Memorial Day Ceremony Honors Area War Dead
Rep. Robert S. Perry spoke at the Memorial Day wreath laying at the Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park. He recalled his father Bob Perry who helped build ships in Savannah during World War II and Albert George of the George Funeral Home who served in the South Pacific and endured the Bataan Death March.
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United States
Robert S
Skipper) Perry
Marine Corps League
Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park
Perry
Bob Perry
Savannah
Albert George
Fami
Moore pushes remembrance at Memorial Day ceremony
South Carolina Senator Tommy Moore spoke at North Augusta’s Memorial Day event at Wade Hampton Veterans Park. He urged daily tributes to veterans, praised new November Patriotism week, and called for adequate veteran benefits. The program honored fallen soldiers with wreaths and an empty chair for 88 000 MIA POWs.
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Tommy Moore
North Augusta
Sen. Moore
Wade Hampton Veterans Park
Jesse C. Lynch
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American Legion
Moore
United States
Charlie Key
Jesse Key
Thomas Hallman
John Cave
Rep Spence Recuperating After Kidney Transplant
U S congressman Floyd Spence of South Carolina recovers in Baltimore from a kidney transplant received Friday from his son David. Spence says he nearly dared opponent Jane Frederick to make wealth an issue in the November race for the 2nd District seat he has held since 1970. He plans to return to work next week as three other sons offered kidneys.
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Columbia
Floyd D. Spence
R-S.c
Jane Frederick
Spence
Baltimore
University of Maryland Medical Center
David
Nine dead in traffic crash action adds sober charge
A Boiling Springs man faces DUI and failing to stop charges after a one car crash killed passenger Derek Lee Shields 22 of Spartanburg. Shields died from head injuries two days after the wreck along a Spartanburg County secondary road.
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Boiling Springs
Derek Lee Shields
Spartanburg
Fire ants not out in full force yet
Aiken residents face increasing fire ant presence as heat dries soil. Terry Mathis of Clemson Extension says dry conditions mean few visible mounds now, but rains will trigger widespread mound formation across the Southeast and in Aiken.
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Terry Mathis
Aiken County
Clemson Cooperative Extension Service
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