Change of venue for Tuesday Republican primary
Aiken County voters in Wagener Precinct 39 will cast ballots at A. L. Corbett Middle School due to Wagener Salley High School renovations. The lone Republican race is for County Council chairman with Ronnie Young, Tommy Knotts, and Philip Magee contesting. A public test of voting machines will be at 5 30 pm Friday at the County Council building for candidates, their representatives, and the public.
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Wagener
A. L. Corbett
Stuart Bedenbaugh
Aiken County
Bedenbaugh
Corbett School
Wagener-Salley High School
Ronnie Young
Tommy Knotts
Philip Magee
County Council
Aiken County Council approves land purchase at Lanley Pond
The Aiken County Council, by 7 votes to 2 with one abstention, approved buying 10 acres at Lanley Pond. Lombard Corp. partner Don Houck said the firm may donate the pond later. Opponents urged more recreational plans elsewhere and one member abstained due to lack of notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Lanley Pond
Don Houck
Lombard Corp
Lombard
United Merchants and Manufacturers Co
Willar Hightower
Kathy Rawls
Hightower
Deaths and Funerals Notice Hits Regional Listings
Fannie Mae Butler of Trenton cremated by Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home. Ernest Elmore Bryant of North Augusta services by Rowland Funeral Home. John R. Kendall of Belvedere arrangements by Rowland Funeral Home. Carrie B. Milhouse of Salley services by Fulmer’s Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Mae Butler
Trenton
Jackson-Brooks
Ernest Elmore Bryant
North Augusta
Rowland
John R. Kendall
Belvedere
Carrie B. Milhouse
Salley
Fulmer
Carolina Bay Nature Reserve aims to stay natural
The Carolina Bay Nature Reserve near Price Avenue preserves a six to seven acre isolated wetland. Lee Dane of the Aiken County Open Land Trust notes the bay hosts unique flora and fauna not found in other bays and plans to donate the land to the city with a conservation easement after purchase. The project has started with a $60,000 city contribution and about $130,000 still owed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Avenue
Carolina Bay
Virginia Acres Park
H. Odell Weeks Center
Lee Dane
Aiken County
Aiken
Supreme Court to decide fate of video gambling ban case
The South Carolina Supreme Court will decide whether a July 1 blackout on video gambling can proceed. Westside Quick Shop Inc and Winner's Pot of Gold Hot Spot Inc claim the ban violates property rights and equal protection. The suit, filed in Greenville, seeks to keep the industry alive and asks the high court to assume jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
State Supreme Court
Robert Stewart
Charlie Condon
High Court
Westside Quick Shop Inc
Greenville County
Winner's Pot of Gold Hot Spot Inc
Hartsville
Phelix
Ree Byrd
Victor
Rawl
Charleston
Greenville
Condon
Stewart
Syster
George M. Hearn Jr
Conway
Video poker parlor sues to collect IOU and fees
American Amusement of Aiken Inc. seeks more than 320000 from Rose Bass in a civil suit backed by a promissory note signed October 1997. Bass allegedly promised to repay 216761 dollars at 2400 per week from video game revenues at Main Event and Melrose I outlets. The state revenue department notes the corporate account was closed in August 1997 and could not identify company contacts.
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American Amusement of Aiken Inc
Rose Bass
Bridgewater Dr
Augusta
State Department of Revenue
American Amusement
Revenue Department
American Amusement Claims
Bass
Melrose I
Ms. Bass
Invader from alien turf eyed by state and federal agencies
Aiken County backs efforts to curb a tropical soda apple weed named solanum viarum Canal. Clemson Extension leads the local battle against a pest described as worse than kudzu, with a map showing counties Bamberg Beaufort Colleton Dorchester Edgefield Greenwood Jasper Saluda affected, and warnings that seeds move via hay and manure. The plant, native to Brazil and Argentina, grows three to six feet tall with thorny leaves and five-petal white flowers, and has already spread from Florida into multiple southern counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Clemson University Extension Service
Tom Wilkinson
Clemson
Department of Plant Industry
Florida
South America
Bamberg
Beaufort
Colleton
Dorchester
Edgefield
Greenwood
Jasper
Saluda
Aiken
Brazil
Argentina
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By Carl Langley
Council
Abby
Scott Webster
Carolina Bay Nature Reserve
Noth Allea
Kudzu
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