Former Cumbee Center employee charged with embezzlement
Kimberly Anne England 42 of Martinez was arrested at her Georgia home after a warrant was issued and charged with embezzling more than 90 000 in public funds from the Cumbee Center. The nonprofit serves abused women and children across five counties and had not paid employee taxes per an IRS review.
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Kimberly Anne England
Old Salem Way
Martinez
Georgia
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Sgt
David Turno
Turno
Cumbee Center
Aiken
Allendale
Barnwell
Edgefield
Saluda
McCormick
Kay Mixon
Aiken Public Safety
IRS
Mixon
England
Lower gas prices offer little relief in Aiken
Fuel prices in Aiken dip to 1.71 to 1.74 per gallon for regular unleaded on the North and South sides. Residents like Fonda Perritt complain the fluctuation remains unpredictable and pricey, while others note cheaper stations across the river but at extra driving cost.
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Fonda Perritt
Windsor
East Pine Log Road
Perritt
North Augusta
Frank Peel
Aiken
Richland Avenue
Oompah Band Joins Aiken Brass Teat at Hopelands
The six member Aiken Brass performed four selections by the pond during the Hopelands Summer Concert Series. Tuba player Toby Marks lightened the mood with jokes despite a warning from his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginny Southworth
Greg Carter
Aiken Brass
Die Umpah Spielenas
Hopelands
Edge of the Pond
Toby Marks
Cancer Society and growers push tobacco buyout
The American Cancer Society partners with South Carolina tobacco farmers to press Congress for a tobacco buyout. A three day bus tour targets district offices as senators back a Senate plan allocating 12 billion for regulatory steps and quotas reform, paid by tobacco firms.
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Charleston
American Cancer Society
South Carolina
Congress
The
Cancer Society
Senate
House
Food and Drug Administration
Ernest “Fritz” Hollings
D-S.c
South Carolina Flue-Cured Tobacco Output Drops No
Flue cured tobacco in South Carolina totaled 63 million pounds in 2003, produced on 30 000 acres with a cash value of 115 million. The crop accounted for about 9 percent of state agricultural income and 26 percent of row crop income, concentrated in 15 Pee Dee counties as quota cuts since 1997 reshape production. Clemson Extension Services.
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South Carolina
ATC opens new programs as enrollments fill campus
Joyce Cassin celebrates finally earning an associate degree after 25 years as ATC welcomes about 2,500 students on the first day, including entrants to the health and science building. Dr. Susan Graham notes high interest in ATC’s expanded programs and facilities.
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Aiken Technical College
Joyce Cassin
Augusta State University
Cassin
ATC
Susan Graham
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Karen Daily
Erin Brooks
Matt Fields
York Street
Rudy Mason Parkway
Oompah
Teat of Aiken Brass
Hopelands Gardens
Hollings
S.C. Tobacco Production
Pee Dee
State
Clemson Extension Services
Rob Novit
Abby
LAW
Larry Colburn
Janie E. Hundrey
Waterloo
Joan Lind
Kathryn K. Ogletree
Ruth S. Poulson
Lona B. Robinson
Dennis A. Stanley
Christian C. Wilhelm
Mary Ann M. Steece
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