Fair Time Hearts Families at 13th Aiken Jaycee County Fair
At the 13th Annual Aiken Jaycee County Fair families gather around rides and games. Parents spend on candy apples tickets and prizes while kids chase balloons motorbikes and a new doggie prize. Residents like Richard Aman Bill Corbett Harold Peacock and Ray Hesse share why they return each year and the value of shared time with children.
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Aiken Jaycee County Fair
Richard Aman
Aman
Tony Fulmer
Julie
Emily
Fulmer
Bill Corbett
Graniteville
Peacock
Columbia
Ray Hesse
Benjamin
Hesse
Jennifer Ross
Aiken
Aiken County
Jennifer
Tim
Alice Ross
U.S. 1
Ginny Southworth
Jaycee Fair Horticulture Winners Named
The 13th annual Aiken Jaycee County Fair announced horticulture winners. Mary Mueller earned top horticulture and top potted plant honors for her Norfolk Island Pine, with Edward Baklhorn and Julia Coward also receiving merits in youth divisions.
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Aiken Jaycee
Mary Mueller
Norfolk Island
Edward Baklhorn
Julia Coward
Mary Beth Maloney
Stephanie Shirley
James Stone
Jennifer Wakefield
Kevin Asher
Aiken County Proposes Plan to End Dual Taxation
Aiken County and the cities of Aiken and North Augusta unveil a plan to ease the tax burden from county services. The special committee will reconvene Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in Aiken to review adjustments, with millage changes showing shifts for unincorporated areas and member cities.
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Aiken
North Augusta
Aiken County
Park Ave
S.W
New Ellenton
Jackson
Wagener
Sheriff’s Department
Ralph Cullinan
Frampton Durban
Most Americans Favor Sex Education in Schools
AP NBC poll of 1,601 adults finds 75 percent approve of sex education in schools and a strong majority say it promotes healthy views and does not spur sexual activity. Six states plus DC require sex education. many other states offer it while hundreds of localities restrict it.
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New York
Associated Press
NBC News
District of Columbia
Planned Parenthood
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Thelma Mosely
Lizzie Richardson
Leroy Myrick
Fern
Tim Fulmer
Pauline Lucas
Impatiens
James Key
Ruth Key
Jade
Gaye T. Cain
Betty Still
Kalanchee
Arline Philipp
Michael Schubert
Laurel Raidy
Mary Herold
Bonnie Grain
Jo Ann Lepold
Begonia
L. Williams
Betty Willis
J.C. Schubert
Pat Stoudemayer
Cacti
Josie Ruth Jones
Patricia Fuller
Crown of Thorns
Dieffenbachia
Aiken High Horticulture Department
Tina Victoria Vuick
Bonnie Whitson
Boston Fern
James
Key
Vera Kinney
Gail Simpson
Jean Baklhorn
Hoya
Dinah Williamson
Bo Coward
Mae Scott
Tina Victor
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