Aiken Standard (Newspaper) - March 10, 1997, Aiken, South Carolina A I K E N Bi Gamecocks Tigers head SC contingent hist for No 69 Aiken South Carolina Monday March 101997 Triple Crown edition coming Wednesday The Aiken Standards annu al Triple Crown edition will be included in Wednesdays publi cation The 60page section will pro vide information about the three weeks in March known as Aikens Triple Crown of Racing as well as a variety of features on some of the many people involved with horses and the horse industry in our area Briefly North Augusta voters head to polls Tuesday NORTH AUGUSTA North Augusta voters go to the polls at 7 am Tuesday to nominate candidates for council and mayor in an election dominat ed by Republicans The GOP primary has drawn out nine candidates three of them for mayor and no mat ter who wins the Republican Party will continue its control of city Republican Mayor Thomas Greenes name will not be on the ballot for the first time in 26 years He is retiring at the end of April as is longterm Councilman Gray Seeking the nomination for mayor are two incumbent council members Lark Jones and Carolyn Baggott along with political newcomer Dane Anderson The council candidates include incumbents Pat Car penter and Phil along with John Felak Don Smith Ken McDowell and Danny Ged des The polls will close at 7 pm and the vote will be tab and published at the North Augusta Community Center Index Bridge 6B Classifieds 4B Comics 7A Crossword 73 Dear Abby 7A Just For YOUths IB Mini Page 33 Movies 2B Opinions 4A Sports 8A Television 7A Weather 2A Deaths Joyce I Brown Aiken Jane S Jennings Aiken Dr Julius T Johnson Augusta Maria Ruth Kerr Lexington Gladys L Landy Aiken Fannie T Smith Barnwell Obituary notices on page 6A Ga lottery Sundays winning numbers 110 10 1Z1S1618 Abstinence Teens are taking a stand Its Triple Crown season Aiken Jaycees prepare for Trials at the Storm Song to be inducted Staff reports Dogwood Stables Storm Song who won the 1996 Eclipse Award for best juvenile filly will be inducted into the Aiken Thor Racing Hall of Fame on Sunday at noon Storm Song is the daughter of Preakness winner Summer Squall Bred in Lexing ton Ky by Will Parish and Ogden Mills Phipps Storm Song was purchased at the 1995 September Sale for Her victories include her maid en stakes win at the Adirondack Stakes at Saratoga Springs the Frizette at Belmont and the One Million Breeders Cup at Woodbine Toronto Ontario To date Storm Song has earned Storm Song received her early training in Aiken by Ron Stevens She went on to be conditioned for the training track by Nick Zito During her career Storm Song has been ridden by Craig Perret and Pat Day Cot Campbell president of Dogwood Stable Inc said it is a great honor to be recognized by the Hall of Fame When I have been on national television I have taken every opportunity to salute the great horse town of Aiken SC and I pay tribute to the behind the scenes horse people in Aiken who contribute so much to making all of this possible he said That is always mind Storm race will be the Ashland Stakes on April 5 at She will then move on to the Kentucky Oaks on May 2 in Louisville Ky Storm Song is the 40th Aiken trained Eclipse Award National Champion to be inducted into the Hall of Fame The Hall of Fame is located in Hopeland Gardens Whiskey Road and Dupree Place The induction is open to the public Staff Reports The Aiken Jaycees are most vis ible at the Aiken Trials when they are selling tickets and parking passes But members of the organiza tion do far more than that to ensure a successful day at the races Were busy designing Tshirts selling program advertisements organizing cleanup crews and publicizing advanced ticket sales said president Dan Bullington We also hold posi tions on the Aiken Training Track Board Planning the first leg of the Aiken Triple Crown involves coordination with other local groups including the Aiken Department of Public Safety area Boy Scouts local radio stations and the races newest sponsor Of course advanced ticket sales are a big part of the Jaycees work Sales have been particular ly brisk this year according to Jaycees representative Mike Fan ning About 20 percent of our reserved parking spot holders are from out of town from Washing ton to minois he said mately 98 percent of previous years reserved parking spot hold ers renew their spots but when it comes down to it everyone has a good time at the Trials no matter which spot they are in Advanced ticket sales will con through Friday at the Savannah River Site ORA Lominick Pharmacy Woodruff Drug Aiken Drug and the Jaycee Making a difference Former nurse fell into teaching By THOMAS SMITH Some people are born to teach while others have teaching thrust upon them Then there are people like Nancy Cheatham who sort of back into teaching I never had a burning desire to teach when I was growing up said Ms Cheatham There was nt anything like a passion for teaching I fell in love with teach ing after I started teaching Ms Cheatham is the health occupations teacher at the Aiken County Career Center A relative ly new program health occupa tions has been in place at the cen ter for eight years Not a nursing program health occupation stu dents learn about the health care field in general Their training includes shadowing workers at hospitals day care centers ing homes and doctors offices to name a few Once their classes are completed the students are readi ly employable as certified nurses aides I was working as a nurse when I got a call from Strom Thurmond High School Ms Cheatham said They asked me if I would be interested in teaching a class there so I said I would That phone call resulted in a teaching position She stayed at Strom Thurmond until her move to the Career Center I developed a soft spot for young people she said I want ed to help them That help came with a few surprises for the nurse turned teacher especially when she realized the teacher was about to become a student too It was really rough the first year Ms Cheatham said Most teachers have a degree or a back ground in teaching I didnt I had to take classes to become certified to teach She made it through the first year at Strom Thurmond High School made the transition to the Aiken County Career Center and has been making a difference in the lives of the students since day one student Roberta Williams will attest to that fact I was a troublemaker Miss Williams said Coming to the Career Center was the best deci sion I ever made Now I have a direction and have set some goals and I owe a lot of that to Ms Cheatham She really cares about us Im very proud of the students that come here Ms Cheatham said Im not sure I would have known what I wanted to do at that age The students in her class have the advantage of her experience and her ongoing learning since Ms Cheatham continues to work at University Hospital on regular weekends I feel like Im a better teacher Staff photo by Scott Webster Nancy Cheatham center goes over CPR techniques with students Chris Gratop left and Roberta Williams if I keep up with current technol ogy Ms Cheatham said Then I can come back and impart the knowledge I got over the weekend to my students Is the nurse who backed into the teaching profession happy with her choice to stay Its a wonderful job Absolute ly wonderful Ms Cheatham said as she waved to a couple of stu dents who happened by If I did nt see the fruits of my labors if I didnt see these students being successful I wouldnt do it I am so proud every time I see one of them in the work force especially in the health care field she said as she watched a student hard at work on a project I know this is where they got their start Want to go What The Aiken Trials Where Aiken Training Track When Saturday March 15 Post Time is 2 pm Gates open at am Sponsor Aiken Jaycees Tickets in advance at the gate Advanced ticket sales win continue through Friday at the Savannah River Site ORA Lominick Pharmacy Woodruff Drug Aiken Drug and the Aiken Jaycee Hut Parking General admission in advance at the gate Camper and motor home park ing back row Limit ed reserved parking available at the Aiken Chamber of Com merce or through the Aiken Jaycees For more informa tion contact the Chamber at 6411111 or the Jaycee Trials Hotline at 6488955 Hut Reserved parking spots are also available through the Jaycees Buying your tickets in advance will save you money and it helps keep the traffic moving through the admission gates on race day advised Michele Bullington who has been adver tising ticket sales Tshirts hats and can coolers will also be for sale by the Jaycees at the March 15 event this year Proceeds from sales will benefit Jaycee Camp Hope in Clemson a camp for mentally and physically challenged adults and children Beasley party parting Associated Press COLUMBIA Gov David Beasley may soon be faced with problems larger then the Confed erate battle flag controversy After more than two years of marching lock step with their governor the Republican House is breaking rank The honeymoons over said Greenville Rep Lewis Vaughn one of more than a dozen House Republicans who spoke openly of unrest that goes beyond the Con federate flag debate In recent weeks the House had stopped compromise to move the flag from the Capitol Dome disagreed with his propos al to put his campaign slogan on state license plates and rebuffed his plan in state budget talks The governor says theres no problem and realizes how emo tional an issue the flag is Were healing the wounds and moving forward Beasley said While some hardline flag sup porters are angry at the governor Vaughn and others are more mat saying their dence is what a democracy is about Never once did he come to us and say Im sorry I know Ive put you in a terrible position said Rep Lynn Seithel Thats the least he could have Please see BEASLEY page 5A
