Downtown Cruise-In Draws Record Crowds in Aiken
Unseasonably warm weather drew hundreds to the Aiken Horsepower Association's Laurens Street event. More than 100 entries included a 1995 Mustang convertible slated to be given to a grandson. Proceeds from a 50/50 raffle and silent auction supported the Cumbee Center for Abused Persons.
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Aiken
Aiken Horsepower Association
Laurens Street
Barbara Gunter
Aiken Horsepower
Walter Allen
Bentley Bowman
Allen
Myrtle Bodiford
Terry Babbitt
Bodiford
Farwell Clinic
Aiken Brewing Company
Cumbee Center
Gunter
Erin Brooks
Ebrooks
Aikenstandard
Ginny Southworth
HOT Wheels
Aiken Golf Club marks five year renovation anniversary
Jim McNair Jr and Brent McGee led a four year renovation of the Highland Park Hotel Golf Course starting in 1996. The project updated greens bunkers drainage and clubhouse additions including Legends Grill. The refurbished course reopened in late December 1999 and was named one of the state’s top new or renovated courses in 2000.
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Jim McNair Jr
Highland Park Hotel
Aiken Golf Club
McNair
Brent McGee
Legends Grill
Highland Park
Seven New Year fatalities statewide in South Carolina
Aiken County reported no traffic fatalities over New Year weekend while statewide seven deaths were logged by the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The previous year saw twelve deaths during New Year weekend, with one local casualty a 16-year-old boy, James P. Mumford III, from Jackson, who died on Michael Murray Farm Road when a 1996 Saturn crashed and overturned.
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Aiken County
Tim Carlton
Carlton
South Carolina Highway Patrol
South Carolina
James P. Mumford III
Jackson
Michael Murray
S.C. Highway Patrol
Aiken Driving Club Hosts Holiday Weekend Drive
The Aiken Driving Club held a weekend ride through Hitchcock Woods to kick off the new year. President Mel Goble described monthly events and noted a Blessing of the Carriages. The ride allotted about 90 minutes to two hours.
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Aiken Driving Club
Aiken
Hitchcock
Ginny Southworth
Sugar and Spice
Hitchcock Woods
Government funds faith based groups eclipsing one billion
In 2003 the U.S. government directed more than 1 billion dollars to groups labeled faith based. Some grants supported prayer and spiritual guidance while others funded secular missions, with several nonreligious organizations appearing on the AP list.
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Washington, D.C
Associated Press
Faith Based Funding Controversy Over 2003 Federal Grants
A government program distributed about 1.17 billion dollars in 2003 to faith based groups, but some recipients reject the faith label or dispute the funding approach. Officials defend the policy as aimed at social services, while critics push for separation of church and state.
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Abby
Acca
Charlotte M. Brinke
Susan Arysetta Cudiipp
Grady Livingston Sr
Salley
Aik
Mumford
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