Gold card rewards push Silver Bluff students to excel
Silver Bluff High launches a gold card for students with a B or better in all subjects per semester. Thirty students hold the card this year, with higher grades and more involvement noted. future plans include merchant discounts and broader school adoption in Aken County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bluff High
Johanna V. Gibbs
Silver Bluff
H. Andy Reeves
Rusty Risher
Miss Gibbs
Thomson
Aiken County
Rebecca Thomson
Silver Bluff High School
Minnesota Vacation Finds Culture, Nature and History
Minnesota offers a blend of urban arts and outdoor scenery. Highlights include the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis Saint Paul, Chanhassen Dinner Theaters near Chanhassen, the Children's Theater Company, Minnesota Zoo, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Walker Art Center, High Falls on the Pidgeon River, Fort Charlotte remains, Northwest Angle as the northern U S point, and Lumbertown Brainerd with Paul Bunyan statues.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis-St. Paul
New York
Guthrie Theater
Guthrie
Radisson Playhouse
Chanhassen
Chanhassen Dinner Theaters
Children’s Theater Company
Minneapolis
Metroland Twin City
Minnesota Zoo
ZooLab
Walker Art Center
Metroland
High Falls
Pidgeon River
Minnesota-Ontario
Cook County
Fort Charlotte
Northwest Angle
United States
Alaska
Warroad
Lake of the Woods
Lumbertown
U.S.A
Brainerd
Paul Bunyan
Babe
Minnesota Office of Tourism
Bremer Building
N. Robert Street
St. Paul
Battle of Fredericksburg remembered and civic events listed
The entry notes the 1862 Fredericksburg battle with Union General Burnside and Confederate General Lee, reporting over 16 000 total casualties. It also lists birthdays of Phillips Brooks and Mary Todd Lincoln, Friday the 13th lore, Ozark Christmas events, and Santa Lucia Day in Sweden headings.
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Fredericksburg
Ambrose E. Burnside
Robert E. Lee
Phillips Brooks
Boston
Mass
Mary Todd Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Lexington
Paris
Ozarks
Sweden
Lucia
Aiken County Teachers Wild Weekend Workshop
Area teachers and youth leaders will attend the second annual Project Wild workshop in Aiken sponsored by the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department. The program teaches classroom activities across subjects using wildlife based modules like Grasshopper's Gravity and Owl Pellet studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Project Wild
Aiken County
S.C. Wildlife and Marine Resources Department
Alice R. Sheehan
Dennis Gunter
Gunter
Arlouise (Midge) C. Deal
Jefferson Elementary School
Bath
Johns
Fake Furs Take Spotlight In Fashionable Fun
Fashion features highlight acrylic and blended furs dyed to resemble leopards tigers and zebras as an affordable playful alternative to real fur. Designers and shop owners describe the trend as chic sexy and a nod to 60s plasticity with bold jackets skirts and trousers paired with stirrup pants and go go boots.
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David Ruchlame
Tripp
Jilly Zack
Jilly
Coral Gables
Fla
Evelyne Reboul
Grigio
Bal Harbour
Paris
Joan Kaner
Macy’s
Thierry Mugler
Sonia Rykiel
Sunbelt
Zack
Dr Demento Presents Greatest Novelty Records of All Time
Dr Demento, host of the nationwide The Dr Demento Show, curates six Rhino Records albums spanning the 40s to the 80s with a Christmas collection. He notes the 50s and 60s produced the best novelty sales and recalls how Weird Al Yankovic became his standout contributor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Demento
Demento
Barry Hansen
Napoleon XIV
Allan Sherman
Jimmy Durante
Rhino Records
New York
Mommy
Santa
Yogi Yorgesson
Chicago
Dr. West
Weird al Yankovic
Michael Jackson
Knack
Queen
Tom Lehrer
Boston
Stan Freberg
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By Phil Jones
Chase
Knight-Ridder Service
Reboul
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