Graniteville Christmas Parade wins floats and honors
Peggy Swancey visits from Aiken with granddaughter Grace Ann Devlin as Graniteville hosts a holiday parade. Believers Worship Center tops religious floats, Graniteville First Baptist Church is runner-up, Minnie Palmore House wins best commercial, Southland Cloggers place second, Girl Scout Troop 30 earns non musical walking group plaque, CSRA Square Dancers travel from Augusta to perform. Leavelle McCampbell Middle School band leads the event.
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Graniteville
Peggy Swancey
Aiken
Grace Ann Devlin
Swancey
Believers Worship Center
Graniteville First Baptist Church
Minnie Palmore
Southland
Girl Scout Troop 30
CSRA
Augusta
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
New Ellenton Christmas Parade Draws Local Families
Crowds line Main Street in New Ellenton for the Christmas Parade with 44 entries including Silver Bluff High School bands and ROTC units. Residents like Mike Stowell Melissa Webb and William White describe it as a yearly family tradition that brings the community together and showcases local students. Weather cooperated and the festivities felt like Christmas with supporters from Beech Island and Silver Bluff.
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New Ellenton
Mike Stowell
Stowell
Silver Bluff
Webb
William White
Beech Island
Silver Bluff High School
White
Motorcycle Car Collision Injures Three On Whiskey Road
A Saturday night crash at Whiskey Road and Citadel Drive left three people injured two seriously. The motorcycle driver and a passenger were thrown over 40 feet. the driver rode an ambulance to hospital while a medical helicopter ferried the passenger after ambulance treatment. traffic was halted over an hour as officers secured the scene and created a helicopter landing area. Investigators said the cause was under review.
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Whiskey Road
Citadel Drive
Powderhouse Road
Lance Cpl
Dwight Green
S.C
Highway Department
Orart
Rob Novit
Pearl Harbor remembers 62 years after attack
Pearl Harbor draws visitors decades after the 1941 raid. Woody Derby, 85, a Iowa farm boy, reflects on the day that changed the nation. Americans keep returning to remember the worst military defeat in U.S. history as Dec 7 looms.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Woody Derby
Iowa
Derby
U.S
Pacific
State employees seek to preserve TERI amid high costs
South Carolina lawmakers weigh changes to the Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive program created in 2000 to retain staff. About 13 000 state workers participate, 6 000 of them teachers, with critics arguing TERI preserves mediocrity and delays promotions while proponents say experienced staff aid agencies in tough times. One plan would drop a second 45 days of annual leave payout, an idea supported by Robinson but opposed by others due to potential raises in costs and reduced retention.
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Columbia
Greg Ryberg
R-Aiken
John Robinson
South Carolina Association of School Administrators
South Carolina Association For Rural Education
Robinson
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Lee
Ginny Lou Little
Minnie Palmore House
HARK
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Angels
Young Angels
Graniteville First Baptist
Ellenton
Mempe
Teri
Ryberg
Charles B. Gearhart Jr
Martha T. Studinska
Aiken Aiker
Eloise Waters, Cayce
Aik Tarde
Abby
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