Local polo teams gear up for Round Robin tournament
Three local polo club teams sponsored by Biddle Realty, Security Federal and Burger King prepare for the first Round Robin Polo Tournament, the third leg of the Aiken Triple Crown. The names of participating players will be released Wednesday. The event at Powderhouse Field will include six chukkers per match with two intermissions and a bicycle polo demonstration for entertainment.
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Aiken
Biddle Realty
Security Federal
Burger King
Tom Biddle
Aiken Polo Club
Biddle
Ginny Southworth
Event at Powderhouse Field with 2 p.m. start
Gates open Saturday at 11 a.m. and the event begins at 2 p.m. at Powderhouse Field. Sunny forecast with highs in the mid 70s. General admission tickets cost 8 in advance or 10 at the gate. Tickets available at Aiken Drug Leminick's Pharmacy Odell Weeks Activities Center Floyd and Green Jewelers and USC Aiken Athletic Department.
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Powerderhouse Field
Aiken Drug
Leminick’s Pharmacy
Odell Weeks Activities Center
Floyd and Green Jewelers
USC Aiken Athletic Department
Water spray shields strawberries from spring frost risk
Local strawberry growers battle early spring frost by overnight water sprays to insulate fragile plants. Clyde Gurosik of North See Fruit notes ice layer can protect at the plant surface, but stopping spray below freezing risks evaporative cooling damage, while wind complicates efforts. William Bell comment hints at crop development progress.
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Augusta
William Bell
Calorie Restriction Extends Lifespan in Aged Mice
A study led by Stephen R. Spindler reports that strict low calorie diets increased life span by about 42 percent in 19 month old mice and slowed aging. Older mice on restricted calories lived longer than peers on standard diets, though not as long as those fed restriction since birth. The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and caution that human applicability remains unproven.
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Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Stephen R. Spindler
University of California, Riverside
Spindler
Council approves roll carts for trash service pilot
The Aiken City Council approved a six month pilot issuing 1,000 90 gallon roll carts to residents in Gatewood River Bluff Governor Aiken Park and Woodside Plantation. Participants must roll trash to the curb weekly and return carts behind their homes within 24 hours.
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Aiken
Larry Morris
Morris
Gatewood
River Bluff
Governor Aiken Park
Woodside Plantation
Court rules Choose Life plates unconstitutional in South Carolina
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously held that South Carolina’s anti abortion license plates violate the First Amendment by creating a forum for pro life views while excluding abortion rights supporters. The ruling upholds a December decision and the state plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Columbia
4Th
U.S Circuit Court of Appeals
South Carolina
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Louisiana
US. Supreme Court
Henry McMaster
U.S. Supreme Court
McMaster
Planned Parenthood
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
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Powderhouse Field
Lee Polo
Clyde Gurosik
Bill Bengtson
Bell Farms
Herlindo Garcia
Bernabé Palomino
Lucio Arellano
José Valeriano
Council
Abby
Daniel Willie Davis, William Bartram
Bart” Robeson, Greenwood
Peter Murphy
Charleston
Renee Carter
Pete
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