White powder found at Aiken County School District Office
Aiken County Public Safety received an envelope with a white powdery substance at the Brookhaven Drive district office. FBI lab analysis will take at least 72 hours. offices are closed to most staff during this time while investigations continue and prior threats are not confirmed.
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Aiken Public Safety
Brookhaven Drive
David Turno
FBI
Turno
Augusta
Bill Gallman
Karen
Kdaily
Aikenstandard.com
Ginny Southworth
Bill Royster
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken County Public School District
Community thanks follow trick or treat event in Aiken
Readers praise downtown businesses for a well organized trick or treating night in Aiken with families enjoying Vortex laser tag and Gatewood subdivision candy handouts. They offer opinions on sports quotes and Halloween timing while urging editorial page changes. Comments invite readers to call or email Talkback.
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Vortex
Aiken
Gatewood Subdivision
Aikenstandard
Corrections Correct Polling Place and Candidate Omitted
The Aiken Standard notes omissions in Sunday and Monday editions. China Springs 11 polling place at St. Catherine's Orthodox Church 1470 Edgefield Highway was left off a list and Rep. Robert S. Skipper Perry was omitted from ballot information for House 81.
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Aiken Standard
China Springs 11
St. Catherine's Orthodox Church
Old Lions Club
Edgefield Highway
Robert S
Perry
Quilts on Display at Aiken County Museum
The 24th annual Pine Quilters Quilt Show opens at the Aiken County Historical Museum and runs through November 28. 81 quilts by county residents and guild members compete in 18 categories with awards for Best of Show and various quilting distinctions.
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Aiken County
Carolyn Miles
SBA offers disaster loans to ag- dependent Southeast businesses
The SBA provides economic injury disaster loans up to 1.0 million for small non farm businesses tied to agriculture in GA FL AL SC. Eligibility depends on business size and finances. producers themselves are excluded. Apply by May 31 2005 through SBA Disaster Area 2 in Atlanta with contact (800) 359 2227 or J C Lexow at aikenstandard com.
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Frances
Georgia
South Carolina
U.S. Small Business Administration
SBA
Southeast
U.S Small Business Administration
Baltimore Place
Suite
Atlanta
Florida
Alabama
Aiken
Allendale
Barnwell
Jasper
Farmers urged to idle fields for quail habitat in SC counties
The U S Department of Agriculture offers incentive payments to row crop farmers in Aiken and 17 other South Carolina counties to retire land from production for 10 years. Eligible fields between 45 and 120 feet wide on quail focus acres may be left fallow or planted with native grasses with rental payments plus a sign up bonus and cost share. Farmers should contact their local Farm Service Agency office for details.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Allendale
Bamberg
Barnwell
Orangeburg
USDA
Gibson Solomons
Aiken County
Farm Service Agency
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