Fried Green Tomato Festival Draws Local Flavor
Beech Island residents and visitors sample fried green tomatoes at the eighth annual Fried Green Tomato Festival at Country Ranch. Butch Peters, new to the area, and Jeremy Wilson from Aiken share praise for the crispy treats while Debby Britt notes the pairing with cold beer. Billy Ruth leads two frying stations as a longtime festival chef keeps the crowd fed.
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Beech Island
Butch Peters
Country Ranch
Jeremy Wilson
Aiken
Wilson
Debby Britt
Britt
Billy Ruth
Pepper Ruth
Yvonne Baughman
Aiken County Detention Center Rebuild Spurs Reform
Five years after aging facilities caused crowding and surveillance issues at the Aiken County detention center on Hampton Avenue, officials moved to replace the dated structure. An August 1997 Aiken Standard report highlighted extreme conditions in the old super maximum zone where inmates reportedly targeted guards with food urine and water. Local officials cited corrections department reviews pointing to unfixable problems and called for the jail’s overhaul.
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Aiken County Detention Center
Hampton Avenue
Aiken
South Carolina Department of Corrections
LaVana McKenzie
Council
Judicial and Public Safety Committee
Parents borrow more as tuition rises strain student costs
A Columbia report notes bigger tuition bills push parents to private loans to help cover college expenses. Walter Dunlap of Sumter plans a $16,000 loan this year for The Citadel, while tuition at public colleges across South Carolina climbs up to 17 percent.
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Columbia
Walter Dunlap
Sumter
Citadel
South Carolina Student Loan Corp
Dunlap
Bill Mackie
Schofield Middle School Teacher Retires After 20 Years
On registration day Bethany Gagnon reunited with former social studies instructor Jane Sharpe at Schofield Middle School. Bethany praised Sharpe for her kindness and clear explanations, recalling the strong impact the teacher had on her.
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Schofield Middle School
Bethany Gagnon
Jennifer Muhlbaier
Jane Sharpe
Bethany
Vietnam veterans push to center stage in 2004 election
At the Vietnam Veterans of America leadership conference in Nashville on the 40th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution roughly 550 veterans urged peers to vote. Navy veteran Ed Vick called this election crucial, while David Chung recalled returning home homeless and surprised to be a political focal point.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southeast Asia
Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam Veterans of America
Navy
Ed Vick
Young and Rubicam
David Chung
VVA
Vietnam Veterans of America Leadership Conference
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Barnwell
John Moore
John Paul Fisher
Atken County Detention Center
Tae
Femain
Orricens
J.C. Lexow
Robert Anderson
George Dunbar
Doris C. Gravat Detention Center
Wire Road
Eddie Smith
Schofield
Rob Novit
Sharpe
Vietnam
Michael J. Martin
Earl Hopper Sr
Patty Hopper
Glendale, Ariz
Abby
Art Dexter
Mona Lisa Woodward
Ruth Young
Warrenville
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