Aiken Vigil Marks Domestic Violence Awareness Event
Aiken to hold a march and 45 minute vigil beginning 6 30 p m at the Aiken Department of Public Safety to honor victims of domestic violence. CAAP and United Way of Aiken County host the National Domestic Violence Month observance with speakers including County Solicitor Barbara Morgan and local victims families. Church choirs will perform and a CAAP safe house serves victims in three counties. Call 649 0480 for more information.
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Aiken County
Aiken
CAAP
United Way of
Allendale
Barnwell
Age Limits Planned On Watercraft Use
Public hearings begin this week on a proposal to set age limits for personal watercraft. The first hearing is Monday in Anderson. Sen. Bob Waldrep seeks 16 as the minimum to drive alone, with 12 to 16 allowed only under supervision or after completing a safety program. Rep. John Felder plans to switch to the Republican Party with a news conference Tuesday at the Calhoun County Courthouse with Gov. Beasley.
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Columbia
Anderson
Bob Waldrep
R-Anderson
Max Shews
John Felder
St. Matthews
House
Calhhoun County
David Beasley
Deaths Ruth Eargle Hammett Day in North Augusta
Obituary notices record Ruth Eargle Hammett Day died in North Augusta along with references to Ernest Wayne Napier of Columbia Elvener Harris Porterfield of Bath and Coley Wilson of Bath on page 6A.
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Coley Wilson
Bath
Schofield Middle Students Build Tadpole Wetlands Learnbydoing
Sixth graders at Schofield Middle School work with hammers saws and dirt to build a learning wetland trail and catwalk. Debi Johnson notes students plan foresee and act while transforming donated wood into an outdoor classroom valued at about 100000 dollars from multiple grants. The project began as a district city partnership to fix drainage and has grown into a state regional education highlight with future signs and a computer guided field guide.
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Debi Johnson
Schofield Middle School
Schofield
Johnson
Aiken County
Aiken
World finance officials upbeat after IMF World Bank talks
At the IMF and World Bank meetings the world's top finance officials praised a reform package targeting the Mexican crisis and pledged closer cooperation to tame volatile currencies. They urged timely assessment of resources to rebuild war torn Bosnia as discussions focus on debt in the poorest nations. Kenneth Clarke warned of currency risks while Rubin and others foresee eventual success in securing up to 50 billion dollars in emergency financing.
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International Monetary Fund
World Bank
Mexico
Bosnia
Kenneth Clarke
IMF
US Treasury
Robert Rubin
Columbia Elliot Close Announces Senate Bid Against Thurmond
York County businessman and Springs Industries heir Elliot Close says he will file as a Democrat to challenge GOP Senator Strom Thurmond. He vows no PAC or special interest donations and a two term limit. He targets welfare reform health care crime and gun issues.
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Columbia
Elliot Close
York County
Springs Industries
Strom Thurmond
Close
U.S. Senate
South Carolina
Secretary of State’s
American and German scientists share Nobel Medicine Prize
Stockholm announced that two American scientists Edward Lew is and Eric Wieschaus along with German biologist Christiane Nuesslein Volhard won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries on how genes control early embryonic development. Using fruit flies, they identified key genes shaping body plans and organs, a breakthrough linking fly and human genetics. The prize is worth $1 million and will be presented December 10 in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Karolinska Institute
Edward B. Lewis
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Calif
Eric F. Wieschaus
Princeton University
Christiane Nuesslein-Volhard
Max-Planck Institute For Developmental Biology
Tuebingen
Germany
Nusslein-Volhard
Wieschaus
Lewis
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