Advocacy group backs one cent sales tax in Aiken County
Diana Floyd leads a grassroots group named 1 Cent Makes Sense to push a penny sales tax in the November election. The measure would raise about 125 million over 10 years to address facility needs at about 20 aging schools, with board members answering questions at the meeting and September info sessions planned.
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Tom Williams
Leland Reynolds
Diana Floyd
Aiken High School
Floyd
Aiken
South Carolina
Area Deaths Reported From Aiken Warrenton Entries
Death notices list Barbara T Hamm in Aiken Georgia Kelly Hiram Woodward of Aiken and Annas E Hobbs of Warrenton Georgia among area deaths. Funeral details appear in 6A Deaths and Funerals.
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Barbara T. Hamm
Aiken Kelly
Hiram Woodward
Aiken
Annas
E. Hobbs
Warrenton, Ga
Kevin Harvick headlines Ollies Bargain Outlet grand opening
Ollies Bargain Outlet celebrated its grand opening in Kalmia Plaza with NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick as a special guest. District manager Jeremiah Hetrick notes celebrity appearances are a regular feature to energize openings. Harvick, who finished second in the GoBowling.com 400 at Pocono, joins a lineup that has included Isaiah Thomas and Rollie Fingers at prior store launches.
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Ollie’s Bargain Outlet
Kalmia Plaza
Kevin Harvick
Jeremiah Hetrick
Ollie’s
Ollie
Isaiah Thomas
Rollie Fingers
Kasey Kahne
Harvick autograph event at Ollie's draws race fans
Kevin Harvick signed autographs at Ollie's grand opening in Aiken with shoppers gathering for photos. Passes began distribution at 7 30 a.m. and were gone before his arrival about 24 hours later. Harvick praised fans loyalty and turnout on a Wednesday morning. See HARVICK page SA.
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Kevin Harvick
Ollie
Aikenstandard.com
Harvick
Throwback Thursday recalls early computer delivery in Aiken
The Aiken Standard revisits 1969 when Farmers and Merchants Bank in downtown Aiken hauled a Burroughs computer to its second floor via crane after removing a window pane. Wade Brodie, then bank vice president, recalls the milestone that positioned the bank as the first in Aiken to go online and to digitize data.
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Wade Brodie
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Brodie
Aiken
Laurens Street
Park Avenue
Burrough
Farmers and Merchants
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Dede Biles
Bill Chandler
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Oiari
Bargain Outlet
John Melnick
Omar Segura
Thomas Fergueron
Gregg Padgett
Fred Settles
Jeremy Campbell
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