Easter weekend fatalities dot South Carolina highways
Columbia AP reports two Easter weekend traffic deaths in South Carolina. Richard Reeves, 19, of Summerville, died when his car left S C 61 near Summerville at 3 05 a m Saturday. Willie Galloway, 30, of Pendleton, died Friday as a passenger in a two vehicle crash on U S 178 in Anderson County at 8 35 p m.
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Columbia
Dorchester County
South Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Richard D. Reeves
Summerville
S.C. 61
Willie S. Galloway
Pendleton
U.S. 178
Anderson Ty
Associated Press
Library Presents Quartet Program at Aiken County Library
The Aiken County Public Library hosts two free student programs with the Augusta Symphony String Quartet on Wednesday. Performances at 4:00 and 4:45 p.m. at Chesterfield Street library. A discussion will cover the instruments played.
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Aiken County Public
Augusta Symphony String Quartet
Chesterfield Street
Five Favorite Places of FBI Agent Lawrence R Chandler
Retired FBI agent Lawrence R Chandler reflects on a career spanning many locations and shares five favorite places he has worked or visited. He lists the Grand Canyon Alaska Canada Yellowstone Nations New Zealand as top destinations for travel and memories.
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FBI
Lawrence R. Chanler
Grand Canyon
Alaska
Canada
Yellowstone Nations
New Zealand
Night Mother star Joan Silverberg’s precise world
In a program note for the Aiken Community Playhouse production, Joan Silverberg is described as precise, listing one husband and four and one third grandchildren. Adam Wise, six, son of Richard and Andrea Wise, was told to calm down and replied that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be right out.
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Joan Silverberg
The
Aiken Community Playhouse
Adam Wise
Richard
Andrea Wise
Flood Plain Battle Over Savannah River Front Property
Former Georgia governor Carl Sanders and associate Martin Becker challenge U S Geological Survey findings that classify Sanders riverfront land in a flood plain. FEMA will decide fate as upsteam reservoirs and a disputed 90 000 cubic foot figure influence the 100 year flood level.
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North
Augusta
Savannah River
Georgia
Carl Sanders
Martin Becker
U.S. Geological Survey
Sanders
Atlanta
Aiken County
Federal Emergency Management ‘Agency
FEMA
Becker
Larger Than Life mural at Paul Knox Middle School honors students
An artist in residence, Cheryl Waldrop, guided about 80 students from four art classes to create a ten by eighty foot mural on a blue wall. The piece shows life sized students walking and was funded by the South Carolina Arts Commission the Aiken Arts Council and the Paul Knox PTO.
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Paul Knox Middle School
Augusta
Paul Knox
Cheryl Dear
William J. Ward
Ward
Willing Deputy Clerk Files For Marriage License
Edward F. Willing Sr., 58, and Aiken County Deputy Clerk Jewel Reynolds, 43, obtained a marriage license on February 8 from the Probate Court. The ceremony has not occurred. Willing, owner of B&W Auto and Truck Salvage, is serving a one year sentence at Sue Lower Savannah Work Release Center after a 1989 chop shop conviction and a subsequent plea that added 40 years to his 11-year term.
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Edward F. (Pee Wee) Willing Sr
Aiken County
B&w Auto
U.S. 1
Aiken
Graniteville
Willing
Man Drowns While Attempting Rescue on Lake Keowee
Paul Richard Ward a 55 year old Seneca man drowned while trying to rescue a year old girl who jumped from his pontoon boat on Lake Keowee near the marina and sailing club. Ward was found face down in the water about 5 45 p m by Wildlife and Marine Resources officers. He had taken two children on the boat earlier for a swim. He reportedly panicked when the girl disappeared under the boat and he jumped in to help.
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Walhalla
Lake Keowee
Oconee County
Ted Durham
Paul Richard Ward
South Carolina
State Department of Wildlife and Marine Resources
Durham
Ward
Expo 90 Opens With Business Seminars Friday
Expo 90 at the Aiken Jaycees Fairgrounds promotes locally produced goods with 60 plus exhibitors. Friday features a ribbon cutting and business focused events with Expo Interface seminars led by major companies and local agencies. Saturday shifts to family activities including safety displays, pet and child attractions, face painting, prizes and a food court.
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Aiken
Graniteville Co
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
Westinghouse
Aiken County
8.C. Electric and Gas
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Reiter Corp
Eall
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Assembly To Elect USC Board In Contested South Carolina
The General Assembly will elect USC board trustees on Wednesday with eight of sixteen seats per circuit up for election. Incumbents face opposition, including Samuel Benson and R. Markley Dennis Sr., signaling interest in reform and possible shifts in control from President Holderman.
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Columbia
General Assembly
University of South Carolina
Statehouse
James B. Holderman
Samuel A. Benson
Sumter
R. Markley Dennis Sr
Moncks Corner
Benson
Dennis
USC Board
Kennedy Middle Wins State Academic Bowl Championship
Kennedy Middle School defeated Bryson Middle School of Fountain Inn to win the state championship in the Academic Bowl at Coastal Carolina. The event ran Friday and Saturday, with Kennedy going undefeated in a double elimination format and featuring team members Elizabeth Endler Demetrius Dicks Stephen Veldman and Nathan Hottel.
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Kennedy Middle School
Coastal Carolina
Kennedy Middle
Bryson Middle School
Fountain Inn
Kennedy
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L.F. McGee
John Burton
Bill Mitek
Rod Rabon
Glenn Patterson
Columba Fc
Jayson Davis
Nikki Davis
Paul Knox Middle
Scott Webs
Jayson and
Nikki
Obaber
Waldrop
Jayson
Schoo
Tence
Sue Lower Savannah
Wire Road
Man
Expo
Stat
Michael J. Mungo
Lexington County
Holderman
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