Aiken County animal control chief resigns after two decades
Shirley Harden, chief enforcement officer for Aiken County Animal Control, resigned Thursday after more than 20 years with the county. County Administrator Clay Killian said the resignation is effective immediately and an interim chief will start Monday while the county searches for a replacement. Harden and her three officers handled cases including the May seizure of 170 goats on Muddy Branch Road and other animal welfare actions in Beech Island Alpine Drive and Sandbar Ferry Road.
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Aiken County
Clay Killian
Harden
Killian
Muddy Branch Road
Aiken
Georgia Animal Control Officer
Alpine Drive
Sandbar Ferry Road
Beech Island
Graniteville
Norfolk Southern
Apartments await Katrina evacuees at Warreville senior complex
Village Senior Apartments in Warreville prepared 15 furnished units for Hurricane Katrina evacuees aged 55 plus with three months of housing and donated food and furniture. Only two people have arrived, despite meals stocked and rooms ready. Rosa and J W Eaton evacuated from Biloxi found the setup helpful while awaiting return to work. Breeding urged communication to reach eligible families and said more may move in soon.
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Village
Pat Breeding
Breeding
FEMA
Rosa
J.W. Eaton
Village Senior Apartments
Biloxi
Miss
North
John Moore
Aiken County AP scores top state and national averages
Aiken County high schools exceed state and national AP averages with 59 percent of test takers earning college credit. South Aiken High leads with 72 percent, while North Augusta trails at 34 percent.
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Aiken County
Aiken
State Department of Education
Roberson
Aiken High
Joe Padget
North Augusta
Kyle Smith
Smith
South Africa
Woman arrested on Red Cross fraud charges in Aiken
Aiken Public Safety arrested Rebecca A. Richard of Warrenville on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses less than 1 000 dollars. Richard allegedly posed as a Hurricane Katrina survivor and received 665 dollars from the Aiken County Red Cross on September 15 after claiming she abandoned New Orleans. She had given false Louisiana ties and used a Warrenville Peggy Circle address. The Red Cross reported she had been living in Jackson since 2004.
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Aiken
Aiken County
American Red Cross
Rebecca A. Richard
Peggy Circle
Warrenville
Richard
Aiken Red Cross
New Orleans
Marty Sawyer
Louisiana
Sawyer
Red Cross
Mike Burkhart
Jackson
Morgan City
Burkhart
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