Aiken Standard (Newspaper) - March 10, 2004, Aiken, South Carolina nmi MOWN Dont miss your guide to all of Aikens Triple Crown events inside todays edition Everyone wants to be a little bit Irish on St Patricks Day so celebrate with some Irish food favorites 1C I Itten 250 Vol 138 No 70 Your Local Source Since 1867 I cam tWais Sc Super drug New pill helps people quit smoking and slim down at the same time By DANIEL Q HANEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS new pill in the final stages of testing shows promise in attacking two of biggest killers by helping peo ple quit smoking and lose weight at the same time As govern Fatness kills Obesity nears tobacco as top preventable cause of early death 16A ment officials in Washington launched a campaign against obesity Tuesday doctors at a medical confer ence here described the new drug as provocative and per haps ideal for some people The drug which could be available in a year or two works by an entirely new approach by blocking the same primeval circuitry in the brain that gives pot smokers the munchies The development could offer a welltimed punch against Americans gravest health concerns Smoking is the top killer accounting for 435000 deaths in 2000 The combina See SUPER page 6A Photo submitted by Denver KENTUCKY DERBY HOPEFUL Limehouse rides to victory in the Hutcheson Stakes on Feb 14 Currently Limehouse is ranked in the National Thoroughbred Racing Associations 3yearolds Top 15 x on Derby trail By ROB GANTT Staff writer Four years have been long enough Dogwood Stable President Cot Camp bell is ready to go back to the Kentucky Derby and he thinks he has another powerful classy colt thai could get him there Limehouse A son of Grand Slam out of the Dixieland Band mare Dix ieland Blues Limehouse will make his eighth career start Sunday in the Tampa Bay Derby with a chance to cement even further his spot on the Kentucky Derby trail and get Campbell back in the nations most prestigious horserace To win the Derby that is the big prize Campbell said but just to get there to have a horse good enough to run that day is absolutely fantastic Currently Limehouse is ranked in the National Thoroughbred Racing Associations 3yearolds Top 15 according to Dogwood See LIMEHOUSE page 7A i Want to go to the Aiken Trials Saturday Post time is 2 pm Whore Aiken Training Track Sunny highs ranging from 62 to 65 Ticket infO admission tickets are in advance or at the gate Genera admissions parking is in advance or at the gate United Way of Aiken honors volunteers By JOHN MOORE Staff writer Although Dr Larry Brede was named 2003 Volunteer of the Year at the United Way of Aiken County Annual Meet ing and Awards Dinner he is more honored by the oppor to serve the people of Aiken for over 11 years The distinction really goes to all of the teers said Brede I look at the United Way as a big force in the commu with a lot of capable people with love for others it is an honor to be a part Brede began serving as a board member in 1993 and was chair of the board of directors hi 2003 Dr Connie Pritchard was named the chair of the board for 2004 We have made excellent strides in community impact and we are really seeing some of the results said Pritchard who notes that last year was a difficult eco nomic year As we are mov ing forward we hope we cart run the best campaign we can Joe Lewis was named the 2004 campaign chair and Dee Stanford president of the United Way of Aiken County hopes the community will continue to make the organi a success through their support Last year was a very tough year and 2004 is not going to be easy but we are going to do our best and I know that the community will no doubt come through again said Stanford We provide funding to over 60 programs in 63 agen cies without their support and contributions those services would not be avail able and there would be a lot of people in the community that would really be hurt See HONORS page 6A Staff photo by John Moore SMILES OF SERVICE Dee Stanford president of the United Way of County congratulates Dr Larry Brede who was named 2003 Volunteer of the Year at the United Way of Aiken County Meeting and Awards Dinner on Tuesday Wednesday March 102004 Welch resigns Basketball coach at two year school steps down after career By LARRY TAYLOR Sports Editor Saying he was spread too thin Charles Welch has resigned as head basketball coach at Aiken Technical College following a highly successful career The 44 yearold Welch who started the basketball program from scratch in 1991 will continue to teach math and fitness classes at the school In my heart of hearts Im a teacher Im not really excited about being a mediocre teacher said Welch who receives a stipend for coaching but whose primary income comes from teaching The thing it comes down I have to feel like fin everything at a high level and I just feel like Im spread too thin They pay me here to teach and I dont think Ive done a really good job in the classroom the last two years Welchs resignation as coach is effective June 30 The things important to me are coaching teaching and my family I get paid to teach and Im not going to leave my wife said Welch who has two child ren Rebecca 14 and Mat thew 9 Something had to give Hired by former ATC president Paul Blowers in 1991 Welch led the Knights to seven Region 10 tourna ment championships and four appearances in the National Junior College Athletic Association Divi sion n national tourna ment In all likelihood Ill be teaching here next year It would have to be a great job where all I have to do is just poach not coach and teach Welch said I do love to coach I like to think that at some point that coaching is in my future He began his coaching career as a graduate assis tant at Georgia Southern in 1985 before taking a job as an assistant at USC Aiken under Larry Epperly in See COACH page 6A Guardsmen returning to area Thursday Preparations under way for celebration ceremonies By ROB NOVIT Staff writer The 122nd Engineer Bat talion will return home for good Thursday welcomed by celebrations in Edgefield and Graniteville The 300member unit which has served in Iraq for the past year will be hon ored at Strom Thurmond High School at approximate ly 1 pm Those with Charlie Com pany in Graniteville will be recognized at a ceremony at that National Guard Armory at about pm The guardsmen who have been working on ture repair and upgrades in Iraq arrived for an emotion al reunion with their family members at Ft Stewart Ga last Thursday After a few hours of leave time the guardsmen report ed back for a week of pro cessing procedures lab work and physicals and informa tion on the adjustment of returning to civilian life with their families Paula Scott the girlfriend of guardsman Bryan Baker said that SC Sen Tommy Moore and Rev Steven Hendrix of Graniteville First Baptist Church will participate in the ceremony The Aiken County Home School Band will perform and the Marine Corps League will present the col ors The Midland Valley Naval Junior ROTC cadets and members of the Blue Star Group of Aiken were to help decorate the armory today In a news release Maj Gen Stan Spears the SC adjutant general described the 122nd as a highly deco rated unit performing essential missions and play ing a vital role in the Presi dents War on Terrorism Some of their decorations and awards are as follows See RETURNING page 6A Staff photo by Rob Novit HEADED HOME Aiken resident Larry Ricks of the 122nd Engineer Battalion returned from Iraq and was reunited with his wife Linda and granddaughter Sammie at Ft Stewart Ga last Thursday Bridge 5C Calendar 4A Classifieds 3C Crossword 6C 10A For the Record 3A Horoscope 5C Movie Listings Opinions Sports TV Listings 3B 15A 1B 3B Low High Full details 6B Clara B Lott Aiken Kay Channel Cox Langley MaWe Hurlbutt Aiken 803W8250S
