Voters Choose New Leaders Amid District Changes
Flouras, an SRS employee since 1980, ran unopposed for the board after Brent Rankin declined to seek re election. Brown defeated senior member Inease Williamson to join the Aiken School Board, citing declines in education and later praising improved administration and district cohesion. Flouras and Brown emphasized district wide consistency and local area decisions.
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Flouras
SRS
North Augusta High
Paul Knox
Hammonds Hill
Brown
Wagener-Salley High
Busbee
Brent Rankin
Williamson
Area 4
Joy Shealy
Association
Frank Roberson
Children gift shoe boxes reach across continents
First Baptist volunteers continue Operation Christmas Child, sending filled shoe boxes to Central and South America Europe Africa the Middle East and Asia. Youths from preschoolers to teens help assemble and pack boxes with gifts and the Christmas story in local languages, including some sorting trips to Charlotte.
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Wall
First Baptist
Central America
South America
Europe
Africa
Middle East
Asia
Vicky McCullough
Longtime Aiken County teacher Capers Reflects on Life and Change
Capers, a retired teacher who left the classroom in the 1960s before school integration, recalls her years in Aiken County. She now attends church, chats with her Seattle sister, and values the modern world’s advances while admitting moments of loneliness after her husband's death. She says she was satisfied with segregation era life.
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Capers
Seattle
North Augusta
Aiken County
Irvin
South Carolina
Grateful Notes From Gift Recipients Across World
Letters from Ukraine Macedonia South Africa and other nations express thanks for gifts sent via Aiken County donors. Messages share family details and requests for more items while noting hardships and language effort. Aiken's First Baptist Church Chesterfield York invites further donations with contact details.
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Aiken County
Ukraine
Joanne
Veronica
Kiev
Macedonia
Nikolae Velkovski
Janie
Cape Town
Artin
Shadije Popinaral
Sabrije
Ramazan
Emira
Naser
Fotto
Shadire
Aiken
First Baptist Church
Chesterfield
York Streets
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Aiken Standard
Yonnines
Nathaniel Irvin
Action
Aiken Standard and
Foxie 103
Honda
Honda Cars
Jefferson Davis
Rutland Dr. Nw
T.V
Honda Cars of
iAddress
Aren Honda
Straightalk
Catherine
Jesus
Vladimir
Chuck
Martha
Ryan
Chandler
Harrison
Madison
Russia
Germany
Wouda
Asie He
JM. Greene Company Fine Jewelers
J.M. Greene Co
Whiskey Road
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