Project Graduation set for June 4 at Weeks Center
Aiken and South Aiken high schools announce the annual Project Graduation post graduate party for seniors. It runs Thursday midnight to 6 a.m. at H Odell Weeks Activities Center Whiskey Road with entertainment food games and prizes under the Paradise Island theme. Volunteers and donations are welcomed. details at 642 0651. Area Four school advisers schedule student appeals in executive session Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at 2243 Old 96 Indian Trail. information at 364 1075.
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Aiken
South Aikien
H. Odell Weeks
Whiskey Road
Paradise Island
Area 4
Advisory Council For Public Schools
Aiken County
Area Four
Old 96 Indian Trail
S.C. 39
Police blotter highlights in Aiken County area
Swamp Road Beech Island resident aided a man to use the phone May 20 and suspects the man stole blank checks. Vandalism toppled 12 headstones at Hankerson Cemetery on Silver Bluff Road Jackson. Burglary at Audubon Circle Belvedere. VCR liquor jewelry missing. Break ins on Lanier Road Beech Island and Whaley Pond Road Graniteville. VCR computer taken. Valley Recreation Building Howard Road Clearwater broken into. cages pried but nothing stolen. Ramsey Road Beech Island burglary. shotgun rifle ammo cedar jewelry box taken. Sandy Ridge Road Graniteville burglary. stereo system CDs and three nuns stolen. Auto break in on Black Oak Drive. vehicle scratched and attempted hot wire. Beer and cartons reported.
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Swamp Road
Beech Island
Uecause
First Citizens
Se Dent
Aiken County Sheriff's Office
Hankerson Cemetery
Silver Bluff Road
Jackson
Audubon Circle
Ramsey Road
Sandy Ridge Road
Graniteville
Black Oak Drive
Cody Hart Named Junior Brave of the Day at Braves Game
Six year old Cody Hart was honored as Junior Brave of the Day at a Braves game. He received an autographed baseball his photo appeared on the replay board and the crowd gave him an ovation. Cody was accompanied by his mother Nancy Hart and friend Ed Wooten.
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Cody Hart
Braves
Cody
Nancy Hart
Ed Wooten
Fire victim's mom clings to hope after devastating fire
Jeannie Wright Simmons says Dee Ann Wright, eleven, who suffered burns over 96 percent of her body in February, is showing signs of progress as doctors reduce sedation. Dee Ann remains ventilated and has had her right foot removed. skin grafts heal, and pneumonia signs are absent. A fund at Wachovia Bank supports the family as community prayers and gifts aid their recovery.
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Jeannie Wright Simmons
Dee Ann Wright
Karen
North Augusta
Augusta Regional Medical Center
Ms. Simmons
Dee Ann
Wachovia Bank
Ms. Wright
Aiken fifth graders explore Japanese school life
Fifth grade SOAR students at Aiken Elementary learned about Japan culture from Tak Aoki, assistant to Bridgestone/Firestone South Carolina, in partnership with Aiken Junior Woman's Club Nations Bank. Students asked about school routines, uniforms, and daily duties, noting Japanese students clean schools and attend on every other Saturday, and their recycling awareness.
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Aiken Elementary
Aiken Junior Woman's Club
Nations Bank
Bridgestone
Firestone South Carolina
Tak Aoki
Jana DeHart
Japan
Shaws seek delay in defamation trial over newborn infant
In Aiken South Carolina a motion requests postponing the June 8 defamation trial of former New Ellenton Mayor Randy Shaw his wife Donna Shaw and other defendants. Attorney Henderson Johnson cites the newborn baby in incubator weighing 1 pound 15 ounces requiring special feeding as the reason, with a six month estimated delay. Louis Whitlaw sues for ruined reputation over a failed sewer project alleging conspiracy by the Shaws and associates.
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Aiken
New Ellenton
Randy Shaw
Donna Shaw
Henderson Johnson
William P. Keesley
Shaws
Johnson
Francis Draine
Louis Whitlaw
Shaw
Richard Shaw
Mer
Lynn Jeancake
New Ellenton Insurance Agency
Cedar Creek Properties
G.E. Cantelou
GE. Cantelou Associates
Malpractice suit over death of newborn in Aiken
A medical malpractice lawsuit filed in Aiken alleges improper postdelivery care led to the death of Baby Boy Williams on May 28, 1995. Plaintiffs Shirlene Williams Villard and Isaac Isham Jr name Dr Gasnel Bryan, Dr Thomas R. Jackson, nurse Alena R. Tuttle, and Aiken Regional Medical Centers as defendants. The filing claims failure to clear airways and oxygenate blood and improper suctioning, with a 30 day response window.
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Aiken
Shirlene Williams Villard
Isaac Isham Jr
Williams
Gasnel Bryan
Thomas R. Jackson
Alena R. Tuttle
Bryan
Celebrity Waiter Night benefits Children’s Place at four restaurants
Waiters at Mango's Olive Oils Up Your Alley and the West Side Bowery will host a charity dinner Monday with two seatings at 6 30 and 8 pm. Dinner is 18 per person with tips to the Children’s Place. Menus feature Seaside Stuffed Shrimp or Mixed Grill at Mango's and Tuna Leoni or Pollo Mamertino at Olive Oils. Reservations for Mango's via Phyllis Coker. waiters include Sallye Rich Betsy Wilson Mahoney Tom Williams Pam Webb Nancy Hansen Vickey Meyer and Tommy Mahoney.
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Mango's
Olive Oils
Up Your Alley
West Side Bowery
Sallye Rich
Betsy Wilson Mahoney
Tom Williams
Pam Webb
Nancy Hansen
Vickey Meyer
Tommy Mahoney
Phyllis Coker
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Scott Webster
Takaoki
Atsuko Tsujita
Ryan Kizer
Jonathan Huston
By Danny Minolfo
By Carl Langley
Children’s Place
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