Celebration of Character marks sixth annual women’s club event
The Joint Women’s Club of Aiken hosted the sixth annual Celebration of Character on Saturday. Laura Bush urged expanding women’s roles in the Middle East during a World Economic Forum speech. A lake Marion bridge could be blocked and Sumter legislator filed a bill to halt Bill Clyburn’s proposed project.
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Women's Club of
Aiken
Laura Bush
Middle East
World Economic Forum
Sumter
Lake Marion
Bill Clyburn
Reading Notes on The Kite Runner and Bob Horne
Reading discussion references Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner and mentions Bob Horne from Aiken. The fragment notes reading activity and possible author and location associations.
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Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Band Aid 2005 concert aids United Way at USC Aiken
Area bands including Detox and Cast Iron Cricket joined forces Saturday at USC Aiken’s student activities center to raise funds for United Way. Teens organized the event with support from Sheriff Hunt Mayor Cavanaugh United Way and 95 Rock, aiming to help tsunami victims and keep money local.
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United Way
USC Aiken
Cast Iron Cricket
Brian Nesbitt
Detox
Windsor
Lauren Grefenstette
Sheriff Hunt
Cavanaugh
Joe Stevenson
95 Rock
Grefenstette
Aiken Winery Forced to Close Over State Law Change
The Aiken Winery near the Carriage House Inn shut after South Carolina updated alcohol laws in 2004 restricting sale and distribution of wine made with out of state grapes. Bob Adams recalls producing 20,000 bottles yearly and aging wine prior to the legal shift that ended in state sales and tastings.
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Bob Adams
South Carolina
Adams
Aiken Winery
Aiken
Carriage House Inn
California
Twin students earn perfect attendance in Aiken County
Midland Valley High School twins Spencer and Tamara Younce both earned the perfect attendance award for 12 years of schooling despite differences in personality and appearance. They attended 160 school days sick, missing no days beyond partial orthodontist leaves, with their mother Brigitte Younce credited for motivating them. Spencer plans electronics and business studies. Tamara aims for art education or graphic design at Winthrop University.
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Midland Valley High School
Spencer
Tamara Younce
Tamara
Hughes
Andrea Anderson
Aiken County
Disney World
Brigitte Younce
Wendy’s
Aiken
International House of Pancakes
Aiken Technical College
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Bob Horne
Warren Dicks
Williston
Robbie F. Kearse
Vernon Huffman
Johnston
Teresa Ann Adams
Graniteville
Gilbert George Ferguson
Abby
Ben Baugh
USCA
Mitchell Robertson
Ginny South
Rich Weisart
Aiken High School
Gerald Mason
North Augusta High School
Heather
Cao
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