South Aiken Swim Team Wins First Meet
South Aiken claims its initial swim meet victory by defeating Fox Creek High School in North Augusta as the Thoroughbreds mark a milestone. The campaign for road safety cuts fatalities from 28 to 17 with Law Enforcement Network pivotal to the decline. Tow trucks to lead funeral procession for Johnny Lee Funderburk, a former tow operator who died Saturday.
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Johnny Lee Funderburk
Funderburk
South Aiken
Fox Creek High School
North Augusta
The Truth about Hillary Clinton by Edward Klein
Aiken Standard presents a daily spotlight on literature with the discussion prompt focused on Edward Klein's The Truth about Hillary Clinton, inviting readers to reflect on the work and its themes in a high tech age.
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Aiken
Hillary Clinton
Edward Klein
Area Deaths Myra Knox Sheik Mahmood Derrick Martin
Death notices list Myra Ann Knox of Hilton Head Island Sheik Mahmood of Aiken Derrick L Martin of Aiken Mark Austin Mikell of Graniteville and Odebeil Williams of Trenton with funeral details in the 6B section.
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Myra Ann Knox
Hilton Head Island
Sheik Mahmood
Aiken
Derrick L. Martin
Mark Austin Mikell
Graniteville
Utility workers trek to aid Katrina relief across Gulf states
Scores of utility vehicles head west on I 20 from Aiken County to help restore power for two million people in Florida Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana. Aiken Electric Cooperative sent four employees and 12 contractors to Summerdale Alabama with 80 more from area co ops joining along with 200 contract workers planned to drive 140 heavy vehicles to Alabama. SCANA and SCE&G also dispatched crews to Florida and Mississippi as mutual aid networks mobilize across state lines.
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Aiken County
Gulf Coast
Electric Company
Midwest
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Aiken Elec
Tric Cooperative
Summerdale
Ala
Mobile
Muriel Carter
Lou Green
Electric Cooperatives of
South Carolina
SCANA
South Florida
Eric Boomhower
Sce&g
North Carolina
Maryland
Ohio
Massachusetts
Michigan
Oklahoma
Aiken County SAT scores rise at two schools
Two high schools improved their SAT scores while four others fell. South Aiken High School led with a 23 point jump to 1080 for the senior class, Silver Bluff and Aiken High also gained, while Wagener Valley Ridge Spring Monetta and Midland Valley posted declines.
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Jan Nashatker
South Aikien High School
Silver Bluff High School
Aiken High School
Aiken County
Aiken
Linda Eldridge
Eldridge
Wagener-Valley
North Augusta High School
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Gas prices set to climb after Katrina hits Carolinas
AAA Carolinas warns fuel costs will rise as Hurricane Katrina shuts refineries and oil wells. AAA projects as much as a 20 cent jump, with Labor Day travel depressed. South Carolina law bans unconscionable price gouging once a state of emergency is declared, defining it as prices grossly above the 30 day pre emergency average.
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AAA Carolinas
Carolinas
David E. Parsons
South Carolina
Henry McMaster
AAA
Aiken
Bpsta
Napier apologizes to voters over late voter registration
Aiken City Council candidate Rocky Napier issued a formal apology after revelations he registered to vote only in July of this year. He urged voters to focus on election issues, while critics questioned whether his public service offsets the lapse.
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Aiken
Rocky Napier
Napier
Andrew Marine
Aiken County
Republican Party
ACRP
Aiken Standard
Marine
Bob Botsch
USC Aiken
Botsch
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S.C. School Boards Association
Georgia
Krohne
Frank Roberson
SAT
Rob Novit
South Aiken High School
Mary West
Robert Daniel
Alica Revell
Sarah Kellner
Brent Hoover
David King
Bill Bengtson
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