Surprising Write-In Votes Highlight Aiken County Balloting
Aiken County voters cast write-ins across races with quirky names appearing alongside real candidates. Incumbent Tommy Knotts won the Soil and Water Conservation District seat with 188 votes amid more than 3,000 write-ins. official records will only count names with at least 25 votes in each race.
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Mickey Mouse
Paris Hilton
State House
Don Knotts
Aiken County
Aiken
Stuart Bedenbaugh
Clark Smith
Aiken Driving Club 23rd Fall Invitational Carriage Drive
The Aiken Driving Club hosts its 23rd Fall Invitational this Saturday at 10 30 a.m. starting from Winthrop Field with 16 carriages led by Katrina Beckers four in hand Warmbloods and Walter Shrenberg. A casual drive follows Sunday at Silver Bluff Audubon Center starting 11 a.m.
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Aiken Driving Club
Winthrop Field
Katrina Becker
Walter Shrenberg
Joanne Goble
ADC
Rob Shellhouse
Lilly
Sandy Randall
Goble
Earl Simmons
Laurens Street
Aiken
Sivier Bluff Audubon Center
Joan Winslow
Silver Bluff Audubon Center
Sanctuary
Beech Island Woman’s Death Ruled Self-Inflicted
The 28 year old Andrea M. Bozarth was found dead in a vehicle behind her Beech Island home. An autopsy confirmed a single gunshot to the chest and the death was ruled a death by own action. Her boyfriend John M. Millitt reported an argument the night before.
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Beech Island
Aiken County
Tim Carlton
Andrea M. Bozarth
Wesley Drive
John M. Millit
Michael Frank
Sheriff’s Department
Millitt
Bozarth
Millit
Aiken
Karen
Kdaily
Aikenstandard
Dawn Walk at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park will hold a Dawn Walk on Saturday at 6 a.m. The event costs 3 for members and 5 for non members. Call 706 828 2109 to register or for more information.
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Phinizy Swamp
Aiken Community Playhouse Youth Wing Meeting
The Aiken Community Playhouse Youth Wing will meet Saturday from 1 to 2 30 p m at the Aiken Community Playhouse. For more information call 648 1438 or visit the web site.
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Aiken Playhouse
Aiken Community Playhouse
Aikencommunityplayhouse.com
New Ellenton councilman vows resignation on his terms
New Ellenton councilman Gene Smith says he will resign only after the secretary of state and legal counsel advise. He demands an independent audit of the general budget and the 1-cent sales tax spending before stepping down if the election is deemed illegal.
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Ellenton
New Ellenton
Gene Smith
Secretary of State
Smith
Three Runs Plantation
Dover
Jack” Early
Dunbar
Stuart Bedenbaugh
Aiken County
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