Fall Ball brings round dancing to H Odell Weeks Center
Dancers from Aiken Hendersonville and Anderson join 15 couples at the Fall Ball led by Lou Kretch of Columbia. Organizers Jim and Marion Pierce praise growing turnout as they showcase tango foxtrot waltz and more on the Weeks Center wood floor.
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H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Dance Cuer
Lou Kretch
Columbia
Jim and
Marion Pierce
Aiken
Hendersonville
Anderson
Linda Schulte
Schulte
Neil Knight
Augusta
Knight
Gracewood Community Center
Suzanne Stone
Sstone
SEED festival at USC Aiken invites kids to explore science
The Science Education Enrichment Day returns to USC Aiken with dozens of hands on activities from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Topics include slime origami forensic testing and DNA extraction as part of the Discover the Universe theme. More than 100 organizations participate and the event draws about 2 700 visitors.
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USC Aiken
SEED
American Chemical Society
Linda Youmans- McDonald
Savannah River National Laboratory
SRNL
Ruth Patrick
John Hutchens
Savannah River
Hydrogen Research Center
Aiken
Kim Crapse
SANL
Rob Novit
Rnovit
Aikenstandard.com
Colonial Times Day to Remember at Living History Park
Colonial Times Olde Towne Preservation Association hosts a two day event at Living History Park in North Augusta starting 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday with reenactments, demonstrations, music, cannon fire, and talks by Kessie and Steven Caudill as Daniel Boone. Sunday features an Anglican worship service.
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Olde Towne Preservation Association
Faire Wynds
Kessie
Steven Caudill
Daniel Boone
Colonial Times
Living History Park
North Augusta
Colonialtimes
Olde Towne
Augusta-Richmond County
Battle of Guilford
North Carolina
Walnut Grove Plantation
Roebuck
Ezekiel Harris
Best Friend Express ends Saturday bus service and raises fares
Best Friend Express eliminates Saturday routes and hikes adult fares to 2.00 with student 1.50 and senior or disabled 1.00 to bolster LSCOG and Aiken County budget. The cut saves about 26 500 yearly, part of a 50 000 loss after June budget actions.
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Best Friend Express
Aiken County
Lynnda Bassham
Lower Savannah
Clyde Stephens Promoted to Lead SC Highway Patrol Troop Seven
Clyde Trey Stephens, a New Ellenton resident and longtime Aiken County lawman, is named captain to oversee Troop Seven. He began in 1990, rising through ranks to lieutenant, and will supervise Orangeburg, Bamberg, Aiken, Barnwell, Calhoun, Allendale and Hampton counties. He and his wife Cheryl have a son, Jared.
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Aiken County
New Ellenton
Clyde
Trey
Stephens
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Orangeburg
Bamberg
Aiken
Barnwell
Calhoun
Allendale
Hampton
Wednesday
Chester
Highway Patrol
Kenny Lancaster Jr
Chester Senior High School
Winthrop University
Cheryl
Jared
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Fort Gordon
Carolina
BFE
A.J. Johnson
Patricia
Council On Aging
ACTS
Bassham
Clyde “Trey” Stephens
Porky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
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