Recreation Department Wins Top Agency Award
Betsy Wilson Mahoney reports Lisa Hall of the City of Aiken Recreation Department receives the top agency award. The ceremony highlighted standout programs and community engagement from local city services.
Aiken County Educators Named in Who's Who Listings
Deborah Williamson of Byrd Elementary and Veronic Holloway of Greendale Elementary were among dozens of educators listed in Who's Who Among American Teachers. The Aiken Standard regrets the error in the report on selections by students from Who's Who Among American High School Students and The National Dean's List.
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Deborah Williamson
Byrd Elementary
Veronic Holloway
Greendale Elementary
Aiken County
Aiken
Aiken Parks Department Wins Repeat Agency of the Year Award
The City of Aiken Parks and Recreation Department earned the South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association Agency of the Year for the tenth time and also received the Innovative Programming Award for Earth Day. Lisa Hall credits staff dedication and community cooperation for ongoing success.
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City of Aiken
Hall
Ms. Hall
Chemistry Day at USCAiken Excites 1200 Students
Sixth graders packed the USC Aiken campus for Chemistry Day where Dr. Kutty Pariyadath and Dr. Monty Fetteroff demonstrated glowing liquids, heatless firefly chemistry, and a Gummi Bear combustion. Students from Kennedy Middle and Aiken Middle marveled at beakers, hot plates, and colorful powders while learning chemistry’s everyday role.
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USC
Armando Sloan
Kennedy Middle
South Pacific charms opening night with passionate performances
The Aiken Chapter of the American Diabetes Association staged South Pacific featuring Betsy Wilson-Mahoney as Ensign Nellie Forbush and Floyd Montgomery as Emile de Becque. Worth Swearingen and Cristi Paraiso headline the second romance as Lt. Joseph Cable and Liat amid humor and wartime romance on a Pacific island.
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American Diabetes Association
South Pacific
Agnes Giard
Little Rock
Arkansas
Pacific
Betsy Wilson-Mahoney
Nellie Forbush
Floyd Montgomery
Emile de Becque
Worth Swearingen
Cristi Paraiso
Swearingen
Joseph Cable
Princeton
Ms. Paraiso
Liat
Cable
Heritage Corridor signs eyed along Aiken County roads plan
Local tourism boosters met to advance the 14 county Heritage Corridor project. They discussed road signs linking visitation sites from Oconee Pickens to Charleston, eligibility of Heritage Hosts, and a Beech Island visitors center as well as Redcliffe Plantation improvements.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Mary Ann Mellor
PRT
Oconee
Pickens
Charleston County
Polish Heritage Association of the
Southeast
Want to Go See the Comedy Island Cast Perform Today
Performances are scheduled for today and Saturday at 8 p m with a Saturday matinee at 1 p m Tickets cost 15 for evening shows 12 for matinee and 8 for students Diane Minnard stands out as Liam's mother Bloody Mary with keen island entrepreneur wit Ken Fallon shines as Luther Billis Kellyn Cutsinger Ngana Kristopher Walters Jerome Michael Johnson Henry Tom Nance Stewpot and other cast members are listed in the program
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Diane Minnard
Liam
Bloody Mary
Ken Fallon
Luther Billis
Kellyn Cutsinger
Ngana
Kristopher Walters
Jerome
Michael Johnson
Henry
Tom Nance
Stewpot
Local scientist earns national soil science award
Dr. Paul M. Bertsch director of the Advanced Analytical Center for Environmental Studies at Savannah River Ecology Laboratory received the Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Soil Science Award at the SSA annual meetings in Indianapolis. His work explores chemical speciation affecting mobility bioavailability and toxicity of inorganic and organic contaminants using macroscopic and microscopic methods.
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Paul M. Bertsch
Advanced Analytical Center For Environmental Studies
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Marion L. and
Chrystie M. Jackson
Social Science Society of Americannnal
Indianapolis
Tion
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Amanda Pratt
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Ashley Kolka
Aiken Middle
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