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AIKEN COUNTY Aiken County Historical Museum 2011-2012 Proudly Sponsored by Banksia circa 1961 Photo by Matt Socha Photo courtesy of USC Aiken Living, Working, Playing in Aiken County REAL. Personal. HEALTHCARE. “Without adoubt, I’ve found ahome here. I’m heretostay.” Weems Pennington III, MD Interventional Cardiologist Howcan ahospital feel like home? What makes atalented surgeon choose a smaller,moreintimate hospital as ahome for his career? Weems Pennington III, MD came to Aiken Regional from Augusta and found out. See Dr.Pennington’sstory. And get to know why Aiken Regional is the choice for real, personal healthcare. Visit www.aikenregional.com. Look forthese resources throughout DiscoverAiken County: Centers and Services –Pages 6-7 Information Request –Page 28 Physicians Listy by Specialty –Page 29 Physicians are on the medical staff of Aiken Regional Medical Centers, but, with limited exceptions, are independent practitioners who are not employees or agents of Aiken Regional Medical Centers. The hospital shall not be liable for actions or treatments provided by physicians. AS09-585955 AIKEN COUNTY Living page 8 Working page 20 Playing page 26 About the cover The Aiken County Historical Museum, “Banksia” named after the Banksia Rose is actually two houses joined together on a 3.5 acre lot. The older wooden section dates from 1860. The large brick section was built in 1931 as a winter home by a Northern horseman, Richard Howe of New York. It was used in the 1950’s as a boarding house during the Savannah River Site construction. Later, it was used as the campus of USC Aiken and as a library. 2011 marks USC Aiken’s 50th anniversary! 326 Rutland Drive • Aiken, S.C. 29801 • (803) 648-2311 • aikenstandard.com PUBLISHER & EDITOR CREATIVE SERVICES LAYOUT & DESIGN Scott B. Hunter DiAnn Bell Matt Socha Lauren Haley EXECUTIVE EDITOR Julie Lott CONTRIBUTORS Tim O’Briant Amy Banton ADVERTISING Ben Baugh ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Kathy Cleveland Phyllis Britt Dee Taylor Tyler Crosby Karen Daily Rechelle Dallas Anna Dolanitis MANAGING EDITOR Becky Dearden Cam Huffman Mike Gibbons Joe Harty Haley Hughes Stacey Holcombe Rob Novit SALES MANAGERS Debbie Price Suzanne Stone Kathy Boyette Robert Schettino Ashleey Williamson Diane Daniell Sharye Whisenant Aiken County 2011 03 Welcome to Aiken County Important Information Jackson Water Department • To purchase license tags, you will Utilities: 803-471-2229 need to fill out Form 400, available from any Division of Motor Vehicles office. ELECTRICITY New Ellenton Public Works • Before getting your tag, you will need Aiken Electric Co-op Commission to pay the property tax on the vehicle 803-649-6245 or 1-800-922-1262 803-652-2862 at your local tax office. www.aikenco-op.org • The South Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles handles vehicle tags. Offices Mid-Carolina Electric Co-op Automobile are open Mon. - Fri. 8:30am - 5:00pm. 803-749-6400 or 1-888-813-8000 www.mcecoop.com Information: Government: South Carolina Electric & Gas DRIVEr’s LICENSE • Newcomers have 90 days after 803-442-2000 or 1-800-251-7234 Aiken Co. Administrative Offices establishing residency to apply for a www.sceg.com/en 828 Richland Avenue W. • 642-2012 driver’s license. Aiken City Offices • With a valid out-of-state driver’s NATURAL GAS 214 Park Avenue, S.W. • 642-7654 license, only an eye exam or statement SCE&G Gas Operations Jackson Town Offices of visual acuity from an eye specialist is 106 Langley Dam Road 106 Main Street • 471-2228 required. Aiken, SC 29834 New Ellenton City Offices • Military personnel may operate on a (803) 643-5916 200 Main Street • 652-2214 valid driver’s license from their home North Augusta City Offices state. TELEPHONE 400 Buena Vista Ave. E. AT&T Municipal Bldg • 441-4202 Residential 1-888-288-2020 For Information Call: 1-800-442-1DMV (1-800-442-1368) Business 1-866-620-6000 VOTER REGISTRATION www.scdmvonline.com www.att.com Voter Registration Office 916 Vaucluse Road, Aiken • 642-2030 Atlantic Broadband DRIVEr’s LICENSE OFFICES 1755 Richland Ave., Aiken 1-888-301-8649 TaXES 803-641-7752 Aiken County Tax Office 642-2081 WATER City of Aiken 1913 Ascauga Lake Road, 803-642-7613 North Augusta Information www.aiken.net 803-279-6659 Sources: City of North Augusta TagS/REGISTRATION 803-441-4219 • Newcomers have 45 days after Aiken Chamber of Commerce www.northaugusta.net establishing residency to purchase 121 Richland Avenue E. South Carolina license tags. 641-1111 • www.aikenchamber.net 04 Aiken County 2011 AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS AikenRegional MedicalCenters,a230-bed acutemedical care detailed informationfrominsideapatient’s body whilethe patient facility,openedits doorsin1919asthe AikenHospitaland Relief lies comfortably on an examiningtable. Society. Formorethan90years,the managementand staffatARMC hasworkeddiligently to providequality medicalcare forfamilies in Palmetto Pediatrics provides children with routine medicalcare,as theAiken-Augusta area. well as thehealthcare they need when they’resick, at thepediatric outpatientcenter. Ownedand operated by asubsidiaryofUniversal Health Services, Inc.,aKingofPrussia,PA-based companythat is oneofthe largest At theWound HealingInstituteofCarolina,specially trained hospital managementcompanies in thecountry,Aiken Regional offers physicians and nursesuse Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy(HBOT) awiderange of medicalservicesand specialties in amodernpatient and othertechnologytohelp heal chronicwounds. and family-friendly atmosphere.Amedical staffwithmorethan120 physicians representing38specialties,aswellasmorethan1,100 AHealthy CommitmenttoQuality nurses, technologists and otherhealthcare professionals, are dedicated to providingworld-class medicalcare and customer service. “Wefeelthat it is very importantfor people to understand what constitutes qualityinhealthcare,” says Melissa Summer, In additiontothe hundreds of staffmembers employed at ARMC, director of marketingatAiken Regional.The hospital’swebsite more than 230women and menfromthe hospital auxiliary (www.aikenregional.com) provides furtherdetails of the generouslyvolunteer their timefor awiderange of services to outstanding medicalservicesand facilities availableatAiken patients and their families. Regional MedicalCenters,she adds. Themedical staffiscommitted to providingcare that is as personally “Several yearsago,webegan participatinginanumber of programs responsive as it is technologicallyadvanced. This philosophy combined that were developed to improve thequality of care hospitals with leading-edge equipmentand technology enables thehospitalto provide,”saysCarlosMilanes,chief executiveofficerofAiken providehighquality,evidence-based healthcare with apersonal touch. Regional MedicalCenters.“Everyone at thehospitalisinvolved in theseprogramsand we’reveryproud that ourefforts have brought Centers andServices us success.Weknowthat there’snothing more importantthanyour health,and that’s whyweare continuallyworking to improve the ARMCcontinuously evaluatesthe communityand develops new qualityofhealthcare we providetothe residents of this area.” programs and services to meet themedical needs of residents in Aikenand surroundingareas.Inrecentmonthsthe hospital expanded When thefederal government’s Centers forMedicare and Medicaid itsservicestoinclude neurosurgery, so communityresidents with Services,anagency of theU.S.DepartmentofHealth and Human brainand spine disorders no longer have to travel farfromhome. Services,launchedits Hospital QualityAlliance initiativein2003, AikenRegional wasquicktoget on board. Improvingquality in TheSouthsideImaging Centeriswhere residents in thegrowing everyaspectofoperationsatthe facility became toppriority, so the southsideneighborhoods of Aikencan receive high quality hospital implementedanumber of programs designed to continually medicalimaging services closetohome. Thecenterhas board- improve thequality of care provided to arearesidents.The hospital certified radiologists and some of themostsophisticated imaging continuallyranksabove thenational averageinquality measures. technology available. Since 2007,Aiken Regional hasparticipatedinanAmerican College ARMCofferslaparoscopic gastric band and sleeve surgery, of Cardiologycampaigntoreduce “door-to-balloon”(D2B) times for whichhas showntobeeffectiveinfightingagainst obesity and patients with certaintypesofserious heartattacks.“Door-to-balloon itsnegativehealth effects. Thecomprehensive bariatricservices, time” refers to howlongittakes forapatient whoenters thehospital in additiontosurgery, includecounseling in nutrition,exercise sufferingaserious heartattacktoreceive balloon angioplasty therapy, psychologicalcounseling and support groups. treatment.The campaignseeks to improve thesetimesbecause guidelinesand variousstudies have shownthat patients with certain TheVeinCenteristhe latestaddition to ARMC’sservices. The typesofheart attackswho aretreated within 90 minutesofentering Vein Centerprovidesminimally invasivetreatment forspider veins, thehospitalhaveahigherrateofsurvivalthanthose whoare not varicose veins and otherveinconditions causingpain, swelling and treated as promptly.Aiken Regional’stime consistently averages posing otherhealth risks. 60 minutesorless. TheCancerCare Institute of Carolina at ARMCcombines amodern, InfectionpreventionisapriorityatAiken Regional,and thehospital spacious andcomfortable buildingwithadvancedcancertreatment participates in severalnational initiatives aimedateliminating technology to createone of themostcomprehensive cancer hospital-acquired infections.One project involves screeningall