Police Blotter Reports Stolen Mail Mower Burglaries
A Williston Road man reported a mailbox stolen in Windsor and a Warrenville woman said an AFDC check was stolen from her Post Office box. A Pineview Drive resident reported a stolen lawnmower on North Augusta. A Williston Road residence was robbed in Aiken and a car burglarized on Merriweather Street in Granitevill e. The Langley Pentecostal Holiness Church was burglarized. A shoplifter fled Food Lion after beer theft. A juvenile was arrested at Winn-Dixie for a soft drink theft. Several men faced marijuana possession charges at Cushman Arms Apartments. A vehicle tag was stolen on Croft Avenue.
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Williston Road
Windsor
Warrenville
Pineview Drive
North Augusta
Aiken
Merriweather Street
Graniteville
Langley Pentecostal Holiness Church
Food Lion
Winn-Dixie
Cushman Arms Apartments
Croft Avenue
Trash and Treasures Sale Boosts Meals on Wheels
The Aiken Area Council on Aging hosts its third Trash and Treasures Sale on Saturday November 20 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the council office to support the Meals on Wheels program. Donations of toys, jewelry, clothes, crafts, china, pots, pans, furniture, videos and more are welcomed. call Belinda Roger at 648-5447 for details.
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Aiken Area Council On Aging
Meals On Wheels
Belinda Roger
School board opposes vouchers in local debate
The Aiken County Board of Education, in an 8-1 vote led by Art Hadden, opposed voucher legislation that would divert public funds to private schools. The discussion included Larry Murphy’s partial support and a future meeting with state legislators set for November 17 to present the opposition.
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Aiken
Larry Murphy
Hadden
Hunter
Ing
Brent Rankin
Andrew Yaun
Rosemary English
Incase Williamson
Tom Goforth
John Bradley
Aiken County
Art of Giving Art Auction to Benefit United Way
Southside Gallery hosts the fourth annual Art of Giving Auction for United Way of Aiken County on November 11 from 6 to 9 pm in the gallery parking lot. Silent bidding 6 to 7 pm, live auction 7:15 pm with Bill Dearman as auctioneer. Co sponsors include Woodside Plantation Country Club Aiken Produce and Montmorenci Vineyards. Featured works range from etchings serigraphs and signed limited editions to a Thomas Kinkade canvas Conquering the Storms. For details contact Vicki Bukovitz at the United Way office 648 8931.
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Southside
United Way of
Aiken County
Southside Gallery
Bill Dearman
Woodside Plantation Country Club
Aiken Produce
Montmorenci Vineyards
Thomas Kinkade
Vicki Bukovitz
United Way
APS Founded In 1916 By Mrs Hitchcock In Aiken
The text notes Mrs. Hitchcock and parents founded APS in 1916 in Aiken. It describes a boarding school modeled on an English public school with grades 4 through 8, a plantation style house on Barnwell Avenue, and classical curriculum. Frederick A. M. Tabor served as headmaster and the school expanded to over 7 acres before reorganizing in 1938 as a nonprofit.
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Hitchcock
Frank
APS
Aiken
Barnwell Avenue
Florence and
Lancaster Streets
Frederick A. M. Tabor
George Mead
Seymour Knox
County students to get more college aid through new scholarship
Aiken County launches a new private donations funded program under County Dollars for Scholars affiliated with the Citizens Scholarship Foundation. The coalition aims to award at least one scholarship per high school class with an initial 150000 and plans for growth. Board members including John Cunningham and Dr Linda Eldridge welcomed the plan and noted tax exempt status.
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Aiken ‘County
Aiken County
John Cunningham
Citizens Scholarship Foundation
Cunningham
Jacqueline Busbee
Joseph Brooks
Tim Dangerfield
Jean Gallman
Barry Glover
Henry Goodwin Jr
Jack Hermann
Steve McElmurray
Frank Roberson
Betty Ryberg
James Stewart Jr
Strom Thurmond Jr
Michael Vosovski
Chris Verenes
Ben Watson
Weldon Wyatt
Tommy Wessinger
Jim Zimmerman
Linda Eldridge
John Bradley
Firemen raise funds to decorate New Ellenton Main Street
New Ellenton Volunteer Fire Department completed a major fundraising campaign to buy Christmas decorations for Main Street. Activities included a raffle car wash haunted house and golf tournaments totaling 11900 dollars. The captain said decorations would be hung the week before or after Thanksgiving.
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New
Ellenton
Main Street
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