06 Apr 2008
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 2008
Page
1
Downtown Aiken girds for Masters Week as visitors flock to restaurants and hotels. The Aiken Brewing Company doubles brewing to 460 gallons weekly to meet demand while simplifying menus to cut wait times by about 15 minutes per customer. Local lodging and dining businesses brace for thousands of guests during the golf week.
Rain cancels local events including the MS Walk and the Horse Show at Hitchcock Woods on Saturday. Despite soggy conditions, organizers say postponements maintain planned appearances by Barbe and other figures like Pigs ermal POPS and Charles Saunders Jr.
Rainy weather gives a Scottish mood to a heritage event on Richland Avenue as St Andrews Society of Aiken hosts Tartan Day. Dixie Lewis notes participation requires only interest, not lineage, with April 6 tied to Arbroath 1320 and historic ties to American independence. Delany Schaffer shares her experience.
Aiken forecaster predicts a warm, drier week with mid to upper 70s and later reaching into the 80s. Clouds linger and rain chances return around Thursday with scattered thunderstorms possible Saturday. Local reports note a few downed trees from Friday night rain amid a tornado watch earlier in the period.
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