Draw Your Mom contest entries due Wednesday
Readers invited to submit drawings for the Aiken Standards "Draw your Mom" contest. Entry forms available at www.aikenstandard.com with a chance to win Taste of Home Cooking School tickets on May 14. Email to johnson@aikenstandard.com or mail to Aiken Standard 326 Rutland Drive, Aiken SC 29801. View submissions at focusonyou.aikenstandard.com.
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What is LEN and Standard Wiki explained in Aiken Standard
LEN stands for the Law Enforcement Network a collaborative effort of agencies in Aiken Barnwell and Bamberg counties. The LEN conducts traffic safety cliets year round with the latest LEN event held this past weekend. Pontiac lovers urged to send photos and short Pontiac stories for publication in the newspaper and online.
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Deaths and Funerals Notice Highlights Local Names
Mae Simmons Braswell of Gloverville Amy Simmons Parker of Harlem Ga Eleanor Rowland of Aiken Jessie Clifton Frog Spradley of Warrenville Elizabeth Smith of Monetta and Betty P Waters of Aiken are listed in today’s Deaths and Funerals brief with service details and funeral notices in 6A.
Four top coaches visit Aiken for campus appearances
Four prominent South Carolina coaches converge on Aiken tonight. Steve Spurrier and Darrin Horn join the USC Aiken event at the Convocation Center for the Aiken County Gamecock Club Spring Meeting, while Dabo Swinney and Oliver Purnell take part in Clemson activities at the Aiken Jaycees Building for Tiger Trek 2009. Tickets are selling fast as crowds are anticipated.
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Chris Fulmer
Gamecock Club
Blaze destroys log cabin home on Wire Road in Aiken
Firefighters battled a large two story log cabin on Wire Road 2258 in Aiken after a morning blaze rekindled multiple times. Crews remained on site past 1 p.m. and no one was home with pets outside unharmed. No nearby hydrants complicated water supply.
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Michael Gibbons
Clay Adams
Aiken County
Energy tax breaks struck down by South Carolina court
South Carolina’s supreme court ruled a law granting tax breaks for purchasing guns and energy efficient appliances unconstitutional. The act combined separate topics, failing the single purpose requirement, and also addressed selling gasoline without ethanol. The bill originated as an energy tax free month and later added a gun sales weekend and ethanol issue.
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Indoor debut of Hopelands concert series in Aiken
Heavy showers pushed the first Hopelands Summer Concert indoors to the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center gym. City official Alicia Davis noted strong turnout and flexibility for weather, with future concerts planned at Hopelands or Odell Weeks depending on conditions.
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April Bailey
Aiken
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