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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1981

Page

5

Ivory miniatures ride on Pam Aponte’s skilled hands

Pam Aponte, a Canada native living in Aiken, carves detailed ivory miniatures since 1978. She learns from netsuke carving and anatomy books, using ivory obtained legally to portray horses and animals with growing precision while balancing a race-track day job.

Asken Pam Aponte Pam Animaas Canada Mike Aiken Hitchcock Wood

Wood sculptor Jumps from psychology to rustic craft

Steve Umphrey, a former psychology student at Gracewood Hospital in Augusta, quit to pursue woodwork in Sweetwater. He and his wife Laura run a log cabin shop at 327 Park Avenue displaying owls, turtles, gnomes and furniture. They plan less travel for craft shows and more shop work.

Steve Umphrey Gracewood Hospital Augusta Umphrey Sweetwater Laura Jessie Annie Medical College Fort Gordon North South Carolina Aiken Park Avenue Umphreys

Small talk and social gripes mix with holiday chatter

A syndicated columnist riffs on small talk at parties exposing dull topics and yearning for substance. The piece mocks overused lines about Diana and Charles PBS reruns and asks for provocative subjects while recounting a party moment that drew attention.

Diana Charles PBS Phil Donahue Marlo Thomas

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