New Year's Foods Highlighted in Three Part Series
The Aiken Standard launches a three part series starting Sunday exploring partnerships for education at Ruth Patrick Science Education Center USC Aiken. The series examines North Aiken Elementary new teaching approaches Monday US Forest Service and DOE outdoor learning Tuesday Westinghouse Savannah River Company hands on science.
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Ruth Patrick
Usc Aiken
Aiken County
Aiken Standard
North Aiken
Forest Service
Department of Energy
Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
Hopelands Christmas Ends Tonight With Public Openings
Hopelands Christmas in Hopelands wraps up tonight from 6 to 9 pm with The Doll House Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Rye Patch also open and decorated. A Belvedere man Otis Collier died Friday evening after stepping into traffic on Highway 25 and being struck by multiple vehicles near Celest Avenue. The incident remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Deputy coroner Bill Cole said Collier was pronounced dead at the scene after family identification.
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Hopelands
Doll House
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame
Rye Patch
Belvedere
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Otis Collier
Celest Avenue
Obituary notices for Ivey Taylor Sanders Gripkey
Obituary notices for Robert Ivey of North Augusta Lanke Taylor of Aiken and Luanne Sanders Gripkey of Columbia appear on Page 5A.
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Robert Ivey
North Augusta
Lanke Taylor
Aiken
Luanne Sanders Gripkey
Columbia
Maryland debates Confederate license plates in state
Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration issued special plates featuring the Confederate flag to about 70 Sons of Confederate Veterans members. Critics from the Legislative Black Caucus and NAACP urge the agency to halt the plates, calling the move Jim Crow symbolism and harmful.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Motor-Vehicle Department
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Larry Young
Baltimore
Legislative Black Caucus
Young
Hanley Norment
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
State Motor Vehicle Administration
NAACP
Norment
Patrick J. Griffin Iil
Sons of the Confederacy
Ku Klux Klan
Maryland considers altering Confederate battle flag license plates
Griffin defends plates as heritage symbol, noting his great great grandfather fought for the Confederacy. The plates show a left side Confederate battle flag and Sons Confederate Veterans under the number. About 170 nonprofits have such plates among 3.7 million issued. 70 sets bear the flag. MVA spokesman Jim Lang says officials will review the controversy as complaints emerge.
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Griffin
Northwest Storm Knocks Out Power and Strands Seattle
A powerful Northwest storm left over 300000 homes and businesses without power in Washington and Oregon. Downtown Seattle was nearly empty as ice and snow caused crashes and travel jams. Three deaths were linked to the storm and officials warned of more precipitation to come.
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Seattle
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Cascade Range
Kirsta Catlin
Starbuck
National Weather Service
Bob Robinson
Portland
Ore
Washington State
Mountlake Terrace
Columbia River Gorge
Thurston County
Citadel Flag Flap Tops S C News Of 1996
The year featured Citadel cadets Jeanie Montavlos Nancy Mace Kim Messer and Petra Lovetinska becoming the first female knobs amid celebrations and later hazing investigations. Statewide issues included the Confederate flag debate Governor Beasley firing Public Safety Director Rose and Klan arson cases drawing national attention.
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Citadel
Shannon Faulkner
Jeanie Montavlos
Nancy Mace
Military College
Kim Messer
Petra Lovetinska
Republican Party
Public Safety
Female Citadel cadets seek more info before deciding to return
Two female Citadel cadets say they want access to tapes and emails about hazing and alleged abuse before deciding if they will return after Christmas break. Lawyers say the women face hazing incidents including clothes set on fire and forced drinking. Citadel closes for holidays and will respond after Jan 2, denying injuries or harm evidence.
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Citadel
Kim Messer
Clover
Jeanie Montavlos
Charlotte
State Military College
Tim Kulp
Cadet Corps
Supreme Court
Kulp
Paul Gibson
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the Spectrum
Scott Webster
Monty Bates
Ronny Bates
H.O. Weeks Activities Center
Whiskey Road
Bers. Sons of Confederate Veterans
Togo
Motor Vehicle Administration
Jim Lang
Lang
Associated Press
S.C. Stories
Tor Boykin Rose
Clinton
Petra Lovetins
Jeanie Montavios
Virginia Military Institus
Rulp
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