Auction controversy shadows Winter Colony estate bid
The Balcony at 836 Whiskey Road in Charlotte area faced an unsettled auction run by Grand Estates Auction Co. Allegations target a banned bidder allowed in and an opening offer that eclipsed all others. Jim and Melissa Oremus allege proper paperwork and a $50,000 cashier’s check should have barred such a sale.
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Girl Scout Cookie Drive Expands Across Aiken County
Aiken and Edgefield areas stock up with 758 cookie cases totaling 9 096 boxes as pre orders move to delivery. Troops plan four weekends of public sales at Kroger Walmart Aiken Mall Bi Lo and Lowe's while online orders grow. Prices stay 3 50 per box with campaigns for soldiers overseas underway.
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Abigail Miller
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Girl Scouts Highlight Values Beyond Cookies
The article centers on Girl Scouts stating cookies like Thin Mints and Caramel deLites are well known but the organization has much more to offer. Scouts Krohn-Vernon and Miller describe teamwork respect and sisterhood making them feel closer and supported.
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Aiken Girl Scouts
Victoria Warner
Mina Krohn-Vernon
Abigail Miller
Marissa Lee
City hears requests for l cent sales tax funding
At a special City Council session on Monday officials heard from SPCA USC Aiken The Family Y Galaxy Youth Center and the Center for African American History Art and Culture about adding their projects to a 1 cent sales tax funding list A public hearing is planned for March 1 at 7 p m to narrow the list for County submission The Aiken Railroad Depot project chose not to pursue tax funding and seeks other sources SPCA president Barbara Nelson asked 20 percent of 5 million for a new SPCA building while USC Aiken chancellor Dr Tom Hallman sought a 1 million pedestrian bridge with the city covering half the cost The article notes continuation on page 11A
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Danny McConnel
Deaths and Funerals 6A Calendar
Aiken Standard obituary calendar lists local deaths and funeral notices for individuals including Nicholas Adams Warrenville Joseph Ashley Jr Orangeburg Finley Bell Sr Barnwell Richard Emerson Bonnette Jr Columbia Earnestine K Garris Aiken Dorothy Hicks New Ellenton Dorothy Othello Cooney Simmons Augusta.
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Warrenville
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Orangeburg
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Barnwell
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Columbia
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Aiken
Dorothy Hicks
New Ellenton
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Cooney
Simmons
Augusta
Car thefts target parked vehicles in Aiken
Thieves cut catalytic converters from cars in Aiken, costing victims about 900 dollars per part plus labor. Three vehicles were hit since late last week, with two at the hospital and one at the mall. Scooter Hallman notes engines fail to run properly and check lights come on, amid louder operation.
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