Ruth Strom keeps 21st year as Pinecrest bus driver
Ruth Strom marks her 21st year transporting Pinecrest Special School students from Belvedere and North Augusta to classes and back each day. She balances driving with classroom aide duties, has missed only three afternoons, and values the progress and affection of the students she serves.
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Belvedere
North Augusta
Ruth Strom
Pinecrest
Ruth
Aiken
Pinecrest Special School
Ginny Southworth
Teen Drug Use Linked With Family Problems
Scottsdale report ties teen emotional issues and substance abuse to parental alcoholism and drug abuse. W. Richard Kite, Ph.D., reviewed 250 records from Care Manor, Viewpark, Mercy Denver, Brea Neuropsychiatric Center, and Crossroads. Findings show two thirds of youths with substance abuse have a family member dependent on alcohol or drugs, with high levels of learning disabilities and frequent parental divorce or single parenting.
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Scottsdale, Ariz
Comprehensive Care Corp
CompCare
W. Richard Kite
Care Manor Hospital
Orange
Calif
Viewpark Community Hospital
Los Angeles
Mercy Medical Center
Denver
Colo
Brea Hospital
Dr. Kite
Santoni
Dantoni
Kite
Ridge Spring-Monetta Wins State Debate Championship
Ridge Spring Monetta High School debaters led by Belinda Berry and Amy Powell won the State Class A Debate Championship in Charleston. Berry earned All-State nomination among 12 of 400 debaters.
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Ridge
Monetta High School
Charleston
Renee Riddlespur
Libby Meadows
Lynn Hair
Bernice Ligons
Belinda Berry
Amy Powell
Porter-Gaud High School
FHA
Paula Gantt
Wagener-Salley High School
S.C. Future Homemakers of America
Paula
C.M. Gantt
Wagener
Ginny Southworth
Schools News Roundup From Aiken and North Augusta
Students toured the Medical College of Georgia. North Augusta Beta Club held an Easter party for 16 disabled children. NASH French Club cleaned Buena Vista park. Student of the Month for April named Sara Twiggs. Midland Valley Players announced Annie Get Your Gun cast for April 22 23 24. Choral Festival honorees listed. Greendale PTO to discuss Get Smart program. Conservation Education teacher contest open with prizes. Send school news to Ellison Garvin at Aiken Standard.
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Beta
North Augusta Senior High School
North Augusta
Mary Boles
Nash
Buena Vista Avenue
Sara Twiggs
Midland Valley Players
Annie Oakley
Susan Griffin
Jerry West
Frank Butler
Darlene Cope
Dolley Tate
Kenneth White
Foster Wilson
Richard Harden
Buffalo Bill
Jeff Hartley
Pawnee Bill
David Hoffman
Charley Davenport
Randy Brady
Sitting Bull
S.C
Jerry
Reputable Neighborhood Garbage Attracts Dogs From Other States
A local columnist details a humorous, observational piece about dogs coming from distant regions to raid a stable garbage area. The writer ponders canine motives, the appeal of reputation, and the community’s struggle with giving a dog similar meals. The piece ends with a personal anecdote about a household dog refusing the writer’s prepared meal.
Garbage War with the Dogs Ends in Lunatic Solution
A humorous diary describes escalating techniques to deter neighborhood dogs from garbage cans. The narrator tests tactics from plastic bag traps to chained cans, boulder weights, freezing, camphor kitty litter, and a liver based meatball recipe with chocolate sauce, concluding dogs are finally absent.
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RS M
Aiken High School
Knoxville
Tenn
Columbia
Angie Fallon
Jane Little
Keith Shaffer
Wick Townsend
The
Medical College of Georgia
Midland Valley High
West
Susan Giffin
Celeste Stiefel
Skip Baggott
David Kirkland
Lynn Couch
Becky Poole
Karen Smith
Anne Bussey
Maria Barclay
Angie Busbee
Wendy Hunt
Greendale
Greendale Elementary School
PTO
S.C. Correctional Institute
Aiken Soil and Water Conservation District
S.C. Association of Conservation Districts
Cooper
Ation
S.C. Land Resources Commission
Ellison Garvin
Aiken Standard
Erma Bombeck
Inspector Clouseau
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