04 Apr 1997
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1997
Page
1
The article urges moving clocks ahead one hour before bed Saturday as Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. Saturday and ends with clocks set back in fall. It notes the risk of being an hour early on Sunday and explains DST’s purpose for extra daylight in warmer months.
Death notices for Queenie Brooks of Edgefield and Charles E Zettle of Aiken appear on page 2B obituary column detailing their passing and brief biographical items.
Georgia lottery results list unclear numbers spanning multiple entries. Readable fragments show times 8 05 and 8 25 4 with partial references to today’s draw. Further details missing to confirm exact winning numbers, games, or payout amounts.
Readiness among 1 869 first graders reached 69.9 percent on the Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery. The rate marks three years of progress but remains below the 75.8 percent state average. Teachers credit full day kindergarten and parental involvement for improvements.
The BNFL Band a brass and drums unit from British Nuclear Fuels Limited drew a crowd of several hundred to Hopeland Gardens Aiken for two hours of classics contemporary pieces and a Dixie encore. Director Richard Evans led a week long tour from Washington state to Washington DC with Carl Hirst and his wife Judy among the audience praising the performance and the crowd rose for a pair of standing ovations after Pines of Rome.
A delegation from Aiken, including Janet Augeri Morris, returned from six days in Orvieto, Italy, reporting strong hospitality and promising progress toward a mutual relationship in business, culture, education, and tourism between the cities.
David Mark Hill faces murder indictments for the Sept 16 shooting deaths of three Department of Social Services workers in North Hill. Additional charges include firearm counts, kidnapping, burglary, assault and attempted murder as prosecutors await mental health testing and possible death penalty action. The case stems from Hill’s dispute over his four year old daughter placed in foster care.
Dick Flynt’s red Pontiac convertible, a downtown landmark, caught fire while driving to his business on the Aiken Augusta Highway. He escaped as flames grew to three feet, saving golf clubs and shoes but losing the car, its gasped valuables, and irreplaceable pride. Flynt plans to drive a spare red Pontiac later, noting all three are collectors’ items.
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