Community safety talks and local events in Aiken area
Retired educators in Aiken County are invited to a 2:30 p.m. discussion on community and personal safety led by Sheriff Howard Sellers at Odell Weeks Center. Also announced are a Pittsburgh Club dinner dance at Knights of Columbus, a Poplar Springs School reunion brief, a Garden Club plant give away, and multiple other community events with contact numbers for more information.
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Aiken
Sheriff Sellers
Aiken County
Howard Sellers
Odella Weeks Center
Pittsburgh
Knights of Columbus
Poplar Springs School
Dorothy Cook Hall
Garden Club of
North Augusta
Riverview Park
Jaycees
Aiken Jaycee County Fair
Michele Bullington
al Lpns
Aiken Hospital
SPCA
Aiken Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
H. Odell Weeks Recreation Center
Whiskey Rd
Silver Bluff Rd
Little Caesar's Pizza
Centre South
City of
Harrison-Caver Park Giant Yard Sale at Clearwater
A yard sale event will be held at Harrison Caver Park on October 19 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Clearwater. Spaces cost 5 dollars and are limited. Not-for-sale demonstrations and information booths for churches companies and organizations are free. Contact Vince Smith at 593-4698 or 642-7559 for details and registration.
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Hanger Prosthetics
Walton Rehabilitation Hospital
North Augusta Country Club
Sunny Ackermann
Harrison-Caver Park
Harrision-Caver Park
Highway 421
Clearwater
Vince Smith
Rotary seeks exchange team to England and Nigeria
The Rotary clubs of Aiken invite five Upstate South Carolina non Rotarians and one Rotarian Team Leader to form a Group Study Exchange team to tour England from April 2 to 30. In return a five member English team visits the Upstate May 5 to June 2. Applications for non Rotarians are due October 20.
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Rotary Clubs
Aiken
Nigeria
South Carolina
England
Aiken Rotary Club
Aiken Sunrise Rotary Club
South Aiken Rotary Club
Border Patrol training academy to stay in Charleston past term
The Border Patrol academy opened at the old Charleston Naval Base to train customs workers. Senator Hollings predicts the facility will remain beyond the three years authorized, noting continued demand for agents. Immigration officials say Charleston could train about 3,200 new agents in two years. budget decisions may change this. The $5 million renovation supports a 19 week program covering law, Spanish, self defense and firearms.
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Charleston
Border Patrol
Ernest Hollings
Congress
Hollings
D-S.c
Charleston Naval Base
Clinton
Doris Meissner
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Meissner
Norway Police chief seeks SLED probe into high school turmoil
Norway Police Chief James Preacher says he will request a State Law Enforcement Division investigation into a group of Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High School parents after rumors of a riot and bomb threat circulated. He cites vandalism, a student arrest for water-bottle assaults, and alleged racial epithets painted on campus.
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Norway
James Preacher
Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High School
Preacher
Ents
Heather Sutton
SLED
Sled In
Health director pleads guilty to embezzling funds
Spartanburg AP reports retired Appalachia Health Department Director Max Poteat pleaded guilty to embezzling more than 60 thousand dollars from 1982 to 1986. He repaid 61,845.40, faces a 1,500 dollar fine and probation, plus 250 hours of public service if released. Tribal rolls dispute noted by tribal leaders amid settlement context. Volume Services after leaving Flagstar expands NFL stadium contracts, securing five of ten recent food-service deals and aiming for 83 million annually in new business.
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Spartanburg
Regional Health Department
Appalachia 3
Health Department
Max Poteat
Volume Services
Flagstar Spartanburg
Flagstar Cos, Inc
Lawrence Hatch
Catawbas say delays costing them millions
Federal delays at the Bureau of Indian Affairs are costing the Catawba Indian tribe at least $1.8 million for health care housing and social services. The money is not connected to the $50 million settlement resolving claims to property in York Chester and Lancaster counties. Instead it is assistance the Catawba nation is now enti-
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Catawbas
Rock Hill
Bureau of Indian Affairs
York
Chester
Lancaster
Enti
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Ron Smith
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Pelion High
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Pelion Community Center
Martina McBride
Charlie Daniels
Aiken Jaycees County Fair
Depot Food
USCA
USC Aiken
Ladies Auxiliary
Columbia
Cynthia Dennis
Midland Valley Area
Horsecreek Valley Area
Jacksonvile
Huber Clay Road
Langley
Girl Scouts
Central
Savannah River
Camp Tanglewood
Ceall
Jependen
Cinema
Ferret
Vans
Dr. Moreau
Dai the Mighty Ducks
Border School
Tea Press
Arkansas
Strom Thurmond
Ernest F. Hollings
Border Patrol Academy
Associated Press
Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
Ike
Dorothy
Tricia’s, Inc
Emia
Doushery Ri
Aken Jay Sura
Margaret L. Parrish
DMD
South Aiken Executive Center
Whiskey Ra
Shoney
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