Drought Reveals Civil War and Steamship Artifacts in Pee Dee
Artifacts and hulls of 19th century steamboats and a Confederate gunboat emerge as drought drives Pee Dee and other Carolinas rivers to record lows. Historians fear poaching near Florence and High Rock Lake as scavengers probe exposed relics from Georgetown to Mars Bluff shipyards and Civil War era salvage.
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Florence
Pee Dee
Carolinas
South
Coleman
Batterree
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp
Pee Dee Basin
Georgetown
Batterjee
Stone
Mars Bluff
Unio
South Carolina
William Sherman
High Rock Lake
High Point
Brenda Follmer
North Carolina Cultural Resources Dept
Rivers Named Chief Operating Officer of U S NAACP
Nelson B. Rivers of South Carolina has been appointed chief operating officer of the NAACP and will begin Sept 3. At 49 he has risen through the ranks, most recently serving as director of field operations since 1999, overseeing 1,700 branches worldwide.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Nelson B. Rivers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Rivers
Civil Rrights Group
NAACP
Kweisi Mfume
Charleston
Mfume
Joseph Darby
Statehouse
North Charleston
South Aiken High Faces New Season With Optimism
South Aiken High students and parents fill the stands at a scrimmage as players, led by a new coach, train through the summer. Local fans like Didier Norris and Tony Price praise football's prominence and rivalry with Aiken High, while Frank and Betsy Mebane watch their son play. Gate attendance runs high amid strong season expectations.
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South
Didier Norris
Norris
Aiken High School
Gradu
Ate
Tony Price
South Aiken
Aiken High
Price
Frank
Betsy Mebane
Frank Mebane
Rocky Flats waste removal faces 2008 deadline and costs
The plan aims to move all Rocky Flats waste by end of 2008 to avoid extending security expenses, estimated at 45 million dollars. An additional 18 million sought to add four months to protect cleanup funds if delays occur. Shipping began after appeals court dismissal and aims to transform the site into a wildlife sanctuary.
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Rocky Flats
Abraham
Allard
Hodges
South Carolina
4Th US Circuit Court of Appeals
Energy Department
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Pee Dee River
U.S. Naacp
South Airicn High
John Carroll
True Blue
Staven Porter
Kathy Hauer
Debbie
Diss Cosmany
Eejay
Cad
FORD
Mustang
Gibbes Geusen
Aiken Ballet School
Bolton
Benina
Pine Log Ra
Junion’s
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