10 Governors Fall Festival in Edgefield Saturday
Edgefield Community Development Association hosts the 10 Governors Fall Festival from 9 am to 11 pm on Edgefield Town Square. More than 35 crafters will display wares. rides food Bingo dunking booth and prize drawings are planned. A chili cook-off adds competitive tastings. Jill and Charlie of US 107 FM will broadcast live. The event ends with a street dance by Border Line. Co chairs Sonny and Wanda Seawright provide contact numbers.
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Edgefield Edgefield
Edgefield
Jill
Charlie
US 107 FM
Border Line
Sonny
Wanda Seawright
Three arrested in Aiken County newspaper rack thefts
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of Christopher E. Bonnette 25, Christopher Lovelace 24, and Rodney Glynn Hicks 25 on two counts each of petty larceny in connection with recent newspaper rack thefts. Hicks also faces a parole violation. The suspects were arrested Oct. 29 in a red pickup believed tied to the thefts. racks were recovered at various locations in Aiken County. A Williston resident reported a vehicle theft from Food Lion on Silver Bluff Road on Oct. 29.
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Aiken County
R Avenue
Williston
Food Lion
Silver Bluff Road
Stocks Closing As Of October 30 1997
Information provided by Greg Paschal of Edward Jones.
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Greg Paschal
Edward Jones
Aiken Brewing Co. displays carved Halloween jack o lantern
Keith Herron of the Aiken Brewing Company unveils a pumpkin carving featuring a horse logo with thin carved flesh to glow when lit. The display on Bettis Academy Road near the Aiken Edgefield line promises a spectacular Halloween scene of ghosts goblins and pumpkins for visitors tonight.
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Aiken Brewing Company
Laurens Street
Keith Herron
Bettis Academy Road
Graniteville
Interstate 20
Aiken-Edgefield County
Soldiers drop in speak out on drugs at Silver Bluff High
Silver Bluff High School hosted a secret visit by three National Guard soldiers who spoke about drug abuse and career planning during a homecoming week assembly. Alicia Javis urged students to dream with a plan and avoid drug use, recalling an alcohol related death to highlight risks. Dan Putnam remembered a Greenwood friend lost in a 1991 crash and urged vigilance.
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Petticoat Junction
Silver Bluff High School
S.C. National Guard
Alicia Javis
Columbia
Dan Putnam
Lexington
Greenwood
Aiken Fall Steeplechase offers railside packages for offices
The Aiken Steeplechase Association promotes a corporate deal offering three railside parking spaces for the price of two with six tickets. Subscriptions include two tickets. railside packages include two. General admission tickets cost 8 in advance 10 day of race with parking 5. The event on Saturday November 15 at Ford Sanger Field features a Village of Shops infield an Oyster Roast fundraiser for the SPCA and STAR program plus a Pep Band performance. Tickets available from local offices and chambers.
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Aiken
ASA
Mia Bosker
Nna
Conger Wolcott
Ford Sanger Field
Cket
Aiken Steeplechase Association
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Drug
Aiken Saddlery
Leminick Pharmacy
North Augusta Chamber of Commerce
Palmetto Federal
Plum Pudding
Southern Saddlery
Stoplight Deli
Woodruff Drug
Conger-Wolcott
Aiken Spca
Chicken manure lawsuit ties county to trucking dispute
Aiken County and Poultry Power Brands are named defendants in a suit against Kern Trucking Co for $11,000 in transport charges for hauling chicken compost from Pelion to the Horse Creek PSA plant. The case cites a county‑level agreement to support the composting operation and payment terms.
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Aiken County
Kern Trucking Co
Pelion
Poultry Power
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Shepherd
County
Arte
Horse Creek
Kern
PSA
Survivors tell stories at vigil for domestic violence victims
Dozens of women marched to the Aiken County Judicial Center on Park Avenue carrying small children and signs. The event featured music from Banner ministry of Convent Baptist Church and speakers from the Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons. Sandra, a survivor, shared her abuse, how a gun was used against her, and how she escaped to rebuild with her children.
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Park Avenue
Aiken County
God
Banner
Convent Baptist Church
Kay Mixon
Cumbee Center
Sandra
Zed
Warrenville
Scott Webster
Meghan
Aiken County Judicial Center
Tyler
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ATA
BellSouth
Carolina
Coca-Cola
DuPont
IBM
Intel
Kimberly-Clark
McDonalds
Avis ‘Nations Bank Seve
Owens-Corning
Palfed
SCANA
Wachovia
Westinghouse
Mickey Deering
Indianapolis
ASC. National Guard
Uist
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