Local archeology reveals four historic Aiken sites findings
Walt Joseph of the Aiken Historical Society spoke to the Sunrise Rotary about excavations at Fort Moore Beech Island Coker Spring Silver Bluff Hitchcock Woods and George Galphin home sites. Artifacts include wine bottles beads gun parts and pottery while discoveries raise questions about a regional potter and Indian trading posts. The club meets Thursdays at Houndslake Country Club.
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Indiana Jones
Aiken County
Walt Joseph
Aiken
Joseph
Silver Bluff
George Galphin
Galphin
Owen Sheetz
Barry Adams
Sunrise Rotary Club
Houndslake Country Club
Giving Campaign At USC Aiken Exceeds Goal
The seventh annual Giving Campaign at USC Aiken raised 181457 dollars, beating the 1987 target of 165000. Under Lionel Smith, the Partnership Drive surpassed its goal by over 16000 while funding scholarships and other projects. The drive ran from March to this summer and helped keep tuition steady.
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Usc Aiken
Robert E. Alexander
Fund Drive
Lionel Smith
Dr. Alexander
Aiken County
Alexander
USCA
Gregg- Graniteville
Etherredge Center
PTL Instructor Convicted of Attempted Rape
A former PTL Heritage USA swimming instructor and prison counselor, Randy Glen McFarland, 36, was convicted of attempted rape in Fairfield County. He received the maximum 10-year sentence and faces further trials for two additional sexual assaults in Richland and Fairfield counties.
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Winnsboro
PTL
Heritage USA
Fairfield County
Randy Glen McFarland
Walter J. Bristow Jr
Kim Roberts
McFarland
Richland County
South Dakota
Roberts
Central Correctional Institution
Columbia
South Carolina
Jenkinsville
Interstate 77
Ridgeway
Union Buries Capsule After Two Years in Ceremony
The bicentennial time capsule for Union County was finally buried two years after the event. Chairman Johnny Biggerstaff said the final ceremony occurred as burial equipment was tied up on another job.
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UNION
Union County
Johnny Biggerstaff
Goals Of Agency To Be Analyzed
The South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium will be evaluated by a review committee to set long range goals. In the past year the consortium funded several projects including a Wildlife Department study on recreational shrimping extent in the state.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Wildlife Department
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Whiskey Road
Hopeland Gardens
Hitchcock Woods
USC
Blythewood
Tao
Cold Creek Nurseries
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S.C
Kalmia Plaza
HONDA
Moore's Store
Moore’s
Hobie
Ocean Pacific
Chic
Jordache
Lee
Levi's
Oxford
Jeans
Oxfords
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