Spring Steeplechase's 41st renewal highlights gallery and video
The article notes free online access to a photo gallery and Saturday video coverage of the Spring Steeplechase. It also mentions a military report on Pat Tillman’s Afghanistan death and a legislative plan to expand pre kindergarten in South Carolina, plus a history poster project by eighth graders.
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Afghanistan
South Carolina
Aiken Sertoma Club
Neighbors protest gun shop in Newberry Street home
Retired officer David Ciappio seeks a special exception from the Aiken Board of Zoning Appeals to run a home based and Internet firearms business selling to law enforcement. Neighbors fear crime and traffic, while Ciappio says alarms, off site safes, and limited police transactions would keep the home secure. The BIA meets today at 5 30 p m to consider the variance along with other home based business requests.
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Aiken
Colleton Avenue
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Josh Voorhees
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Community reacts to proposed home gun shop plan
Readers debate a BZA proposal by David Ciappio to run a gun shop from his home in Aiken County. Supporters cite convenience and safety while opponents raise concerns about local crime, neighbor disturbance, and zoning rules.
Meteorite hunt yields Earth rock as possible false clue
SREL geologist Chris Romanek checks a homeowner report of a rock on a roof near Hephzibah Georgia. He identifies the specimen as limestone and not a meteorite, noting meteorite findings are rare and many rocks are only meteor wrongs. The story references a pending report from Karin Waycaster whose grandmother found a rock in the 1970s.
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Chris Romanek
Romanek
University of Georgia
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
North Dakota
Hephzibah
Karin Waycaster
Waycaster
Southside Sam's Club site eyed for new shopping center
Chase Properties of Cleveland plans a 150000 square foot retail center on the Whiskey Road parcel once home to a Sam's Club. An anchor tenant is sought with up to 12 stores planned, with openings likely 18 months away. Wal Mart proposed the Sam's Club in 2006 but local opposition halted those plans.
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Chase Properties
Whiskey Road
Matt Wilson
Wilson
Wal-Mart
Council Rejects Zoning Change For Self-Storage Warehouses
Aiken City Council votes to deny a zoning amendment that would allow self-storage warehousing in Planned Commercial zones on the Silver Bluff Road property. Residents along Oriole Street urged denial citing safety and property value concerns, while opponents said the proposal favored a single developer.
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Aiken
David Miles
Augusta
Silver Bluff Road
Hitchcock Plaza
Miles
Oriole Street
Beverly Clyburn
Ene
Don Sprawls
Silver Bluff
Yvonda Bean
Whiskey Road
Millbrook Baptist Church
Talatha Church Road
Richland Avenue
Richland
McDonald’s
Powderhouse Landing
Powderhouse Road
Centennial Avenue
Centennial and
Corporate Parkway
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Ike” Bates Jr
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Tina” Tyler
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