Kindergartners honor troops with annual musical tribute
Byrd Elementary in Graniteville presented a patriotic program at Christian Heritage Church featuring kindergartners performing military themed songs. Principal Rosie Berry noted the ongoing war and the 50th anniversary of Byrd while teachers recalled 28 year veteran Martha Bates and others guiding students through a week of local history exhibition in the media center.
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Graniteville
Byrd
Christian Heritage Church
Rosie Berry
Martha Bates
Deanna Timmerman
Nancy Brooks
Dolly Brown
Bates
Brooks
Berry
Gregg
Rob Novit
Movit
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Agriculture chief blasts funding shortfalls in Aiken club talk
South Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Charles Sharpe told the Senior Men’s Club of Aiken that the department faces more duties with less money and staff. He noted inspections cover ground beef to gasoline, with 27 inspectors now examining 66 000 pumps, down from 37 inspecting 27 000 dispensers in 1984, and forecast a strong 2004 for fruits and vegetables after drought.
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Charles Sharpe
Aiken
South Carolina
Sharpe
Agriculture Department
J.C. Lexow
Commissioner of Agriculture
Stolen Tools and Vehicle Reported Across Local Areas
Police blotter items include thefts in Graniteville and Windsor with values from 350 to 1100 dollars. A trailer, computer equipment, and building supplies were stolen in separate incidents. Several men faced marijuana possession charges while a suspect wanted on Barrow County sex offenses is detained after a shoplifting incident.
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Georgia
University Parkway
Barrow County
North Augusta commissioners weigh design review board and curb appeal
North Augusta planners discussed a design review board but rejected it as the solution while seeking higher quality development. They reviewed a Marion Georgia Avenues site for a pre fabricated brick end building with waivers and urged varied architectural appearance and improved sidewalks in Bergen Village, noting past sidewalk grade problems in Arbor Place.
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North Augusta
Marion and
Georgia Avenues
Commission
Ashley Krouse
Richard Fletcher
Krouse
Ed Meloan
Larry Watts
Cindy Bolton
Krause
Bergen Village
Otis Crowell
Arbor Place
Skip Grkovic
Crowell
River Club
Gardeners ready for big sale at Farmers Market
More than 50 master gardeners arrive at the Farmers Market by 8 a.m. for a community fundraiser selling plants and garden ornaments. Volunteers support scholarships, with horticulture students from Aiken High School also selling plants and benches raffled by Marvin Bishop and Dean Jolley.
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Farmers Market
Vickie Browder
Richland Ave
Williamsburg St
Aiken High School
Browder
Suzanne Holmes
Clemson Extension Service
Marvin Bishop
Dean Jolley
Jolley
Arms’ Grill
Public invited to review ARTS TIP draft comments
The Augusta Regional Transportation Study invites public review and comment on the FY 2005 2007 Transportation Improvement Program. The draft TIP covers ARTS surface projects funded under federal acts and runs over the next three to five years.
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Augusta Regional Transportation Study
ARTS
Richmond
Columbia County
Georgia
Aiken
Edgefield
South Carolina
Augusta-Richmond County Planning Commission
Telfair St
Augusta
Aiken County Planning and Development
Kalmia Plaza
Richland Ave. W
Columbia County Plan
Garnett Leads Wolves In Game 1 West Final
Kevin Garnett powers the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Los Angeles Lakers in game 1 of the Western Conference finals, delivering a strong offensive and defensive performance Saturday.
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Kevin Garnett
Minnesota Timberwolves
Los Angeles Lakers
May Attentiveness theme and lottery results for Aiken
The city names May Attentiveness as its character trait. Midday Pick 3 yields 1 6 8 and Pick 4 7 2 3 9. Evening Pick 3 is 4 9 9 and Pick 4 6 6 3 4.
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Aiken
Georgia Lottery Winning Numbers Report
Georgia Lottery draws recap for Thursday including Cash 3 Midday 2 5 7 Cash 4 Midday 6 6 2 6 Cash 3 Evening 2 1 8 Cash 4 Evening 5 1 7 9 Fantasy 5 39 17 14 10 1 and Change Game variants M 7 9 0 1 V B 5 1 1 1 F C 0 0 6 7 X.
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Cash
Fantasy
Giken Standard Publisher's Number Mentioned
The Aiken Standard lists contact details for publisher Scott B. Hunter including phone 648-2311 extension 203 and email shunter aikenstandard com as part of department communications and a $144.00 reference.
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Scott B. Hunter
Shunter
Aikenstandard
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