lot parking. some store owners want none of the proposed shifts. Officials consider expanding lots as a solution to curb abuse since meters were removed in 1974 to attract shoppers.
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Chasiti Kirkland
Sandy Harris
Ms. Harris
Sam Erb
Aiken
Fred B. Cavanaugh
Tea Garden
Laurens Street
Steven Thompson
A Joyous Evening In May Lets Barefoot Tour Joye Cottage
A benefit by the Aiken Symphony Guild lets attendees stroll barefoot through Joye Cottage on Easy Street. The 7 p.m. May 17 tour, hosted by organizers including Kit Bryant, tours the 66 room estate listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with a Woodside Plantation catered tent party on the lawn. The home is owned by Greg Smith and Steve Naifeh, Pulitzer Prize winners.
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Scott Webster
Symphony Benefit
Lemon
Kit Bryant
Greg Joye
Philip Lord
Aiken
Joye Cottage
Greg Smith
Steve Naifeh
Woodside Plantation
Joye
Easy Street
Sarah Jane Joye
County Avoids Tax Increase For Fifth Year
Aiken County Council unanimously approves a $48 million Fiscal 1997 budget with no tax increase and no service cuts. The plan, built on a $25.4 million general fund and $18.2 million utility fund, keeps the $58.5 mill tax base and funds a reserve rise to $10 million while promising pay raises and infrastructure expansion amid a five year tax-stability achievement.
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Aiken
Ronnie Young
William Shepherd
Young
Shepherd
Willar Hightower
Russ Ferrara
Aiken Lawmen Honored At Columbia Memorial Ceremony
Five retired Aiken County Sheriff’s Department officers were honored at the sixth annual Police Memorial Service in Columbia at the Criminal Justice Academy. Gov. Beasley attended with state officials to remember officers who died on or off duty in the past year. Lt. E B Weathersbee Sheriff Paul Grant Deputy James Boles Chief Investigator James Whitehurst Deputy Henry Hiers and Lance Cpl Michael A Chappell who died in a Clarendon County car crash on April 17 were recognized.
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S.L. Spooner
Columbia
Criminal Justice Academy
David Beasley
South Carolina
Aitken County
Sheriff's Department
E.B. “Baronette” Weathersbee
Paul Douglas Grant
James A. Boles
James W
Jim” Whitehurst
Henry Copeland Hiers
Lance Cpl
Michael Allen Chappell
Chappell
Clarendon County
Wagener Sallley students glimpse Nazi dark chapters exhibit
Wagener Salley High School students toured a guided Holocaust exhibit created by teachers David Mihoulides and Phyllis Gantt. The immersive setup used Star of David patches and a “tattoo” to simulate identification, with shoes and clothing displays illustrating victims’ dehumanization and extermination by the Nazis. Students described the experience as deeply moving and eye opening.
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Bill Bengtson
Wagener
Wagener-Salley High School
David Mihoulides
Phyllis Gantt
Third Reich
Auschwitz
Wagener-Salley
Anita Murphy
Kim Kirkey
Mihoulides
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