Aiken Fall Steeplechase draws crowds with longer hurdle races
The Aiken Fall Steeplechase offers four hurdle races and two flat races, with horses running twice around the course. Organizers report strong entries, a family-friendly event with stick horse races, a carriage parade, and vendors in the Village of Shops. Traffic control is set by the Aiken Public Safety Department with parking near Powderhouse Road and Audubon Drive. For details call 648-9641.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Powderhouse Road
East Pine Log Road
Audubon Drive
Two Notch Road
Pete Frommer
Ford Conger
Aiken Horse Park
Audubon
Aiken
John Moore
Imoore
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Downtown projects win four state honors in preservation effort
Four downtown projects receive state recognition for turning blighted blocks into usable spaces. Aiken Corporation chairman Wade Brodie donated time. Newberry Street Festival Center won Outstanding Public Improvement. Washington Building and Washington Center for the Performing Arts earned Outstanding Public/Private Partnership. half the Newberry Street facility is owned by Aiken subsidiary, half by the City. The 300-seat Washington Center hosts the Aiken Community Playhouse and events at the theater portion.
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Morris
Aiken Corporation
ADDA
Wade Brodie
Newberry Street
Washington Center For the Performing Arts
Aiken Community Playhouse
Long pursuit ends with Guilty verdict in nine year case
Dwayne Pollin case concludes after nine years of police work from Aiken Department of Public Safety. Prosecutors say the investigation never faltered and victims’ family members deliver impact statements. Pollin’s mother Diane and father Chris Sr. express ongoing grief as the family seeks justice.
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Pollin
Fuller
Young
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Dwayne Courtney
Hankerson
Aiken
Chris
Diane Pollin
Chris Pollin
Kathy Jefcoats
Kjefcoats
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Sign-ups Open for Valley Empty Stocking Fund
Families may sign up November 12 and 19 from 9 a.m. to noon at Langley Community Center on Hwy 421 Langley. Applicants must bring Social Security cards for all household members birth certificates or Medicaid cards proof of income rent or mortgage receipts and other utility and food bills.
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Langley Community Center
Hwy. 421
Langley
Weeker
Wee Meg
Relay fuels hope as survivors share courage and call for aid
A cancer Relay event highlights survivors like Sen Tommy Moore and caregiver stories, urging continued funding for Medicaid and cancer research. Members praise ACS support while a Rag Farm Line Dancers team raises $11 000 for 2003 Relay and volunteers emphasize community advocacy and perseverance.
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S.C
Tommy Moore
Clearwater
Moore
House
Senate
Drinkwater
Ron Smith
Rag Farm
Deborah Westbrook
Vivian Goldman
Vivian
Westbrook
Relay
Lois Derrick
Derrick
Rob Novit
Rovit
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