22 Dec 2006
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 2006
Page
1
South Aiken High School seeks to defend its turf title as the Thoroughbred Classic begins. The team advances in the tournament with hopes of winning their own event tonight.
Area deaths include Jey Fallon and Esther Hay Mobley, along with Hilda Gertrude Kohn York in a local obituary roundup. Funeral notices list service details and family references for these and other residents.
G Force Cable customers face delays in upgrading to HD as Atlantic Broadband took over operations in Aiken on November 1. Motorola converter boxes, priced at $500, are sold out with no firm arrival date, and factory shipments are uncertain possibly pushing waits to February. Sam McGill, G Force General Manager, says inventories disappeared and he cannot estimate a completion time.
HDTV offers higher picture quality with clearer images smoother motion and richer colors. Some residents can reach HD broadcasting via satellite or special receivers while local stores sell HID antennas from 79 to 399 to enable reception. Indoor and outdoor models available for antenna placement. HDTVs still receive conventional programming.
New York viewers note Christmas evolved from a colonial quiet time to a retail orgy. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1850 quote is cited and historian Stephen Nissenbaum traces it to the 1820s New York City origins. The piece links Saturnalia roots and a longstanding pattern of commercialization across generations.
At the first annual MADD Candielight Vigil in Aiken County mourners lit candles for drunken driving victims. Edie Graham recalled her son Gary Lee Graham Jr., 18, killed March 2005, with others remembered including Christy Gore and Nathan Hutto. A poster of the victims stood at the Public Safety courtroom as coroner Tim Carlton noted 31 traffic fatalities in the year, with 60 to 70 percent alcohol or drugs involved.
With only three days left until Christmas many tree lots have packed up leaving families to search harder for a tree. Rick's Produce on Whiskey Road will stock until Saturday offering 30 percent off with trees priced at five dollars each.
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