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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1980
Page
5
A humorous montage on sports boredom fueled by statistics and odd old examples. The piece riffs on past sports missteps, family quips, and a running gag about records in conversations and domestic life. It playfully critiques the fixation with stats in sports culture.
Dear Abby column excerpt reveals multiple readers, both widows and married women, discussing jealousy toward widows and divorcees. Respondents share experiences of social exclusion, pressure, and varying city dynamics from Arizona to Miami and California.
Doreen Dickson of Aiken advocates regular drawing and carries a pad to sketch anywhere. She is invited for a second show at the Augusta Library, with works ranging from landscapes and still lifes to abstract pieces and a fall scene of a dogwood tree in her yard. Her training spans Carnegie Institute, Florence Burkhardt, Jack King, and others, with a Harvard Library photographer daughter among her three children.
From trash to treasure the AAUW fair in Aiken showcases attic treasures crafts foods books and high quality used clothing. Proceeds support the AAUW educational foundation and scholarships for USC Aiken and Young Artists Awards with a new plan to keep more money in Aiken County.
The Aiken AAUW Arts Books and Crafts Fair runs Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Aiken Municipal Auditorium. It features books white elephants antiques children's items and quality used clothing.
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