Book on South Carolina history blends anecdotes and art
Lynne Katonak reviews My Scrap Book of the State of South Carolina by Merlene Hutto Byars. The informal, collage style covers native tribes through Civil War and Reconstruction with chapters of one page to 25–30 pages. Includes Aiken County notes, textile roots, a quilt chapter, and drawings. no index but readable for casual browsing. Published by Pentland Press, Raleigh, $49.95.
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South Carolina
Merlene Hutto Byars
Charles Town Landing
Aiken County
Aiken
Graniteville
Fort Sumter
St. Michael's Church
Pentland Press
Bur Oak Circle
Raleigh
N.C
Local schools honored by national public relations group
The 8.C. Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association recognized Aiken County schools for excellence at a Columbia luncheon. The 1997-98 annual report, by Tammie Newman, won in publications and electronic media, and the district home page, largely designed by Newman and Dal Stanley, was honored. Also winning was Eagle's Corner, a quarterly newspaper by Betty Thomason for district personnel and parents at Jefferson Elementary.
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8.C
National School Public Relations Association
Columbia
Aiken County
Tammie Newman
Miss Newman
Dal Stanley
Eagle’s Corner
Betty Thomason
Jefferson Elementary
Summer in Aiken Toastmasters Meet April 21
Aiken Toastmasters held a bimonthly gathering on April 21 at the Odell Weeks Center. Ray Peacy opened as Toastmaster of the evening with the theme Summer in Aiken, featuring Table Topics and speeches by Scott McMaster and Linda Wright, plus evaluations by Maggie Randall and Lynn Brown.
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Aiken
Ray Peacy
Peacy
Scott ‘McMaster
Linda Wright
Maggie Randall
Scott
Lynn Brown
Linda
Odell Weeks Center
Audubon Society seeks CSRA teachers for expanded grants
The Augusta-Aiken Audubon Society invites CSRA teachers to apply for 1999 2000 environmental education grants funded by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Five sponsorship areas include Audubon Adventures, mini grants, Classroom FeederWatch, and summer workshops. Applications require school and teacher names, project details, objectives, timelines, and budgets.
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Augusta-Aiken Audubon Society
CSRA
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Kathryn
Audubon Adventures
Experier
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Cheri McGee
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Floyd
Greene Aiken
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This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!