Unique gifts in downtown Aiken attract shoppers
Orlando Fernandez runs O&R Enterprises at 131 Laurens St offering one of a kind gifts. The shop features lifelike stuffed animals, personalized engravings and quick turnaround on custom items. Nearby Plum Pudding sells imported cheeses and wines as part of a local specialty‑goods cluster.
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Orlando Fernandez
Aiken
Laurens St
Fernandez
O&r Enterprises
Wal-Mart
Gants
Rita
O&r
Mike Enloe
Higher gas prices and traffic hit travelers this holiday
AAA Carolinas warns nearly 700,000 South Carolinians will drive 50 miles or more to destinations, about 4 percent fewer than last year, with gas prices running about 30 cents higher. The period is among the deadliest travel times, with 22 road deaths statewide last year and 8 highway fatalities during the holidays. Air travel rises as about 200,000 South Carolinians fly and 400,000 North Carolinians fly, a 4.6 percent increase.
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Columbia
AAA
Carolinas
Motor Club
Venezuela
Rag
David E. Parsons
The
Travel Industry Association
Family Y eyes new Aiken area location
The Family Y of the CSRA plans to open a YMCA in Aiken building on-site care for elementary students. Dan McConnell cites 5 to 6 years of interest and begins community meetings and surveys to gauge resident needs and involvement.
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Nue
Aiken County
Aiken
YMCA
CSRA
Dan McConnell
McConnell
Monetta resident tapped for health care task force
Monetta resident Power, former director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, was named to the health care task force created by Mark Sanford during the governor-elect transition. She also serves as senior consultant for Power and Associates, Inc. and previously held multiple state admin posts including chief of the Bureau of Health Services.
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Monetta
Monetta Resi. Power
S.C. Department of Health and Human Services
Mark Sanford
Power
Power and Associates, Inc
S.C Department of Social Services
Health and Human Services
Bureau of Health Services
Christmas computer gifts spread through local charity effort
Dianne Williams promised her son Justin a computer and received help from Eagle Scout candidate Andrew Beaty who collected donations for older machines. Beaty and sister Sarah, with Natasha Hoover, gave six computers to Aiken Middle students, with three more prepared for donation. Community support overwhelmed the effort as more donations are sought.
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Dianne Williams
Justin
Williams
Aiken
Andrew Beaty
Sarah
South Aiken High School
Aiken Middle
Renee Beaty
Diane Williams
Wyleney
Royal
Andrew
Beaty
Aiken High
Natasha Hoover
Bruce
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Nas
South Carolina
New Aiken-area
Rob Novit
Suse
Sanford
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Lee Monetta
Rea
Wiylencyia Royal
Sarah Beaty
Wylencyi
Abby
Herman “Denny” Fulmer
Lainesvile
Ellen Martin Garvin
Ravenel
James Eldie Henson
Slovervile
Jax Jimmy” H. Sleeves, Alien
Hattie Watson
Watson
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