Aiken County Ditch Project Nears Final Approval
After a decade of petitions and funding hurdles, Diane Giddings pushes to cover a 600 foot ditch along her Hunter's Glen property. County plans authorize use of sales tax funds to address drainage with a culvert and eventual cover, though state release and project timing remain uncertain amid West Nile concerns.
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Diane Giddings
Aiken
Hunter’s Glen
Giddings
William Shepherd
Rick Osbon
Osbon
Clay Killian
South Carolina
Killian
DHEC
Kenneth Montgomery
Gary Bunker
Aiken County
North Augusta
Joe Berry
Aiken County robotics team showcases student innovation
M Aiken Magic, the Aiken County robotics team, demonstrated their FIRST Robotics Competition robot at the Aiken County Public Library. Team advisor Patrick O Neill says the goal is to place robotics in every high school with help from mentors and engineers. The group, with over 40 students, guides members through brainstorming design building testing and competition. They earned a top regional award last year and invite county high school students to join Thursday at Aiken High School.
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Erin Brooks
M’aiken Magic Robotics Club
Patrick O'Neil
Aiken County Public Library
Aiken County
M’ Aiken Magic
Aiken High School
O'Neil
Peachtree
O’ Neil
Aiken County High School
O’neil
Maikenmagic.com
Educator Elizabeth Harkey to speak at USC Aiken about HIV AIDS
Jacksonville nurse Elizabeth Harkey, a clinical research and pediatric infectious disease coordinator at UF Jacksonville, will present three HIV AIDS talks at USCA today and Tuesday. She meets health educators at 8:30 a.m. in the Alan B. Miller School of Nursing. A 1 p.m. session on children with HIV AIDS and heterosexual communities occurs in Humanities and Social Sciences building room 109. Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. at Pacer Commons room 40, she discusses same sex relationships and HIV AIDS in a Unity Alliance sponsored session with lunchtime attendees.
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Elizabeth Harkey
Jacksonville
USC Aiken
Harkey
Alan B. Miller
Nurs
Ing
USCA
Humanities and Social Sciences
Pacer Commons
Unity Alliance
Department of Pediatric Infectious
Chiggers to Play at Bowery Saturday
Chiggers will perform at Aiken Bowery Saturday October 22 from 9 30 p m to 1 30 a m. Call 221 4041 for more information.
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Chiggers
Bowery
Aiken Bowery
Aiken High Band Wins Big at Mid Atlantic Championship
The Aiken High School Marching Band 3 A finished first in its class at the Mid Atlantic Contest of Champions. Melissa Pearce earned Best Drum Major and the drum line took second place while soloist Jennifer Wead starred. Band director Joe Laorenza praised the performance as superb.
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Westside Story
Aiken High School
Melissa Pearce
Jennifer Wead
Joe Laorenza
AHS Band Director Proud After Myrtle Beach Trip
Joe Laurenza of AHS led a 64 member band with 20 ensembles in a competition featuring three 3 A class groups. The group drove to Myrtle Beach Friday and returned Sunday with the director calling the trip worthwhile and the students superb. Contact Erin Brooks at ebrooks aikenstandard.com.
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Laurenza
Erin Brooks
Ebrooks
Aikenstandard
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