Aiken groups schedule meetings and workshops tonight
The Aiken Business Alliance meets at 7 at Western Sizzlin on the Aiken Augusta Highway. New Ellenton City Council holds a 7 30 work session at City Hall to discuss the 1996 97 budget. TEARS hosts a benefit dog wash 10 a m to 3 p m Saturday at Cold Creek Nurseries with an $8 fee per dog. Proceeds aid TEARS. University of South Carolina Aiken offers two career workshops with fees of 20 dollars each.
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Aiken Business Alliance
Western Sizzlin
Aiken-Augusta Highway
Aiken
New
Ellenton
Cold Creek Nurseries
Hitchcock Parkway
TEARS
Aiken County
University of South Carolina Aiken
Correction on scholarships at annual awards day
The Aiken Standard corrects an error from last week’s awards day reporting two South Aiken students. Jared Darby McGee received the President's Scholarship from North Greenville College for $12,000 and a $500 scholarship from the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Michelle Lynn Kane received a $2,280 scholarship from North Greenville College via the South Carolina Higher Education Grant. The Aiken Standard apologizes for the mistake.
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Aiken Standard
South Aiken
Jared Darby McGee
North Greenville College
S.C. Baptist Convention
Michelle Lynn Kane
S.C
Aikens
Vehicle Break-Ins Reported At Carriage Park and Aiken Mall
Police blotter notes two Carriage Park Apartments vehicles broken into over the weekend with a custom speak box and stereo gear valued at 250 dollars stolen, plus prior theft. Aiken Mall car also broken into on Monday with a broken passenger window and 560 dollars in stereo tools removed, and another vehicle in the Luck Inn lot lost two tool boxes valued at 850 dollars between Saturday and Monday.
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Carriage Park
Aiken Mall
I Tool
Lg Inn
Alcohol and Drug Use During Pregnancy Raises FAS Risk
Newborns face lifelong disabilities when mothers use alcohol or drugs in pregnancy. Fran Gwinn of Tri-Development Center notes FAS is often undiagnosed and highlights common physical traits and behavior issues. Tri-Development works to educate expectant mothers about the dangers and the preventability of FAS.
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Fran Gwinn
Tri-Development Center
Aiken County
Gwinn
Ms. Gwinn
FAS
Tri-Development
United Way Agency
Tribute Paid To Vets At Memorial Day Service
Memorial Day observers gathered at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5877 in New Ellenton as Dr. Thomas Kierman spoke about missing World War I veterans. He recalled family losses, reflections on Flanders Field, and a visit to St. George's Chapel near the battlefield graves.
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Dustin Turner
New Ellenton
Thomas Kierman
Veterans Administration Hospital
Augusta
Huntington
West Virginia
Flander
St. George's
Firearms Course Teaches Basic Safety To Gun Owners
Aiken public safety officer Detective Wendell Hall leads an eight hour gun safety class for women focusing on basic handgun safety proper stance firing skills and crime prevention. The course aims to empower self defense without pressuring gun ownership while highlighting safety and responsible handling.
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S.L Spooner
Wendell Hall
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Hall
NRA
ADPS
John Anderson to headline Windsor concert in Aiken County
Country star John Anderson and Billy Ray Cyrus perform at the S C Outdoor Shooting Center in Windsor. About 20 000 fans expected. Proceeds support the Windsor Fire Department. Local acts include the Redd Rascals and Kimberly Ann McDonald. Tickets 25 dollars, box office 648 5132.
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Chasiti Kirkland
John Anderson
Aiken County
Billy Ray Cyrus
S.C
Windsor
Florida
Anderson
Country Music Association
Cyrus
Redd Rascals
Kimberly Ann McDonald
Shooting Center
Steel Plant Gets Grants In Swansea Nucor project
A Swansea steel fabrication company receives a 30000 infrastructure grant from Aiken Electric Cooperative and Palmetto Economic Development Corp to aid a 20000000 plant under construction in Lexington South Industrial Park near U S 321 south of Swansea. The plant will be powered by Aiken Electric and employ about 200 in assembling prefabricated buildings.
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Swansea
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Palmetto Economic Development Corp
Nucor Building Systems
Lexington South
U.S
Gary Stooksbury
Aiken Electric
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Ustin
By SL Spooner
Connie Baltazar
Earlene Hildebrandt
S.L. Spooner
Linda Soyars
Terre
Steel Plant
Nucor
South Carolina
Stooksbury
Cooperative
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