Budget crisis dominates legislature as deficit looms
Aiken County lawmakers open the 2008 session facing a potential $500 million shortfall, with cuts already in place and education health care and corrections on the table. Leaders push for fiscally cautious action, nonpartisan cooperation, and protecting vulnerable groups while considering a tobacco tax and Internet sales to close the gap.
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Aiken County
S.C. General Assembly
Roland Smith
Warrenville
House
Senate
Columbia
Bill Clyburn
Daiken
Clyburn
Health and Human Services
Department of Corrections
Tommy Moore
D.clearwater
South Carolina
Skipper Perry
R-Aiken
Mark) Sanford
Jim Hodges
Smith
Si Perry
Department of Social Services
Perry
Sanford
Moore
Citizen Thanks Leaders for Social Security Raise
An elderly resident in an American city expresses gratitude to Washington leaders for a $7 Social Security increase while noting a $3 cut to food stamps. The speaker projects future totals and hails the country and city in a brief public note.
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Osemees JS
Washington D.C
No Number Should Ever Be Put On A Childs Life
Reader letter disapproves ranking a murder case as a top story arguing that no life, especially a child’s, should be given a number. Callers urged to contact clergy about church issues and thanks to contributors noted.
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Jessi Carpenter
Camellia Show Set for Jan 19 20 at Aiken Mall
The 50th annual Aiken Camellia Society show runs January 19 and 20 at the Aiken Mall. Growers from the eastern United States will display hundreds of camellia specimens from the Carolinas Georgia Pennsylvania and other states. A bonsai display by Fred Wieland is planned and Ikebana International will participate. Details from Lee Poe 648 3249 and Paul Dahlen 641 8339.
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Aiken Mall
Aiken Camellia Society
United States
Carolinas
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Fred Wieland
International Camellia Society
China
Japan
Ikebana International
Lee Poe
Paul Dahlen
Aiken man sentenced to 111 months in federal prison
Kyle Harrison, 24, was sentenced to 111 months in prison after pleading guilty in Columbia federal court to possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and using a firearm in furtherance of a drug offense. He also gets five years supervised release and a $200 assessment.
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Kyle Harrison
J. Strom Thurmond Jr
Cameron McGowan Currie
Harrison
Columbia
Local couple denies defamation suit in Aiken Circuit Court
Gloria Leevy represents Dennis and Regina Harshman in an answer filed Friday seeking dismissal under the Frivolous Civil Proceedings Sanctions Act. Cook accuses the couple of making false statements after a 2001 incident at St. Mary’s Help of Christians School involving their seventh grade son and a class discussion labeling him Negroid.
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St. Mary's Help of Christians School
Gloria
Leevy
Dennis
Regina Harshman
Jean Cook
Aiken
Cook
St. Mary’s Help of Christians School
Harshmans
Cok
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