Tennessee travel notes highlight music sites and parks
A feature previews Tennessee’s tourist draw from Memphis Mud Island to Graceland and Beale Street, Opry, and Opryland USA. It notes Overton Park Zoo, Elvis Presley and Casey Jones museums, and the Grand Ole Opry drawing 800000 yearly fans. Also announced is a Hopeland Gardens concert by the 246th S C Army National Guard Band with Beaver Jacobs and USC key performers, free admission, weather contingency.
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Tennessee
Mud Island
Memphis
Mississippi River
Lower
Mississippi
Overton Park Zoo and Aquarium
South
Overton Square
Elvis Presley
Graceland
Casey Jones Museum
Casey
Grand Ole Opry
The
Opry
America
the Opry
Opryland
Nashville
Tenn
S.C. Army National Guard
Hopeland Gardens
the Gardens
CW2
Richard L. McMahan
Vola Jacobs
John Bauer
Lucien DeGroote
Community Calendar for June 20 21 22 in Aiken County
Local calendar lists events for today and the weekend across Aiken County including museum hours at the Aiken County Historical Museum, library hours, Prayers for Peace at Odell Weeks Park, local bridge game at Odell Weeks Center, and social and religious gatherings at various venues. Notable items include the Independence Beauty Pageant at Gregg Park Civic Center, Body Dynamics Coed at the library, and the Quattlebaum Family Reunion with registration at Mid Carolina Electric Co op in Gilbert.
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Aiken County Public Library
H. Odell Weeks
H .Odell Weeks
Aiken County
Gregg Park Civic Center
Graniteville
Sandra Hopkins
Linda Moore
Cathy Dodson
George Seigler
Belvedere Woman's Club
Linden St Aiken County Public Library
Wendys
Walton Way
Doll House
Hopeland Gardens
Pon
Ce de Leon Ave
North Augusta
Quattlebaum
Mid-Carolina Electric Co-op
Gilbert
Mathias
Johannes
Peter Quattlebaum
Fuzzy Fruit Is Star Of Trenton Festival
The Ridge Peach Festival unfolds in Trenton with Miss Ridge Peach and Little Miss Ridge crowns, a softball tournament, arts and crafts booths, peach stands, parade at 10 30 past Ebenezer Church, and performances by Peach Blossom Cloggers and Shag Time. Notables like Sen Strom Thurmond and Butler Derrick are to be introduced.
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Fuzzy Fruit
Star of
Trenton
Brenda Carpenter
Town Square
Ebenezer Church
Bank Street
H.B. Kemp
Carpenter
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Smokey Oaks
Lexington
Saluda
Salem Carpet Mil
This Drink's An Udder Delight at OSU
Oregon State University researchers pursue a fruit flavored carbonated milk drink. Mina McDaniel leads a two year study funded by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board with a budget of 116000 dollars.
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Corvallis
Urc
Oregon State University
Oregon
Mina McDaniel
OSU
Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
Community events and classes listed for Aiken area
A roundup of local happenings includes the March of Dimes Phone-A-Thon contact drives, bridal fashion show, prepared childbirth classes at Aiken Regional Medical Centers, and a Zoo Program at the Public Library. Also notes reunions, art workshops, community meetings, photography contest, and genealogical travel info with dates, locations, and contact numbers.
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Aiken County
March of Dimes
Christian Women’s Club
Charlotte’s
Mae Brown
Atlanta
Town Creek Baptist Church
Patti Catshall
Judy McCormick
Riverbanks Zoo
Columbia
Newberry Street
Community Connection
Garvin Center
Horry Street
Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Center
The
Mental Health Association
Meredith Coward
Schofield
USC Aiken
Lawrence E. Carter
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
Morehouse College
Gertrude Herbert
Denise Norton
Power of
Institute
A.B.C
A.B.C., 8.C. Department of Social Services
DS8
Edgefield Road
Belvedere
Waccamaw Chapter
National Audubon Society
c/o
Waccamaw Audubon Society
Myrtle Beach
Augusta Genealogical Society
Richmond
Washington, D.C
B & D Enterprises
Aiken
Calendar Notice Request From Aiken Community Group
Community group asks local clubs and meeting representatives to submit event details to the Aiken Standard two working days before publication for calendar listing. Include event date, location, and contact information for verification.
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Aiken
Three African Books Highlight Black White Relationships
Three novels and stories explore race in Africa. Dalene Matthee's Fiela's Child follows a white child raised by a black woman and the fight over his true identity. Norman Rush's Whites portrays whites in Botswana through tense, morally sharp tales. Lucy Ferriss's The Gated River, set in West Africa, follows Marika, an American widow, as she seeks who killed her husband amid dam politics and war. Knight-Ridder Service
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Fiela’s
Dalene Matthe
Alfred A. Knopf
Norman Rush
Lucy Ferrss
Franklin Watts
Africa
Fiela
Dalene Matthee
Fiela Kompetie
Benjamin
Lukas van Rooyen
Barta van Rooyen
Lukas
Nina
South Africa
Botswana
Rush
Pala
Italy
Agency For International Development
America
Lucy Ferriss
West Africa
Yumana
Marika Hooper
U.S
New York
Justin Kilroy
U.S. Aluminium Company
Parambo River
Marika
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Knoxville
Hopelands
Edgefield County
Ers
the Ridge
Ferriss
Knight-Ridder Service
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