Work pays for ATC grads at Midland Valley ceremony
Regina Koon Shealy, 35, graduates after six years of night classes in office systems technology at Aiken Technical College. She balled through nerves as family arrived with roses, celebrating a hard won degree and a 4.0 final semester average. The ceremony marked the culmination of her effort to show her children education matters.
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Midland Valley
Aiken Technical College
Regina Koon Shealy
Darrell
Mrs. Shealy
Stocks fall as inflation fears spark Dow decline
The Dow Jones average dropped nearly 194 points to 10,913.82 after the Labor Department reported a 0.7 percent April consumer price rise. Broader indices fell as bond yields rose to 5.91 percent, fueling inflation worries and bets on possible Fed action. IBM slid $6.13 to $239.88 after a prior record drift.
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New York
Dow
Labor Department
Barry Hyman
Ehrenkrantz King Nussbaum
Treasury
Federal Reserve
IBM
Star Wars Episode I hype builds in CSRA sales push
Local merchants expect sales to rise as fans pace countdown to The Phantom Menace. Store managers note eager buyers抢ing up T shirts figures puzzles and games with merchandise front and center as release approaches.
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CSRA
Hollywood
Elizabeth Raiford
Aiken Kmart
Ms. Raiford
Cancer Society Relay for Life Lights Aiken Track
The American Cancer Society sponsored a Friday night relay at Aiken High School starting at 7 p m. Survivors led the first lap before dinner. Alken native Carolyn Evans, in three month remission, and family joined as Frances Mack LaJoyce Johnson Christine DeLoach and Betty Thurmond cheered. Luminaries on the bleachers spelled HOPE as the event continued through the night despite dropping temperatures.
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Relay For Life
American Cancer Society
Aiken High School
Alken
Carolyn Evans
Frances Mack
LaJoyce Johnson
Christine DeLoach
Betty Thurmond
Ms. Evans
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Eva Mae Curry
North Augusta
G.L. Brighthorp and Sons
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Aiken
Scott Webster
Amanda Haiel
Big E
Silver Bluff Road
Marc
Cancer Society
Marcy Howley
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