Redcliffe Elementary Hosts Star Party Tonight
Redcliffe Elementary in Beech Island hosts a Star Party at 7 PM with Augusta Astronomy Club setting up telescopes to view Saturn and the Andromeda Galaxy. Star Lab portable planetarium will be open for visits and the public is invited in partnership with the Augusta Astronomy Club and the National Science Center.
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Redcliffe
Beech Island
Augusta Astronomy Club
Andromeda
National Science Center
SRS Toys for Tots drive seeks 8000 donations this year
Savannah River Site and Bechtel Savannah River Inc members collect new toys for infants to 12 years old through December 15, aiming for 8000 items. Last year’s total exceeded 3105, up from 2700. Campaign ends with a December 16 party at Bell Auditorium in Augusta. Deb orah Mimms seeks MS Walk volunteers at 800-922-7591.
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Savannah River
Conronation Forces
U.S. Marine Corps
SRS
Don Amaral
Bechtel
Savannah River Inc
Midland Valley Country Club
Bell Auditorium
Augusta
National
Big Thursday Party Tonight In The Alley
Aiken Amyesony of South Carolina Alumni Club hosts a Big Thursday party for Carolina and Clemson alumni today from 4 to 7 p.m. in Aiken's Alley. The event celebrates the Carolina Clemson rivalry with music by Ed Girardeau and appearances by USC's Cocky, USCA’s Pacer, and Clemson’s Tiger mascots. Food and drinks available. sponsors include the USC Alumni Club and IPTAY Club.
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Aiken
Amyesony
South Carolina
Carolina
Clemson
Aiken’s Alley
Up Your Alley
West Side Bowery
USC Alumni Club
USC Aiken Pacer Club
USC ‘Alumni Association
Game‘cock Club
Clemson Alumni Club
Iptay Club
Security Federal to open Wal-Mart branch in Aiken
Security Federal plans a Wal-Mart branch in Aiken near the customer service desk, opening Feb 2 with weekend hours 10 am to 8 pm Monday through Saturday and 1:30 to 6 pm Sunday. The office will offer services excluding mortgage loans, feature an ATM, and operate with night and weekend loan decisions via main office computer access. Lisa Corley named manager of a nine-person staff.
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Security Federal
Aiken
Wal-Mart
Richard Garci
Garcia
Abso
Lisa Corley
Bigger Leaves Director Post
Sally Bigger retires after five years as the executive director of the Cities In Schools program. She notes that the founder should hand off to someone new to advance the effort while she plans to spend more time with her husband, John Bigger, an ophthalmologist.
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Sally Bigger
Local executive to scale back hours to spend time with family
A North Augusta couple plans a four day work week for the husband CSTs mologist to allow more family time. The wife, an executive director, may step down but will assist as a volunteer while a new director is sought. The United Way budget will still be prepared and a replacement is hoped for by February.
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North Augusta
Bigger
United Way
Teen Ager Knows Cigarettes Kill
Ken McNeil, 16, recalls his grandfather Jim McNeil who died of emphysema a day after his 71st birthday. The teen admits smoking from curiosity and mix of memories, recounting his grandfather’s long battle with nicotine. The article notes the dangers of smoking and urges awareness.
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Ken McNeil
Ken
Jim McNeil
McNeil
Aiken displays AIDS Memorial Quilt panels at USC Aiken
Mother Jean Ketwig breaks down viewing the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt at USC Aiken where 32 panels recall Ken Ketwig who died in 1991. The four display blocks honor South Carolina residents who died of AIDS as ceremonies frame the exhibit running 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Friday amid campus speech on the human face of the epidemic.
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Jean Ketwig
Ken
Usc Aiken
Ken Ketwig
Washington, D.C
USDA
USCA
South Carolina
Robert Alexander
Alexander
Names Project
Blanche Premo-Hopkins
Amy Weeks
Francis Books Benefit Set After Writer Misses Event
Mystery author Dick Francis cannot attend the Aiken Steeplechase Fall Meeting but will sign autographed book plates for Come To Grief at the Aiken County Public Library. Proceeds aid the library Hitchcock Foundation and Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame. Francis, famed for Sid Halley, recalls Devon Loch loss as a career catalyst.
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Dick Francis
Francis
Mary
Cayman Islands
Miami
Mary Francis
Aiken County
Hitchcock Foundation
Ing Hall of Fame and Museum
Queen Mother
Devon Loch
Britain
Sid Halley
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Whiskey Road
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Sheres
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