South Aiken Honors Seniors at School Awards Night
South Aiken High School honored outstanding seniors at a ceremony in the South Aiken High Cafeteria. Anne Summerall and Joel Jones captured the American Legion Citizenship Award. Tammy Wiggins won the Optimist Club Oratorical Contest. numerous students earned subject awards across English, math, science, social studies, languages, typing, and fine arts with several special recognitions including the John Phillip Sousa Award for band and Governor’s Exchange Student Award recipients.
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South Aiken High School
South Aiken High
Schofield Middle School
Anne Summerall
Joel Jones
Tammy Wiggins
Matthew Lockhart
David Kauffman
Alisa Beard
Jeffrey Ray
Marilyn Morgan
Indy Jindal
Spelmia Bell
Jennifer Hough
Jay Hurt
Dwuane Johnson
Terry Pollard
Darryl Grantham
Adrianne Thompson
Williams
Teresa Tanner
Angela Langford
Charles Catino
Caren Hall
Kathie Barclay
Jeffrey Hudson
Ginger Sligh
Lorinda Widener
Palmetto
Brian Reeves
Tom Millen
Kirk Brown
Kyle Tatum
Jeffrey Nichols
Aiken
Sabrina Johnson
Vic Watford
Optimist Club
Gerald Ramdeen
Edward Corbett
Jill Collins
Craig Crawford
David Nininger
Mary
Jennifer Walker
Njrotc
Jeff Nichols
American Legion
Paul Lewis
Charles Weeks
NS I
Ken Brooks
NS II
Vicki Simmons
Debra Blakely
Joanne Lewis
Gene Morgan
Wanda Holston
Hilton Lesesne
Joanne Lewandowski
Carla Williams
Mathew Lockhart
Jeff Ray
Lynne Katonak
County and City Offices Close Monday for Memorial Day
Most county and surrounding city offices will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Aiken County offices close except EMS. Aiken City Hall closes Monday and reopens Tuesday. North Augusta and New Ellenton city halls also close Monday with Tuesday reopenings. Garbage service shifts: Monday pickup to Tuesday, Tuesday to Wednesday, no pickup Wednesday.
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Aiken County
Emergency Medical Service
Aiken City Hall
North Augusta City Hall
New Ellenton City Hall
Noose Tightens on Title I Budget in Aiken County
Parents of Title I students in Aiken County fear federal budget cuts. If Congress approves a 25 percent cut, about 391000 dollars would be lost from the 1981 82 Title I allocation of 1565598 dollars, risking 22 teaching positions and 600 students.
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Aiken County
Congress
Reagan
Sam Putnam
Putnam
Judy Wyatt
Wyatt
Recovery Of 60000 Stolen Goods Tied To 10 Month Theft
Authorities linked the recovery of 60000 dollars worth of stolen items to a ten month old theft. An Aiken man, Johnny Rich, faced a charge of possession of stolen goods as the warrant was served. The raid also touched Augusta, with a moving van trailer and cases of coffee tea and furniture recovered. The driver Richard Louis Price of Las Vegas had been arrested previously and is serving time. The incident ties to a wider suspected multi state theft ring and earlier losses in Augusta Heart of Augusta Motel and Riverside Drive property.
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Johnny Rich
Old Wagoner Road
Aiken
Ralph Gunnells
Aiken County
Augusta
Gunnells
A.C. Green
Green
Riverside Drive
Heart of Augusta
Columbia County
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South Aiken
Tina Locklear
American Cancer Society
Lyanne Haislip
Kammer
Society
Columbia
Elizabeth Harrington
Noose
By Thurmond Whatley
East Aiken
W. Ralph Gunnells
Martin Posey
Canada
B-F Spirits Ltd