Project Graduation continues safe end-of-year celebration
Aiken seniors will gather at the H. Odell Weeks Center from 11 30 p m to 6 a m after commencements, as Project Graduation offers a safe place with games prizes and scholarships. Becky Lock founder of the program in 1996 honored by volunteers and parents who keep it evolving and funded by donations to Project Graduation P O Box 223 Aiken SC 29802.
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Bethanne Farrell
Aiken
Becky Lock
Lock
Aiken High
South Aiken High
Farrell
South Aikien
H. Odell Weeks
Project Graduation
Virginia
David
Beaufort
Cochair
Mary Maddrey
Aiken Sertoma Club
Aiken Sunrise Rotary
P.O. Box
Caryn
Courtney
Shannon
South Aikica
Rob Novit
Movit
Aikenstandard.com
Area 1
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Aiken Civic Ballet Performs at Hopelands Stage
The Aiken Civic Ballet presents a 7 p.m. performance on the Roland H. Windham Performing Arts Stage at Hopelands, part of the summer concert series. If weather disrupts, the show will move to Thursday at 7 p.m. in Hopelands Gardens.
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Hopelands
Aiken Civic Ballet
Willcox
Roland H. Windham
Hopelands Gardens
Aiken
Windham
Whiskey Road
Highway 19
Green Boundary Club
Rye Patch
Berrie Road
Dupree Place
Aiken Electric Cooperative Holds 72nd Annual Meeting
Aiken Electric Cooperative hosted its 72nd annual meeting on May 15 with over 4 000 member owners registered. The event featured energy saving themes music and door prizes plus three grand prizes including a John Deere lawn tractor and two $1 200 electric service credits awarded to members.
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Aiken Electric Cooperative
Touchstone Energy Cooperative
Board of Trustees
O. Frank Dorn
James E. Stewart Jr
Dana H. Moseley
Greg Ryberg
Rex Rice
Pickens County
J. Roland Smith
Jim Stewart
Tom Young
Aiken County
Clay Killian
Ronnie Young
Charles Barton
Kathy Rawls
Wesley Hightower
Burnettown
C.H. Williams
Swansea
Ray Spires
Santee Cooper Board
Leighton Lord
NAACP
David Walker
Kathyrn Wade
Gresham Barrett
Midland Valley High School
Catalinas
Golden Harvest Food Bank
Aiken Electric
Jack Mann
Aiken
John Deere
Timothy Chipley
Warrenville
Tyrone Kitchings
Phot
Derrick Equipment Inc
Memorial Day Closures Across Aiken Area
City of Aiken and Aiken County offices close for Memorial Day along with all county public schools. Trash routes with Monday pickup delay to Tuesday. USPS home delivery and county library close. Banks and credit unions also observe the holiday.
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City of
Aiken
U.S. Postal Service
Aiken County
Georgia Voices for Private Schools to Fight Integration
The article reports that Georgia leaders advocate forming a private school system to oppose racial integration in public schools. It criticizes Chief Justice Earl Warren and President Eisenhower, and denounces the Supreme Court ruling as political. Griffin hosts a nomination for governor as the party denounces the decision and pushes a private school amendment. Cushman, 86, Windsor resident, dies suddenly.
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Georgia
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Eisertiower
Griffin
Herman Talmadge
High Court U
High Court
Aiken Sets South Carolina Blood Record With 361 Pints
Aiken county residents donated 361 pints of blood in a Red Cross drive, the highest total in the state's history, surpassing Camden’s previous record. The effort involved 65 volunteers and 401 people who answered the appeal, with 40 rejected for physical reasons. Edward Symes Jr. praised the community for the achievement.
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Red Cross
South Carolina
Aiken
Aiken County
Camden
Oo Aiken
Edward Symes Jr
South
Carolina
Symes
Nerses
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