Aiken Standard Garden Produce Contest Seeks Big Tomatoes
The Aiken Standard invites gardeners in Aiken County to enter a summer produce contest featuring tomatoes, cucumbers, and yellow squash. Bring produce to 326 Rutland Drive NW for weighing. prizes: $75 for first, $50 for second, $25 for third per division. Deadline July 25. Participants may have photos taken and top winners printed.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
N.W
Obituary Notices From Multiple South Carolina Communities
Betty Ward Coleman of North Augusta Robert M. Broanwell of Chapin Carrol F. Mcintosh Sr. Ken Dolly T. Shurtness of Lake Murray are listed in obituary notices for 5A.
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Betty Ward Coleman
North Augusta
Robert M. Broanwell
Chapin
Carrol F. Mcintosh Sr
Ken Dolly T. Shurtness
Lake Murray
Independence Day Traditions Bring Families Together in South Carolina
North Augusta residents Pete and Maggie Talbert host an informal annual reunion for seven years with pork chops hot dogs burgers and chicken on the grill. The gathering emphasizes family unity and spirituality alongside holiday celebration. In Aiken, Brian Carter born July 4 in Vietnam inspires a birthday cake yearly by his wife Nanci for seven years with red white and blue icing from his mother.
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America
North Augusta
Pete
Maggie Talbert
Brian Carter
Vietnam
Nanci
Jake
Chad
Brian
Rain Sets Up Dry Independence Day Festivities
Rain eased just enough to leave Independence Day celebrations largely dry. Meteorologist Bob Kurzeja of the Savannah River Site Weather Center says the ground should dry by tomorrow morning. Some outlying Aiken areas still show a rainfall deficit, with A Area gauges recording 23.2 inches year to date.
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Bob Kurzeja
Savannah River Site Weather Center
Aiken
SRS
Aarea
Four Die On Fourth Of July Holiday In South Carolina
The Fourth of July holiday period saw at least four traffic deaths across South Carolina. A 15 year old Lancaster girl Nicole Renee Flynn died when her moped collided with another vehicle. Other fatalities included Larry Edward Stanley 51 of Spindale North Carolina Timmy Albert Branham 24 of Greeleyville and LaDonna Marie Dunbar 14 of Sacramento California. Police say the girl’s father fell asleep behind the wheel. The Associated Press cites police reports from 6 p m Tuesday to midnight Thursday.
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Lancaster
South Carolina
Nicole Renee Flynn
Cherokee County
Larry Edward Stanley
Spindale
N.C
Clarendon County
Timmy Albert Branham
Greeleyville
LaDonna Marie Dunbar
Sacramento
Calif
Spartanburg
Associated Press
Pine Log Road widening on schedule for bypass final leg
ADAM Statie reports Pine Log Road widening in Aiken continues with final bypass leg under way. Surface pavement from Banks Mill to Powderhouse expected by month end. completion anticipated no later than next spring. Road realignment improves at grade crossing near railroad and connects U S 78 with S C 302.
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Aiken
East Pine Log Road
Jeff Parker
S.C. Department of Transportation
Parker
Banks Mill Road
Powderhouse Road
U.S. 78
Wire Road
Wrights Mill Road
Wilow Run Road
Old Wagoner Road
Rutlandrive
York Street
Aong 1St Wrights
Philp Lore
Pine Log
Powderhouse Roads
Gas prices fall across Carolinas with further drops predicted
Gasoline costs ease across the Carolinas as prices drop about 16 cents from a month ago and 3 cents since Monday. In Charlotte regular now averages 1.38 a gallon and South Carolina at 1.34. Analysts say ample supply and rising inventories could push prices toward 1.25, with OPEC keeping output steady.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
South Carolina
Tom Crosby
Energy Department
Gary Harris
N.C. Petroleum Marketers Association
OPEC
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Amy Thoerner
Laurens Street
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the Depot
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Exxon Richland
Alken
Richland
Unity
Alsia
Akan Percy Et
Aon
Depot Wiakey Powderhouse
Aken
Jackson
Exxon New
S.C
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