Masters honors Big Three with ceremonial tee shots
The Masters opened with ceremonial tee shots from Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, reuniting golf's "Big Three" who sparked the event with 13 green jackets. Palmer, sidelined five months by a shoulder injury, joked about not fanning the ball as Nicklaus sounded the prescient warning.
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J. Phillip Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
Augusta
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Jock Hutchison
Fred McLeod
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Aiken K-9 Sandman joins public safety patrols
The Aiken Department of Public Safety debuts Sandman a Belgian Tervuren narcotics detector with handler Robbie Cue. Named after fallen Master Cpl. Sandy Rogers the dog marks a memory fundraiser led by Virginia Johnson who raised nearly 9000 through shirts decals and bracelets. Officials plan a fourth K-9 to cover all four shifts as Sandman works patrol and supports drug crime efforts.
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Sandman
Robbie Cue
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Sandy Rogers
Rogers
Virginia Johnson
Johnson
Aiken
Jack Rogers Tire
Charles Barranco
Aiken Public Safety
Area Deaths in Aiken and Wisconsin Notices
Obituaries list Artilee Butler, Carl Duane Kangas, Jean C. Deyo, LeAnn Derry Dragano, Okey P. James, and Teddy Franklin Roberts. Funeral notices appear in the Deaths and Funerals 6A section with hometowns including Aiken and Onalaska Wisconsin.
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Carl Duane Kangas
Aiken
Jean C. Deyo
Onalaska
Wis
LeAnn Derry Dragano
Okey P. James
Teddy Franklin Roberts
Roads to nowhere status of connector roads in Aiken
Maryan Schechter examines the long running effort to create Whiskey Road connector routes to ease traffic. The piece notes past discussions, funding from the State Transportation Infrastructure Bank, and a 2013 URS study on Dougherty Road as a cut- through from Silver Bluff Road to Whiskey Road, with City and County involvement and ongoing debates.
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Aiken
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Dougherty Road
Erty Road
Silver Bluff
Aiken County
URS Consultants
State Transportation Infrastructure Bank
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