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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1995
Page
1
The Aiken Standard reports cutbacks at the Savannah River Site push diversification in Aiken County. This week covers Citizens Park and the recreation complex on Banks Mill Road as readers are invited to share community projects and job ideas.
In Seneca South Carolina a small plane crashed into Lake Keowee Saturday night. Rescue divers pulled the pilot from the water but the passenger remains missing and unaccounted for. The pilot’s identity has not been released.
William Walter Wilkins Sr., father of U S Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Billy Wilkins Jr and state House Speaker David Wilkins, died at 88. He founded Wilkins Law Firm in 1946 and remained senior partner until 1992. His sons joined in 1970 and 1974 to form Wilkins & Madden, the firm they ran together until 1981.
Deaths Kelly Stone Aiken John H Ables Wagoner Annie Laura Folk Williston Grace Miller Williston noted in the page 6A obituary notices.
The Masters third round at Augusta National produced a jammed leaderboard with Ben Crenshaw and Brian Henninger sharing the lead at 10 under. Steve Elkington Fred Couples Phil Mickelson and Jay Haas sit within a few strokes as Curtis Strange Greg Norman and Davis Love III stay in the hunt.
A USC Aiken survey reports that while Georgia store sales rose from 1992 to 1993, the Aiken County loss to Augusta stores grew from 92 million to 126 million dollars. The percentage loss declined due to growth in disposable income and more cross border commerce along the Aiken Augusta corridor.
The Aiken County Board of Education named three finalists for school superintendent as Dr. Joseph K. Brooks prepares to retire in June. Warren Richard Garrett Jr of Abbeville County Schools, William D. Gardner of Dougherty County Schools in Albany Georgia, and Linda B Eldridge of Alachua County Florida lead a field described by colleagues as capable and of excellent character.
Aiken with about twenty thousand residents boasts vibrant arts offerings from the Civic Ballet to the Symphony Guild and Center for the Arts. Leaders like Stephen Gardner and John Heaton praise the community’s strong arts appreciation and historic role as an early Southeast arts center, with diverse programs for students through GATEWAY.
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