Summer Sizzles With Fun at Odell Weeks Center Festival
Recreation staff report a record turnout at the Odell Weeks Center summer festival with over 9,000 attendees at Virginia Acres Park. The event featured more than 9 craft booths, food stalls, rides, games, and performances by local groups and vendors. Despite threatening weather, rain held off allowing outdoor activities, and sponsors alongside volunteers were praised for making the event possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisa J. Hall
Virginia Acres Park
Ms. Hall
Usc Area
Aiken Pets Must Wear City Licenses Under Tight Rules
Aiken residents face strict enforcement of the Animal Control Ordinance start of warnings end this week. Pet owners must ensure city issued license tags are on collars or risk three day pound holds for untagged animals and ten days for claimed licenses. With only 57 tags sold despite 6 000 to 8 000 pets affected, officials expect a final rush before the Wednesday deadline.
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Aiken
City of
Jeffery Wilson
Animal Control
S.P.C.A
Wilson Sai
Sai
Wilson
Anita H. Lilly
Nance
Mrs. Lilly
Lilly
Serbs Rain More Shells On Sarajevo
Bosnian Serb forces shelled Sarajevo and the Dobrinja suburb amid a UN warning to halt the siege. Renewed artillery and small‑arms fire troubled the city as NATO peace moves pressed for access to relief supplies and an international response.
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Sarajevo
Dobrinja
United Nations
Bosnia
Lisbon
Portugal
U.N
Miki Trifunov
Evo
Mustafa Hajrulahovic
Saravo
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Security Council
Ini
Serbia
French Chief En Route To Battered City
Paris President Francois Mitterrand departed after EU summit for Yugoslavia with Bernard Kouchner. Bosnian officials warned the landing in Sarajevo may be difficult as airports faced darkness, with a possible overnight stop en route if landfall proved unsafe.
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Paris
Francois Mitterrand
France
Yuoslavia
Elysee Palace
Sarajevo
Capi Bosnia
Mitterrand
Portugal
Bernard Kouchner
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Alija Izet
Mitterran
Fourth of July Programs and Fireworks Highlight Aiken Star
The July Fourth wrapup previews upcoming holiday programs and fireworks displays. It notes popular events and offers a brief history of Independence Day as context for readers.
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Aiken Stansfard
BMW Faces Union Push Near New Spartanburg Plant
The BMW 250 million site near Greer will attract union organizing as organizers target suppliers and plant workers in South Carolina cresting a right to work clash. AFL CIO and UAW plan efforts while BMW targets 1,000 jobs by 1985 and up to 2,000 by century’s end, with pay around 10 dollars hourly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
BMW
Greer
G.0. Smoak
Afl-Cio
South Carolina
United Auto Workers
UAW
Reg McGhee
Gerald Calvasina
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Curt Cotte
State Development Board
Spartanburg County
Smoak
Greenville-Spartanburg
Richard Brooks
BMW Spokes
Classifieds and Local Front Contact
Local front classifieds note inviting news tips with a call to reach 48-2311 for story ideas or submissions.
Nature Preserved In Garden At 130 Vivian Drive
The Symonds back yard at 130 Vivian Drive evolved into a small nature preserve with birds nesting in bushes and a busy bird feeder scene. Rabbits, frogs, and various wildlife thrive as neighbors Al and Lil Symonds earned Backyard Wildlife Habitat status by planting trees shrubs and flowers for food and shelter.
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Irden
Vivian Drive
Imi
Happy
Pepper
Symonds
al and
Lil Symonds
Slonal Wildlife Federation
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Mark Lippard
Lippard
Lynch
Founds
A. Ruth and Sohn
Waldkirch
Germany
Ginny So
Sean Pollard
Philip Lord
Sadie Boyd
Williston
Amanda Key
Gladys R. Pruitt
Helen H. Strauss
Willist
Nina J. Nndiffer
Mrs. Symonds
Nature
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