Aiken's Makin' Festival Draws Crowd Despite Threatening Skies
Crowds filled Laurens Street and nearby avenues for the third annual Aiken's Makin' festival with shoppers, visitors and downtown business gains. Local vendors Marilyn Brown and Duncan McDonnell reported strong sales at Plum Pudding while Cecil Woolums cited a 15 to 20 percent lift at Alvanos Restaurant. The event runs through Saturday with craft displays, a hot air balloon planned if weather allows, and listed performances by local groups and pageant contestants.
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Laurens Street
Park and Richland Avenues
Marilyn Brown
Duncan McDonnell
Alvanos
Cecil Woolums
Aiken
Park Avenue
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Rome
Channel 6
Carol Strong
Aiken Standard
Lynne Katonak
Heating Oil Supply Looks Good Despite Murphy Exit
Murphy Oil Company will stop producing heating oil cutting 700000 gallons monthly supply to the state. Milner Supergas holds about ten percent from Murphy but plans to seek extra allocations. Holley Oil and other Aiken distributors source oil from major suppliers, ensuring adequate winter fuel.
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Arkenites
Murphy Oil Company
Milner Supergas
Ash Milner
Milner
Holley Oil Company
Murphy
Leon Boylston
Aiken
Nuclear protesters energize Barnwell anti nuclear rally
Anti nuclear activists arrived in Barnwell and planned a weekend protest against nuclear facilities near Aiken and Barnwell including the Savannah River Plant and Allied General Nuclear Services. Delegations urged lawmakers to address meltdown risks and referenced a governor task force report on local planning.
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Aiken
Palmetto State
America
Palmetto Alliance
Joint Legislative Committee On Energy
Mitch Yarborough
South Carolina
Yarborough
Pickens
Oconee
Duke Power
Barnwell
Allied General Nuclear Services
AGNS
Carter
Department of Energy
Southeastern Natural Guard
SRP
Chem-Nuclear Services
S.C. 64
Economy Shows No Movement In August Signals Cautious Outlook
Washington AP reports the Commerce Department Leading Indicators index was flat in August after July and June declines, with three straight monthly drops hinting at recession. Citibank raised its prime rate to 13 percent as other banks prepare to follow. The coincident index fell 0.9 percent, the largest drop since May, while imports and a record oil cost widened the trade deficit to 2.36 billion. In Aiken County CETA terminations affected 74 workers, with many placed elsewhere and some absorbed into local government and city payrolls.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Citibank of
New York
Citibank
Aiken County
CETA
Gilbert Trapp
Aiken
Trapp
Mike Strickland
Strickland
Public Safety Department
North Augusta
Jazz Ambassadors Set for Tuesday Evening Performance
The Jazz Ambassadors perform Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Aiken Junior High auditorium in a program titled Jazz A Great American Heritage They will present big band classics from the 1940s and contemporary hits The event is free tickets available at the Aiken Standard North Augusta Chamber of Commerce and Aiken Chamber of Commerce
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Aiken Junior High
Aiken Standard
North Augusta Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Ragweed Growth Sparks Town Gossip in Aiken
Aiken residents recall a Midwesterner who teased ragweed as a problem twenty five years ago now marvels at ragweed crops five to six feet tall. Rita Hardin recalls a patrol escort from Allendale to New Ellenton when returning for her sick baby only to learn Wally was a Hardin horse.
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Aiken
Hilton Head
Rita Hardin
Wally
Allendale
New Ellenton
Hardin
Tax notices back with post office delay Aiken County
Aiken County Treasurer’s Office faced a return of tax notices from the post office due to envelope size rules. Regional officials had approved envelopes, but the Aiken Post Office rejected them, risking up to $7,000 in extra mailing charges and delaying hand sorting for non qualifying envelopes. The 1979 real property and personal property bills for last names A-K were mailed today. remaining notices for L-Z go out in late October.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Charlotte
Bill Whittle
Whittie
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Aiken Shrine
Cindy Gregg
Aiken’s
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Mead Hall
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Allen Eubenks
Mike Day
Marsha Mestepey
Mr. Mime
Brandon Brooks
Wollie McKenzie
Karen Edwards
Carolina Squares
Caroline Squares
North Auguste
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Barb
Roger Rollins
Mary Miano
Polly Walker
Sheryl Matthews
Caroline Titler
Tap Bick Parks
the Life
Bill Bentley
Bankers Trust
Jim West
Merrilyn Johnstone
Michael Adams
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