Aiken County proposes 236 million school bond vote
Aiken County voters will cast ballots on a 236 million bond for new construction affecting nine schools including North Augusta High Leavelle McCampbell Ridge Spring Monetta and Aiken High. New facilities would replace several middle schools and expand the Career and Technology Center with a 20 year debt plan raising taxes on homes and businesses.
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Aiken County
North Augusta High School
Leavelle McCampbell
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Aiken High
Jackson Middle School
New Ellenton
Silver Bluff High School
Aiken County Career and Technology Center
Tion
South Airica
Midland Valley
Silver Bluff
Brad King Wins First Aiken Icon Contest Audition
The inaugural Aiken Icon crown went to Brad King after a day of preliminary rounds at the USC Aiken Convocation Center. Finalists King and Brooke Aiken wowed judges with their renditions of New York New York and No One, earning King the title and a $500 prize plus a recording session.
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Brad King
Aiken Icon
Usc Aiken Convocation Center
Strawberry Skies Recording Studios
Columbia
Brooke Cubbage
Markesha Callum
Ashley Aiken
Caitlyn Muns
Leisa Smith
Allison Skipper
Mary Beth Berry
Ashton Blush
Nicole
Ginger Hadock
Beverly Clyburn
Tony Baughman
King and
Aiken
King
New York
Fraendy Clervaud
Rachel Johnson
WJBF
Deaths and Funerals 6A
Obituary notices list several individuals including Robert Charlie Bickley Chapin Edward Bracewell Annie Adams Brown Carelyn L Ericson and Mary Ferrell Pittman with brief biographical references and service details. The section previews local funeral notices and memorials.
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Robert Charlie Bickley
Chapin
Edward Bracewell
Warrenville
Annie Adams Brown
Leesville
Carelyn L. Ericson
Aiken
Mary Ferrell Pittman
Cadet Sara Ledbetter Helps Volunteer Overcome Odds
December 2008 Christmas parade at First Presbyterian Church shows Sara Ledbetter, an Aiken High Naval Junior ROTC cadet, staying by Marti Healy during a demanding moment. Her perseverance follows a life of hardship including her mother’s polio disability and her grandmother’s care needs.
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First Presbyterian Church
Marti Healy
Aiken High Naval
Sara
Aiken Technical College
Linda Strojan
Rob Novit
Aiken High School
Sara Ledbetter
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Wagener-Salley High
RSM
Conjunc
South
Aiken Falls
J.L. Mann
Noah
Lee Quattlebaum
Thoroughbreds
North Augusta
Chukker Creek
Skipper
Beaty
Berry
Blush
Simmons
Smith
Miner
Sco
Abby
Strojan
Westminster
Doris Ledbetter
Lris Eubanks
Ledbetter
Ony Eeeeli
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