Giddings tops in primary spending in Aiken County races
Campaign disclosures show Susan Giddings spent 19,445.06 in district 2 with a runoff looming while Gregg Gregory and Jim Bland trailed. In District 5 Napier spent 1,275.75 to beat Baggott who spent 5,228.30. Charles R. Sharpe led House District 86 spending at 12,199.28.
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Aiken County
Susan Giddings
Council
State Ethics Commission
State House
Senate
Giddings
Gregg Gregory
Baggott
Bland
Gregory
Napier
Charles R. Sharpe
Burning precautions urged for outdoor fires in Aiken County
Aiken County fire officials urge caution with outdoor burning. Anyone burning outdoors must contact the Forestry Commission before burning and have a firebreak around the area. Stay with the fire until it is completely safe and report any suspected wild fires to 911 or the Forestry Commission Dispatch Center. Yard burning reports call 1-800-995-7057.
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Aiken County
8.C. Forestry Commission
911
Forestry Commission
Obituaries For Aiken Ridge Spring And Augusta Area
Death notices record Patricia Louise Ange Aiken David Clark Ridge Spring Howard Deer North Augusta Billy Gregory Augusta Jean M Hindmarch Aiken Hugh Thackston Beech Island Frank Trotter North Augusta obituary notices on page 2B detailing passings of local residents with brief funeral home notices and surviving family mentions.
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Patricia Louise Ange
Aiken
David Clark
Ridge Spring
Howard Deer
North Augusta
Billy Gregory
Augusta
Jean M. Hindmarch
Hugh Thackston
Beech Island
Frank Trotter
Lottery Cash Trio and Quad Draws Noted
Midday Cash 3 numbers 9 45. Evening Cash 3 numbers 23 5. Cash 4 draw 59 87. Pantany 8 34 8 11 listed.
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Cash
Pantany
Forest Fire Rages Near Belvedere Threatens Homes
A brush fire near Belvedere and Belvedere Clear Water Road burned about 50 acres and forced evacuation of four homes on Blanchard Road. Fire officials from multiple departments battled the blaze from 2:30 pm to after 5 pm as winds fanned flames toward residences.
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Blanchard Road
Belvedere
Clearwater Road
North Augusta
Pete Frommer
Aiken Department of Public Safes
Frommer
ADPS
Decision time near for store owners
South Carolina businesses face a week to choose between removing video gambling machines or halting alcohol sales. The Revenue Department will not refund poker machine licenses, with thousands of beer and wine licensees paying 4000 dollars per machine. Mike Fletcher, president of the Piedmont Coin Operators Association, questions the deadline and enforcement of a 1942 prohibition on gambling in alcohol outlets.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Revenue Department
Mike Fletcher
The
Piedmont Coin Operators Association
the Revenue Department
South Carolina video poker refunds denied to license holders
The department will not issue license refunds as operators can relocate video poker machines. About half of the states beer and wine licensees reportedly hold such machines. Refunds for $400 alcohol permits are only possible if the business closes. Daly Ward of the South Carolina Association of Convenience Stores criticizes the policy.
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Daly Ward
South Carolia Association of Convenience Stores
Salkehatchie youths repair homes in Aiken County
Sixty two South Carolina youths participate in the Salkehatchie Summer Service Project sponsored by United Methodist churches. The camp network includes 26 camps with over 1,800 participants statewide, teaching poverty awareness and teamwork as they repair five homes in Aiken County under adult leadership.
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South Carolina
Aiken County
United Methodist Churches
United Methodist
S.C
Neil Flowers
Horse Creek Camp
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County Line Fire
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Bridge
Abby
Salkehatchie
Gene Usher
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