Christmas tree farm grand open boosts holiday cheer
Sweet Water Tree Farm marked its grand opening on Sunday at 931 State Park Road drawing a large Whiskey Road Hounds contingent. Local officials touted the Noble Vintage Fir, while Rev. Scott Macklin blessed the trees and traced Christmas traditions. Shoppers eyed Douglas Fir, Scotch Pine, Colorado Spruce and Balsam Firs as seasonal decor sales rise with Hallmark keepsakes and related ornaments also proving popular.
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Windsor
Sweet Water Tree Farm
Whiskey Road Hounds
Christmas Tree Farm
Sandy Wobbers
State Park Road
Scott Urban
Oregon
Scott Macklin
Macklin
Michigan
Whiskey Road Fox Hounds
Minnesota
Junior Lehman
Aiken
North Star State
Barrett to meet area constituents on the road
U S Representative Gresham Barrett plans a series of on the road town hall style meetings across the Third District during a congressional break. He will host an open house at 233 Pendleton St NW in Aiken on Tuesday from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm and then hold events Thursday in Greenwood and Friday in Anderson.
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Congress
Gresham Barrett
Barrett
Aiken
Pendleton St
Washington
Greenwood
Anderson
Oakwood-Windsor reopens after major overhaul dedication
Aiken County Board of Education meets at Oakwood-Windsor Elementary Tuesday for a formal dedication of the renovated facility. The event at 6 p.m. precedes the board's regular meeting at 7 p.m. The district discusses higher costs for Byrd Elementary, a McMillan Smith & Partners plan, and a $12.75 million budget. Ray Fleming addresses strategic planning, and two teachers of the year are recognized: Carrie Andrews and Elizabeth Bancroft.
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Aiken County
McMillan Smith & Partners
Augusta
Carrie Andrews
Wagener-Salley High School
Elizabeth Bancroft
Oakwood-Windsor
Fox hunting paraphernalia draws a collector's crowd
Junior Lehman, who spent Thanksgiving in Aiken, displays a vast fox hunting whip and riding crop collection. He notes European pieces, many inscribed, acquired via estate sales and eBay, with whips from Swaine and Adeney and Callow among his highlights. He values craftsmanship and notes unique items such as whips with dagger inners and varied thong uses in hunts.
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Junior Lehman
Aiken
Lehman
Europe
England
Whiskey Road
Swaine and Adeney and Callow Company
United States
Central Park
Ben Baugh
Whiskey Road Hounds
Fox Hunt
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Richard Fischer
Target
Hallmark
Alexis Johnson
Hallmark Card
Windsors
Wistmas
Pan
Onstitue
Iraq
Byrd Elemen
Ray Fleming
A North
Whips
John Hardy
Floyd Green
Silver Bluff Rd
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