Midland Valley Senior Susan Drake Awarded by Graniteville Club
Susan Drake, senior at Midland Valley High School, named outstanding student of November by Graniteville Exchange Club. She is active in Beta Club Pep Club yearbook staff and student council secretary, plus diverse roles at Piney Heights Baptist Church.
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Susan Drake
Midland Valley High School
Graniteville Exchange Club
Foster Drake
Clearwater
Piney Heights Baptist Church
Susan
Midland Valley
Michael Kelvin Green
South Carolina State College
Green
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Aiken High School
Michelle Bennett
Razmie S. Gregorian Jr
Laurie Jane Little
Derek Wells
Aiken Day School
Shannon Wyant
South Aiken High School
Drew Joseph Lanham
St. Angela Academy
Mary Beth Mosley
St. Mary’s
Lynn Giard
Richard Perry
Kennedy Middle School
Jeff Bailey
Terry Bishop
Trey Brown
Rajeev Jindal
Stacy Phillips
Brian Sides
Cindy Tinnes
Ashley Dawsey
Millbrook Elementary School
Donas Bennett
Oakwood Drive
Aiken
Aiken Community Hospital
Jack Ratliff
Michelle
Girls’ State
Converse College
Shiloh Baptist Church
Acteen Council
Furman
White Oak
Razmic
Gregorian Jr
Bridlewood Drive
S.C
South Aiken Presbyterian Church
Aiken Standard
St. Gerard’s Catholic Church
Navy
Council On Ministries
Gail Johnson
South Aiken High
Lanham
Greater Aiken
Duke University
Giard
St. Mary’s Parish
Robert S. Perry
Perry
Aiken Swim Association
First Baptist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Trinity United Methodist Church
James and
Ann Bishop
Bishop
United Methodist Youth Fellowship
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Carl E. Brown Jr
Presbyterian
Kalwant
Kaushalya Jindal
Jindal
Richard
Barbara Phillips
Miss Phillips
St. John’s Methodist Church
Kay Rankin
Millbrook
Youth Appreciation Week honors 17 Aiken students
Optimist Club members in Aiken and nationwide celebrate Youth Appreciation Week by recognizing 17 standout students from Aiken schools. Nominations cite leadership, academics, service, and community involvement across eighth grade to high school levels.
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Mead Hall Elementary School
Aiken County
Sarah Beasley
Lawarence Sisk
Cathy Warner
John Kelley
Kristy Faulk
Susan Gibbons
Janis Hall
David McLendan
Doug Keller
Optimist Club of
Aiken
Sometimes Nestlings Need A Hard Push
A reflection on modern parenting revealing 30 million parents with adult-age kids who drift in and out of life. It notes empty-nest ideas as overrated and recalls anecdotes of drastic moves and unusual home changes without forwarding addresses.
Erma Bombeck on The Aging Teen and Family Dynamics
The essay humorously examines changing American families. Bombeck notes children stay home after school less and often stay connected through merging households. She jokes about methods to persuade teens to leave, then reflects on modern family structures and life after the index.
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Ator Door
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DECA
Distributive Education Clubs of America
Angela Cullum
Cynthia Hunt
Elizabeth Franklin
Rosland Dordh
Betsy Baughman
Langley-Bath-Clearwater Middle School
Ricky Brantley
Kelly Benson
Jody Smith
Melissa Farrell
Angie Mays
Trent Lee
St. Mary’s School
ST. Angela
Key/Keywanettes
Jennifer Earle
Paula King
Lisa Key
Margaret McManus
Donna Lareau
Mary Ellen Poole
Karrie Joseph
Shannon Ford
Georgianna Conger
Chris Saul
Jack Weigle
Carol Wentworth
Teddy Amsted
Donny Griffith
Mitch Cushman
Carlton Norwood
Billy King
Woody Harrington
Columbia
Stanley Baker
Andrew Moyer
Robert
Joyce) Anderson
Aiken High
Paul
Martha) Ebel
Greg Wilson
Drake
Wilry
Jennifer Andrews
Cornita Tutt
Peanut
Jimmy Doyle
Phil Jones
Bailey
Dawsey
Mosley
Gregorian
Cathy Hughes
Erma Bombeck