Peach crop hit by weather crisis damages 30 percent
Tindal cites 15 percent loss in early varieties and 15 percent in midseason peaches, totaling 30 percent with 35 million annual crop value. Larry Vance calls it a grower crisis, noting 95 percent loss in 1996 and funding needs to sustain fresh market production. If weather stabilizes, the crop may recover. otherwise income returns are delayed to next June through August.
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Tindal
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South Carolina church campaign targets video poker debate
The South Carolina Baptist Convention distributed sermon outlines to about 1,900 churches and fact sheets to about 4,000 churches and leaders to urge a video poker ban. The points claim 30,000 machines and challenge 27,000 industry jobs, urging pastors and local business people to visit lawmakers.
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Brown’s Named in Suit Over Dinner Event in Augusta
Ms. Simons files a civil suit accusing Brown of luring her to a restaurant on January 14 where she says the incident left her with physical and mental harm. He previously received a two year sentence for weapons charges, suspended for rehab, with plans for a May birthday event in California and an Augusta celebration, and a world tour reportedly in the works.
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Aiken County
Lawrence Brown
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