New Ellenton Christmas Parade Features Parachutists
The New Ellenton Christmas Parade runs at 10 a.m. tomorrow led by Sheriff-elect Carrol Heath as grand marshal. The Silver Bluff High School band and ROTC unit appear with about 27 units, including Miss Aiken County and the vnxieland De light Cloggers, church floats, Shrine club clowns, and parachute jumpers. The parade starts near the water tower, moves along Main Street, and ends after circling the town.
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Ellenton
W.R
Raymond) Seigler
Aiken County
Carrol Heath
Silver Bluff High School
Vnxieland Delight
Aiken Shrine Club
Main Street
Experts Disagree On Brown Dwarf Classification
New York AP report notes debate among astronomers over a recent object spotted outside the solar system. Some say it is a planet, others argue it is not, and all agree it is a brown dwarf with properties between planet and star.
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New York
Solar System
Weather outlook with fog risk and warm, unsettled days
Early morning drivers should beware fog tomorrow. Tonight is fair with a mid 40s low. Tomorrow reaches around 70 with partly sunny skies. The outlook for Sunday to Tuesday shows unusually warm patterns followed by a cooling trend and a chance of showers. Highs near 70 on Sunday and Monday.
Silent concert mishap at Mil lbrook Baptist Church
During a living Christmas tree performance organist Martha Cathcart faced a sudden silence when breaker boxes were altered during a church upgrade. A mystery remains over who turned off power to the organ as the church investigates. Five bags of marijuana tied to a marijuana trafficking trial are held by the Aiken County Clerk of Court with Solicitor Bob Harte joking they are not for a party.
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Millbrook Baptist Church
Martha Cathcart
Jim Rivers
Aiken County
Bob Harte
Plea Bargain Accepted in Coffield Case
Alvin Hugh Coffield 18 of Beech Island pleads to voluntary manslaughter for the Aug 23 shooting of Dr. John D. Gillam a North Augusta chiropractor Judge Rodney A Peeples sentences Coffield to 13 years plus 27 months for theft of Gillams 1979 Yamaha motorcycle Micheal Angelo Albee 16 North Augusta receives an undetermined sentence not to exceed six years for being an accessory to the felony after the fact The case cited homosexual and drug alcohol factors as part of the motive in court filings
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Alvin Hugh
Chip) Coffield
Rodney A. Peeples
Coffield
Beech Island
North Augusta
John D. Gillam
Dr. Gillam
Micheal Angelo Albee
Albee
Carroll Bryant
Bryant
Aiken County
Bill Weeks
Peeples
Prices Surge In November As Food Costs Jump
The Labor Department reports November wholesale prices rose 0.5 percent led by a 0.7 percent rise in food costs driven by meat. Energy and automobile prices also increased as the Producer Price Index shows continued annual gains, with beef, veal and pork posting notable jumps.
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Washington
Labor Department
Water system flushing at Silver Bluff High seeks to curb copper lead
Silver Bluff High warned parents about excess copper and lead in the drinking water after a district executive session. Superintendent Dr. Robert Paskel said the district is flushing all school taps daily as directed by DHEC and has notified students, staff, and families.
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Silver Bluff High School
H.A. Reeves
Board of Education
Robert Paskel
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Paskel
DHEC
Dr. Paskel
Talatha
Silver Bluff
Charities report rising donations across Aiken County drive
Aiken County residents boost holiday aid as donations grow for the Aiken Jaycees Christmas Shopping Tour and the Salvation Army Christmas Cheer Fund. Totals show Jaycees at 2039.25 dollars, Cheer Fund at 25502.03 with latest 2488.94, and Valley Empty Stocking Fund at 9559.79.
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Aiken County
Aiken Jaycees
Salvation Army
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Wal Mart
Citizens and Southern
Palmetto Federal Savings and Loans
Clearwater
Graniteville
Banker's Trust
Langley
Maj
Henry Russell
The
Salvation Amy
Jaycees
Mary Nye Holley
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New Ellenton
George Meares
Columbia
Tim Dominick
Paula B. Daniel
Fran Chapman
Katie G. Williams
Taylor Garnett
Vivian M. Tyler
Frederick E. Wellinger
William J. Tianey
Mildred Rabora
James R. Culbreath
Eliza Adkinson
Sidney Hartley
Frank B. Norman
Aubrey White
Carl A. Spencer
William A
Zon Williams
Richard G. Flynt
Charles F- Braun
Dennis B. Selby
Marguerite van Pelt George J Dell
A. Seat
Earl
Broorton
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