Local Students Earn Arts, Academic Honors Across SC
South Carolina students garner summer graduation milestones and national scholarships. Krissy Duches Randy Fultz Jr and Jonathan Kierspe from Aiken Graniteville and North Augusta excel in music. Tess Pimsner of Aiken Middle wins a 1000 Math MovesU Scholarship with Raytheon matching grant. Phi Kappa Phi initiation for Teressa Petosky highlights top seniors. Chelsea Whitehurst earns Hamilton College BA in government as Thomas Tull delivers commencement. Peter Quinn in San Diego earns a naval advancement heading to overseas deployment.
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South Carolina
Governor’s School For the Arts and Humanities
Krissy Duches
North Augusta
Randy Fultz, Jr
Graniteville
Jonathan Kierspe
Aiken
Tess Pimsner
Pimsner
Mars
Aiken Middle
Raytheon
Teressa Petosky
Phi Kappa Phi
Petosky
Georgia Health Sciences University
Chelsea E. Whitehurst
Charles and
Eileen Whitehurst
Hamilton College
Hamilton
Thomas Tull
Legendary Pictures
Peter Quinn
San Diego
Quinn
Hopelands reading program a hit in Aiken gardens
The City of Aiken wrapped up its Storytime in the Gardens spring series at Hopelands Gardens with 918 children attending over three months, averaging 70 per session. Volunteer Karalee Kludzuweit read aloud as families enjoyed warm sunny weather. sponsors funded each $150 reading, and organizers plan for a fall series starting September 3.
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Aiken
Hopelands Gardens
Lisa Hall
Hall
Karalee Kludzuweit
Kludzuweit
Sylvia Mercado
Ricardo Velez
Mercado
Bobbie Sapp
Jordan Ray
Sapp
United Way of Aiken
Aiken Rotary Club
Aiken Veterinary Clinic
Aiken Lion’s Club
Gary Smith
Chandler Law Firm
Maxwell Law Firm
Johnson
Young musicians win at Guild Competition in Aiken
Reginald Crews II of North Augusta High and Daniel Coffin of South Aiken Baptist Christian School won first place in the Aiken Symphony Guild Youth Concerto Competition. Crews in the senior division wowed jurors with Vivaldi and earned 300 dollars. Coffin in the junior division played Mozart and earned 200 dollars. Both will be invited to perform with the Symphony Orchestra Augusta.
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Reginald Crews II
North Augusta High School
Daniel Coffin
South Aiken Baptist Christian School
Aiken Symphony Guild
Crews
Coffin
Symphony Orchestra
Augusta
Guild
Sheryl Phillips
USC Aiken
Etherredge Center
Vivaldi
Phillips
Daniel
Reginald
Aiken
Edgefield County
Reginald Sr
Ordean Crews
Sarah
Gray
Joanne Stanford
Suzuki
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Raleigh
N.C
Caleb
Charla Coffin
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
Maryanna
Schofield Middle School
Stephanie Threlkeld
Barb Rollins
AAA
Memorial Day Weekend Deadly Across South Carolina Roads
South Carolina marked its deadliest Memorial Day weekend in three years with 12 highway deaths statewide from Friday evening to Monday midnight. In Aiken County two fatal crashes claimed one life each, including Ricky Hammonds 19, who died in a rollover on Coleman Bridge Road.
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South Carolina
Aiken County
S.C. Highway Patrol
Coleman Bridge Road
Ricky Marquez Hammonds
Highway Patrol
Atlantic Beach
Myrtle Beach
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Governor's School
Whitehurst
Editorial
Aikenstandard.com
Hopelands
Amy Banton
VY Banton
Hammonds
Keith Bradberry
Highway 10
Bradberry
Poorky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
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