Winds Stiffen Fire Danger Says Forestry Commission
The South Carolina Forestry Commission urges extreme caution with yard burns as high winds raise fire risk. David Widener reports 37 February fires burning 275 acres with over $7,000 in damage, fourteen prosecutions, one jail, and $750 in fines to date. February last year had 25 fires and 59 acres.
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Hartnett Challenges Hollings On Line-Item Veto Issue
Hartnett accuses Sen. Hollings of backing the veto in rhetoric but opposing it in the Senate. Hollings touts his version of the line item veto and says he can win bipartisan support. He cites past votes and notes the potential $7 billion in taxpayer savings from expanded fee power.
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Ernest F. Hollings
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George Mitchell
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Heist provides wacky bank robbery farce at USC Aiken
The 33th annual Aiken Heart Board benefit show The Heist opened at the Etherredge Center with a comic bank robbery plot. Cast includes Karen Edwards George Gilmer Jim Shaw Randall Cowart and Diane Minnard plus musical numbers. Proceeds support the American Heart Association research.
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Aiken Heart Board
Etherredge Center
Jim Moore
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USC Aiken
Jeannie Muir
Karen Edwards
George Gilmer
Jim Shaw
Randall Cowart
Wildlife group canvassing in Aiken for memberships
The South Carolina Wildlife Federation outreach arm is canvassing in Aiken County door to door to enroll members in the state wildlife and habitat preservation group affiliated with the National Wildlife Federation. spokesman Tom Fornash says funds support environmental legislation and seminars, and volunteers carry $29 memberships with the CCC. For two weeks, canvassers will operate in Aiken, North Augusta, and surrounding areas, with IDs available from volunteers or law enforcement.
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Aiken County
Tom Fornash
National Wildlife Federation
Fornash
General Assembly
Citizen Conservation Campaign
Honest stranger returns lost purse to grateful owner
Mariann Ogilvie, exhausted after caring for a sick child and a long day, forgot her purse at Wal Mart. Cheri Hicks found it in the parking lot, kept the checkbook to retrieve the owner's name, and returned the purse without taking a reward, stating she acted as a Christian.
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Mrs. Ogilvie
Evans
Wal Mart
Cheri Hicks
Slump in business grounds airport hub plans
A statewide business downturn halts talks of locating a regional airport hub in the Midlands. The State Development Board cites the weak economy while officials say discussions could resume when conditions improve. Grounded carriers and a withdrawn $50 million terminal authorization strain funding amid prison, Hugo debt, and Education Improvement Act costs.
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State Development Board
Curt Cottle
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Eastern
TWA
Pan Am
Carroll A. Campbell Jr
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