Absentee Voting Hours In Aiken County Set For Tomorrow
The Aiken County Board of Voter Registration will be open tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for absentee voting for those working during polls hours. A supervisor’s note is needed for county workers who vote absentee, and a death in the immediate family within three days also qualifies. The Libertarian Party asked Rep. Butler Derrick to launch a full inquiry into the Bath waste incident, while thieves took $1,600 in musical gear from South Aiken Church God, with no arrests.
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Aiken County
Libertarian Party
Butler C. Derrick
Bath
Tom King
Libertarians
Derrick
Aiken
Horse Creek Valley
Rep
South Aiken
Young Georgia heart transplant recipient to go home today
18 year old Jumorris Landy, a recent non graduate of Aiken High School, is expected to leave University Hospital at noon after receiving a heart transplant two weeks ago for a viral infection that weakened his heart. Hospital PR says he is the state’s youngest heart transplant patient and he earned his diploma the day before the operation.
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Aiken High School
Jumorris Landy
Kristy Sample
University Hospital
Landy
Georgia
Sandy
Northern Peach Crop Should Reap Dividend
Spartanburg County agriculture officials project a peach harvest yielding more than 45 million dollars this year. County agent George Bowen says at least three fourths of a good crop is likely, with total local impact around 50 million dollars as profits boost chemical, fertilizer, fuel, and wage spending.
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Spartanburg
George Bowen
Clemson University Extension Service
Spartanburg County
South Carolina
Bowen
Max Lloyd
Clemson University
Agricultural Economics
Johnston Becomes Peach Crop Hub With Heavy Truck Traffic
The town nicknamed the wadh capitol of the world swells with diesel fumes as tractor-trailers idle along Main Street. Trucks crowd normally quiet routes, signaling a likely strong peach harvest this year.
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Johnston
Gubernatorial candidates rally in Aiken County race
Democratic contenders Hugh Leatherman and Phil Lader toured Aiken and North Augusta as they campaigned ahead of Tuesday's primary. Leatherman attacked the BTC program and tied Daniel to Ginn funding, while Lader urged focus on education environment and business climate. Both stressed trust, jobs, and long term solutions with Lader planning another statewide tour.
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Hugh Leatherman
Phil Lader
Aiken County
Leatherman
Aiken
Lader
North Augusta
Mike Daniel
Frank Eppes
Lrian U
North
Daniel
Hilton Head
Bobby Ginn
Gina
Btcs
BTC
Mike Dan
Iel
South Carolina
E Carolina
Win
Perry Fights To Maintain Century-Old Post Office
The Perry Post Office celebrates a 100th anniversary but faces contraction to a 8 am to noon weekday service under a Wagener contracted operation. Mail processing would move to Wagener, with bids due and Columbia notifying later this summer. The town, with 250 residents, views the office as a local institution in a largely residential area once thriving on railroad era activity.
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Ginny Southwort
Perry
Nancy Bradley
U.S. Postal Service
Theresa Bolin
Wagener
Ms. Bolin
Albert Brodie
Brodie
Fice
Columbia
John Benjamin Corbett
Emma Salley Corbett
Cline Sturkie
Wilma Sturkie
Miriam Collum
Nancy D. Bradley
Pelion
Corbett
Roberts Street
S.C. 39
Rosalee Blizzard
Salley
Aiken County
Two Saluda Democrats Vie For State House District 39
Saluda County voters duel in a Democratic primary with incumbent Larry E. Gentry facing Linda H. Boland for District 39 in the S.C. House. District 39 spans Saluda and parts of Aiken and Newberry counties as both candidates push for issues in law, justice, spending and economic development. Gentry emphasizes accountable government and job growth while Boland argues for public service for nonviolent offenders and reform of court processes. Both are married with children and bring long local ties.
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S.C. House of Representatives
Larry E. Gentry
Linda H. Boland
S.C. House
Saluda County
Aiken
Newberry
Gentry
Saluda
Gentry's Poultry Co. Inc
Boland
Columbia
S.C. Tax Commission
S.C. Tax Employees Association
Hew
South Carolina
Pye
Senate
Corrections and Mental Health
Barbara Ann Corley
Grizzard Charms Sold-Out USC Aiken Audience
Columnist Lewis Grizzard entertained nearly 700 people at Etherredge Center in Aiken in a fund raising program for the Aiken County Medical Association Auxiliary. His lively delivery drew laughs from doctors and others as proceeds support USC Aiken scholarships and women’s health seminars this fall.
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Aiken County Medical Association Auxiliary
Grizzard
Paz
USC Aiken
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