Asahi Ryokuken International Championship may leave Mount Vintage
LPGA officials indicate the 2009 Asahi Ryokuken International Championship could be the last visit to Mount Vintage Plantation if the schedule holds. Bettis Rainsford, tournament chair, expects a return but no final sponsor decision has been made. Ryota Koga noted no sponsorship contract decision, keeping 2005 schedule tentative pending a final ruling.
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Liselotte Neumann
LPGA
Mount Vintage Plantation
Bettis Rainsford
Asahi Ryokuken
Edgefield
Rainsford
Mount Vintage
Ryota Koga
Witnesses Dive To Rescue Woman From Sinking Car
A Tren ton woman, Carrie Ann Morton, 46, drowned when her car left Walton Street and sank in Vaucluse Pond near Church Street. A witness and two passersby attempted rescue as headlights shone through water and a voice cried for help.
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Ginny Southworth
Vaucluse Pond
Walton Street
Church Street
Morton
Emer
Referendum Aims to Expand Farm Tax Breaks in South Carolina
Voters in Anderson and across South Carolina face a November ballot question to amend the state constitution to let the General Assembly set shareholder limits for companies. The move, led by Rep. Walt McLeod, would raise the limit beyond 10 shareholders to align with federal rules for closely held S corporations and could ease funding for buying expensive farmland, boosting county tax revenues.
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Anderson
South Carolina
Walt McLeod
D-Little Mountain
General Assembly
McLeod
Referendum On Corporate Shareholder Limit For Agricultural Tax
A statewide ballot question asks voters to amend the constitution to remove the ten shareholder cap for corporations to qualify for a four percent agricultural real property tax rate and allow the General Assembly to set a new maximum by law. A yes vote permits legislative setting of the limit, a no vote retains the current cap of ten or fewer shareholders.
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General Assembly
Backup voting system could be problematic
The article warns that a national backup provisional voting system intended to prevent voter disenfranchisement may cause Election Day mix ups. Officials cite varying rules on provisional ballots and potential unequal treatment, with standards still fluid as polls open.
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Washington, D.C
Florida
Congress
Doug Chapin
Electionline.org
Chapin
Provisional Ballot Rules and Counts Across States
The Help America Vote Act allows voters to declare eligibility at a precinct if not listed. States differ on ballot counting when location mismatches occur. Michigan sets provisional ballot deadlines for post election counting. In Chicago’s last primary 5,914 provisional ballots were cast with 416 later deemed eligible.
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South Carolina
District of Columbia
Colorado
Florida
Ohio
Michigan
Missouri
Chicago
Candidates for Aiken District 9 School Board Seek Public Education Focus
Incumbent Jack Hunter an Aiken attorney and Dan Plung a Savannah River Site administrator vie for the Aiken County Board of Education District 9. Both emphasize strong support for public education and improving its delivery, citing qualified teachers and administrators and ongoing efforts to strengthen the system.
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Hunter, Plungseek
Aiken County
University of South Carolina
Plung
Savannah River
Idaho State University
USC Aiken
USC
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Neumann
Aiken Standard
Rob Novit
Abby
Betty Brown
Springfield
Barbara Brunson
Aiken
James Findley
Valdosta, Ga
Betty Jane Raley
Steven Ray Shelton
Beaufort
Jennie Bates Weimartz
Williston
Aike — Andard
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