Comet Holmes brightens sky amid mysterious flare
The night sky brightened as Comet Holmes became visible to the naked eye after an abrupt brightness surge. Astronomers, led by David Boyd of Boyd Pond Observatory, note the event likely exposed volatile material, with the comet appearing in Perseus and remaining observable for several nights despite a full moon.
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David Boyd
Boyd Pond Observatory
Edwin Holmes
Britain
Sky & Telescope
Students help with spooky hunger drive at South Aiken High
South Aiken High School hosts Its Spooky to be Hungry campaign led by ROTC volunteers. Laquan Holston and fellow students unload canned goods for Golden Harvest Food Bank as teachers and cadets collect bags in a nationwide drive connected to Make a Difference Day.
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Naval Junior Rotc
Laquan Holston
Holston
South Africa
Naval Junior Rotc Unit
Aiken
Golden Harvest Food Bank
ROTC
Larry Laughlin
Martha Koehler
Sheriff expands D.A.R.E. program to younger students in Aiken
Aiken County approves adding a Drug Abuse Resistance Education curriculum to grades 6 7 8 9 10 11 and 12 mirroring a DEA model. Sheriff Hunt says deputies will teach the program as the district and county budget support expanded drug education. The effort covers alcohol marijuana prescription abuse meth and other drugs with images and long term effect discussion.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Michael Hunt
United States
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Dieble
Deible
Artist in Aiken blends horses and history in paintings
Stephanie Dunatov, an Amherst, New York native now in Aiken with her husband and two children, follows her lifelong love of horses into art. Her 2005 Moonlit Church graces the December 2007 Art Calendar cover. she has shown at Western New York festivals and Horses Saratoga Style 2007, with pieces in Horses in Art Magazine. She hosts a growing body of work including Bringing Home The Tree and a holiday card reproduction, and cites Colonial Times reenactors in North Augusta for reference.
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Aiken
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Childdren
Amherst
N.Y
Dunatov
Favas
Paper
New York
Horses In Art
Aiken Center For the Arts
North Augusta
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