Burnettown to test electronic voting device in election
Aiken County official Stuart Bedenbaugh says the electronic eState system may end punch card balloting and represent the future of voting. The Burnettown special council election on Tuesday will test a touch wheel ballot that highlights candidates or amendments and is handicap accessible.
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Aiken
Stuart Bedenbaugh
Burnettown
Bedenbaugh
Didate
South Carolina
State Election Commission
Harris County
Texas
Hart Intercivic
Florida
Hard lesson for LMMS teachers on disadvantaged students
Local LMMS teachers took a 90 minute bus tour from North Augusta toward Pine Log Road to observe contrasting living conditions in Aiken County. The trip aimed to show the realities many students face, from meals at school to long bus rides and sparse homes, prompting reflection on classroom approaches.
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Leavelle McCampbell Middle
Aiken County
LMMS
Sue Gratop
Kay Powers
North Augusta
Edgefield County
Pine Log Road
Aiken Elementary
Gratop
Scott Webster
Cecil Atchley
Leavelle-McCampbell Middle School
Area leaders regret mail reimbursement scandal
House Speaker David Wilkins ended a year-old policy reimbursing bulk mailings amid a controversy over postal funds. Many lawmakers returned payments. 68 members were paid 124 398 dollars for bulk mailing though most did not spend. The House committee recommended rescinding the bulk mail rule.
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David Wilkins
Aiken County
Wilkins
House
Rick Quinn Jr
R-Columbia
Prison fugitive caught after mall chase in Aiken
Jody Raymond Cates 24 of Whadden Road, North Carolina, fled a Dillard's theft scene in a stolen Nissan Altima beginning at the Aiken Mall. Deputies pursued through College Acres, he ditched the car on Spencer Drive and fled into the woods. Cates, an escapee from New Hanover County DOC, is held awaiting extradition after two shoplifting counts and vehicle theft charges.
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North Carolina
Aiken Mall
Aiken County
Sheriff’s Office
Dent Jody Raymond Cates
Whadden Road
Dillard’s
College Acrés
Spencer Drive
Sheriff's Office
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Cates
Rocky Mount
N.C
Aiken County Detention Center
Planning Underway for Hampton Terrace Days 2002
NORTH AUGUSTA planning advances for the Hampton Terrace Days festival with Jerry Croom as chairman. The event honors the Hampton Terrace Hotel destroyed by fire on January 1, 1917, and runs April 19-21, 2002. Exhibitors are invited to sign up by calling 279-2255.
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North Augusta
Jerry Croom
Hampton Terrace
Carolina Avenue
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Warrenville
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