Honda of Aiken breaks ground on new 16,000 sq ft dealership
Honda Cars of Aiken plans a $1.5 million, 16,000 square-foot sales and service site on Augusta Highway next to Owensby Buick. Groundbreaking featured Greg Hodges and Ed Stokes with Kuhike Construction handling the project and NationsBank financing. The cafe style showroom will include computer kiosks and a car row expansion to serve shoppers with more options.
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Glenn Returns Home After Space Shuttle Discovery Landing
Astronaut Glenn completes nine days in orbit aboard Discovery 7 with friends, family, and a grateful nation awaiting his safe return. NASA reports minimal medical concerns after reentry as Glenn embraces wife Annie and son and receives praise from NASA officials. The landing proceeded despite gusty Cape Canaveral winds and a near diversion to California's backup site.
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Daniel Goldin
Brown
Moth
Lyn Glenn
Annie Glenn
Kennedy Space Center
Ohio
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Veterans honored at Fort Gordon Band ceremony in Aiken County
North Augusta resident Nat Wolfe and Clearwater resident Ernest Proctor, both veterans, attended a ceremony allocating cemetery spaces for veterans and families at Sunset Memory Gardens. Proctor praised VA efforts while NJROTC instructor Dennis Turner stressed the duty to protect the country and the value of overseas experience. The field of honor will fly the American flag daily in memory of veterans, with free first come, first served cemetery spaces for honorably discharged veterans and spouses and children.
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North Augusta
Nat Wolfe
Korea
Aiken County
Clearwater
Ernest Proctor
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
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Neil Allen
Veterans Administration
Dennis Turner
Aiken High
America
Chuck Gallagher
Sunset Memory Gardens
South Carolina
Chance of Rain Shaping Up Across Upstate and Midlands
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance of rain today in the upstate and midlands. Highs will range from the 50s in the mountains to the middle and upper 50s elsewhere, with a gradual warmup tomorrow into the lower 50s in the west and near 70 on the coast. Extended outlook suggests rain returning Tuesday with a slight chance continuing into Wednesday morning as highs reach the 60s and 70s and lows dip into the 30s and 40s.
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Langley Pond hosts first water ski event and jet ski races
Participants from Beech Island include Keith Clary and Adam Truesdale with times 58.56 and 59.93. Scott Weymouth Chris Ison and Jared Hanson also joined. Sponsors included Aiken Motorcycle Sales and Ser vice and the Aiken County Sheriff s Office. Plans call for a Langley Pond Water Ski Camp June 14–18 1999 and jet ski races August 28. A spring expo is planned for May to boost local turnout and showcase the venue.
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Beech Island
Keith Clary
Adam Truesdale
Scott Weymouth
Chris Ison
Jared Hanson
Aiken Motorcycle Sales and Service
Aiken County Sheriff's Office
Langley Pond
Gingrich to resign as speaker and leave Congress
The next Congress will seat 223 Republicans 211 Democrats and one independent aligned with Democrats. House Whip DeLay endorsed his bid for speaker boosting Livingston. Gingrich, returning to Marietta, Ga, announced he will resign as speaker and also from Congress after 20 years in the House, saying a new leader could not be trained. House GOP majority narrowed as defections rise, altering the margin outlook.
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Gingrich
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