Plant caretaker tends USC Aiken's growing indoor garden
Lila Orebaugh, USC Aiken data coordinator known as the campus plant guardian, oversees more than 100 patients in her green world. She waters, prunes, and roasts staff with plant care wisdom from a stairwell infirmary housing about 50 pots and expanding. She roots diverse species and researches needs in care books, inspired by a Hamburg childhood and Florida moves. Her favorites include glorybower, ponytail palms, and Norfolk Island pines despite their temperaments.
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Usc-Aiken
Lila Orebaugh
USCA
Gibson
Lilo
Usc-A
Lila
Hamburg
Germany
Florida
Europe
Errol Orebaugh
Usc-A’s
Area Schools Present Holiday Productions
The Aiken area features multiple school events during American History Day National Education Week and a holiday program at A L Corbett Middle School. Students portrayed figures like Betsy Ross Florence Nightingale Rosa Parks and Daniel Shay. First place posters and essays recognized solid student work. Dianne Craven Alan Angela Caveness and Holly Hootman earned honors while bus driver Mike Kitchings was named Driver of the Month. A Thanksgiving Night Mare directed by Pat Garvin and a food box drive capped the middle school program.
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South Aiken High School
Craig Clamp
Daniel Shay
Beth Johnson
Betsy Ross
Maria Johnson
Florence Nightingale
Brenda Cullum
Rosa Parks
Linda Sturm
Holly Hootman
Gail Buchanan
Angela Caveness
Mike Kitchings
Aiken High School
Mike
Eureka
D.E. Kitchings
Aiken
A.L. Corbett Middle School
Christy Kirkland
Evan Tyler
Robert Scurry
Rhondilyn Keitt
South Carolina
Christy Adams
Dawn Burnham
Margreretta
Inflation Hits Tooth Fairy Budget in Tacoma Note
A Tacoma child finds a pillow notice from the Tooth Fairy explaining a loan from Fairyland due to inflation and many lost teeth. The letters joke about money, symbolism, and the cost of fairy debts in a humorous inflation themed piece.
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Tacoma
Wash
Sandy
Fairyland
Betsy
Mommy
Matt
Andy
Tooth Fairy
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Lilo Orebaugh
Aiken School
Aiken Community Playhouse
Phil Jones
Dianne Craven
Midland Valley High School
Graniteville Exchange Club
Ronnie J. Craven
Clearwater
Dianne
Future Busisiness Leaders of
America
Richard Carlisle Holley
David C. Holley
Camden Military Academy
Greg Wilson
Aiken Standard
By Greg Wilson
Craven
Kitchings
Erma Bombeck
Rick
Kmart
Park AV
DIA
Aiken Merchants
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