Aiken Standard (Newspaper) - January 27, 1997, Aiken, South Carolina A I K E N Packers bring Lombard trophy home Vol 128 No 27 Aiken South Carolina Monday January 271997 Briefly FI ATC celebrates 25th anniversary LANGLEY Aiken cal College will begin its 25th anniversary celebration at 3 pm Thursday with a birthday party for faculty adjunct ty and staff The party is the first in a series of special events that will mark the colleges founding Coinciden tally the NOBLE date of the party coin cides with the date of the col leges groundbreaking in 1972 although it wasnt planned that way The party will begin in the amphitheater of the Student Learning Resource Center where president Dr Kathleen Noble will host a video of the colleges 25year history The video will include three chapters covering the tenure of three ATC presidents Ashe Little Paul Blowers and Dr Noble The event will move to the gymnasium in the Student Center at pm for enter provided by the ATC cheerleaders and a pep band followed by refreshments Marijuana found in mailed package NORTH AUGUSTA Fol lowing a tip officers found 12 pounds of marijuana in a package mailed from a local delivery service The North Augusta Depart ment of Public Safety received information Saturday from the Richmond County Sheriffs Office concerning delivery of a package which was suspected of containing drugs Officers from the two agen cies along with dogs from the Fort Gordon Mil Police and found the package while it was still at the delivery service A search warrant was obtained for the package which was delivered to a resi dence on Groves Boulevard in North Augusta Officers arrested Jermaine Harrison Lott 22 of Groves Boulevard at the residence Two other people Lauri White 20 of Wilder Street in Augusta and Kenard Holloway 19 of Old Edgefield Road in North Augusta were also arrested at the residence All three were charged with trafficking in marijuana Index Bridge 6B Classifieds 4B Comics 6A Crossword 7B Dear Abby 6A Movies 2B Opinions 4A Sports 7A Television 6A Weather 2A Deaths Philip Barrett Aiken Stephen Randolph Edeburn Asheville NC Helen Mae Sewart Wagener Obituary notices on page 5A 4Ga lottery Sundays winning numbers 725 Fantasy ft Staff photo by Scott Webster Renee Riley right greets customer Larry Brady with a hug and a smile at Aiken Drug Company Ms Riley knows most of her customers by name Customers judge business by service By MICHAEL W GIBBONS As most anyone can attest not all customer service experi ences are good ones Steve Wyman certainly knows that He purchased a computer and about a month later his monitor began to malfunction He took the monitor back to the store thinking he would be able to exchange it for an oper able one He was told he would need a receipt an understand able request However Wyman could not locate the receipt Since he had purchased the computer with the stores finance agreement he brought his credit statement showing the purchase Ive got proof that I bought the thing since I financed it through them he said That wasnt good enough 4JftW readers To their tales of service good art them to 04tt Peat or aend Following the to our r Throughout the ordeal Wyman has received little help from the store and the whole situation has left him feeling as though he has been taken advantage of I can see where theyve got their policies where youve got See CUSTOMERS page 3A Native of Turkey finds new home place to serve By THOMAS SMITH Once upon a time a fair maiden came from a far away land With family and friends half a world away she ventured into a new world a world of strange customs and new ways Guided by a match maker the fair maiden found love adventure and a new way of life To most of us such a story sounds like a fairy tale For Victoria Clare it describes her life A native of Izmir Turkey Mrs Clare is now an American citi zen and a resident of Aiken As for the matchmaker part thats true I met my husband through a matchmaker Mrs Clare said The memory still causes her to laugh We were at a party and she kept asking people Dont you think Victoria and George would make a good couple Wouldnt they make a lovely couple I finally let her give me his number just so she would stop The friend must have had some talent for match making because Mrs Clare now has a happy hus band and four handsome children Jeremy Linda Aaron and Coming to America from another country can be somewhat disconcerting depending on the country of origin Coming to the South from Turkey can be a real education A gracious hostess Mrs Clare offers visitors cologne and candy It is customary in Turkey to offer guests candy and cologne for their hands Mrs Clare said If someone comes to your home you get Making a difference Toxic towns Refineries threaten health in California 25e Defense takes over in drug case By CARL LANGLEY Defense lawyers for two men accused by federal prosecutors of being major cocaine merchants were to begin efforts this morn ing to save their clients from potential life sentences Elmore El Mo of Bamberg and Albert Shaw Nelson of Miami are on trial in US Dis Court on an indictment accusing them of involvement in a narcotics sales venture Jerry Screen lawyer and Larry Salley repre senting Nelson lost efforts last week to have the charges thrown out or amended The two lawyers have not indi what their defense strategy will be Screen has said Mont will not testify while Salley is trying to overturn the indict ment on technical grounds US District Judge Charles E Simons Jr has rejected claims that Nelson is a victim of double jeopardy and overruled other motions on grounds that evidence is sufficient to let a jury make the decision Besides and Nelson described as the big fish caught in the net cast by drug investigators there are five other defendants listed on a 1995 indictment They have pleaded guilty and some have joined a long list of drug dealers who have been turned into government witness es by agents with the Orangeburg County Sheriffs Department FBI DBA and IRS Federal prosecutors Marvin Caughman and Terry Wooten assistant US attorneys in the South Carolina district ended the governments case Friday after building a case on eyewitness accounts telephone and financial records Caughman and Wooten head of an organized crime task force ih the US Justice Department pro testimony from drug deal ers about hundreds of thousands Please see DEFENSE page 3A Viewers tune in for Super Bowl ads Newspapers You know the Green Bay Pack ers won the game But who won the war The confrontation in question is the advertising worlds annual battle for viewer attention dur ing the Super Bowl where the audience size is surpassed only by the cost to air the ads Even if you found the game bor ing there were several tles that emerged throughout the broadcast that would keep the ad sawy and certainly rant viewers interested For example Porsche Cadillac Nis san and Pontiac in the Car Wars Pepsi and its Generation Next campaign in the Cola Wars and Budweiser and Miller Lite in the Keg Confrontation USA Today which takes the Super Bowl ad wars very seri gave its Ad Meter award to Pepsi for the fourth consecutive year It preferred Pepsis grizzly bears dancing in a chorus line over all the others Second place went to a Pepsi spot featuring supermodels sipping Pepsi while making googoo eyes at newborn Norman A Nissan spot with pigeons intent on leaving droppings on a fresh ly washed car placed third up and answer the door with a smile on your face In Turkey If you arent smiling it means your guest is not welcome in your home One of Mrs Clares first lessons in southern hos was a prelude to just how different things can be in the South I visited the home of a woman who has since become a very good friend Mrs Clare said She was in the den watching a TV program when I knocked on the door She waved and told me to come in I walked in and sat down My friend was drink ing a soft drink and had yet to offer me anything When I started talking she said Watch this is the good part I felt 1 wasnt welcome so I got up and started to leave She laughed at the recollection My friend thought I was going to the kitchen so she said The Cokes are in the refrigerator Just help yourself What I realized was this was as much a compliment to me as meeting someone at the door and offering them lemon cologne and candy would be in Turkey Through her actions she was telling me I was considered family and I should make myself at home The impact of such an idea is not lost on Mrs Clare Family is important in Turkey Children and the elderly have a special place of honor in every house Please see NATIVE page 3A Staff photo by Victoria Clare holds a book about Turkey her native country
