Extreme heat and drought strain crops across the region
May rainfall fell short of normal and temperatures rose into the 90s, with some areas near 100. Farmers irrigate where possible as soils dry, delaying planting after earlier storms, and crops like corn and soybeans show heat stress while residents struggle with heat and humidity.
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Cash
Weather Service
Jim Thomas
Clemson Agricultural
Allendale County
Thomas
John Oxner
Lexington
Richland
Whitson Plans Progress in Secondary School Leadership
Whitson outlines a career path built on a BS in psychology and an MS in educational administration and counseling. He began teaching at Florida Military School in DeLand in 1968 and has since worked in Columbia, Jackson, and Granville. He aims to use secondary level administrative experience to push the district toward continued excellence in its secondary schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitson
Florida Military School
DeLand
Columbia
Jackson
Graniteville
Mack accepts principal post at J.D. Lever High
Mrs. Mack outlines education plan and credits staff, parents, and students. She holds a bachelor’s in elementary and early childhood education, a master’s in administration, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in educational leadership. Her career began in 1978 at Collins Elementary with later posts in Winder, Augusta, and New Ellenton. Her twin sister Marie Vaughn teaches first grade at Aiken Elementary.
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University of South Carolina Aiken
Augusta College
University of South Carolina
Collins Elementary
Augusta
Winder
New Ellenton
Mack
Aiken
Marie Vaughn
Aiken Elementary
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Richland Ave
Aiken, SC
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Denmark
Aiken County
Republican Party
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
David Towers
Charles Matthews
Aiken High School
Njrotc
Dennis Turner
Floyd Spence
Diane Giddings
GOP
White Heritage Square
Aung Yen
Sas
Niger
Meniacues
Mercantile Associates
Ectreta
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