Women learn self defense with handgun training classes
Four women train at the City Firing Range in a four week Home Defense Course for Women taught by Sgt. Wendell Hall. The program emphasizes nonviolent prevention and safe gun handling, with final sessions involving live fire. Attendees range in age from 16 to 72, with costs of 15 to 18 dollars and participants supplying their own weapons.
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Wendell Hall
Hall
Department of Public Safety
Sgt
SWAT
Bill Thatcher
McCoy
Sgt. Hall
Rae Price
Mrs. Price
Helen Spencer
Falcon Security
Allyson Powell
Langley
Susan
Allyson
Joyce Williamson
Willcox Hotel extension decision by Aiken council tonight
Aiken City Council will hear Joseph Ewans and hotel owner Eways seek a 60 day extension approved Sept 13 to fund and repair the decaying 59 room Willcox Hotel at 214 Park Ave SW. Key safety fixes were not finished by Oct 1, including combustible material removal and a 24 hour alarm plan.
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Aiken
Joseph Ewans
Willcox
Park Ave
S.W
Eways
John Morgan
Joseph Eways
Richard Howard
Morgan
Ewans
Department of Public Safety
Howard
Esti
Augusta
Busbee
J. Carroll Busbee
Frederick Willcox
The
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Gunman Surrenders After Three Day Siege In Train Car
In Raleigh North Carolina a Colombian gunman who held an Amtrak sleeping car surrendered after releasing a 32 year old girl through a window. He left the bodies of his sister and her infant son. FBI agent and a godfather figure helped obtain the hostage's release and the surrender.
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Raleigh
N.C
Amtrak
FBI
Brent Dilendik finds 10,000 yellow jackets in Steeplechase wall
Brent Dilendik reported a huge yellow jacket nest inside his Steeplechase apartment wall. The nest measured about two feet in length and one foot in width, alarming residents and prompting local pest control action.
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Brent Dilendik
SAT scores to be presented to Aiken County Board
Aiken County seniors’ Scholastic Aptitude Test results will be shown at the board of education meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the Educational Center board room. Other items include millage debates and policy updates amid tax bill reprints cost concerns.
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Aiken County
Aiken County Board of Education
Edgefield Ave
Margie Plunkett
Tommy Moore
D-Aiken County
W. Scott Barnes
County Council
Carrol H. Warner
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
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Abby Erma Bombeck
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