Graham seeks clear military record amid war veteran claim
Lindsey Graham, labeled a Gulf War veteran by officials, denies combat service and says he served at McEntire Air Force Base. He criticizes a Washington paper for misreporting and asserts his legal entitlement to veteran status while defending his credibility and congressional role.
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Mary Lou Lindholm
US Personnel Management Office
Graham
Germany
Washington
Gulf
Lindsey Graham
McEntyre Air Force Base
Beech Island Tennis Academy Aims to Grow Valley Tennis Reach
Rhonell Williams runs the Beech Island Tennis Academy in Clearwater offering free lessons to 20 National Junior Tennis League students. The nonprofit funds rackets balls and trips through donations and equipment in kind while teaching academics citizenship and conflict resolution to steer youths toward college. Williams partners with the Inner City Tennis Club and plans school outreach at Jefferson Elementary Langley Bath Clearwater Middle and Midland Valley High. For donations or information call (803) 827-1734.
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Harrison-Caver Park
Clearwater
Williams
Beech Island Tennis Academy
Jeffery Herring
Inner City
Jefferson Elementary
Langley-Bath-Clearwater
Midland Valley High
Rhonell Williams
Video poker scheme charged to three men
North Augusta officers report two Belvedere men and a Augusta resident charged with tampering with video poker machines at Players Paradise on Floyd Lane. Arrested were Robert Samon sky 23 Richard Samonsky 22 and Scott Gunter 31 after agents attached an electronic device to a machine. State law prohibits payouts over 125 dollars per player in 24 hours.
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North Augusta
Belvedere
Augusta
Players Paradise
Floyd Lane
Robert Samonsky
Oak Drive
Richard Samonsky
Scott Gunter
Watkins Street
State Law Enforcement Division
Offi
Cers
Aiken County
Diversity Conference Opens At CSRA Event
The fourth annual CSRA Diversity Conference runs Tuesday and Wednesday at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center with 7 a.m. registration and 8:30 a.m. sessions. Keynote speakers are Joe Clark on day one and Carlos Garcia on day two. workshops cover topics from diversity benefits to disability in the workplace.
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CSRA
H. Odell Weeks
Joe Clark
Eastside High School
Paterson
Time Magazine
60 Minutes
Warner Brothers
Carlos Garcia
RCS Cor
Coral Reef Research Ties Work Across Universities
Smith describes collaborative coral reef studies with a Cornell group on sea fan fungus responses and a New York crew recently in Bonaire. ABC News covered the research while he filmed for Scientific American Frontier. He travels to the Caribbean about seven times yearly and teaches Ecology of the Bahamas biannually from San Salvador.
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Smith
Cornell University
New York
Bonaire
South America
ABC News
Scientific American Frontier
Kim Ritchie
Ritchie
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
USCA
Caribbean
Earthwatch
Bahamas
San Salvador
South
Florida
Heritage Corridor aims to boost tourism funding in Columbia event
Mary Ann Mellor urges Legislature or Governor support for a March 4 heritage tourism event in Columbia designed to rally grassroots backers. Four Discovery Centers across the Corridor will guide visitors to regional points of interest, tapping a fast growing sector cited by the State Parks Department. Local hoteliers report strong patron interest in heritage events unique to Aiken and the surrounding region.
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Mary Ann Mellor
Columbia
S.C
Aiken
Donna Kirby
Hampton Inns
South Carolina
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