Aiken Standard (Newspaper) - March 18, 1998, Aiken, South Carolina Graham calls for spending caution Page IB Aiken 1997 AIKEN Huskers win Nebraska takes golf tournament Page 11A Clinton Probe goes back to Lewinsky Page 2A Vol 132 No 77 Aiken South Carolina Wednesday March 18 1998 Staff photo by Scott Webster Michael Brown left and Marion Carter ride on a tractor Tuesday as they help set up the jumps for the Aiken Steeplechase at Ford Conger Field The Steeplechase will be held Saturday Sun may be scarce on race day By NINA J NIDIFFER The 32nd renewal of the Aiken Steeplechase probably wont be rainy but it may not be sunny either No rain is forecast for Satur day but youll have to keep your fingers crossed for sun said Matt Parker a gist with the Savannah River Site Weather Center At least racegoers wont be shivering in the cold Tempera tures are forecast for the low to Post time for the races will be at 1 pm at Ford Conger Field Race entries Page 11A All infield guests should be in place by noon General admission tickets are in advance and at the gate Advance tickets are avail able at the Aiken Chamber of Commerce Aiken Drug Aiken Saddlery Lominick Pharmacy Palmetto Federal Plum Pud ding Southern Saddlery Stop light Deli arid Woodruff Drug General admission reserved second row places are and include a reserved second row space Admission tickets must be purchased separately General admission reserved railside places and subscriber railside parking are all sold out However there are lots of other good spots left including guarantor packages that are and include four tickets that grant admission to the Guarantors enclosure The pre race tent party includes lun cheon open bar musical enter and parking A maxi mum of 1000 tickets will be sold Guarantor railside packages are and include four tick ets and an exceptional railside space This price includes the guarantor package as well as railside parking However these spaces are very limited The traditional gala held the night before the race will be black tie this year Tickets are per couple per indi The gala will include an open bar hors a seated dinner musical enter and dancing in the Guarantor tent on Ford Conger Field Groups of eight or more may reserve tables For more information about ticket and package availability call the Aiken Steeplechase Association office at 6489641 Index Dear Opinions 4A Television IOA Deaths IJ Phyllis C Dinterman North Augusta Mildred Henderson Houk Aiken Curtis Johnson Aiken Sarah Ghent Martin Aiken Paul S Miller North Augusta Eric S Robinson Gloverville Obituary notices on page 2B Ga lottery Tuesdays winning numbers X Midday 255 3 Evening 320 4 8231 The Bij umi Dig Money Hull 10 TVA makes tritium plans Associated Press WASHINGTON If it wins the Energy Depart men ts technology competition the Tennessee Val ley Authority intends to use com nuclear reactors in both Alabama and Tennessee to produce a key ingredient for nuclear weapons TVA officials told top staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday that both the unfinished Nuclear Plant near Scottsboro Ala and the Watts Bar plant near Spring City Term will be produc ing tritium if TVA gets the nod from the Energy Department The twin reactor Sequoyah Nuclear Plant near Chattanooga Tenn also might be used tem foe tritium production if construction of cannot be completed in time to meet the Energy Departments demands TVA A SOUTH CAROLINA AREA CODE MAP New area code in use Saturday Pena By SHARON TAYLOR Because of what BellSouth calls phenomenal growth in South Carolina telephone area codes will be split this weekend to add a third area code in the state The coastal area from Jasper County in the Lowcountry to Chesterfield County in the Pee Dee area will receive the new area code 843 this Sunday Some of the other areas involved in the change are Charleston Hilton Head Summerville Beaufort Florence Dillon Marion and Marlboro The central part of the state including Aiken Columbia Orangeburg Newberry and Cam den will remain in the 803 area code The Upstate area code will continue to be 864 There will be a sixmonth tran sition period from March 22 through September to allow busi nesses additional time to repro gram PBX systems speed calling services and automatic dialers according to Marcia a BellSouth spokesperson A special intercept message Please see NEW page 9A School budget debated Initial discussion has spending of By BENGTSON The Aiken County Board of Education resumed its annual economics course Tuesday evening taking a long look at budget proposals for the 199899 school year The major numbers of the evening were total estimated revenue and total estimated spend according to Brock Heron the districts comptroller who has concentrated on budget assembly efforts in recent weeks Projections are for the district to have 133 fewer students next year due largely to a dip in the birth rate All in all we are poor er than we were last year in rela tion to the rest of the state Heron said Local property taxes have been estimated with a normal growth of million this year he said This should pro vide an additional in local funds In addition we should also receive another in state property tax relief Questions about where to spend the money took up more than two hours as the board discussed pri and requests from around the district Salaries make up the vast majority of the years proposed expenditures at with fringe benefits following at Many smaller concerns such as English as a Second Language 199899 proposal Projected revenue Projected spending New money local taxes state tax relief Possible new spending to hire seven new 3rd grade teachers to lower ratio to 201 and special education programs took a major role in the discus sion A request from the City of Aiken to provide in par tial support for three resource officers working in the citys mid dle and high schools also got close attention Proposer reductions of the ratio popped up sev eral times and a request for Please see Coast suburb counties show greatest growth Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND The lady from Connecticut detected the difference right away She said one of the things she noticed is that we dont blow our horns here You wait behind someone patiently said Elaine Holliday Carnwath a real estate agent for Wm F Hilton Co on Hilton Head Island Combine that Southern gen with seaside living mod erate weather and miles of golf courses and its easy to see why Beaufort County is attracting retirees in droves Coastal and suburban counties had the greatest population growth between April 1990 and last July occupying the top nine positions in the state according to new census figures released Tuesday Beaufort County led the list at 283 percent growth The US Cen sus Bureau estimates 106582 peo ple lived there in 1997 up from Please see GROWTH pace 9A Top 10 1997 Change Beaufort 86425 106582 233 Lexington 167611 200371 195 Horry 144053 169178 174 York 131497 150502 145 Georgetown 46302 52336 13 93896 104618 I 14 A ikin 120991 133MO 107 57494 63461 104 38ershaw 43599 47746 95 Lee 18437 20186 95
