Sporting Days Opens at Ramblewood Grounds in Aiken
The fourth annual Sporting Days begins today at Ramblewood Show Grounds on Citadel Drive. The three day event features dressage and jumping with exhibitions by the Aiken Team, a driving competition, a musical dog drill, and an arts and crafts fair. Tickets cost 2 in advance or 3 at the gate, with Depot Stores selling advance passes.
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Aiken
Ramblewood Show Grounds
Citadel Drive
Sete
Cutaways Farm
Aiken Dog Training Club
Harriett Skinner Named Manager of Member Services at Aiken Electric
Harriett Skinner has earned a degree in home economics and now serves as manager of member services at Aiken Electric. Her favorite desserts include banana pudding chocolate pound cake butter pecan ice cream lemon meringue pie and amaretto cheesecake.
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Harriett Skinner
Aiken Electric Rrative
University Theatre Players name change announced
The USCA Players will be renamed the University Theatre Players effective this summer with Grease. Their current production is Our Town shown today and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Etherredge Center. Dick Philip and Shel Rideout reflected on his 38 years at SRS.
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Usca Players
University Theatre Players
Our Town
Etherredge Center
Dick Philip
Shel Rideout
SRS
South Carolina Ranks 31st in Federal Per Capita Spending
A Commerce Department report shows Washington DC and South Carolina at 31st for per capita federal funding with South Carolina receiving 11.9 billion dollars last year, a 9.6 percent rise from 1988. The state’s per capita total was 3412 dollars while nationwide averages rose 5.5 percent.
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Washington
South Carolina
U.S. Commerce Department
Miche Igan
Nat
Commerce Department
David Kellerman
Kellerman
By The Numbers Spending Per Capita Across States
Per capita spending totaled 3412 dollars with Michigan at 2801 and Alaska at 5680. Overall the government paid 882 billion last year to states for grants benefits salaries and other expenditures.
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Michigan
Alaska
Soviet Rowing Team Hosts Luncheon in North Augusta
Twenty two members of the Soviet National Rowing team visited a North Augusta restaurant as guests of local business leaders and Rotary members ahead of the Augusta Invitational Rowing Regatta. The event showcased hospitality from SCE&G Cellular One and local officials with proceeds supporting regional festivities on the Savannah River. The regatta features thirty five collegiate teams and four national teams including the Soviets Bulgarians French and United States with tickets ranging from 3 to 30 dollars.
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North Augusta
South Carolina
Augusta
South Carolina Electric and Gas
Cellular One
Ms. Temps
Savannah River
Ernest Verbin
Soviet Rowing Federation
Olga Suvorova
Verbin Levin Holliman
Sidney Ballentine
Sce&g
United States
Master Gardeners Earn Diplomas In Aiken Program
Six men and five women graduated from the Aiken County Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardener program led by Tom Earle. They studied soils, fertilizers, botany, fruit and nut production, and other topics, completed ten sessions with quizzes and a final exam, then celebrated with diplomas distributed by Barle after remarks from Alan E. Bayles. Carol and Robert Maupin moved from Tennessee to join, seeking expert help for local soil conditions.
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Aiken
Aiken County Cooperative Extension Service
Tom Earle
A Inty
Barle
Alan E. Bayles
Carol
Robert Maupin
Tennessee
Maupin
John Foley
Frank Newkirk
Tom Garvin
Bob Maupin
Carol Maupin
Ann Prather
George Wicker
Joan Bristol
John Kolmar
Sheila Caldon
Clemson Extension Service Program
City Receives 850000 Grant for Toole Hill Homes
The city of Aiken obtained an 850000 Community Development Block Grant from state officials to rehabilitate 62 homes in the Toole Hill area between Morgan Perrin streets and Bagefield Avenue to Ligon Arpere. City plans provide 385000 matching funds to raise substandard houses to code with zero to eight percent loans and terms from two to twenty years.
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City of
Carpenter
City Planning and Development Department
Fox
Ms. Fox
Toole Hill
Johnston Peach Blossom Festival Heads Into Night
The Johnston Peach Blossom Festival runs tonight at Johnston Elementary School gym from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. The event features master of ceremonies Shealy, Maury Saggus, Starla Belangia, a craft show at Mims Park, Antiques and crafts by 30 vendors, entertainment by Franko the Magician at 11:10 a.m., a parade at 2:39 p.m., Kiss a Pig Contest winner meets pig at 3:50 p.m., and Camp WF proceeds with Silver Dollar Band performing at Mims Park 6 to 8 p.m.
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Johnston
Shealy
Maury Saggus
Starla Belangia
Mims Park
Franko
Magician
Robert Herlong
Johnnston
Camp WF Silver Dollar Band
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Missouri
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Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center
Scott Webster
Westinghouse
Warden Street
Bob Thomas
Ron Grant
Larry Jones
Traci Shelton
U.S. Capitol Building
Soviet Union
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