Northside vs Southside Complaints Stir Local Talk
Readers vent about Northside and Southside rivalries in Aiken County. Citizens endorse Michael Hunt for sheriff, thank him for preventing a peeping incident, and call for attention to murdered individuals deserving days. Other notes critique SCE&G billing and note SRS layoffs with contact details for comments.
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Michael Hunt
Pine Acres
Mobile Home Park
Michael
Hunt
Aiken County
Sellers
Aikenstandard
Aiken
Meteorologist visits North Aiken elementary class
WAGT News Channel 26 meteorologist Chris Maddox visited North Aiken Elementary School third graders with weather tools. He demonstrated an anemometer wind gauge thermometer and rain gauge and discussed Doppler radar and satellite tech noting a cold front may bring 36 degrees and gusty 20 to 30 mph winds with potential snow.
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North Aiken
Barbara Montgomery
Wagt News Channel 26
Chris Maddox
Montgomery
Channel 26
Charlotte Antaki
Maddox
Antaki
Mometer
Tennessee
Ginny Southworth
Puppetry program brings art and language to North Aiken second graders
Second graders at North Aiken Elementary participate in a puppetry arts residency led by Barbara Ashley known as Yostie. Students name puppets Mr Clownie and Mr Stripey and perform in a cardboard castle setting, guided by Yostie to boost oral language, cooperation, and writing in small group drama.
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North Aiken
Mr. Clownie
Mr Stripey
Barbara
Yostie
Ashley
Yosti
Hilton Head
Curtis
Dawkins
Ostie
Amber Quarles
K’lynn
Robinson
Graniteville man robbed by three men on Gregg Highway
A Graniteville man, Bobby Meyers Jr., 21, reported being robbed by three men after stopping on Gregg Highway to relieve himself. He said a man in a following car asked about car trouble, struck him, and stole about $70 in jewelry before fleeing. Call tips to sheriff’s office or crime stoppers.
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Graniteville
Gregg Highway
Aiken County
Sheriff's Office
Bobby Meyers Jr
Granite Drive
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Meyers
DeMint Charts Senate Bid In South Carolina Race
Rep. Jim DeMint of Greenville outlines a Republican campaign for the U.S. Senate, pledging term limits, backing Bush policies, and urging action on Iraq, taxation reform, education, jobs, and infrastructure. He stresses joint SC delegation lobbying for highway funding and urges Savannah River Site security to deter terrorism.
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U.S
Strom Thurmond
Ernest Hollings
Washington
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Jim DeMint
Greenville
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Charleston
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DeMint
House
Aiken
Congress
United States
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Georgia
Wen
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