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Local author working on oral history project
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
Author and southern political expert Jack Bass hopes to interview 20 to 25 World War II veterans by the end of the year.
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Budiansky to open Daniel Library Friends’ book, lecture series
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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Other speakers in the series, which runs through Dec. 2, will tackle such diverse areas of interest as the gardens of France and 20th-century U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, Iran, Iraq and Korea.
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Longtime scouting leader is Jefferson Award nominee
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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For more than two decades Ralph Earhart of West Ashley has been a fixture in local scouting.
In May, Earhart retired as Cub Master for Pack 79, which meets at Westminster Presbyterian Church off Sam Rittenberg Boulevard. While he has stepped down from his formal commitments with the pack, he will continue to recruit leaders to work with the organization.
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Village Playhouse to open season with Mamet play
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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Twenty years ago, using his caustic trademark street-smart dialogue, the playwright wrote Speed-the-Plow, a biting, revealing, unvarnished view of the capricious and venal Hollywood scene of the '80s, as it depicts two men engaging in a verbal boxing match centered upon the eternal debate of art versus money. But, of course there's a woman involved as well. For those wondering about how the word plow figures into La-La-Land, the play's title is derived from an old English farming phrase: God speed the plough, which was used to confer good luck and a swift and profitable season of ploughing.
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Poets look at loss
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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The ultimate success of a poem resides not in how much the poet felt writing it, remarked John Ciardi, but in how much the reader feels in reading it.
Those with even a particle of empathy in their souls will respond to the all-too-human concerns of the poetry of recovery.
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Charleston Stage ready for 'West Side Story'
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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When "West Side Story" opened on Broadway in 1957, Americans were not especially eager to see musicals involving the issue of race, but the explosive, magnetic music of Leonard Bernstein brought them in. The story, based on the concept of "Romeo and Juliet," is set on the West Side of New York and enters the world of warring gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, who battled for territory on the city streets where neighborhoods were divided by those of different nationalities.
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Bus breakdowns a boon for tow company
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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Elite Towing hauls away most of the buses that break down along Lowcountry roads and highways. The unpredictably of the state-owned bus fleet of 5,700 buses provides a steady stream of business for Sanders' company.
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Earl Spencer to visit Southeastern Galleries
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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Local residents will have a chance this week to hear firsthand about exquisite home furnishings inspired by the late Princess Diana’s ancestral home when the princess’ brother, Charles, the ninth Earl Spencer, visits Southeastern Galleries.
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Charleston fire chief announcement expected this month
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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While Charleston officials pare down the list of applicants for fire chief, city firefighters say the arrival of a new leader can't come soon enough. National fire service leaders say the Charleston chief's job presents a unique opportunity to help reshape an historic fire department and make it into a national model.
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Official statement on Hanna from Gov. Mark Sanford
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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COLUMBIA – Governor Mark Sanford today issued a statement after the passage of Tropical Storm Hanna along the South Carolina coast.
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Hanna in Myrtle Beach a "non-event"
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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City officials were reporting minimal damage from Tropical Storm Hanna – a few awnings down, a handful of trees fallen.
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Mount Pleasant quietly rides out Hanna
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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MOUNT PLEASANT — It was so wet in the town that frogs could be seen jumping on roads. On Saturday morning, the only apparent damage from Tropical Storm Hanna was an upside down speed limit sign on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge southbound.
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Downed power pole in Georgetown causes fire damage to office building
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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GEORGETOWN — Either high winds or lightning from Tropical Storm Hanna was responsible for knocking down a power pole here that caused an electrical fire at the McNair Law Firm offices.
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Area gets 3-5 inches of rain from Hanna; sunny weather expected today
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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Charleston County and the fringes of neighboring counties got at least 3 inches of rain courtesy of Tropical Storm Hanna late Friday and early Saturday morning, the National Weather Service said.
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Grand Strand survives Hanna with few problems
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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MYRTLE BEACH — Tropical Storm Hanna has moved past South Carolina's Grand Strand without causing serious damage.
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Hanna provides good emergency training for Berkeley County, not much else
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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MONCKS CORNER — By 2 a.m. Saturday, Tropical Storm Hanna had passed Berkeley County without causing much more than fallen tree limbs, brief power outages for a handful of homes and pockets of flooding along roadways.
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Hanna blows onshore near North-South Carolina line
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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MYRTLE BEACH — Tropical Storm Hanna buffeted predawn tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border Saturday at the start of a run up the Eastern Seaboard forecast to dump heavy weekend rain from Virginia to New England.
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Tree across Highway 17 A in Summerville
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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State troopers went to U.S. Highway 17 A for a tree across the highway around 4:30 a.m. today, a Highway Patrol Web site says.
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Van Cliburn to play
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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Classical pianist Van Cliburn will perform during the 2008 Liberty Medal ceremony in Philadelphia honoring former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The Texas native, now 74, was 23 when he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 at the height of the Cold War.
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Cheadle looks for diversity of roles
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
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If you say "John Wayne," you know what you're getting. If you say "Don Cheadle," prepare to be surprised. "I didn't get into this business to do the same thing over and over," said the Oscar-nominated actor and Kansas City native.
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