Take a trip to the past: Big Mo set to open again.
The Big Mo Monetta Drive-In re-opens tonight for the season.
Offering the authentic drive-in experience, the Big Mo shows double features with a full service concession stand and a play area for the kids. You control the sound volume inside your own vehicle through your car’s radio.
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Big Mo Monetta Drive-In will be showing Paul Blart: Mall Cop (PG) and Marley & Me (PG) on screen 1 and Twilight (PG-13) and Slumdog Millionaire (R) on screen 2. Full Details.
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Sweetgrass basket weaver to instruct workshop.
Learn the skills of sweetgrass basket making and discover a deeper understanding of the heritage of the techniques.
In celebration of Black History Month, the Aiken Center for the Arts (ACA) is offering a Sweetgrass Basket Workshop. The workshop will be held on Saturday at the Aiken Center for the Arts. Led by Mount Pleasant instructor Vera Manigault, the class is open to everyone and no experience is necessary.
Sweetgrass baskets are uniquely from the Lowcountry and evolved from basket weaving skills brought to the United States from Africa more than 300 years ago. Manigault’s baskets have been featured in Southern Living and were used in the movie “The Patriot.” More info.
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Horticulture expert to speak at Aiken Tech.
Felder Rushing, co-host of public radio’s “The Gestalt Gardener,” is coming to Aiken courtesy of the Aiken Master Gardeners.
Rushing will give a lecture at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 7 at the Aiken Technical College amphitheater in building 700. His topic will be “Slow Gardening – More Stuff, All Year, With Less Effort.”
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Exhibit looks at dwindling architecture.
Explore the sites, tastes and sounds before, during and after the Great Depression in South Carolina during “Abandonment and Rediscovery: The Vanishing Architecture of Central South Carolina,” an art exhibit presented by the Rivers, Rails and Crossroads Discovery Center beginning Saturday, Feb. 28 from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The drop-in reception includes a meet and greet with the artists, Southern-style refreshments, blues harmonica player Walter Liniger and local Barnwell County resident Barbara Still will speak. The art exhibit features paintings by Janet Kozachek and photographs by Nathaniel Wallace, both local artists. The artwork includes historic buildings in South Carolina, including the Shamrock Hotel in Blackville. Full Story.
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Augusta stations to make the switch.
Augusta television stations and ETV are all going ahead with the digital transition, which will take place on Feb. 17.
ABC’s affiliate WJBF News Channel 6, NBC’s WAGT Augusta and CBS’s WRDW News 12 will either cease all analog broadcasts on the effective date or act as a “night light station,” meaning the station will discontinue regular programming on its analog channel.
Those TVs which will see nothing on Feb. 17 are those that still receive an analog signal via an antenna on top of the TV or on a roof, although digital converter boxes are available for such TVs. Full Story!
Land conservancy to meet THIS afternoon!
The Aiken Land Conservancy (ALC) is holding its annual meeting and asking for support from anyone who rides horses, walks dogs or has a general love for nature and green space.
The event will be at The Willcox hotel on Sunday between 3 and 5 p.m., and is intended to attract new members and reconnect and inform current participants.
The ALC is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of open, undeveloped space in Aiken County. ALC is one of 20 land trusts within South Carolina and one of more than 1,000 land trusts nationwide. ALC has preserved more than 1,200 acres of land throughout Aiken County. Full Story.
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Garden clubs’ lecture series set to start on Saturday .
The Aiken Garden Clubs Council brings a lecture series to the museum this weekend that will help local gardeners get more out of the great outdoors.
The Garden Clubs Council’s Spring Lecture Series opens with a presentation from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Aiken County Historical Museum by John Nelson. Nelson is the curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, and writes the “Mystery Plant” column which appears weekly in the Aiken Standard.
Lectures will take place on the first Saturday of the month in February, March and April, according to Garden Clubs Council president Pam Kolb. Full details!
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Break the chain that confines, restrains dog
By GARY WILLOUGHBY Aiken SPCA executive director If you are reading this article, you’re likely an animal lover who treats your pet like a member of the family. You feel that your dogs enjoy the fresh air outside, like you do. When the weather is nice, they want to be outside to play, get exercise and maybe chase a squirrel that is brave enough to hop in the backyard.Full Story!
Therapist using horses in treating PTSD
An individual may look healthy physically, but it’s possible that, even without any physical manifestations, stress and traumatic experiences can take their toll on both humans and horses.
But, thanks to psychotherapy, horses and humans are interacting and bonding with one another to help each other heal.
This Sunday, soldiers who are stationed at Fort Gordon and have returned from their deployment in Iraq, and at risk members of the community, will have a chance to use a unique modality to help with their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Psychotherapist and horseman Suze Maze will be using Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) to help.
The therapy sessions will be conducted on Sundays at Equine Rescue of Aiken. Full Story!
Aiken’s quartoseptcentennial celebration to last all of 2010
The City of Aiken is gearing up for its 175th anniversary.
City officials held the first planning session at the Municipal Building Thursday to begin preparing for the year-long celebration that will kick off the first of next year.
The City of Aiken was established on Dec. 19, 1835. The last anniversary celebration was in 1985, when the City recognized its 150th anniversary. However, then the festivities only lasted 12 days, and many Aiken residents missed out on some of the events, said Mayor Fred Cavanaugh.
“This time we decided to extend it over the whole year so everyone can participate,” he said.
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Aiken, where horses are Kings!
Wayne’s Automotive Center has a unique tow!
The cold weather can bring a plethora of problems, and sleeping the wrong way can add to that dilemma. And for Cabot Trail, an 1,800 pound draft horse, the chilly temperatures made sleeping a bit awkward on the morning of Jan. 17.
“They said that particular Saturday, was the coldest temperature in 30 years, and he had a blanket on,” said Pixie Baxter, Cabot Trail’s owner. “And even though he spends some of the night laying down, apparently on this particular night he curled up like a cat with his legs tucked under him, and went down. By the time I got down here to feed him in the morning his rear right leg was unable to move.” Full Story
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Well-known competitor conducts clinic at Ash Stables
Cindy Sydnor, a renowned name in the world of dressage, conducted a clinic at Andrea Sirrenberg-Hunt’s Ash Stables at White House Farm this weekend. Full Story.
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Preview of Antiques in the Heart of Aiken will give collectors sneak peek
By RACHEL JOHNSON
Staff writer
A weekend of antiquing is coming to downtown Aiken.
Antiques hold a special place for many as they are representative of the past and are often passed as family heirlooms from one generation to the next.
The art of antiquing differs for every collector as an item of intrigue differs from person to person.
Antiques in the Heart of Aiken is designed to offer items for everyone from estate jewelry and glassware to furniture and tools. The event, celebrating its 10th year, draws dealers and collectors from all over the United States to participate in the three-day event which begins on Friday and continues through Sunday. Full Story.
Residents discuss state horse park
A state horse park is a visionary concept that would bring multiple equine disciplines and other events under the umbrella of one … READ MORE
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Dressage show is good opportunity for advanced rider
WAGENER — It was a great opportunity for advanced level event rider Tiffani Loudon-Meetze to prepare for the upcoming eventing season.
The Winnsboro resident competed Saturday at the Quintynne Hill dressage show. Loudon-Meetze was short-listed for the 1998 Pan American Games and the 2000 Olympic games.
The rider collected a fair amount of hardware in 1998, capturing the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event Concours Complet International Three Star on Makabi and winning the United States Equestrian Team’s Challenge Trophy and was the leading owner/rider. At the 1999 Kentucky Rolex, Loudon-Meetze would win the Bank One Trophy, for highest placed owner/rider, while riding Makabi. Full story
Some pets are not quite ready…
Foster care has some parallels for cats and dogs. At the Aiken SPCA and at other animal shelters, we take in lots of animals who aren’t ready for “prime time” just yet. Like in sports, there are a wide variety of reasons why. Some dogs come in testing heartworm positive. Their previous owner didn’t spend the money to purchase monthly preventive from their veterinarian and now the dog has a disease that will be fatal, if left untreated.
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Welcome Best Friend Express! Take a Ride With a Friend
Anyone can catch a ride on the Best Friend Express. When you see our bus, just flag us down. It’s easy. We’ll stop and pick you up and you’re on your way.
The Best Friend Express circulates throughout Aiken and North Augusta every 2 hours and even offers transfers to the Augusta Transit System (see SCHEDULE). All Best Friend Express buses are accessible, with wheel chair lifts for persons with disabilities. Our buses are also equipped with bicycle racks. More info.
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Forum discusses tourism in Aiken, would a Horse park be good for Aiken?
Tourism officials in South Carolina gathered at the USC Aiken Convocation Center to discuss possibilities of a long-term state tourism initiative which could include a horse park in Aiken. More details.
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Materials costs are plunging, and contractors are begging for work. Suddenly that long-postponed remodel is looking like a smart idea.
Money Magazine: Home renovations on sale
If you’re struggling to see a silver lining in the beaten-down real estate market, consider this one: It may be a rotten moment to sell your house, but if you’ve postponed a much needed renovation project on your home – replacing a rotting deck, repairing a leaky roof or updating an antiquated bathroom – now just might be the best time in years to tackle that task.
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The year 2008 wasn’t all bad
1/12/2009 5:21 PM
The year 2008 will be remembered for a lot of things that still sting. The mortgage crisis, record high gas prices, bankruptcy and the housing bubble bursting. Most of us couldn’t wait for 2009 to get here, in hopes of better times ahead. While … full story
Remember your animals in this “cool” weather!
Local residents bracing for an Arctic blast of cold air will likely fire up their furnaces and stay indoors, but public safety officials are also reminding residents to remember their pets when they plan for the bitter cold. Temperatures are expect … full story
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