Vandalism suspect held in custody after cemetery desecration
A 16 year old Bath youth was ordered detained for another 30 day evaluation in Columbia as state prosecutors decide next steps in the Sunset Memory Gardens vandalism case. Two accomplices, ages 17 and 20 from Augusta, face $200000 bonds each and charges of desecration of human remains. The act prompted cemetery manager Larry Gran to urge continued detention.
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Larry Inabinet
Bath
Department of Juvenile Justice
Columbia
Sunset Memory Gardens
Larry Gran
Aiken County
Stewart Enterprises
Obituary notices head page 2B with several families named
Death notices list Florina Shamberger Aiken Jessie Lee Glover New Ellenton George C Hamilton Aiken Derral E Creswell Belvedere Hezekiah Davis Salley James Jackson Johnston. Obituaries appear on page 2B with brief notices for each individual.
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Florina Shamberger
Aiken
Jessie Lee Glover
New Ellenton
George C. Hamilton
Derral E. Creswell
Belvedere
Hezekiah Davis
Salley James Jackson
Johnston
Cash 3 and Fantasy 5 outcomes from Thursday lotterylottery
The day’s drawings show Cash 3 Midday 7 6 2 and Cash 3 Evening 4 9, plus Fantasy 5 numbers 9 16 17 20 28 for 2012.
These five do hard time for Silver Bluff football
PETTICOAT JUNCTION Five Silver Bluff High School men form the home game chain crew for Bulldogs football. Led by Larry Lynn, the team includes Tim Thomas Rick Willard Mel and Ernie Youngblood. They explain their roles with chain markers clip and box signals to measure and display yardage during varsity and playoff games. Ernie acts as fifth Nan when needed.
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Jared Kart
Silver Bluff Chain Gang
Tim Thomas
Mel Youngblood
Larry Lynn
Rick Willard
Ernie Youngblood
Petticoat Junction
Silver Bluff
Bulldog
Mel
Larry
Tim
Rick
Ernie
Key West Brace For Georges As Florida Keys Under Warning
Gusty winds and heavy rain lash the Florida Keys as Hurricane Georges nears shore with 100 mph sustained winds and 115 mph gusts. Five million in eight counties face at least 74 mph winds and 15,000 Key West residents plan to ride out the storm amid power outages and shutdowns. Authorities warn of potential flooding along 300 miles of coastline and urging evacuations for mobile homes and low-lying areas.
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Key West
Fla
Florida Keys
Caribbean
Florida
Becky Herrin
Keys Emergency Management
Georges
Marathon
Middle Keys
Broward
Dade
Jean Burnett
Glynn Archer
Keys
Burnett
Caribbean Islands
South Florida
The
Jerry Jarrell
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Andrew
United States
Barrier Islands
Gulf of Mexico
Poverty declines in South Carolina in 1997
Census Bureau data show 13 percent of South Carolinians lived in poverty in 1997, down from 16.5 percent. Nationally 35.6 million people were below the poverty line, with median family income in the state rising nearly 6 percent to 34,861, and the national median up to 37,005.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Forest Service confronts kudzu and annosum rot tests
Forest Service researchers at Savannah River Site test defoliating soy bean looper caterpillars to control kudzu and study annosum root rot spreading from freshly cut stumps. Officials note previous methods are costly and sometimes contaminate water, while promising trials could curb regional spread.
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United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Forest Service
Savannah River
United States
Palmer Bowen
Savannah River Natural Resource Management and Research Institute
SRI
SRS
Bowen
Michelle Cram
Usda Forest Service
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