Memorial Day festival honors veterans on Newberry Street
The Memorial Day Festival drew area residents including veterans and families to Newberry Street. Bo Herndon recalled Marines service in the Korean Conflict while others thanked unknown soldiers and shared memories. Essay winner Ryan Dunbar honored his Green Beret grandfather, and Ed Hammons described Vietnam wounds. Watermelon seed spitting contests drew children and adults, ending with a shared call to remember those who died for freedom.
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Newberry Street
Bo Herndon
Aiken
Herndon
Gayle Loveland
Joy Albrecht
Eric
Loveland
Albrecht
Ryan Dunbar
Jefferson Elementary
The
Marine Corp League Detachment $99 Inc
Marvin E
Rusty” Dunbar
Veterans For Freedom
Matthew Loveland
Amanda Halappa
Amanda
Spencer Denton
Wendy Denton
Hazel Dunbark
Annual kitten shower aids adoptions at Aiken SPCA
Thirteen kittens and two adult cats from the Aiken SPCA were available for adoption at the Odell Weeks Activities Center during Saturdays Kitten Shower. Volunteers Barbara Gregory and Renate Shinsky said the event draws locals and offers kittens a chance to live in permanent homes, with twenty visitors bringing donations and several adoptions reported.
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Aiken
SPCA
Odell Weeks
Barbara Gregory
Renate Shinsky
Gregory
Andy
Lynn Smits
Red Flag Alert Discontinued Amid Cooler Conditions
Forestry officials report showers cloud cover and higher humidity reduced fire risk while the Red Flag Fire Alert was in effect. Fire managers warn relief may be temporary and more precipitation is needed to prevent rapid danger. Fighters battled 76 wild fires across South Carolina during the alert with a 60 acre Marlboro County blaze as the largest. Careless debris burning accounted for almost half the incidents.
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Forestry Commission
Ken Cabe
South Carolina
Marlboro County
Drowning victim identified Beech Island boy George Griffin
Beech Island resident 11 year old George O Neal Griffin identified as the drowning victim after an autopsy in Newberry. He lived at 103 Dicks Court and attended Warrenville Elementary. He went into a pond near his home with siblings and a dog. firefighters recovered him in about 12 feet of water and his body was transported to the Medical College of Georgia.
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Beech Island
George O'Neal Griffin
Sue Townsend
Aiken County
Newberry
Dicks Court
Russell Hill
George
Medical College of Georgia
Warrenville
New Hope Gospel Chapel
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Vietnam
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James
Margaret Shealy
Shealy
John Lewis III
Ginny Southworth
Colton Peters
By Aaureen B. Chavis
Star Witer
Josh Day
Giken
Arbutus Hill
Batesburg
Guished
Cumberland Village
Cumberlains Village
Redcliffe Plantation
Pleasant Lane
Acres Bed and
Aiken Community Playhouse
Charles Gunn
Aiken County Museum
Gateway
Zawislak
Fairy Grounds
Cumberland
Hopeland Gardens
Bebette Smith
Rau
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