Special election set for House District 81 seat
Voters will pick between Republican Robert S. Perry and independent Scott Singer in the special election to fill the seat vacated by the late Rep. Rudy Mason. Polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday across Aiken and surrounding precincts with no Democrat candidate on the ballot. The winner serves one year before a full term vote in November 2000. Call 642-1528 for polling locations and details.
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Robert S
Skipper” Perry
Scott Singer
Bist
Rudy Mason
Mason
Columbia
Perry
Kathryn Kling
Rebekah Sutherland Singer
Aiken
Graniteville
Millbrook
Montmorenci
Six Points
Warrenville
Aiken Institute marker dedication links past to present
A ceremony at the Aiken County Public Library marked the dedication of a historical marker for the Aiken Institute. Alumni, officials, and National History Day winners Christine Lumans, Jack Jenkins, and Betty Sheen attended while Julian Salley recalled school memories and the plaque was unveiled by local leaders.
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Aiken
Aiken Institute
Aiken County Public Library
Allen Riddick
Aiken County Historical Society
Riddick
Christine Lumans
Jack Jenkins
Betty Sheen
Schofield Middle School
Riddik
Julian Salley
Salley
Linda Eldridge
Aiken County
Lewis Brown
Sailey
Mary Jo Dawson
Abbe
Ginny Southworth
Aiken County Library
I-20 Crash Kills Augusta Man In South Georgia
An I-20 crash near the Georgia line killed 21 year old Martin A. Searles of Augusta. The tractor trailer driven by his father Douglas Searles struck a minivan as it changed lanes. The cab tumbled toward the Savannah River and halted traffic for hours.
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Interstate 20
Georgia State Line
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Martin A. Searles
Washington Road
Augusta
By Searles
Douglas Searles
Savannah River
Thurmond Keeps Working Despite Health Scares
At 96 nearing 97 Thurmond travels from Walter Reed to the Senate and keeps voting He shows remarkable energy with staff support and Senate life described as a nursing home by a columnist friend The veteran Republican senator remains active and rarely misses a vote in his long career
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Columbia
Strom Thurmond
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
South Carolina
Senate
Thurmond
U.S
Nist Armstrong Williams
Thur‘mond
Senate Chamber
Capitol Hill
Red Cross director meets Hurricane Floyd relief challenge
Prentice Tucker, appointed Aug 11 as director of the Aiken Red Cross chapter, led a busy response to Hurricane Floyd. She praised volunteers and school staff for aiding evacuees, many elderly or with children, who endured long drives and crowded gyms with limited privacy while receiving physical and emotional support.
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Prentice Tucker
Aiken
American Red Cross
Ms. Tucker
Nce
Tucker
Red Cross
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House
Breezy Hill
Levels
Hollow Creek
Redds Branch
Town Creek
Gem Lakes
Willard Bond
Leila Bond
Abby
Patience
Purvis
Preston Hughes
Hatcher
Eddie
Frank) Mathis
Napier
John Maxie Whittle
Leesville
Charles R. Shealy and Son Funeral Home
Fan
Thur ‘Mond
Walter Reed
Thurm
Thurmo
Fantay
Waikenstanda
Aiken's
Accuy
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