Hootie Plans Pro-Am Golf Tournament and Inaugural Concert
Hootie and the Blowfish announce their third annual Monday After The Masters Pro-Am Golf Tournament in Columbia, followed by a concert at Township Auditorium. The April 14 charity event, post Masters in Augusta, features Tiger Woods and a lineup including Dan Marino, Brett Favre, Dan Patrick, Mike Mills, and Bill Berry. Proceeds aid the South Carolina Junior Golf Association, Fairway Outreach, the National Minority Junior Golf Scholarship Association, and the Junior Golfland facility. tickets go on sale March 15.
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Blowfish
Augusta
Tiger Woods
PGA
David Duval
Peter Jacobsen
Gary McCord
Miami Dolphins
Dan Marino
Green Bay Packers
Brett Favre
ESPN
Dan Patrick
REM
Mike Mills
Bill Berry
Township
South Carolina Junior Golf Association
Fairway Outreach
Junior Golfland
Livermore Fire Station Keeps Longest Burning Bulb
In Livermore California Fire Station 1 hosts a bulb donated in 1901 that has burned with only brief outages. The bulb is famed in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not and has drawn tourists from Japan and Australia. Firefighters fear the day it burns out and vow to protect it through emergencies.
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Livermore
Calif
Japan
Australia
Oakland
Jim McCraw
McCraw
Obituary notices on page 2B summarize several deaths
Augusta Irene Johnson R Broome and Lars Denny Padget are among the names listed in the page 2B obituary notices. Other memorials mention Marilyn Sanders and Christine P Stephens with brief biographical notes. The notices cover locations including Augusta, Aiken, Van Wyck and Bastrop and reference communities in Georgia and Louisiana.
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R. Broome
Augusta Irene Johnson
Aiken Taylor
Ted) Moore
van Wyck
Lars Denny Padget
Johnston Marilyn Sanders
Aiken Sterling
M. Sterling
Bastrop
Christine P Stephens
Graniteville
Ga lottery Monday Winning Numbers Summary
Georgia lottery results list Mondays winning number 1061 from Fantasy 5 drawing spelled 34, 11, 26, 29. No additional context provided on prizes or draws.
Kennedy Middle School opens after major expansion
Kennedy Middle School unveils a doubled size building after 18 months of construction begun in 1985. Principal George Rogers notes modern facilities with updated wiring HVAC lighting and new furniture and monitors while students cheer the ribbon cutting and tour the new halls and classrooms.
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Scott Webster
Kennedy
Kennedy Middle School
George Rogers
Rogers
Hank Williams
Catherine Chesser
Lynsey Allen
Aiken Public Safety adopts motto Dedicated to the Community
The Aiken Department of Public Safety selects "Dedicated to the Community" as its official motto from 24 submissions. PSOs Michael Hunt and Sherry Scott share the winning phrase after entries were judged by Capt. Tom Galardi, who notes the motto reflects daily service and the department mission.
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Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Galardi
Ginny Southworth
Sherry Scott
Mike Hunt
ADPS
Plutonium storage gains city council support
The Aiken City Council unanimously backed a resolution endorsing temporary plutonium storage for processing and vitrification at the Savannah River Site. DOE touts SRS as a premier plutonium facility with modern storage and processing, while council aims to forward the resolution to DOE and Gov. Beasley. Annexation discussions and a failed Norfolk Southern bridge offer also featured.
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Aiken
Savannah River
SRS
Department of Energy
DOE
Steve Thompson
David Beasley
Joe Lewis
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Newberry Street
Norfolk Southern
Court OKs waiting for parole hearings
Fourth Circuit affirms South Carolina authority to double the waiting period between parole hearings for repeat offenders. State officials hailed the ruling as easing victims’ burden of yearly travel, while the case began with Gary Roller’s 1986 suit. The court noted the change applies only to subsequent parole requests after the initial sentence.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Circuit Court of Appeals
Charlie Condon
Gary Roller
U.S
Henry Herlong Jr
US. Supreme Court
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By Michael W. Gibbons
Council
By Thomas Smith
Aiken City
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