Storms Cause Outages and Wind Damage in Aiken County
Heavy rain winds and thunderstorms swept through Aiken County causing power outages and property damage near New Ellenton Sassafras Road and Hillview Circle. Officials estimate 60 to 70 mph winds may explain damaged homes shingles roofing and two abandoned trailers with no injuries reported.
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Aiken County
News 12
New Ellenton
S.C. Highway 19
David Ruth
Sassafras Road
Hillview Circle
William Perry
Broadwater Loop
Ruth
Albert Jones
Shawn Miles
George Robinson
Jones
Dean Nunn
All State
Fatal crash witness disputes train outrun claim
Mandy Fisher, a 22 year old USC Aiken accounting senior, says her 2005 Toyota Corolla did not attempt to outrun a train on Ascanga Lake and Canal Street on November 10. She describes crossing the tracks after railroad lights flashed and saw no train. The account challenges reports linking her car and the other vehicles to the fatal incident.
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Mandy Fisher
Ascanga Lake
Canal Street
USC Aiken
Retailers dress up trends to draw holiday shoppers
New York retailers push playful items like fur ponchos, furry flip flops, sweater sets with brooches and hot pink accessories to boost store traffic. They aim to beat last year's 4 percent gain in comparable-store sales as shoppers respond to bold trends and early promotions.
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New York
David Wolfe
Doneger Group
J.C. Penney Co. Inc
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Sears
NWTF disputes claim of pork-barrel grant
The National Wild Turkey Federation defends a $225000 federal grant as non pork-barrel funding after Taxpayers for Common Sense included NWTF among 20 preservation programs in the Omnibus spending bill. NWTF rejects insinuations about misuse of funds and notes its high program return rate.
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NWTF
National Wild Turkey Federation
Washington, D.C
The
Wildlife Foundation
Mark Ham
Mond
Mayflower Descendants Trace Hidden Roots in South Carolina
Mildred Barton and Mary Freeland discover deep Mayflower lineage after years of research. Barton, 80, joined the Society in 1994 by tracing to Isaac Allerton, while Freeland nears membership after finding a Bible marking 1621 England origins for Edward Fuller and Thomas Rogers. Edgar Sherman reviews Freeland’s documents for Plymouth.
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Mildred Barton
Mary Freeland
Barton
Society of Mayflower Descendants
Freeland
Aiken
Isaac Allerton
England
Edward Fuller
Thomas Rogers
Edgar Sherman
Society
William Brewster
Plymouth
Mass
Philip Lord
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Ginny Southworth
Newberry Street
Ascauga Lake Road
Abby
North Augusta
Lee Descendants
Mildred Falls
Jankusky
Hattie C. Kirkland
Mary Ann Kitchings
Mary Rhoden Thomas
Ward
Betty Toole Wood
Groverville
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