Aiken Community Band Christmas Concert at Etherredge Center
The Aiken Community Band hosts its annual Christmas concert at 8 p m Tuesday in the Etherredge Center USC Aiken campus. Catherine Stapleton sings O Holy Night Gail Marine narrates Twas the Night Before Christmas. Proceeds fund band scholarships. Tickets 3 adults 1 student at box office or by call 641 3305.
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Aiken Community Band
Etherredge Center
USC Aiken
Catherine Stapleton
Gail Marine
Santa
USC Aiken and
Security Federal
World AIDS Day observed worldwide with warnings and memorials
Global commemorations by taxi drivers priests and activists urged prevention as AIDS cases rise to 22.6 million with 64 million deaths overall. In Times Square an LED warns every second someone is infected. Desmond Tutu and ACT UP activists call for action as memorials and pledges mark the day.
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New York
Times Square
UN Aids Agency
Obituary Notices Include Local Figures Across States
Obituaries appearing on page 6A honor residents and former residents including Yodd Allen Bush of Greensboro NC Eula Key Gordon of Aiken Robert Laddie Herron of Aiken and Thomas K Strom Jr of North Augusta reflecting community loss and remembrance across the region.
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Yodd Allen Bush
Greensboro
Eula Key Gordon
Aiken
Robert Laddie Herron
Thomas K. Strom Jr
North Augusta
Mother Counts on Help as Holidays Near
Melinda, a single mother in Graniteville, lost her fast food job in late October and now faces hard times with three sons aged 15, 13, and 11. She hopes for Christmas surprises and more decent clothes and shoes. She relies on her mother for occasional aid and prays for her family, having learned of the Valley Empty Stocking Fund.
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Melinda
Graniteville
Nother
Valley
Valle Emp Stock Valle Emp Stock outreach roots in postwar aid
The group seeks help from Valle Emp Stock to support families in Horse Creek Valley. The fund traces to American Legion Langley Bath Clearwater Post 153 begun after World War II. The late Gary H. Walker helped start the program after travels in the South Pacific exposed him to poverty.
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Sne
Horse Creek Valley
American Legion
Langley
Christmas Shoppers Start Strong on Thanksgiving Weekend
Early holiday sales data show retailers enjoying a robust start to the season. Mall revenues rose about 11 percent from last year as shoppers flocked to stores and apparel remained a top draw. J.C. Penney reported broad gains across its apparel departments during the weekend.
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Clark Johnson
Pier One Imports Inc
International Council of Shopping Centers
TeleCheck Services Inc
J.C. Penney Co. Inc
Duncan Muir
DOE proposes shutdown of Savannah River Site River Water System
The Department of Energy proposes closing parts of the Savannah River Site River Water System to save about 1 million annually. L-Lake, a 1000 acre reservoir used to cool the L-Reactor, would be placed in standby or closed, reducing habitat for bald eagles. Public meetings are planned in North Augusta on Tuesday at 1 and 6 pm, and in Aiken Thursday at 1 and 6 pm to discuss environmental impacts and the accelerator for tritium production.
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Department of Energy
Savannah River
SRS
DOE
North Augusta
Aiken
Congress
Scneawea
Aiken Municipal Center
Nurse brings care with flexibility
CLEARWATER There's a sim mering debate in this country about health care but one thing is retty clear when you're sick chances ro you'll need a physician Mona Flanigan would rather you seek and find that care before you became so ill When they show up at the hos pital they usually are very ill and it will require a lot attention Mrs Flanigan asserts You can't help but feel that if people actually knew how they could prevent a lot of these problems ahead of time Enter Mrs Flanigan and the growing legion of nurses in the Aiken area who have taken the step beyond nursing to become
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Clearwater
Mona Flanigan
Mrs. Flanigan
Aiken
Making a Chi Cowoi as family nurse practitioners
Nurse practitioners provide enhanced patient care including examination treatment and prescribing drugs without a physician present. Mrs Flanigan describes flexibility to meet patient demand at Margaret J Weston Health Center Clearwater where she has worked since 1975, and at a satellite office in Hann Village. The tier faces controversy in places like Georgia but increases local provider availability.
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Tokyo
South Africa
Desmond Tutu
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Clinton
Madrid
Puerta de Alcala
Philadelphia
Aids Coalition
ACT UP
Bridge Classifieds
Dear Abby
Oniniane
Pantany
Associated Press
By Roddie Burris
Hann Vilage
Georgia
Ginny South
Margaret J. Weston Health Center
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