District 3 GOP primary voters in Aiken face off
Incumbent Don Sprawls and Edward Grobbe compete for the District 3 seat in a Republican primary with no Democratic opposition in November. Polls run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m at two sites the Aiken Municipal Auditorium Park Avenue and the H Odell Weeks Activities Center Gym 1. Ballots counted at 916 Vaucluse Road.
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District 3
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Edward Grobbe
South Carolina
Republican Party
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Aiken Municipal Auditorium
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Aiken County
Sanford hints at deeper state budget cuts
Gov. Mark Sanford said a new round of budget reductions is needed and will target agencies with a deficit estimated between 350 and 500 million dollars for the coming fiscal year. He cited prior shortfalls and a lingering 155 million dollar deficit from Hodges era, noting education could be affected though he praised Aiken County Public Schools.
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Potter Jerry Pruitt Shines At Aiken’s Makin Festival
Jerry Pruitt, a self taught potter retired from Ft Gordon, will be among 225 artisans at the 27th annual Aiken’s Makin’ Festival in downtown Aiken. He crafts bowls vases and banks selling through 12-18 shows yearly and in shops from Augusta to Dahlonega. The juried show draws strong advertising and broad attendance each year.
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Jerry Pruitt
Augusta College
Pruitt
Germany
Ft. Gordon
Aiken
Augusta
Art On Bread
Aiken Center For the Arts
Sage
Edisto Island
Dahlonega
SRS expert trains international weapons inspectors in Vienna
Dr Saleem Salaymeh of the Savannah River Technology Center will teach an intensive two week course in Vienna starting November 1 for new inspectors recruited by the International Atomic Energy Commission. He will train nuclear materials detection methods for work in Iraq Afghanistan North Korea and other hotspots.
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Iraq
Afghanistan
North Korea
Saleem Salaymeh
Salaymeh
Savannah River Technology Center
International Atomic Energy Commission
Vienna
Savannah River
SRTC
Forces move into border belt in hunt for fugitives
Pakistani troops have begun moving cautiously into a remote tribal belt where Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida fugitives may be hiding. The government previously lacked control over border areas where Pashtun tribes have long asserted independence.
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al-Qaida
Afghanistan
Islamabad
Pakistan
bin Laden
Hunt for the elusive bin Laden heats up
Pakistani troops push into tribal districts as the hunt for Osama bin Laden intensifies. Officials admit no evidence places him there and a prior advance yielded nothing. Brig. Javed Iqbal Cheema notes a lack of leads and no intercepts.
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Javed Iqbal Cheema
Interior Ministry
United States
Afghanistan
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