Aiken Weekend Racing and Hall of Fame Events Listing
Schedule notes multiple events across Aiken including road races at H Odell Weeks on Whiskey Road, harness at Aiken Mile Track on Banks Mill Road, trials at Aiken Training Track on Two Notch Road, Hall of Fame induction at Hopeland Gardens on Sunday, March 15, and hunt meet at Clark Field on Powderhouse Road. Heavenly Cause will be inducted during the Hall of Fame ceremony.
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H. Odell Weeks
Whiskey Road
Aiken
Banks Mill Road
Two Notch Road
Racing Hall of Fame
Hopeland Gardens
Heavenly Cause
Aiken Recreation Department
Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken Track Club
H.O. Weeks
Aiken Jaycees
Hall
Henry D. Paxson
Aiken Hunt
Aiken Sertoma Club
Clark Field
Powderhouse Road
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Laurens St. N.W
Lionel Smith Ltd
Aiken Drugs
Woodruff Drugs
Leminicks Pharmacy
F&m Bank
Bankers Trust
Williams-Skeen Realtors
Town Creek Church renovations prompt kindergarten rumor
Aiken residents misread signs and a missing steeple as Town Creek Baptist Church going out of business while renovations begin in the sanctuary. The scene included observers and comments from local figures about a watch clasp and a university arts program.
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Seth Anderson
Aiken
Town Creek Baptist Church
Seth
Inside Today Aiken County Classifieds and Comics
Aiken County section highlights classifieds and comics. Community calendar and Dear Abby columns appear alongside editorials Erma Bombeck pieces and obituaries. Our Businesses and sports items plus weather wrap the daily pages.
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Aiken County
Abby
Erma Bombeck
Curtain Rises Saturday On Young Aiken Horses
Harness races open the 10th annual event at Aiken Mile Track on Banks Mill Road with nine races beginning at 2 pm. Two notable horses include Iselin who has earned over 100000 dollars and a trotter named Scully.
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Aiken Mile
Aiken Mile Track
Banks Mill Road
Aiken County Shrine Club
James Larente Jr
Scully
Larente
Iselin
Aiken Council Eyes 270000 Auditorium for USC Aiken Center
Aiken County Council plans to vote tonight on a 270000 dollar request from the Aiken County Higher Education Commission to fund a 700 seat auditorium for USC Aiken Fine Arts Center in LCUMVL. A majority of members oppose funding per a poll reported by the Aiken Standard.
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Aiken County Council
Usc-Aiken Fine Arts
Aiken County Higher Education Commission
University
Lcumvl
Jy the
Aiken Standard
Mattie C. Hall
Aiken Community Hospital
Council
Richland Ave
New Ellenton Council Lifts Town Curfew
The New Ellenton Town Council voted five to one to lift the midnight to 6 a.m. curfew for those under 21. The curfew followed vandalism in December. Mayor Langley imposed the curfew after his 1973 Cadillac was burned Dec 29, 1980. The council also authorized a HUD home renovation project contract and hired Paul Parker to fill a police vacancy.
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New Ellenton
Carl E. Langley Jr
Aiken County Planning Commission
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Paul Parker
Worked Up
Residents of College Acres face $100000 in street and drainage improvements after the state takes right of way cutting mature trees and piling dirt on Lander Lane and Winthrop Drive. Neighbor James Bunch criticizes the plan while Cole Page of the Aiken District Highway Department says work will restore area to normal in weeks.
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College Acres
Lander Lane
Winthrop Drive
James Bunch
Bunch
Cole Page
Aiken
State Highway Department
Page
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Don Guerrettaz
Archie Jordan
Jordan
Ronnie Milsap
Donnie Carroll Cooper
Donnie
ACH
John Strickland
Howard Miller
Dick Paoletti
Miller
John Waugh
N.C
Usc-Aiken
S.C. Chamber Orchestra
USC
Frank Borkowski
Kay Borkowski
Anthony F. Petrina
Elizabeth Harrington
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