Harness Races Saturday at McGhees Mile
The Aiken Harness Races return Saturday with eight races including a first time purse for each race. Tim Hall notes record crowds and new features such as a starting gate and infield sponsor tent. Gates open 10 am with first post at 1 pm. tickets range 6 adults 3 children with under 6 free. Funds support the Pacer Club and USC Aiken athletics. contact Randy Warrick for details.
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Aiken
McGhees’ Mile
Tim Hall
University of South Carolina Aiken
Chamber of Commerce
Sas-Ora
Aiken Drugs
Woodruff Drugs
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Usca Athletic Department
Hall
USCA
Pacer Club
Randy Warrick
Deaths of Frances Boyd Aiken Hammonds Mayes and McClendon
Obituary notice lists Frances Mae Boyd Aiken Franklin Hammonds Zelma Mayes and Harmon McClendon among the deceased with connections to Blackville and Augusta.
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Frances Mae Boyd
Aiken Franklin Hammonds
Blackville
Zelma Mayes
Harmon McClendon
Augusta
Waste shipments from Los Alamos to WIPP could begin this fall
US District Judge John Gar ret Penn ruled that Savannah River Site may send TA.65-43 waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. The waste would undergo EPA and WIPP criteria checks before shipments start, with a possible start as early as this fall.
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Savannah River
New Mexico
John Garrett Penn
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Amorrow
WIPP
DOE
Panel pushes 10 percent tax on video gambling
A Senate Finance Committee plan would tax the $2 billion video gambling industry by allocating 90 cents of every dollar to gamblers and 10 cents to the state. The measure, backed by Sen. Ernie Passailaigue, would require machines to display only 90 cents per dollar and target revenue for state programs, though passage remains uncertain amid broader budget talks and other provisions.
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Columbia
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
State Revenue Department
House
Jim Hodges
Sper
Hodges
Ernie Passailaigue
Dcharleston
Passailaigue
Sen
Verne Smith
D-Greer
USCA stages abridged Alice in Wonderland
Alice and cast present an abridged traditional version of Lewis Carrolls classic at USCA with 11 speaking roles and five chorus parts. Clint McGuire directs while Stacie Rearden notes the play captivates with faithful, though condensed, storytelling and iconic scenes such as the white rabbit and mad tea party.
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USCA
Clint McGuire
Stacie Rearden
Sociologist faults Cumbee Center in killing case
Dr. Marti Loring testified in a 3.25 million damage suit that the Cumbee Center failed to prevent the death of Sebrenia Neal nine days after she fled there with her three children. She admitted not interviewing center staff but supported the plaintiff's claim the shelter's negligence enabled the tragedy.
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Cumbee Center
Marti Loring
Sebrenia Neal
Wearings
Neal
Aiken
George Neal
Mark Wilby
Loring
Law Office
Wilby
Beth McLeod
Dr. Loring
Mrs. Neal
Ms. McLeod
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Wwwalkenst
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Tommy Bowden
Wyatt Boyleston
IPTAY
SRS
Byron Baxley
Rick Ford
Department of Energy
US Environmental Protection Agency
Alice
Usca Stage
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Ginny Southworth
Matt Garland
Miesha Griffin
Miranda Spurgeon
Bobby LaBurtino
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