Aiken Fair Rides Offer 500‑Foot Helicopter Views
Bill Greene operates a helicopter ride above the Western Carolina State Fairgrounds in Aiken offering 10 per person rides all week. Nearly 1,000 attendees have taken the airborne tour as fair events heat up with demolition derby, circus shows, petting zoo, pig racing and Midnight Crossing performances. Rides run from 2 p.m. until close on the final day, weather permitting.
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Bill Greene
Aiken
Aiken County
Greene
Fairgrounds
Scot Webster
Wellstone dies in Minnesota plane crash amid election chaos
U S Senator Paul Wellstone, 58, his wife and daughter among eight killed when a private plane crashes near Eveleth Virginia Municipal Airport in freezing rain. The disaster disrupts Minnesota politics just 11 days before the election as officials seek a replacement and the NTSB opens an investigation.
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Paul Wellstone
Eyeleth
Minn
Senate
Minnesota
Eveleth-Virginia
Minneapolis
National ‘Transportation Safety Board
Missouri
Mel Carnahan
Wellstone
Capitol Hill
Greg Martin
Notable Football Standouts Receive Retired Jerseys
At a Friday halftime ceremony Aiken High School honored two football standouts with jersey retirements. William The Fridge Perry’s No 72 and Jamal See FRIDGE. Page 4A
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Aiken
William
Perry
Jamal
Scott Webster
Wiliam Perry
Jamal Reynolds
Aiken High School
Commission seats featured on ballot for Nov 5 election
Local citizens seek votes to join commissions handling water quality fire protection and erosion control. Among candidates for the Aiken County Soil and Water Conservation Commission are Steven Bryant Harriett Skinner and Edward Swartz. Bryant, an engineer with Dunaway Fletcher and Moore, says his soil erosion and water quality experience fit the role and cites wetlands awareness as a key project.
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Aiken County Soil and Water Conservation Commission
North Augusta
Steven Bryant
Aiken
Harri
Ett Skinner
Wagener
Edward Swartz. Bryant
Dunaway, Fletcher and Moore
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David Gilbertzen
Tor San Sn
Walsione Ar Famiy
Commission
Abby
Joseph T. Bum Evans
Leia G. Cree
Blackville
Mary B. Rober
Lumberton
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