Senate flag dispute shifts from removal to placement
Negotiations over the Confederate flag in the Statehouse area continue amid closed doors talks and public pressure. Key figures Hodges, Drummond, Matthews, and Land clash with the NAACP and Republican opposition over location and next steps as the House remains a major hurdle after Beasley’s failed 1996 bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin Geddings
Hodges
Senate
John Drummond
NAACP
Legislative Black Caucus
Statehouse
Sen
John Matthews
D-Bowman
Matthews
John Land
D-Manning
House
David Beasley
North Augusta Urges Corps to Keep New Savannah Bluff Dam Open
During public comment Mayor Lark Jones urged the Corps to keep the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam operating citing economic and quality of life risks if decommissioned. North Augusta and Augusta have not yet funded the project and a federally funded disposition study began in July 1998 to review current uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
Augusta
Savannah Bluff
Lark Jones
Tion
Italian visitors' medieval banquet tour in Aiken
Members of the Partners in Friendship group from Orvieto Italy prepare for a weekend Medieval Banquet at the Green Boundary Club with a carriage tour of downtown Aiken. Iva Barbabella and other Orvietan delegates will serve, then wear evolving costumes from cook to noble woman. Attendees are urged to dress warmly for the outdoor tent event Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partners In Friendship Group
Orvieto
Italy
Green Boundary Club
Aiken
Jane Page Gunnell
Gunnell
Jack Wetzel
Jack Seabrook
Lou Piancone
Historic
Historic Association
Medioevo
Iva Barbabella
Lorenzo Pelegri
Ms. Barbabella
Historic Society
Anna Bracciantini
Red Cross
Civil Defense Department
Anna
Massimo Servettini
Janet Morris
Kay Moody
Redding honored at North Augusta Chamber banquet
Dr. Redding was honored at the annual North Augusta Chamber banquet alongside keynote speaker Ann Taylor of Taylor Toyota. The event highlighted the Business By the Book program at First Baptist, saving the North Augusta High School baccalaureate, and praised Redding as a wonderful father and husband. Joe Oller Jr. noted chamber progress, including a move into a new phase for the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ding
First Baptist
Cooper
Dr. Redding
North Augusta
Ann Taylor
Taylor Toyota
Augusta
Taylor
Joe Oller Jr
North Augusta Chamber moves to new facility
Kathy Gilliland, incoming chairman, notes first woman chair in a long time as North Augusta Chamber reveals plans for a visitor center in the new building. Directors and Ambassadors praised, building fund contributors recognized. Kelly Zier MC for annual banquet. Rev. Jim Glander delivers invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber
North Augusta
Kathy Gilliland
Chamber of Commerce
Ambassadors
Kelly Zier
Jim Glander
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
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NOKIA
Price Communications Corporation
American Stock Exchange
Washington Rd
West Augusta
Augusta West
T. Martintown Re
Cellular
Corony
Samus
Peor
Comercrart
Redding
N.A. Tromin
ST. John’s United Methodist Church
Newberry Street
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