The Aiken Sulky Races Set for March 30 at Aiken Mile Track
The Aiken Sulky Races sponsored by the Aiken County Shrine Club will be held March 30 at the Aiken Mile Track on Banks Mill Road with post time at 2 p.m. Gates open at 10 a.m. Proceeds benefit Shrine projects including the Crippled Children’s Home and Children’s Barn Center.
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Aiken County Shrine Club
Crippled Children’s Home
Children’s Barn Center
Chamber
Aiken Drug
Woodruff Drug
Leminick Pharmacy
Road potholes and layoffs hit South Carolina area
A TRIP survey ranks pothole density with Idaho and Washington lowest and DC highest. Ohio and several states report billions in pothole counts. In Greenwood, Union Carbide plans a 150 job cut at its electronics plant, citing market slowdown. the facility employs 500 making capacitors for computers and autos.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
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North Dakota
Florida
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Weather outlook sunny, cool nights precede warm weekend
The forecast calls for calm, cool tonight with temperatures in the upper 30s. Tomorrow will be sunny with a high in the 70s. A chance of rain exists for Wednesday and Thursday as a system approaches.
Balloon message travels from Milledgeville to Schofield student yard
Casey Gunter, a Schofield Middle School student, found a helium filled balloon in her yard on Friday. The balloon carried a message launched by Brooke Aileen Bellary of Northside School in Milledgeville, Ga as part of the Weekly Reader Writing Pals project to measure how far the message would travel.
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Casey Gunter
Casey
Schofield Middle School
Brooke Aileen Bellary
Northside School
Milledgeville
Soviet Kill of American Officer Sparks U.S. Protest
A reported Soviet killing of an American officer prompts the United States to file a serious protest. The scene references an event amid sporting crowds estimated around 9,000 at a Bayard Warren meet and a photo credit to Phil Jones.
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Ricky Hendricks
Bayard Warren
Saturcay’s
Phil Jones
Aiken Hunt
Heidelberg
West Germany
East Germany
United States
Potsdam
Berlin
Bonn
U.S. Army
West Berlin
German Democratic Republic
Thomas A. Homan
Washington
State Department
Britain
France
riders shine at Aiken Hunt Meet on Court Day
Jonathon Sheppard and Cathy Montgomery led strong showings at the 19th Aiken Hunt Meet at Clark Field. Montgomery rode Admiring Moses to a 46 second win in the William K Laughlin Cup then Arthur Pendragon for a Byers Plate together with Sheppard trained horses earning multiple top finishes and a Bosley Plate purse in a day of prize racing. The event was marked by a tragic breakdown when The Shaker fractured ligaments and was destroyed.
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Camden
Jonathon Sheppard
Sheppard
Aiken Hunt
Clark Field
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Montgomery
Moses
Admiring
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Nancy Lee Ellis
George Thomas
Admiring Moses
Arthur Pendragon
Delaware
Jonathon
George
Thomas
Janet Elliot
Ferm
Alias Smith
Syana
Viveca Graham
In Ferm
Jeff Teter
W.B. Cocks
Ulises
Saratoga Fun
Mr. Gonzalez
Miles Valentine
France
Valentine
England
Ireland
Ricky
Ricky Hendricks
King Moshoeshoe
Elliot
Shaker
Ford Conger
Aiken School Board to Recognize Winners
The Aiken County Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. at J. D. Lever Elementary School to honor winners of the Spelling Bee, the State Girls AAA Basketball Champions, and Mathcounty winners. It will review facility plans for 1986 87 to 1990 91, evaluate improvement council reports, and consider an incentive model for teacher evaluation to be sent to the State Department by April 1.
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Aiken
State Department of Education
EIA
Wood Stork Preservation Cost Per Bird Revealed
The federal plan to relocate 240 breeding wood storks for the Savannah River Plant L Reactor will cost about 13 000 per bird, with a 290 000 artificial feeding lake at Silver Bluff as mitigation. SRP and agencies aim to complete work by Oct 1 while preserving habitat and tracking bird habits.
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Steel Creek
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Energy Department
SRP
Millen
Audubon Sanctuary
Silver Bluff Plantation
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Columbia
Warren Parker
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