Rest Fest Keeps Summer Vibes Despite Showers
North Augusta hosts Rest Fest at Riverview Park with crowds resuming after brief downpours. Deloris Bodie notes strong turnout as about 1,000 kids visited the Coca-Cola Fun Zone run by Chris Elliott. Vendors from Bailey's Concessions and Papa John's/C Chick-Fil-A reported steady sales amid rain covered stages headlined by Rick Trevino with a twilight concert and fireworks.
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North Augusta
Deloris Bodie
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Bodie
Best Fest
Martha Snell
Bailey’s
Bailey's
Snell
Papa John’s Pizza
Eudora Farms
Bush aims to create manufacturing czar post
President Bush announced plans to appoint a high level Commerce Department official to focus on the needs of manufacturers as factory jobs vanish. He spoke during a Labor Day factory visit highlighting millions of job losses since 2001 and urged fair trade to keep U S manufacturing competitive.
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Richfield
Ohio
Bush
Commerce
Don Evans
U.S
State Education Dept salary review shows large raises
The Associated Press finds the South Carolina Education Department has doubled the number of employees earning at least $50,000 yearly in four years. Several top aides earned raises of 20 percent or more since 1999, with Deputy and lobbyist Molly Spearman among those gaining fits. Tenenbaum defends the raises as justified by workload and duties.
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Columbia
Education Department
Associated Press
State Department
Education
Inez Tenenbaum
Tenenbaum
Molly Spearman
Spearman
Houndslake plans Foxwood Falls luxury condos in Aiken
Houndslake Corporation moves toward a 50 unit four story condominium complex named Foxwood Falls on about nine acres at Northwood Drive Houndslake Drive and the Hitchcock Bypass. An out of town investor has funded a $12 million project with options to build all units or a single building.
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Aiken
Peggy Penland
Penland
Houndslake
Northwood
Houndslake Drive
Hitchcock
Foxwood Falls
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