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Isabel Douglas Sparkman looks back on "many wonderful years," she says, of nurturing piano students through musical training and development. This Lower Richland resident has presided over her Yamaha grand piano for 40 years and has seen many of her students go on to success in the music world. "It's the best part of being a teacher," she says. More ... Officials at Fort Jackson will be holding a dedication for a new national cemetery October 26, 2008, at 2 pm at 4170 Clemson Road. The dedication will be open to the public with parking available at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield parking lot. Approximately 1,000 people are expected to attend the event. More ... A local branch of Scrubs in Motion, a South Carolina- based medical attire retailer, has contributed their donated scrubs to the women of Sistercare Inc., a United Way partner agency that provides shelter and services for abused women and their children. More ... Paul R. Redfern of Columbia was placed in the OX5 Aviation Pioneers Hall of Fame on September 13, 2008, at the Pioneers 53rd Annual Reunion. The Pioneers organization is made up of aviators who flew the early V- 8 liquid- cooled aircraft engine built by Curtiss. More ... Pam Threatt (l) won first place in the Home and Craft Fancy Division, Crochet- Yarn Exceptional Citizen Division. Her sister Lisa Threat Dixon won second place in the Adult Afghan Granny Stitch Division. Dixon's daughter, Katherine D. Dixon (upper left) placed third in the Fine Arts Amateur Division for a drawing of another family member, her Granddaddy. More ... October 13 marked the 25th anniversary of Motorola Inc.'s first commercial cell phone (l), the $4,000 DynaTAC that was launched in 1984. The "brick" battery lasted about an hour. The number of wireless customers were fewer than 100,000. Today, nearly 266,000,000 subscribe. More ... |
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