Aiken events fill weekend with races and festivals
Busy weekend listings include the Aiken Fall Steeplechase at Ford Conger Field with the Carolina First Holiday Cup, tickets from 8 dollars in advance to 10 at gate, parking 5 dollars, gates open at 10 a.m., and 1 p.m. start. Chitlin Strut in Salley drawing about 50 000 visitors over four days. Belvedere Jaycees Tree of Hope lighting at Edgewood Walmart proceeds to Project Wish. Aiken Community Band Christmas Concert at USC Aiken Etherredge Center.
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Clinton Budget Accord Ends Six Day Federal Shutdown
The temporary agreement reached Sunday restored hundreds of thousands of federal workers to their jobs, ending a six day furlough and continuing budget talks to balance the deficit.
Sage posts seventh Winston top ten in eight years
Sage seals a strong drag season finishing 578 Winston points 4 national wins on the GT EA 92 Firebird with crew chief John Clark. He reflects on aging and the sport as he plans to keep racing while enjoying a career capstone year.
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Tribute portrays Longstreet as reconciler after war
A remembrance honors James Longstreet for peaceful healing after the Civil War. Speakers from SCV and United Daughters of the Confederacy praise his life as emblematic of southern principles, noting postwar vilification gave way to vindication after Reconstruction ended in 1876.
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