Summer Reads
Restless Morning
My daughter, Laura, left in early January this year to fly to Seattle to take a new job. It was...
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Back to Community: Taking Action to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
The long-awaited grand jury investigation into clergy sexual abuse in Pennsylvania was recently released and detailed sexual abuse by over...
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Changing Times: What to Expect When the Flu and Novel Coronavirus Disease COVID-19 Collide
The best thing to do as we go into this potentially deadly season is to build our immune system to...
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Tending the Creative Fire
With great delight, The Aiken Center for the Arts announces the privilege of hosting Taos, New Mexico artist Jan Haller,...
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Greatest Generation – First Person Account | Into the Water
This is Part Two of a first person account of the sinking of the USS Block Island (CVE-21), a “baby...
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Imagine being in stars with Butterflies
We can fill our time of living “in stars” with kindness and justice and all good things and right actions....
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Is Eye Strain the New Normal for Us?
We are now using our computer screens more than ever, whether it is for fun, work, or school. How does...
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The Women’s Leadership Council
The Women’s Leadership Council Inspiration Tea November 15, 2019 Aiken Electric Cooperative. Photography by Christine McKeel
Starting With The Bathtub, Part 2 by Annie Colpitts
Starting With The Bathtub Designing, Building, and Living My Tiny House Dream Part 2 by Annie Colpitts When I was little, I was constantly rearranging my room or trying to redecorate. I have always been interested in interior design and architecture, but my interest stayed purely in the realm of the extracurricular as I went off to college and out in the working world. The curriculum of business classes always felt natural and easy to me, so by the end of my freshman year at Sweet Briar College, I decided to major in Business with a specialization in Arts Management. My degree served me well in my career after college,
Celebrating 70 Years | Beyond the Barricade
SRS ties that shaped our community Walt Joseph boarded a shuttle bus from his hotel for his first visit to the Savannah River Site in 1954. On that day his young wife, Paula Nissley Joseph, took the family car to downtown Aiken. The gas explosion on Laurens Street had happened the year before and the rubble was still evident. The Chamber of Commerce was in a log cabin and much of the surrounding area was farmland. Sixty-five years later, the Josephs still laugh as they recall the early days of building a life together in Aiken. They originally met on a blind date in 1951 when Walt was working on
