Friends Hold October Used Book Sale at Nancy Carson Library
North Augusta library hosts annual used book sale October 13 to 15 under Friends of Nancy Carson Library Foundation. Drop-off at Wal Mart Kroger Winn Dixie on Martintown Road and library foyer. Preview sale October 13 6 to 8 pm costs 10 dollars. Half price on Sunday. Proceeds fund book leases new books furnishings and summer reading programs.
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Nancy Carson Library
Kathie Stallworth
Friends of Nancy Carson Library Foundation
Wal-Mart
Kroger
Winn-Dixie
Martintown Road
Foundation
Planning commission to study Highland Park Drive traffic
The Aiken Planning Commission will hold a work session Sept 28 at 5 30 p m to consider making Highland Park Drive one way from Lancaster Street to past the club. Residents and motorists will be invited to comment. Initial proposal follows a June 18 1999 letter from Jim McNair of the Aiken Golf Club citing safety concerns. A public hearing could occur Oct 10 with a formal recommendation to City Council.
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Aiken
Ed Evans
Highland Park Drive
Jim McNair
Aiken Golf Club
McNair
Roger LeDuc
Lancaster Street
Park Avenue
Commission
Armed Robbery At Murphy Village In Aiken County
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office investigates an armed robbery of a North Augusta man at 1006 Kerry Court Murphy Village around 11 30 p m Monday night. The suspect wore a Scream mask and black cape, robbed the victim of cash and a cell phone, then fired a single shot toward him before fleeing. Authorities, including the Bloodhound Team, could not locate the robber, described as Black, 5 9 and 190 pounds. Tips can be called in anonymously for a reward up to 1000 through Crime Stoppers.
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Aiken County
Mullholland
Aiken Bloodhound
Aiken AAUW Branch Wins Six Star Award in SC
The Aiken branch of the American Association of University Women earned the Six Star Award at the National and State Leadership Conference, the sole SC chapter to receive it. The honor recognizes community action, policy work, membership growth, fundraising, visibility and leadership. The group supports local nonprofits, donates to the AAUW Educational Foundation, and funds an annual USC Aiken scholarship. For details contact May Beth Thompson at 6193778.
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AAUW
Aiken
South Carolina
American Association of University Women
Aauw Educational Foundation
USC Aiken
May Beth Thompson
Women in Outdoors event teaches outdoor skills in Edgefield
The National Wild Turkey Federation hosts its annual Women in the Outdoors program on Saturday at the Wild Turkey Center on Hwy 25 in Edgefield from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Women will learn archery shotgun safety wild game cooking fly fishing and ATV riding in a safe supportive setting. Contact Karen Roop at 808-637-3106 for more information.
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National Wild Turkey Federation
Wild Turkey Center
Hwy 25
Edgefield
Karen Roop
Veterans Park to host POW MIA Recognition Day event
The Horse Creek Midland Valley Veterans Park will hold its POW MIA Recognition Day program Saturday at 11 a.m. Lt. John J. Clark II, retired, will deliver the keynote. The ceremony will remember POW/MIAs from all wars, with emphasis on Korean War veterans in a designated 90th Anniversary Corpse Community.
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Horse Creek
Midland Valley Veterans Park
John J. Clark II
Clark
Jack Adkison
Midland Valley
Haunted House planned by North Augusta merchants
The North Augusta Downtown Business Association met to plan a second Haunted House in the block between Parks Pharmacy and North Augusta Tire and Auto on Georgia Avenue from October 27 to 31. The event will cater to younger children during the Jack O Lantern Jubilee on October 28 with reduced prices and toned down spookiness. Proceeds go to Christmas gifts for DSS children. A Shop Downtown brochure is being developed to promote local shops. The next meeting is September 26 at the North Augusta Community Center with a 6:30 p.m. snack.
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North Augusta
DSS
SC Aiken professor to lead noon talk for Academy for Lifelong Learning
Dr Marsha Shelburn, a management professor at the University of South Carolina Aiken, will lead a noon conversation with the faculty for the Academy for Lifelong Learning. The Sept 15 meeting in Administration Building Room 112 invites retirees, with or without lunches, call 641-8288 for details.
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Marsha Shelburn
University of South Carolina Aiken
Academy For Lifelong Learning
USCA
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