Scout Fest Brings 350 Boy Scouts to Aiken Fairgrounds
Scouts from 16 counties in South Carolina and Georgia filled the Aiken Jaycees Fairgrounds for Scout Fest. Events included pinewood derbies and water bottle rocket launches, with Merit Badge Midway teaching skills while older scouts mentored younger ones for public exposure and family involvement.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Aiken
Ted Johnson
Pinewood
Tennessee
Jimmy Phillips
Coleman Miles
Johnson
Milosevic warned of defeat in Kosovo drive
NATO commander told Slobodan Milosevic to change Kosovo policies or face destruction of his military. NATO bombings continued with strikes on Novi Sad refinery and targets around Belgrade as refugees fled to Macedonia and Albania amid reports of atrocities and fresh graves near Irbica.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
NATO
Slobodan Milosevic
Kosovo
Macedonia
Albania
Milosevic
Wesley Clark
Europe
Novi Sad
Tanjug
Batajnica
Valjevo
Rakovica
Irbica
Jamie Shea
Brussels
Belgium
Shea
Debate over deadly sofa fire prompts safety lessons
Karen Wright and her sister Dee Ann survived a February 4 1998 Augusta mobile home fire sparked by an electrical fault in a living room seat. Authorities warn about toxic smoke from burning foam and urge regulations on furniture flammability standards and testing.
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Augusta
Karen Wright
South Carlina
Dee Ann
Walkers brave chilly weather in Aiken WalkAmerica
About 200 walkers braved cold Saturday morning at the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center for the Aiken 1999 WalkAmerica, part of the March of Dimes 29th annual event. Organizers expect to raise about 33 000 to 34 000 from teams and sponsors to support birth defect research and related programs.
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Aiken
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
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Trevor Smith
Aiken Troop 110
Blaze
Karen
Jeannie South
Dee Ann Wright
Columbia-Augusta Medical Center
By Loren Schneider
Sam
Ginny Southworn
Shannon Scarboro
Carolina
Classifieds
Abby
Sports
Castellia Smith
Cheatham
Arthur Bryant Speed
Windsor
Folk Funeral Home
Georgia Lottery
Aikenstandard.com
Aun
Accu
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