City Council Meetings Offer Weekend Entertainment
Readers comment on local governance and public spaces with talkback lines praising new Pine Log Road sidewalks and critiquing maintenance. The piece reflects community voices on Sunday liquor debates and sports loyalties, including Clemson vs. Carolina banter and stadium attendance.
Thurmond Remembered as Longest Serving Senator
Aiken Standard seeks Thurmond recollections as he leaves the Senate in January after 48 years. Readers are invited to share remembrances of the senator and his office, with submissions to Strom Thurmond Recollection, Aiken Standard, PO Box 456, Aiken SC 29801, or by email, fax.
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Charles Courtney wins Augusta Symphony Youth Competition
Charles Courtney, a 17 year old Aiken High School senior, won the Augusta Symphony Orchestra's Symphony Youth Competition and will perform with the orchestra at a Jan 19, 2003 concert. He studies oboe with Kelly O'Dell and plans a music education major, possibly at USC or Florida State.
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Schofield
Aiken
Joe Laurenza
University of South Carolina
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Bonnie McNeill
New Ellenton Middle School
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Rob Newt
Aiken High School
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SAGE program at South Aiken High School aims to empower girls
The SAGE initiative stands for South Aiken Girls Excel and invites all female students to participate in empowering seminars. Teachers and instructors lead sessions on self defense, stress reduction, and discussions about sexual abuse, with future plans for panels on male perspectives and community involvement.
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Wilson Smith
Bill Jones
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Janice Nashatker
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Scott Webster
Kimberly Hoover
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Former Aiken priest charged with sexual mistreatment in 1950s case
Former Roman Catholic priest Raymond DuMouchel, 78, is charged with improper acts on a child and battery of a high and aggravated nature for alleged fondling of a 12 year old in 1955 at Cathedral Grammar School and a 17 or 18 year old at St Francis Xavier Hospital between 1958 and 1959. He faces restrictions and a mental health evaluation as the Diocese confirms prior misconduct cases.
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Aselage
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