Drought Declared in 22 South Carolina Counties
The South Carolina Drought Response Committee issued an incipient drought declaration for 22 counties including Edgefield Aiken County forecasters caution the lowest drought level with drier conditions continuing into autumn rainfall is possible midweek with 30 to 50 percent chances and weekend showers El Nio may bring wetter winter weather officials urge cautious outlook.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
Columbia
Petrolito
National Weather Service
el Nifio
April Bailey
Abailey
Aikenstandard.com
Equestrian artist Jan Lukens follows prize to Smithsonian and New York
Jan Lukens, an equestrian portraitist and former advertising executive, rose from a lifechanging moment in Asheville to win a 1991 Smithsonian exhibit after placing third in a Thelonious Monk Institute fundraiser. He trained at Lyme Academy and the National Academy of Design, spent years in New York galleries, and now teaches in Greensboro.
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Jan Lukens
Lukens
Vendor Village
Equus
Aiken
Highfields
Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute
Thelonius Monk Jr
Thelonius
Dad
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts
Lyme
Conn
National Academy of Design
New York City
Daniel Greene
Burton Silverman
Joe Rubenstein
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Diego Velazquez
Greensboro
N.C
Chris Kappler
Royal Kailber
Margie Goldstein Engle
Perin
Janlukens.com
Local women craft necklaces to aid AIDS relief
Members of First Presbyterian Church in Aiken fashioned handmade crocheted necklaces to raise funds for the Mwandi Infant Formula Project in Zambia. Since 2009 the group led by Catherine Vandergrift and Lorraine Kelley has sold necklaces for five dollars, surpassing seven thousand dollars and aiming for twelve thousand, with support from church and community volunteers and orders via the church website.
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First Presbyterian Church
Catherine Vandergrift
Birmingham
Ala
Lorraine Kelley
Joan Keeler
Janice Cadwallader
Mary Hunter
Robbie Knox
Maxine Eberhard
Barbara Sue Brodie
Hayne Avenue
Jim Kelley
Aikenpresbyterian.org
Mwandi
Mwandi Mission Hospital
Zambia
Africa
Ida Waddell
Frank Vandegrift
Frances
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Michelle Hudgins
Mary Lou Wallace
Susan Frushour
Renee Reid
Debi Road
Chicago
Colorado
Alabama
Georgia
Montreal Presbyterian Camp
Amsterdam
Barnwell Ave
N.W
North Augusta halls eyed for LLC investment plan
North Augusta residents Kelly and Diana Combs propose forming an LLC to purchase Lookaway and Rosemary halls for 15 000 per share. Each 15 000 investment yields about 2 34 percent in the venture with a 25 percent stake, aiming to preserve the 111 year old Lookaway and develop nearby shops or offices.
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North Augusta Lookaway
Rosemary Halls
Kelly
Diana Combs
Lookaway Hall
Combses
North Augusta
Kelly Combs
Lookaway
California
Arts and Heritage Center
Diana
Deb Turner
Turners
Combies
Phyllis Britt
Lockaway and Rosemary Halls
Bill Burkhalter
John Bigger
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Nyc
Ben Baugh
Vandegrift
Vandergrift
Kelley
Carol Ryder
Kathy Courtney
Andrea Johnson
Jane Muhlbaier
Owners of Historic Halls Propose LLC
Tova A. Jewelry
Whiskey Road
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