DAV Flowers To Aid Indigent Veterans In Aiken Area
DAV Chapter 43 and Ladies Auxiliary place forget-me-nots at Wal-Mart Kmart and Bi Lo in Aiken and Wagener to raise funds for veterans in need at VA hospitals. Memorial Day service 5 30 pm features Rev Charles Wilson with poetry and roll call. refreshments provided.
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DAV
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 43
Wal-Mart
Kmart
Bi-Lo
Aiken
Wagener
Veterans Administrative Hospitals
DAV Chapter 43
Ladies Auxiliary
Charles Wilson
Aiken police blotter notes hot car warning and thefts
Officers responded to Starvin Marvin Convenience Store where parents left a 10 year old and 6 year old in a hot car while they played video poker. No arrest was made. The blotter also lists a Batesburg burglary on Mt Pleasant Road, a Beech Island four wheeler theft, a Recreation Drive car break in with laptop theft, and a Schofield Middle School student assault reported at school with a filing. Updated 5 29 98.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Starvin Marvin Conveniience
York Street
Rutland Drive
Mt Pleasant Road
Batesburg
Lewis Drive
Beech Island
Recreation Drive
Aiken
Schofield Middle School
Golfer Waltz Splits Tree at Houndslake Course
Aiken retiree Bill Waltz reportedly struck a tree with a misplayed shot on the Dogwood course at Houndslake Country Club Monday. The full-size tree, about 18 inches in diameter, was knocked down on the fourth hole near the green.
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Bill Waltz
Waltz
Houndslake Country Club
Dogwood
Schein artistry thrills Hofmann audience at USC Aiken recital
World renowned pianist Ann Schein performed a special recital at the Etherredge Center in Aiken to kick off the Fifth Annual Josef Hofmann Piano Competition and Festival. A standing ovation followed her Beethoven through Chopin program as judges and organizers praised her as an intelligent interpreter of Romantic composers.
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Ann Schein
University of South Carolina Aiken Etherredge Center
Ms. Schein
Beethoven
Schubert
Rachmaninoff
Chopin
Josef Hofmann
Tom Mack
USCA
Mieczyslaw Muntz
Artur Rubinstein
Goodwill to Open Aiken Job Training Center
Goodwill Industries in Macon, Georgia will receive a 5.3 million dollar grant from the U S Department of Labor under the Welfare-to-Work program to open six local job training centers including one in Aiken. U S Senator Fritz Hollings announced the plan to move long term welfare recipients into lasting unsubsidized jobs and to provide training and placement in Aiken and adjacent counties.
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South Carolina
Aiken
Barnwell
Edgefield
McCormick
Council races heat up at forum
Aiken County candidates spar at a University of South Carolina Aiken forum sponsored by Young Republicans. Phil Napier defends taxpayer focus while Jim Baggott misses the event. both Republicans vie for District 5 in the June 9 primary. Incumbent District 2 hopefuls Susan Giddings Gregg Gregory and Dr Jim Bland discuss pay, spending and campaign cost limits.
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Aiken
Phil Napier
Aiken County
Napier
University of South Carolina
District 5
Jim Baggott
Baggott
Susan Giddings
Gregg Gregory
Giddings
Burger King
European tour awaits musician Josh Estep
Josh Estep, a 17 year old Silver Bluff High School junior and All-State Honor Band member, earned an invitation to the Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus based at Dickinson College. He will tour Europe this summer performing in Frankfurt Venice Paris and the Swiss Alps, leaving his Carolina area audiences behind for the voyage.
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Josh Estep
Silver Bluff
Europe
Sound of America
Beech Island
Silver Bluff High School
Barnwell
Orangeburg
Irmo
Bamberg
Aiken
Frankfurt
Venice
Paris
Swiss
Alps
The
Dickinson College
Carlisle, Pa
Josh
Woman charged with mistreating foster child
Aiken County Sheriff's Office arrested Shanta Stephanie Forbes, 21, on charges of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and unlawful conduct toward a child, after a case involving a foster infant bound by cord or wire between March 10 and 24. The infant was removed, DSS confirms this as the first such incident in the home.
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Aiken County Sheriff's Office
Shanta Stephanie Forbes
Jacob McKie
Trenton
Aiken County
Department of Social Services
Ween
Sheriff's Office
Michael Frank Sid
Forbes
Keith Moon
DSS
Mitzi Herold inducted into WIBC Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame highlights Mitzi Herold career from Houston beginnings to Aiken leadership. Inducted as one of 43 women, first South Carolinian honored, with roles in WBIC SC and national youth bowling groups. A Florida hotel fume incident caused asthma and temporary activity pause, as she remains devoted to bowling and community outreach.
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Atkenite
Mitzi Herold
Houston
Texas
Wibc Board
Wibc Hall of Fame
Herold
South Carolina Women’s Bowling Association
Florida
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CSRA
North Augusta
B & D Enterprises
Jackson
Aiken Gem and Mineral Society
University of South Carolina Aiken Science Building
Schein
Hofmann
Bella Hatfield
Charlie
Scott Webster
Lorin Hammond-Ross
Susan Turner
Aiken Community Playhouse
ACP
Price Avenue
Two Notch Road
Goodwill Industries
Council
By Sharon Taylor
Aiken Junior Bowling Association
Bowling Council of the
Carolinas
Hall
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