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Augusta Sports Council recognizes Hull Barrett, PC for their community service efforts. Augusta, GA (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 The Augusta Sports Council (ASC) is pleased to report that Hull Barrett, PC is this year’s Pillar Award winner. The award was handed out at the Greater Augusta Medals for Excellence in Sports (G.A.M.E.S.) Awards Banquet on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. The Pillar Award was created to honor a group or individual that represents the highest standard of community service. Doug...
Brian S. Coursey selected as top 10 in 10 Young Professionals to Watch in 2012 Augusta, Georgia (PRWEB) June 04, 2012 The Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Augusta Magazine, has selected the 2012 Top 10 in 10 Young Professionals To Watch. The Top 10 in 10 Young Professionals to Watch was developed in 2009 by the chamber to annually highlight ten young professionals (age 25-35). Nominations for the honor were received in March and reviewed by a selection committee...
Police in South Carolina said a pair of 10-year-olds allegedly tried to trade marijuana for money, bubble gum and pies. Burnettown police said fourth-grade classmates of the two children at Jefferson Elementary School told teachers Thursday that the boys were attempting to sell marijuana to other children, the Aiken (S.C.) Standard reported Tuesday. Police Chief David Smith said the school's principal seized more than three grams of the drug from the two boys. He said investigators do not...
Communities will rally around theirhigh schools, particularly their sports teams, says former Grovetown Mayor Dennis Trudeau. With that in mind, he's looking forward to the opening of the new Grovetown High School. "It will be a morale booster for the town and also for the children. The schools are really the catalysts for the towns," Mr. Trudeau said. "It's the glue and the cement that gets us all together. We've been waiting for that school for a long time." Penny Jackson, an assistant...
I had a very enjoyable and relaxing summer. We vacationed in Florida and North Carolina. Although I work all summer, the pace is not nearly as hectic. I am able to go out for lunch with friends or family, which is not possible when school is in session. Additionally, I enjoyed working in my yard, walking with my wife and dogs and catching up on reading a few books. My mother, brother and my sister and her family live close by, so I was able to spend time with them as well. I am very...
A year ago, the Columbia County school board was exploring the possibility of scrapping its prekindergarten program for 4-year- olds in 2008-09. Instead, the school system will start the academic year with an additional pre-k class. Administrators recently learned that the state approved the system's application to expand its prekindergarten program, and a second pre-k class will be added at Grovetown Elementary School. "We identified that area because it served the population that...
Instead of calling a press conference to defensively claim the Chronicle was exaggerating the number of failing students in Augusta public schools - he later admitted privately that the newspaper was correct - what if Richmond County Superintendent Dana Bedden had called the media together and said this: "Yes, unfortunately we've got more than 1,500 students in Richmond County who have taken and retaken and still not passed the state 'Criterion Referenced Competency Tests' required for...
Georgia State Climatologist David Stooksbury said the next few weeks could be critical in determining the extent and severity of the 2008 drought, although there have been few changes in recent weeks. "We don't see any changes for the greater Augusta area this week, but if temperatures continue in the upper 90s with little or no rainfall, then conditions will deteriorate very quickly," he said. Stream flows and soil levels remain dangerously low. "We're between the third and fifth...
By April Bailey, Aiken Standard, S.C. Jul. 23--Over 18,000 feet of fencing is being installed at the Aiken Municipal Airport. Aiken Department of Public Works Director Larry Morris said the fencing is being paid for by a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration for over $200,000. The fencing, which Morris says will encircle the entire airport, is being done by Hastie Fence Co., based in Agawam, Mass. Morris said the barrier is being installed to increase security at the airport,...
Funeral services for Mr. Andre Garrett will be 11 a.m., tomorrow at Mt. Anna Baptist Church with Rev. Michael V. Norris officiating. Interment will be in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, North Augusta. The family will receive friends this evening beginning at 6 p.m. Family and friends may call the residence of his sister, Channell Garrett, 225 Chine Bell Park Rd., Aiken or the funeral home after 4 p.m. G.L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary, 390 Beaufort St., Aiken, S.C. (803) 648-0134 The...
