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A Joyful Tradition | The First Tee of Aiken and USC Aiken Field of Dreams | Aiken Bella Magazine

A Joyful Tradition | The First Tee of Aiken and USC Aiken Field of Dreams

The First Tee of Aiken and USC Aiken are joining forces to build a Golf Practice Facility that will serve as The First Tee of Aiken’s home and as a practice facility for the USC Aiken Men’s Golf Team. Once the facility is completed, USC Aiken will add a women’s golf program. The planned facility will be located on a 60-acre parcel of land on the USC Aiken campus, just west of the convocation center and baseball field. The entire project will cost approximately $3.3 million, however, the first phase, which will cost approximately $1.5 million, will allow us to break ground sooner. Some of you reading this article may

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A Story of Celebration | For Your Ears Only | Aiken Bella Magazine

A Story of Celebration | For Your Ears Only

Augusta Symphony’s third annual Gala is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a fabulous performance and support the Symphony in its outreach endeavors. The theme is Bond, James Bond! Celebrating its 65th season, Augusta Symphony hosts its third annual Gala Saturday, January 11, 2020. Austria’s foremost James Bond performance group, The Music of Bond, will join the Symphony’s Maestro Dirk Meyer and the Augusta Symphony on stage at the Miller theater to entertain the audience with scores from favorite James Bond films while movie clips roll on the screens above the orchestra. Your mission is to enjoy an elegant evening of sophisticated fun. The Miller Theater is the perfect setting for

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A Story of Community | The Greatest Gift | Aiken Bella Magazine

A Story of Community | The Greatest Gift

The holiday season is filled with joy for so many. Shopping for the perfect present, partying with friends and family, and of course, the wonderful food. At Area Churches Together Serving (ACTS), we meet people every single day who come to us in crisis. You may think that it is a depressing place to work, but the reality couldn’t be further from the truth. Through our devoted volunteers, generous donors, and dedicated staff, we do everything we can to help those in need. More times than not, we give our clients a ray of hope for a better tomorrow. One gentleman came to us with very little to his name.

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At Home | Aiken Bella Magazine

At Home

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” Edith Sitwell Home: A four-letter word, with multiple meanings, like the word Love. Home and Love have always been synonymous for me. I love the ones that I invite into my home and I am at home with the ones I love. This holiday season I have truly found myself “At Home” in so many ways. I am a new owner of a home in downtown Aiken. I have had the pleasure of living in Aiken for 18 years

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Steeplechase | Scene Around Town | Aiken Bella Magazine

Steeplechase | Scene Around Town

Steeplechase October 26, 2019 Bruce’s Field Photography by Christine McKeel Samantha Turner and Charles Smith Spencer Abbott and Gracie Duffy Vikki Woody and Charlotte Bailey Corey Fisher and Bonnie Mangelly Taylor Braithwaite and Benjamin Latham Tracey Thompson, Susan Payne and Rebecca Stevens Deb Stroupe, Dale Harris and Debby Harris Scott Flesher, Hugh Simmons, Steve Simmons and Jeannie Simmons

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A Joyful Tradition | The First Tee of Aiken and USC Aiken Field of Dreams | Aiken Bella Magazine

A Joyful Tradition | The First Tee of Aiken and USC Aiken Field of Dreams

The First Tee of Aiken and USC Aiken are joining forces to build a Golf Practice Facility that will serve as The First Tee of Aiken’s home and as a practice facility for the USC Aiken Men’s Golf Team. Once the facility is completed, USC Aiken will add a women’s golf program. The planned facility will be located on a 60-acre parcel of land on the USC Aiken campus, just west of the convocation center and baseball field. The entire project will cost approximately $3.3 million, however, the first phase, which will cost approximately $1.5 million, will allow us to break ground sooner. Some of you reading this article may

Read More »
A Story of Celebration | For Your Ears Only | Aiken Bella Magazine

A Story of Celebration | For Your Ears Only

Augusta Symphony’s third annual Gala is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a fabulous performance and support the Symphony in its outreach endeavors. The theme is Bond, James Bond! Celebrating its 65th season, Augusta Symphony hosts its third annual Gala Saturday, January 11, 2020. Austria’s foremost James Bond performance group, The Music of Bond, will join the Symphony’s Maestro Dirk Meyer and the Augusta Symphony on stage at the Miller theater to entertain the audience with scores from favorite James Bond films while movie clips roll on the screens above the orchestra. Your mission is to enjoy an elegant evening of sophisticated fun. The Miller Theater is the perfect setting for

Read More »
A Story of Community | The Greatest Gift | Aiken Bella Magazine

A Story of Community | The Greatest Gift

The holiday season is filled with joy for so many. Shopping for the perfect present, partying with friends and family, and of course, the wonderful food. At Area Churches Together Serving (ACTS), we meet people every single day who come to us in crisis. You may think that it is a depressing place to work, but the reality couldn’t be further from the truth. Through our devoted volunteers, generous donors, and dedicated staff, we do everything we can to help those in need. More times than not, we give our clients a ray of hope for a better tomorrow. One gentleman came to us with very little to his name.

Read More »
At Home | Aiken Bella Magazine

At Home

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” Edith Sitwell Home: A four-letter word, with multiple meanings, like the word Love. Home and Love have always been synonymous for me. I love the ones that I invite into my home and I am at home with the ones I love. This holiday season I have truly found myself “At Home” in so many ways. I am a new owner of a home in downtown Aiken. I have had the pleasure of living in Aiken for 18 years

Read More »
Steeplechase | Scene Around Town | Aiken Bella Magazine

Steeplechase | Scene Around Town

Steeplechase October 26, 2019 Bruce’s Field Photography by Christine McKeel Samantha Turner and Charles Smith Spencer Abbott and Gracie Duffy Vikki Woody and Charlotte Bailey Corey Fisher and Bonnie Mangelly Taylor Braithwaite and Benjamin Latham Tracey Thompson, Susan Payne and Rebecca Stevens Deb Stroupe, Dale Harris and Debby Harris Scott Flesher, Hugh Simmons, Steve Simmons and Jeannie Simmons

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