Asimov Clowns Reign At This Auction
A New York charity auction offers items including a chance to be a character in an Isaac Asimov story and a Rolls Royce trip to a football game. Other lots include private movie screenings and a Willard Scott autograph, with bidders hoping for big money.
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Isaac Asimov
Asimov
Princess Leia
Universal
Columbia Pictures
Mark I
Aiken
Hollywood
Willard Scott
Robert Redford
Ole Bobby Redford
Lynne
Redford
New York
October 22 marks milestones from Cuba crisis to Liszt and Millerism
On Oct 22 events span history from Kennedy’s 1962 Cuban confrontation and the quarantine to Soviet removal of missiles, Liszt’s 1811 birthday, the 1883 Met Opera House opening, and Millerite End Day lore with followers disposing possessions.
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John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Soviet Union
Franz Liszt
Metropolitan Opera House
New York Metropolitan Opera House
William Miller
Deaf employee thrives at Social Security Office
Patricia Brandt, a deaf computer worker in Aiken, earns a permanent position after a successful trial. With sign language interpreter Betty Nichols, Brandt handles data entry, messaging, typing and filing, proving able to catch up daily and stay busy while adapting coworkers to sign language training.
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Patricia Brandt
Betty Nichols
Aiken
Mrs. Brandt
Social Security Administration
North Augusta
Mrs. Nichols
Patricia
Lee
Coke
Nichols
Brandt
Spartanburg School For the Deaf
Literacy tutor opens doors to reading in Aiken County
Jerry Merritt a retiree from DuPont volunteers as a literacy tutor with Literacy Action of Aiken County using the Laubach method to teach reading and writing in one to one sessions. The program trains tutors in a 10 hour course and pairs them with students meeting twice weekly at the Aiken Baptist Association Center under coordinator Jeanne Knotts.
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Aiken County
Jerry Merritt
Literacy Action
Merritt
DuPont
Literacy Action of
Aiken Baptist Association Center
Hwy. 1
Midland Valley Country Club
Jeanne Knotts
Laubach
Aiken County Public Library
Helping Children Understand And Express Their Feelings
Parents should accept all emotions in children and help them express anger sadness and fear in healthy ways. Use calm redirection for hurtful acts model empathy and set safe boundaries. Allow fears to ease with time and age appropriate coping strategies.
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Marsha
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Lynne Katonak
Mercantile Library
Scarlett O’hara
Rhett Butler
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey’s Circus
Ryan Hennings
Ginny Southworth
Bath Mill
David Brandt
Augusta
By Jaina Tucker
By Phil Jones
Saf Lerman
Jesse
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