Sendoff in Jackson Turns Joyful as Couple Plans Soon
Thelma Davis bid farewell to her fiancé E-5 Spc. Robert Smiley as he departed with Aiken’s 450th Ordnance Company to Ft. Stewart. He proposed that morning, and they plan to marry. Christmas reunion hopes linger despite uncertain Iraq deployment dates.
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Ginny Southworth
Robert L. Johnson
Kaitlyn
Ft. Stewart
450Th Ordnance Co
Thelma Davis
Jackson
E-5
Spc
Robert Smiley
Davis
Aiken
450Th Ordnance Company
Iraq
Holiday season pushes mother to brink of despair
Christy Riggs fled an abusive home with four children and lived in a car. As Christmas neared she sank into a deep depression and endured thoughts of self harm, saying she felt at the end of her rope during the holidays.
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Christy Riggs
Riggs
Tenenbaum seeks 457 million for schools in next year
South Carolina Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum requests 457 million more for public schools with support from an Education Oversight Committee study. The panel says reducing class size and meeting federal standards could push costs above 500 million, amid a potential 400 million shortfall in the next budget year.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Inez Tenenbaum
Education Reform Panel
Education Oversight Committee
Tenenbaum
General Assembly
Telescope gift guides a Dobsonian for beginners
Dr Gary Senn of the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at USC Aiken compares telescope shopping to buying a car and recommends a durable Dobsonian reflector as a strong first choice for a young budding astronomer.
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Gwyneth
Ozzie
Mars
Gary Senn
Ruth Patrick
USC Aiken
Senn
Thurmond daughter Essie Mae Washington-Williams seeks monument addition
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, revealed as Strom Thurmond's illegitimate daughter, says she wants her name added to the South Carolina State House monument. A meeting with Thurmond family is planned in a quiet setting as lawmakers consider the change and funding.
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Columbia
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
Williams
Thurmond
Frank Wheaton
South Carolina
State House
Nancy Moore
J. Strom Jr
Juliana
Gertrude
Paul Reynolds
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Rex Rice
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Hattie Hyman Crawford
Wayne S. Ehrhart
Johnnie Kitchings
Larry E. Owens
Aiken Margree
Dolores Sauls
Bath
Alice Maylon
Timmerman Sellers
Geraldine Yarbrough
Huron, Tenn
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