Osteen’s cabin museum offers step back to historic life
John Osteen’s 1976 constructed cabin along with a barn sugar cane mill and Confederate museum open this weekend from 1 to 4 p m on Saturdays and Sundays before Thanksgiving. Visitors share memories while artifacts from Camp Butler Beaufort and local Indian pottery enrich the displays. The site sits on S C Highway 302 across Couchton Baptist Church.
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Osteen
West Virginia
Kirk
Confederate Museum
Butler
Aiken County
Beaufort
S.C. Highway 302
Couchton Baptist Church
Middle school students craft descriptive essays on Horseplay sculpture
Schofield Middle School eighth graders in a writing assignment describe artist Carol Hamlin's Horseplay fiberglass horse. Shannon Looney writes of the spirit of the wind and the horse’s inner light, while Sean Shahidpour admires Eric Neal's Down by the Water and its blue tones and symbolic meaning.
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Shannon Looney
Schofield Middle
Shannon
Carol Hamlin
Sally Jenkins
Jenkins
Sean Shahidpour
Eric Neal
Sean
Rob Novit
Schofield Middle School
Three Monetta residents die after police chase ends in crash
A mother of four, Josephine Thomas, 30, and two others, Isaac Cullum, 24, and Patrick Harris, 31, died Friday night when their Chevrolet Nova crashed after fleeing a Batesburg police stop on Brodie and Two Notch roads. The incident followed a high-speed pursuit begun after the car was observed driving on the wrong side of the road. The highway patrol is investigating.
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Lexington County
Josephine Thomas
Trojan Road
Isaac Jerome Cullum
Patrick Harris
Brodie
Two Notch Roads
Batesburg
Todd Caughman
Aiken County
Tim Carlton
Thomas
Crosland Park
Batesburg-Leesville
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Josef Robinson
Highway Patrol
101st Birthday Moves and lifelong career of Clara Redmond
Clara Redmond moved from Atlanta to Eden Gardens in Aiken at age 101. Born in St George she studied English at Columbia College in 1924 and taught before marrying Dr WB Redmond. She worked at Emory University floral services for over six decades and credits clean living for longevity. Her husband died at 96 and she celebrated her 101st birthday with family at Emory.
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Atlanta
Eden Gardens
Aiken
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Redmond
Columbia College
WB. Redmond
Emory University
Emory
Emily Dunn
Police Blotter Reports Theft and Mugging Incidents
A $200 CD player was taken from a car on Stanton Drive during overnight hours. A Georgia Avenue supermarket theft involved four suspects including a Hilton Head woman jailed. three women and a man fled in a gray Toyota heading north. A North Augusta woman reported a late Monday purse snatching on Georgetown Drive. she resisted and was struck, purse stolen, taken to MCG for evaluation. At North Augusta High School a CD player and CDs were stolen from a parked vehicle during school hours, with $175 loss. A red 1999 Dodge Dakota pickup valued at $8000 was stolen from a high school parking lot during school hours. vehicle featured a Mexican flag and the phrase El Gordo. A vandalism report at Savannah Point involved two vehicles with scratched surfaces.
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Self-taught builder Hugh Boggs crafts furniture
Hugh Boggs, who taught himself carpentry, now makes furniture for himself and others, demonstrating skill development from a self-led apprenticeship. The piece appears in a Monday edition of the Aiken Standard.
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City of Character Aiken Honors November Deference
Aiken selects Deference as its character trait for November, highlighting respect and consideration in community life. The program spotlights civic values through local events and school activities this month.
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Lottery winning numbers listed for Saturday draws
Saturday lottery results show Pick 3 Midday 7 1 8 and Evening 5 5 7. Pick 4 Midday 1 5 0 4 and Evening 9 1 3 9. Cash 3 Midday 5 9 9 and Evening 6 2 5. Cash 4 Midday 2 0 7 2 and Evening 1 7 5 5. Fantasy 5 33 19 6 18 14. Change Game entries V 8 8 3 0 D L 2 5 8 2 S M 8 8 6 4 H. Lotto South 49 13 46 45 26 15. Powerball 9 12 17 29 45 with Powerball 4.
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Skipper” Perry
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