Aiken Soccer Cup finals draw 150 teams helping boost city
GASC Bulls Soccer Club Vice President Dean Van Pelt hailed the two day Aiken Soccer Cup finals a success as 150 teams from the Southeast competed over the weekend. About 25 teams reached finals and 25 champions were named amid sunny conditions with roughly 10 000 spectators. The event began in 1995 with 35 teams and has grown substantially.
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Dean van Pelt
Aiken
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USC Aiken Women’s Basketball Players Lead Youth Clinic
USC Aiken women’s basketball players hosted a skills clinic for over 40 children at a Christ Central Ministries event. The session showcased drills and tips from the team to young participants.
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USC Aiken
Christ Central Ministries
Local online poll opens with evening voting
Aiken Standard reports an online poll as of 8 p.m. Sunday inviting readers to vote in today’s poll on the website www aikenstandard com.
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AREA DEATHS LIST NAMES IN A TWO-CITY NOTICE
Deaths and funerals notice lists Fannie Etheredge of Aiken Mary Settles of Trenton Sister Mary Clement Fine of Charleston and Boyd W. Tyler of Aiken with service details to follow in 6A.
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Fannie Etheredge
Aiken
Mary Settles
Trenton
Sister Mary Clement Fine
Charleston
Boyd W. Tyler
Wreck causes power outage at Whiskey Road intersection
A two vehicle crash on Whiskey Road Sunday knocked down a utility pole and disabled traffic signals at the Whiskey and Athol intersection. The Ford Escort and Cadillac Escalade were involved. the Escort driver was cited for failure to yield. No serious injuries reported. Traffic was diverted for about an hour and crews worked into the evening to restore power and repair poles and signals.
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Whiskey Road
Whiskey
Athol Avenue
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Benjamin Clark
Lowe’s Home Improvement
Clark
Red Lobster
Bank of America
Lowe's
Public Safety
S.C. Department of Transportation
Jake Mahoney
Admin group to hear on process of reassessment
Aiken County Administrative Committee will meet at 6 30 p m at Aiken Electric Cooperative to hear Assessor Rick Jantzen discuss the reassessment process. Public questions follow his briefing. an earlier session drew hundreds, prompting a planned second meeting and a potential North Augusta open house on Sept 8.
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Aiken County
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Rick Jantzen
Jantzen
Scott Singer
Singer
Aiken Electric Co-op
Wagener Road
North Augusta
68-Year-Old Runner Reaches 35000 Miles Since 1977
Leighton McLendon, 68, marked mile 35000 in July after decades of running across sand, soil and pavement. He started in 1977 for his first marathon on Isle of Palms and helped found the Aiken Running Club. The Virginia Acres mile track, extended from a shorter plan, remains a popular city recreation site.
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Isle of Palms
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McLe
Jim Fixx
Ken Akin
Ken Cole
Aiken Track Club
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Aiken
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Virginia Acres
H. Odell Weeks
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