Bart Blackwell News Today

House District 81 candidates Charlie Hartz, Betsy Lamb and Mack Morris and Aiken County sheriff candidates Stuart Prettel, Marty Sawyer and Ed Wilson were among the candidates to speak at the Aiken County Republican Party Rally in The Alley.

The Aiken Soil and Water Conservation District will hold Pop-Up Free Seed event from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at the Aiken County Public Library, 314 Chesterfield St. S.W.

The Aiken Republican Club will meet Tuesday at Newberry Hall, 117 Newberry St. S.W. Doors open at 11 a.m. and the program should start before noon. This months meeting will

The Mended Hearts will meet at 11 a.m. today at Aiken Regional Medical Centers, 302 University Parkway. The program will be a presentation on ATTR-CM, a rare, serious and underdiagnosed

Amp The Alley will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 29, in The Alley in downtown Aiken. Impulse Ride will perform today. For more information, visit ampthealley.com.

The Aiken Singers will perform their spring concert, I Hear America Signing, at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Aiken Senior Life Services, 1310 E. Pine Log Road. Admission is free. For

Together for Hope Ministries will hold a a revival from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at Hopelands Gardens, 135 Dupree Place. Speakers will include Pastor Bryce Holdman, pastor an evangelist

The Hopelands Concert Series will be held Mondays through June 24. Savannah River Winds will perform at 7 p.m. Monday at the Roland H. Windham Performing Arts Stage at Hopelands

The Aiken Poets will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at AnShu Cafe, 122 Coach Light Way. New members are welcome. For more information, call Roger Brock at

Incumbents not seeking reelection The following South Carolina legislators (and one congressman) are not running for reelection. Rep. Bart Blackwell, R-Aiken (District 81) Rep. Ben Connell, R-Lugoff (District 52) Rep.