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Red Cross: Prevent H1N1 spread
11/7/2009 12:32 AM
With H1N1 (swine flu) continuing to spread, the American Red Cross advises Aiken County residents to take a series of basic health steps to help reduce the risk from the flu.
"This is a serious situation and now is a good time for families, busines ...
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11/7/2009 12:31 AM
Sam D. Hamilton, the new director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), spoke last week to the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. The group included USFWS representatives from each of the states, as well as those from st ...
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11/6/2009 12:30 AM
After British forces occupied Charleston in the late spring of 1780, Sir Henry Clinton gave orders to move inland and capture other strategic locations, including the town of Camden. He left that particular task to his successor in South Carolina, Lo ...
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11/5/2009 12:32 AM
We gardeners face a dilemma this time of year.
To get the best of our pansies and other annuals that bloom through winter and into spring, we should plant them now while the air and ground temperatures are warm so the roots get a good start before ...
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11/3/2009 6:49 PM
Sometimes I like to reflect on the good old days.
You know, the times when bedtime didn't involve the phrase, "NO KUNG FU!"
When my son was little, his bedtime was this:
1. Wait until 7 p.m.
2. Note that he had fallen asleep wherever he h ...
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11/3/2009 12:30 AM
A few years ago, the Aiken SPCA Board of Directors made the decision to become a limited-admission, no-kill facility. That choice was welcomed in the community by staff and the facility's visitors.
There is, however, one downside to running a shelt ...
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11/1/2009 11:16 PM
When I identify myself these days as an "old linthead," I usually have to explain myself.
A linthead, as my compatriots in the Valley know, is the mill-village cousin of a redneck.
John Kincaid Sr. of Reidsville, N.C., identified himself as a li ...
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10/31/2009 10:58 PM
Lady of the House: New "Shimmer" is a floor wax!
Man of the House: No, new "Shimmer" is a dessert topping!
She: It's a floor wax!
He: It's a dessert topping!
TV salesman: (entering quickly ) Hey, hey, relax, you two. New "Shimmer" is both ...
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10/31/2009 10:58 PM
Newspapers serve as indicators of the extent to which ecology is on the minds of Americans. Tallying up the number of environmentally related articles in a paper would be one way to quantify the level of interest. USA Today makes the job easy with a ...
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