Second cold front hits area with five day stay
After days of warm weather a new cold front settles over Aiken for five days. Meteorologist Bob Kurzeja expects sunny cold days with warming to 60s by Thursday and Friday and frost possible on Tuesday and Wednesday. Horticulturist Suzanne Holmes urges covering fall blooming plants with lightweight coverings at night to protect them.
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Savannah River Site
Bob Kurzeja
Kurzeja
Clemson Extension Service
Suzanne Holmes
New Harry Potter film tops weekend box office
Warner Bros. reports Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets earned 87.7 million dollars in opening weekend, the third best debut after Spider-Man and Sorcerer’s Stone. The sequel opened in a record 3,682 theaters across 8,515 screens.
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Harry Potter
Los Angeles
JK. Rowling
Warner Bros
Dan Fellman
Warner
Fellman
Daniel Radclffe
SCE&G rate hike opposed by small firms in SC
Small businesses and supermarkets oppose a proposed SCE&G electric rate increase aimed at 14 percent for small firms, 12 percent for medium, 5 percent for large, and 7 percent for residential customers. Critics urge funding through stock, loans, or savings rather than ratepayer charges and note the monopoly status. Regulators must decide by February.
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Columbia
Suph Markets
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
Scana. Corp
Sce&g
State
Small Business Chamber of Commerce
Tim Wilkes
Small Business Chamber
Public Service Commission
Gary Walsh
Beech Island Road Closure Requires New County Hearing
Aiken County Council will hear a proposal to close a 1.1 mile dirt section of Silver Bluff Road in the Silver Bluff preserve near Beech Island. Center Manager Dan Connelly seeks the closure to boost security around a new educational center, while residents fear loss of local history.
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Beech Island
Aiken
Silver Bluff
Hollow Creek
Bluff Landing
Thurmond to Return Home to Edgefield in New Wing
Preparations in Edgefield for the homecoming of Strom Thurmond after retirement. The 100th birthday approaches December 5 and he plans to move into a hospital wing with minor renovations. Local officials and family friend Bettis Rainsford describe a low key welcome and a drive back from Washington.
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Strom Thurmond
Edgefield
Thurmond
Bettis Rainsford
Edgefield County Hospital
Bob McKie
South Carolina
Walter Reed Army
Medical Hospital
Washington
Rainsford
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