Beck Chosen To Fill Huff House Seat As Expected
North Augusta councilman T Scott Beck won a 303 to 36 victory over Sheran Proctor in the North Augusta Belvedere district, taking the District 83 House seat for the remaining months of the term after Tom Huff resignations. Beck will face Proctor again in the June 11 Republican primary for the full two year seat with no declared Democratic or Libertarian opposition.
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North Augusta
T. ‘Scott Beck
Beck
Sheran Proctor
North Augusta- Belvedere
Edgefield
Tom Huff
State Court of Appeals
Proctor
Aiken Native to Carry Olympic Torch in Texas Louisiana Run
MICKEY TEAGUE, son of Mr and Mrs Wade Teague and 1971 Aiken High School graduate, will carry the Olympic torch tonight at 7 87 EST. He rides a bicycle from Orange Texas toward the Lake Charles bridge on the Louisiana border, aiming to finish in about an hour and a half and hand off the flame at sunset.
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Aiken
Atlanta
Mickey Teague
Wade ‘Teague
Aiken High School
Orange
Texas
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Teague
Correction on law enforcement honor misidentification
In Tuesday's edition two officers honored last week by the American Society for Industrial Security were misidentified. The two were George Shaw of the North Augusta Department of Public Safety and Lt. Steve Lark of Wackenut Services Inc. The Aiken Standard regrets the error.
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American Society For Industrial Security
George Shaw
North Augusta Department of Public Safety
Steve Lark
Wackenut Services, Inc
Aiken Standard
Police Blotter: Theft and Vandalism Reported Across City
A water pump was stolen from Edgefield Highway yards between Friday and Monday, with the pump sawn off and valued at 200 dollars. A goat was slaughtered on Edgefield Highway property this week, value 75 dollars. A tool shed on Parker Drive Clearwater was broken into on Monday, 300 dollars worth of tools stolen. A handgun missing after a Stop N Shop stop on Jefferson Davis Highway and Duncan Road, owner unsure when or where it vanished.
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Edgefield Highway
Parker Drive
Clearwater
N-Shop
Jefferson Davis Highway
Duncan Road
Paraders Plan Global March for Jesus in Aiken
Hundreds of marchers in downtown Aiken will join the Global March for Jesus on Saturday morning with a day of worship and praise. The event runs from 10 a.m. at Second Baptist Church to Laurens Street and Park Avenue, ending at the courthouse with a Way Radio music broadcast. Organizers expect 900 to 1,000 participants in Aiken, part of 18 South Carolina sites and a worldwide total in the millions.
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Bill Bengtson
Aiken
North Africa
East Asia
China
Second Baptist Church
Hampton Avenue
Laurens Street
Park Ave
Nue
Conciae
Aiken County
WAY Radio
Andrea Bodnar
South Carolina
United States
God
Ginny
Trinity Lutheran Homes
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Barnwell Avenue
S.C. Synod of
EMS Train EMS Techs On Stroke Detection Tapping New Tech
Dr Robert Frank of the University School of Medicine led in service training for Aiken County EMS crews on recognizing stroke signs and the importance of rapid medical response. He stressed that knowing symptoms and seeking immediate care can lessen long term disability, with stroke as a major adult health burden.
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S.L Spooner
Robert Frank
University ‘School of Medicine
Aiken County
Frank
Dr. Frank
Community safety demos and health screenings at Aiken Mall
Displays and demonstrations travel to Aiken Mall offering safety tapes and rides with Vince land Larry and Andy the ambulance. CSRA and Rural Metro Ambulance plan blood pressure screenings at the Aiken area and Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy. Clowns that Care promote seatbelt and fire safety at J D Elementary School. Stroke symptom awareness and emergency guidance emphasized by local EMS leaders.
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Aiken Mall
Vince Land Larry
Andy
CSRA
Palmetto Ambulance Service
Aiken
Council On Aging
Morgan Street
Metro Ambu
Lance Service
J.D
Columbia Road N
Rural Metro Ambulance
Aiken and Barnwell
Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
Richland Avenue
Metro Ambulance
Aiken Barnwell
Medicine Shoppe
Youth Blast 96 launches summer youth series in Jackson
Friday begins a summer long set of activities for area youth sponsored by the Aiken County Area 5 School Support Committee. Martial arts expert Mike Crain will headline at 6 30 p m in Jackson Middle School Gymnasium with assemblies at Redcliffe Elementary and Jackson Middle. Crain a 30 year karate and kung fu veteran is undefeated in recent international bouts and uses his show to promote education fitness and drug abstinence while sharing his gospel.
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Roddie Burris Jackson
Aiken County
Jackson Middle School
S.C. 125
Jackson
Redcliffe
Jackson Middle
Crain
Hee
Remembering the Leavelle McCampbell Class of 1955 Reunion Tragedy
Ron Hudson and Joan Hudson of the Leavelle McCampbell High School Class of 1955, planned a May reunion with a piano band and postcard invitations. A fatal plane crash just before the event cut short the celebration and led to a memorial service at St. Johns Methodist Church in Graniteville.
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Helen Wood
Ronald
Joan Hudson
Ron
Leavelle McCampbell
Ron Hudson
Joan
Hudson
St. John's Methodist Church
Graniteville
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Vivian Cook
EMS
Ron Wood
Leavelle McCampell
Frankie Holley Cubbedge
Niors
Tommy Wooten
Tommy
Carl Langiey
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