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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1986
Page
5
A light column explores regional drink terminology amid Coca-Cola Co. centennial events in Atlanta. It mocks Northern use of pop and soda versus Southern preference for Coke, noting etiquette for serving soft drinks and humorous cautions about guest wording.
The Midland Valley High Band will perform in the Hopeland Summer Concert Series. The group participates in school local civic events and statewide competitions and has earned excellent and superior ratings at band festivals. Concerts are at 7 p.m. Mondays, free to the public, at Spree Place gardens off Whiskey Road, with rain venue at South Aiken High auditorium. Bring chairs or blankets. Contact Aiken Recreation Department for details.
Barbara Kerley a compensatory teacher from North Aiken Elementary joined 80 U S teachers visiting a Russian school in Moscow and Leningrad as part of a Comparative Education Conference. She described gifted students solving problems quickly with abacuses and stack dolls, noted Russian emphasis on English from grade two, and outlined Russia’s sixth form testing and pre-college tracking. Students serve in the army from 18 to 20 after which life work or further study is chosen, with arts and athletics exempted students often advancing in those fields.
Barbara Kerley recounts her Russia trip noting gas at $22 a gallon and people in Moscow and Leningrad endlessly queuing for goods. She describes lines as a daily way of life, six share two bedrooms, limited contact, and government allotments while wages are under $7,000 yearly.
New catalog by Jack Gillis and Mary Ellen R Fise from Pocket Books presents a consumer guide to buying safe products for children from newborn to age five. It covers baby prep, product use, childcare, health and travel, ending with topics on abuse prevention breastfeeding poison control hotlines and twins.
Lynne Katonak surveys Peter Cameron's debut collection One Way or Another a set of quiet human scenes. The stories center on everyday figures and their subtle struggles with mood and discontent. Cameron limns domestic moments with wit and restraint and readers meet characters in ordinary settings.
May 19 schedule lists A.A. groups at First Presbyterian Church Linden Street and St Paul Methodist in New Ellenton plus health clinics at Aiken County Health Department. Public events include library hours, rescue squad, Lions and Rotary meetings, Body Dynamics sessions, and private training at Clemson Extension office with a public overview of clinics, Masonic temple meetings, and North Augusta and Aiken events.
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