Perfect Trials weather brightens Sporting Days Farm Horse Trials
Sunny warm day with a brisk breeze welcomed 162 riders from 13 states and Canada to Montmorenci for dressage cross country and stadium jumping. Spectators enjoyed the event as Joannah Glass explained judges and fences while riders tested horse and rider through demanding challenges and entry-fee considerations.
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Montmorenci
States
Canada
Joannah Glass
France
Sporting Days Farm Horse Trials Highlight Rugged Course
Mrs Glass describes a demanding event with clocked rounds over fixed obstacles mimicking military courier duties. The fifth annual Sporting Days Farm Horse Trials offer levels from preliminary to advanced with a free cross country school, a Fun Day Dog Exhibition and a Mini Grand Prix, near Montmorenci on US 78.
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Montmorenci
Race relations improve in South Carolina survey shows cautious progress
A Palmetto Project telephone poll of 800 South Carolinians finds whites and blacks see slow gains in race relations over the past decade. About 39 percent of whites and 34 percent of blacks say improvement occurred, with many urging continued work. The results, to be discussed at a Greenville race summit, show a lingering white black perception gap and only half feel the state is headed in the right direction.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Palmetto Project
Steve Skardon
Skardon
Greenville
Local residents air views on race relations in South Carolina
Local residents express mixed views on black-white relations in South Carolina. David Salter, an Aiken teacher, says improvements exist but much work remains while Rosie Kennamer of Beech Island notes little progress and media influence.
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South Carolina
David Salter
Aiken
Rosie Kennamer
Beech Island
Deaths Mary Elizabeth East to Monroe Weathersbee listed
Obituary notices for Mary Elizabeth East Carolyn Watkins Epting Ruby Bell Hamlet Jerry Lowman Virginia Metcalf Inez Roberson Ellen Tyson and Monroe Weathersbee summarized on page 10A with brief biographic notes and dates.
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Mary Elizabeth East
Belvedere
Carolyn Watkins Epting
Aiken
Ruby Bell Hamlet
Jerry Lowman
Monetta
Virginia Metcalf
Wagener
Inez Roberson
Ellen Tyson
Springfield
Monroe Weathersbee
Augusta
U N Commission Still Hunting Iraqi Arms
Britain and the United States press for a military strike against Iraq citing UN gathered data on chemical and biological weapons. Reports warn Saddam Hussein may possess Scud missiles with warheads, large anthrax supplies, chemical munitions, and VX agent precursors. Defense Secretary Cohen notes casts beans for ricin and claims Iraqi missiles carry anthrax, challenging Baghdad’s denials.
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London
Iraq
Britain
United States
Hussein
U.N
Defense
William Cohen
Cyrano Cupid lead hand at Sweet'arts Ball
Cyrano De Bergerac opens the second annual Sweet'arts Ball at the Holley House as 200 guests mingle in a 1920s style setting. Romance-themed prizes, exotic foods, a music-filled ballroom, desserts, and theater characters Cyrano Romeo and Juliet assist couples with declarations of love in a lively Valentine event.
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Cyrano
Cupid
Sweet’arts Ball
Cyrano de Bergerac
Holley House
France
Italy
China
Mexico
Brian Holloway
Romeo
Mike Bozzone
Juliet
Julie Moore
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Bill Bengtso
Abby
Mary
U.N. Commission
Iraqi Intelligence
Cohen
Ginny Southworth
Ray Little
the Holley House
Ecuador
Holland
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