Museum honors retiring director Bill Parden
A reception for Bill Parden, retiring after four years as director, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Aiken County Historical Museum located at 433 Newberry St. SW, Aiken. The event celebrates growth in the museum display area including the basement opening. public information line 642-2015.
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Bill Parden
Aiken County
Tri Development Board Meeting Rescheduled in Aiken
The Tri Development Center Board and the Aiken County Board of Disabilities will not meet this month. The next joint meeting is set for Thursday August 3. For details, call Betty Whitfield at 612 8800.
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Tri-Development Board
Tri- Development Center Board
Aiken County Board of Disabilities
Betty Whitfield
North Augusta
Aiken NAACP Cancels July Meeting
The Aiken Branch of the NAACP canceled its July meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for Aug. 3.
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Aiken
Fourth of July in the South long reflected Civil War history
In Tuscaloosa Alabama historians note Independence Day fell out of favor after the Civil War as Vicksburg and Gettysburg scars shaped Southern memory. Celebration returned post World War I with a shift from Confederate Memorial Day to July Fourth amid fading fireworks south of the Mason Dixon line.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Ulysses Grant
Pennsylvania
Robert E. Lee
Gettysburg
Wilson
Mason-Dixon Line
Gwyn
Turner
Demopolis
A.K
Temo) Callahan
Holt
Paul Garner
North Carolina
South
Gary Mills
University of Alabama
Mills
Eldridge Begins As Aiken County School Superintendent
Dr Linda B Eldridge started as superintendent of the Aiken County School District replacing Dr Joseph R Brooks who retired after eight years. She arrived from Gainesville Florida and planned a busy day meeting district leaders and board members while embracing a high energy approach and anticipation for the new school year.
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Linda B. Eldridge
Aiken County
Eldridge
Joseph R. Brooks
Gainesville
Fla
Alachua County
Dr. Eldridge
William Gallman
Board of Education
Scott Webster
Schools Change Leaders In Ai Ken County District Shake-Up
The Ai ken County School District assigns several principals to new schools after a spring administrative shake-up. David Caver moves from Jackson Middle to Aiken High, reporting a smooth transition. William Gassman shifts from Aiken High to South Aiken High, also noting tranquil adjustment.
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Ai‘ken County
Board of Education
Aiken High
David Caver
Caver
Jackson Middle School
Aiken High School
William Gassman
South Aiken High School
South
Aquatic Insects Flourishing In Upper Three Runs Creek
Ecologist J Vaun McArthur and students at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory report about 600 aquatic insect species in Upper Three Runs Creek at the Savannah River Site on the Georgia South Carolina border. Caddis flies Mayflies and water skimmers abound as researchers study why the healthy creek survives while nearby Pen Branch and Four Mile Creek were damaged by reactor cooling water. The work aims to aid restoration of the degraded streams over decades.
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J. Vaun McArthur
Mcarthur
University of Georgia
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
SRS
Georgia-South Carolina
Savannah River
Germany
Pen Branch
Four Mile Creek
Three Runs
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