Firefighters battle Cullum Hall blaze at Camp Gravatt
Monetta fire units from at least five districts fought a late Saturday fire at Camp Gravatt’s Cullum Hall. Chief Nathan Shuler said cause unknown and under investigation due to church involvement. The fire, reported at about 8 p.m., was contained to Cullum Hall with scene control ongoing at 10 p.m.
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Monetta
Cullum Hall
Camp Gravatt
Nathan Shuler
Shuler
Aiken County
Barney Eagerton
Bishop Gravatt Center
Cullum
the Episcopal Church
Gravatt
McCants Seeks Circuit Judge Post in Aiken Area
Aiken attorney Clarke W. McCants III seeks the Second Judicial Circuit seat covering Aiken Barnwell and Bamberg counties. With Judge Rodney Peeples retiring, the vacancy is the first since 1974 and the General Assembly will fill it in early 2004 after McCants filed the necessary papers.
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Clarke W. McCants III
Aiken County
Aiken
Barnwell
Bamberg
Rodney Peeples
Peeples
South Carolina
General Assembly
McCants
Clarke McCants Career Timeline Highlights Judicial Run
Clarke W. McCants, born 1959 in Columbia, pursued Dreher High School and Clemson, earned a journalism degree at USC, then a law degree. He served as a clerk, joined the Navy JAG Corps, and has since maintained a private practice in Aiken while seeking a judgeship. Local lawyers back McCants as he testifies before the Judicial Merit Selection Commission.
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Columbia
Dreher High School
Clemson
University of South Carolina
USC School of Law
South Carolina
Franklin P. McGowan
U.S. Navy
Judge Advocate General's Corps
Aiken
Martian armada speeds toward life search and Mars Express targets
Four robotic probes race to Mars with orbiters and landers in a high risk exploration. Beagle 2 aims for a Wednesday landing while Mars Express plans orbit insertion. two other missions including Opportunity set to arrive in January. Since 1960 two thirds of Mars missions have failed, underscoring danger and uncertainty.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
United States
Red Planet
Michael Carr
U.S. Geological Survey
Opportunity
NASA
Trade looms large for Democratic hopefuls in South Carolina primaries
South Carolina faces a pivotal primary on February 3 as trade policy dominates campaigns. Gephardt rails against NAFTA and China rules while Edwards emphasizes a mill worker lineage and Wesley Clark tours a textile plant. Amid plant closures and growing calls for trade limits, Democrats position for votes while national manufacturing declines weigh on the race.
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South Carolina
Greenville
Dick Gephardt
China
John Edwards
Seneca
Wesley Clark
Enoree
Tina Hester
Union Bleach
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Greenville Magazine
Roger W. Chastain
Mount Vernon Mills
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Bush
Tion
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Congress
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Clarence Pope Gantt
Ora
Lee Shelton
Ruth Huffman
Johnston
Teresa Ann McElroy Hicks
Troy Myrtie
Ella Broadway
Saluda
Mildred R. Stephenson
C.J. Prawdzik Sr
New Ellenton
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