Paul Knox Chorus to Visit Europe After Six Flags Win
The Paul Knox Junior High Chorus in North Augusta won Best in Class at Six Flags Atlanta and earned a Europe visit through the Home Stays program. Director Wayne Lord notes the trip would be a week long, requiring special state-permission due to attendance limits, with hosting through students’ families. They rehearse, perform, study vocal technique, and aim to balance educational exchange with travel next fall.
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Gene Kelly
Paul Knox Junior High
North Augusta
Six Flags
Atlanta
Europe
State Department of Education
Wayne Lord
Lord
North Augusta High
University of South Carolina
Augusta
Aiken County
Augusta College
School Board To Act On Woe Funds In Aiken Tonight
The Aiken County Board of Education meets at 8 p.m. in the Educational Center conference room to decide on a summer vocational program and review six new items including a budget adjustment and state unemployment contract renewal. Naomi Hildebrand will present recommended canteen foods. rezoning of elementary districts is not on the agenda.
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Aiken
James I. Green
Graniteville Company
Reed-Roberts Association
North Augusta Council To Hold Public Hearings On Zoning
North Augusta City Council plans a special 7 p.m. meeting at City Hall 400 Buena Vista Ave. to review a community development application and a rezoning request for the North Plaza Apartments complex.
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North Augusta
North Plaza
North Augusta City Hall
Buena Vista Ave
Hopelands Program Postponed by Rain in Gardens
The Hopeland Gardens event Laugh Dance will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. if it doesn’t rain. Piano needs blocked relocation to H C Weeks Center, and officials warn of another postponement on rain days.
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Hopeland Gardens
Gardens
Aiken
Mike Facciolo
Facciolo
H.C. Weeks Center
The
Aiken Community Playhouse
Playhouse
Virginia Acres Park
All Saints Anglican Church
April Weather Cuts South Carolina Wood Fires Sharply
In April the state recorded 926 fires down from March 1,247 as 49.8 acres burned in Aiken County from 38 April fires. Nearly three inches more rain than normal kept wildfires small, while five year April averages show 1,184 fires and over 12,000 acres lost.
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Aiken County
SC Highways awards contract for pavement markings statewide
The South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation awarded a contract to apply thermoplastic pavement markings and raised markers on major routes. Work spans 5 miles of U S 1, 13 miles of U S 1 and 78, 8.3 miles on SC 19, and 16.3 miles on SC 125, with changes in Aiken and Savannah River Plant areas and a total project value of 288,530 dollars covering Lexington, Richland and Sumter counties.
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South Carolina
Savannah River
U.S. 1
Lexington
Richland
Sumter
Sertoma honors law enforcers at Law Day event
Sertoma Club held its Law Day program honoring four law enforcement personnel. Recipients were Kitty T. Speed Aiken Youth Correctional Department Sgt Isaac Lewis Aiken Public Safety Patrolman Joseph Daniels SC Highway Patrol and Lt James B Herzog Aiken County Sheriff's Department. Dorn praised enforcement and urged discipline and readiness against chaos.
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Sertoma Club
Kitty T. Speed
Aiken Youth Correctional Department
Sgt
Isaac Lewis
Aiken Public Safety
Joseph Daniels
James B. Herzog
Owens Corning
Lynne Katonak
Windy season alert ties down mobile homes in Michigan
A Michigan insurance firm warns that mobile homes without tie-down straps risk damage from spring and summer storms. Foremost Insurance offers tie-down sets and instructions, with a brochure available. Write to Public Relations Department at 5800 Foremost Drive Grand Rapids Michigan 49501.
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Palmetto State
Foremost Insurance Company
Public Relations Department
Foremost
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Aiken High
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American Chemical Society
West Lake Country Club
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Wagener-Salley
Keith M. Stillinger
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Keith
Clemson University
Aiken Day
Diane Toole
Miss Toole
Kitty M. Fairey
South Carolina National Bank
Columbia
George F. Littlejohn
Helen Elizabeth Corbett
Wylie E. Corbett
David Thomas Stevens
Frank L. Stevens
By Lynne Katonak
South Aiken
Mary Beth Rogers
Hammond Hill
PTA
Hammond Hill Elementary
Nan Hamilton
Charleston
Fort Sumter
Yorktown
Clearwater Elementary
John Price
Aiken County Community Action Service
Aiken Standard
John Coons
Terry Brady
Clemson Extension Service
Power Companies
John
Terry
Tom Earle
Extension Service
Aiken Junior High
J.A. Dawsey
Littlejohn
Stevens
Tricia Colvin
Laura Key
Brian Fortune
N.A. Council
N.A
Rodgers
Farrell E. Rodgers
National Association of Postmasters
New Ellenton
Sertoma
Dorn
America
U.S. Congress
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