Contact stuns summer crowd with space epic and star power
A review lauds Contact as a grand scale science fiction that challenges the mind and senses. Jodie Foster anchors the film with conviction while Matthew McConaughey struggles in a vague role. James Woods Tom Skerritt and Rob Lowe deliver style as villains, John Hurt shines as a Hughesian billionaire, Angela Bassett adds steadiness as a presidential aide, and Bill Clinton appears as himself amid Zemeckis magic. Warner Bros releases the PG film produced by Zemeckis and Steve Sharkey, screenplay by Hart and Goldenberg.
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Carl Sagan
Jodie Foster
Matthew ‘McConaughey
Villians
James Woods
Tom Skerritt
Rob Lowe
John Hurt
Howard Hughes
Auditions Held for Nunsense 2 at Aiken Playhouse
Aiken Community Playhouse announces auditions for its 1997 98 season mainstage production Nunsense 2. Open to women 18 and up, auditions start tonight at 7 30 pm and resume Monday at 7 pm. Bring a prepared song piece, a pianist and tape player available, and be ready for a brief dance audition. Production runs Sept 26 for three weekends. Call 648 1438 for details.
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Aiken Community Playhouse
Montmorenci Vale and the Dibble Legacy in Montmorenci
A historic tale tracing Montmorenci from its 1800s origins to modern times. James Achille DeCaradellc renamed Conway’s Valley Montmorenci, built a home that fire destroyed, then sold land to Augustus Ruxton and later James Buchanan and Henry Montgomery Dibble. Dibble expanded farming, built a stone house, and created a model dairy. Upon his 1921 death, roads and a Dibble Building memorialize him while the Vale later passed to William Woolsey II and Gilbert McMillan and became a subdivision off Old Dibble Road.
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Montmorenci
James Achille DeCaradellc
Charleston
Hamburg
France
Conway's
Montmorernei
DeCaradellc
the Vale
Augustus A. Ruxton
James M. Buchanan
Henry Montgomery Dibble
Dibble
Vale
Aiken
The
William Woolsey II
Gilbert McMillan
Dibble Road
Merritt's Bridge Christian Church Remembers Its Roots
The Merritt's Bridge Christian Church, founded in 1900, recalls its long history through longtime members Carrie Lou West and Annie Redd. The fragile floor, old pews, and community milestones show a rural faith enduring schisms in 1928 and 1945 while current pastor Rev. Charles Oglesby guides a small devoted congregation tracing its origins to D. F. Goldman and Rev. Albert Fitts.
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Merritt
Annie Redd
West
Carrie Lou
Walter Cook
Davis Cook
Merritt's Bridge
W. Harry Walker
The
Christian Church
McLauren School
Erin
Charles Oglesby
Oglesby
Marguerite
Story by Thomas Smith Photos by Ginny Southworth
A concise feature by Thomas Smith with photography credit to Ginny Southworth highlights a local cultural scene, profiling key figures and moments in an intimate, period-appropriate voice. The piece blends narrative with evocative imagery to capture community life.
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Thomas Smith
Ginny Southworth
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Avian
Simir
Marguerite Oglesby
Carrie Lou West
Merritt's Bridge Christian Church
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Bridge Christian Church
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