Vets education and retirement bills reach governor
South Carolina lawmakers moved two veteran focused bills to Governor Nikki Haley. One bill allows GI Bill students to qualify for in state tuition in SC if residency rules are unmet. The other bill aims to attract retirees by phasing out state income tax on military retirement benefits and offering deductions.
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Nikki Haley
General Assembly
South Carolina
Tom Young
R.aiken
Young
Aiken
Augusta Warrior Project
David Lobb
Military Officers Association of America
Lobb
Bill Taylor
Republican
Florida
Texas
House
Ways & Means Committee
Peach Blossom Festival celebrates Johnston peach heritage in crowded weekend
Johnston hosts the 32nd Peach Blossom Festival with over 40 craft and food vendors on Main Street and a new classic car show. A parade featuring antique tractors, motorcycles and the Strom Thurmond High School band drew about 40 units, while attendance climbed to between 8,000 and 10,000 over recent years. Local organizers note the festival’s growth since its revival in the past, and visitors enjoy live music, crafts, and family activities as the town highlights its peach industry.
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Teddy Kulmala
Strom Thurmond High School
Johnston
Main Street
Sir Big Spur
University of South Carolina
Debra Aston
Crowning Lupus fundraiser draws donors at local walk
The Lupus Walk at Odell Weeks Center drew about 200 visitors for its second annual event. About 12 lupus patients, ages 30s to 60s, walked with supporters including Matilda Dargan of Columbus Georgia, a former English teacher at Aiken Technical and Voorhees College, who spoke of her battle from lupus onset in 2013 and kidney failure. Local resident Jean Mosley, also battling breast cancer, was honored for strength and courage as organizer Jean Neahous noted a surprise anonymous $100 donation.
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Matilda Dargan
Columbus
Georgia
Aiken Technical College
Voorhees College
Dargan
God
Augusta
Jean Mosley
Walk
Jean Neahous
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William Kelley
Trenton
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Christine Thompson
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Williston
Clemson University
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