Aiken Community Calendar Highlights July 13 14
Readable listings for July 13 and 14 include Adult Children of Alcoholics meeting at Charter Counseling Center 135 Lancaster St Aiken Camera Club with slide program at USC Aiken Aiken City Council and other civic groups City library hours and a Life Drawing class at Rose Hill open to all levels plus public programs at Hopeland Gardens and North Augusta events.
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Federal
York St
Barnwell Avenue
Aiken County Public Library
Aiken Junior Women’s Club
Hopeland Gardens
The
Dixie Dons
Johnston Town Council
Town Hall
Knights of Columbus
Council
Spaulding Drive
Langley-Bath-Clearwater
Catherine Ryder
Rose Hill
Nancy Carson
Georgia Ave
North Augusta
New Ellenton
Waterloo St
Mental Health Association
Aiken County
South Aiken High Booster Club
Vaucluse
Windsor Town
Mt. Beulah Road
Aiken County Mental Health Association
First Presbyterian Church
Barnwell Ave
Aiken
Houndslake Country Club
Ellie Irwin
H. Odell Weeks Center
Carolina Pine Quilters
Lic
Newberry St
Charleston Theater Group
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
Lancaster St
Mackey Scott
C&s Bank
Power of Attorney and Trusts
Jackson Town Council
Ridge Spring
Senior Citizens Club
St Alumnae Panhellenic
Vaucluse Community Center
VFW
Ladies’ Auxiliary
A.m
Graniteville Exchange Club
Midland Valley Country Club
Ponce de Leon Ave
Houndslake
South Carolina dropout rate fourth in Southeast
The 1985 86 dropout rate in South Carolina stood at 37.6 percent, ranking fourth among 15 Southeastern states. A board study counts 20,800 students quitting between grades nine and 12, with the region losing 2,200 students daily, figures drawn from the U S Department of Education.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Southern Region Education Board
U.S. Department of Education
Foreign Reaction to U S Presence in Greece
In Athens, residents express chilly relations with the United States during a vacation visit. A Greek cab driver and Hydra bartender discuss the enduring Greece Turkey tensions and question U S aims, suggesting Americans leaving would not alter local dynamics and may worsen Greece’s status.
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Athens
Greece
United States
Leonindion
Peter
Hydra
Fourth of July Afloat With Champagne And Stars and Stripes
Six Americans aboard La Fluthe Enchante celebrate Independence Day in a port near Athens. With no fireworks, the crew hoisted flags and shared champagne. Nancy Anderson wore a Run for Liberty shirt while the group softly sang The Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America. A local stranger, asked about the flags, replied God bless America with a smile.
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Athens
Jean Pierre
Nancy Anderson
America
Audubon Chapters Form State Council Over Office Closure
South Carolina seven Audubon chapters form a state council to oppose the National Audubon Society board plan to close the Southeastern Regional Office in Charleston. They aim to recruit a new office, field an alternative board slate for November, seek congressional support, and possibly drop national affiliation if needed. The regional office closed July 1, affecting staffing of three people.
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Charleston
South Carolina
National Audubon Society
Columbia
Morgan A. McClure
Audubon
Charleston Natural History Society
McClure
National Board
The
National Society, Ac
Cording
Mary Joe Breton
Society
Francis Beidler Forest
Silver Bluff Plantation
Aiken County
Trend Toward Large Full Service Firms Growing
South Carolina law firms move toward megafirm status with five or six firms employing 50 or more lawyers. Merger growth fuels expansion as firms like Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard join Moore & Van Allen, creating a 150 attorney entity by fall. Leaders stress broad practice areas and economies of scale while noting small and specialty firms still serve essential client needs.
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Columbia
Megafirm
South Carolina
Jay McKay
Haynsworth Marion McKay & Guerard
Greenville
Charleston
Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard
Moore & van Allen
North Carolina
Frank Mood
Sinkler & Boyd
Wayne Corley
McNair
Hilton Head
Georgetown
Robert) McNair
Jim Konduras
Eleven Die In South Carolina Weekend Traffic Fatalities
The South Carolina Highway Patrol reports 11 people died in traffic accidents over the weekend across multiple counties including Anderson Marlboro Dorchester Pickens Dillon Richland and Horry. Notable victims include Ira resident Ira Cowan 43 who died in a motorcycle crash near Iva and several others in head on and overturn accidents on U S routes and secondary roads. The Associated Press tallied the weekend toll from 6 p m Friday to midnight Sunday.
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Anderson County
South Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Freddie Cowan
Hatchery Road
Iva
Marlboro County
Terry N. McCall
Thomas F. Ford
Bennettsville
Suzi Cole
Summerville
Ms. Cole
U.S
Dorchester County
Charles E. Patterson
Pickens
Donnie O. Patterson
Inman
Pickens County
Phillip H. Turbeville
Latta
Dillon County
James Paul Welch III
Lake View
Dearold M. Shiver
Hopkins
Richland County
William A. Spitz
Anderson
Mood Spell Jr
Ridgeville
Associated Press
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American Diabetes Association
Millbrook Baptist Church
Friendship Baptist Church
Richland Ave
Board of the Department of Social Services
Beaufort St
Garden Makers Garden Club
Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
D.C
Southeast
Kalmia Mall
Lewis Grizzard
Porky
Jesus Christ
Bradberry
Whiskey Rd
Heritage Square
Siam Kae
Shoney
ANT Iaas
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