Talkback readers weigh in on sports, taxes, and language
A TalkBack submission laments silent golf events and political correctness while debating sportsmanship. It argues for higher belt belt fines and bike taxes, criticizes regional development, and urges voter attention to local issues in Aiken and North Augusta.
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North Augusta
Aiken County
Aken
Aiken
Operation Christmas Child hits milestone with 100 million shoeboxes
AMY BANTON reports the Aiken area team celebrated 100 million shoeboxes sent globally since 1993 by Samaritan's Purse. In 2023 around 6.5 million boxes were shipped, with 10,906 from Aiken area. volunteers filled boxes at Millbrook Baptist Church and shared stories of transform lives through gifts and the Jesus pamphlet in 75 languages.
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Aiken Area
Aiken
Curtis Nap
Millbrook Baptist Church
Dolores Clark
Collections Center
Jesus Christ
Clark
Jesus
Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift drive details
Information on packing standard sized gift boxes for boys or girls in age groups 2-4 5-9 and 10-14. Guidance includes allowed items required personal notes and a suggested 7 shipping donation with contacts Kathie Curtis Nappier and Curtis Nappier area coordinators for involvement and more information at samaritanspurse.org.
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Curtis Nappier
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Www.samaritanspurse.org
Massey Wins Lawyer of the Year for Mock Trial Work
Blair Massey an Aiken attorney and Edgefield resident coaches Strom Thurmond High School Mock Trial for a decade. The SC Bar LRE Division named her 2013 Lawyer of the Year for fostering law education across Strom Thurmond Meriwether and Johinston Edgefield Trenton middle schools and boosting regional state and national competitions.
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Air Massey
Edgefield
Thas
Strom ‘Thurmond
S.C. Bar
Massey
C. Len Shane Massey
Strom Thurmond High School
Merriweather Middle School
Johinston-Edgefield-Trenton
Edgefield County
Nance, McCants & Massey
LRE
Strom Thurmond
Kaitlyn Pugh
Pugh
Furman University
Eam
Denise Jackson
Strom
American Legion Auxiliary to Hold Poppy Day Drives
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 71 will distribute red poppies to honor fallen servicemen and women. The event runs Thursday to Saturday from 9 am to 8 pm at Kroger, 1284 Knox Avenue, North Augusta. For details, call Sylvia Napier at 803-279-2270.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 71
Kroger
Knox Avenue
North
Augusta
Sylvia Napier
Foreclosure Cast Shadow Over Historic Aiken Mall
Shoppers learn that a 43 acre Aiken Mall parcel has been foreclosed as buyers and workers react with concern. Patrons recall the mall’s opening in 1989 and note long time anchors like Belk Dillard’s JCPenney Sears and Books A Million remain while several smaller stores have closed.
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Alen
Aiken
Aiken County
Aiken Mall Acquisition LLC
Alen Mal
S. Bank
van Aken Mall
Aiken Stan
Scpenneys
Dillards
Sears
Books-A-Million
Belk
Kirkland
Dollar Tree
Wanda Jackson
Dillard's
Jcpenney
Books
Jackson
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