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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1996
Page
5
Helping Hands opened a new shelter on John Elliott Lane off Morgan Street to aid local teenagers in foster care. The group seeks donations of bathroom supplies bedding dining items and gift certificates to area restaurants groceries and entertainment venues plus a barbecue grill picnic table and computer table. Call 648-3456 for details.
The City of Aiken and the Chamber of Commerce host Expo 96 on April 18 at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center with 40 plus area exhibitors, food and car prizes. Expo hours are 9 am to 6 pm Thursday and 9 am to 4 pm Friday. Attendees with a Chamber booth sticker gain free entry to Business After Hours at the Aiken Center for the Arts. For details call 641-1111.
Have You Heard notes the flag outside No 10 Downing Street as a salute to the Olympics. Each month the restaurant honors a participating country with menu and wine offerings. France and Great Britain have already been featured. this month Italy is highlighted.
Aiken County Sheriff's Office investigates an assault and battery and strong-arm robbery at 2676 Columbia Highway North Wattle House. A 30 year old black male, 6 feet tall, 250 pounds, left handed wearing black hair and brown eyes fled in a white 1984 or 1985 Buick. Investigators seek tips from Investigator James Kangas at 803 682 1761 or 803 922 3211. Also on April 4 five pieces of computer equipment were recovered from Days Inn Motel related to a March 25 theft from Aiken Regional Medical Centers outpatient surgery area. Updated 4 9 96.
Aiken County 911 coordinator Kate Heath says re designation of street and road addresses in the North Augusta postal delivery area will take months to complete. New postings are needed so EMS ambulances firefighters and law enforcement can reach correct addresses during emergencies and to meet criteria from an ordinance adopted by the county council.
Christopher Wisham a 1994 Midland Valley High School graduate returned from an eight week U S Army duty tour in Bosnia He helped secure Tuzla airport set up perimeters and conduct patrols and said the region remained relatively calm despite tense moments He noted gunfire distant but no direct fire and that locals soon understood the troops were in charge
Aiken County Council considers two options for more than 100000 dollars in the detention center canteen fund. One plan would transfer all but 10000 to the county general fund. the other would keep funds in a restricted checking account. The canteen fund, raised by inmate sales and surcharges, is mostly invested in CDs with interest credit to inmate accounts.
A battered woman details a pre-dawn beating by her common law husband. She recalls lacerations and bruises, fear of death, and pressure to lie about stairs accidents. Court hearings, hospital notes, and support from the Cumbee Center frame her struggle and cautionary tale.
James T. Clark, director of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, told the Rotary Club of Aiken that federal social service policy over the last five decades has expanded government, reduced individual choice, and saddled state and local governments with higher taxes while diminishing people’s authority. He noted poverty is defined by multiplying the low income food budget set by the USDA by three, as part of his argument.
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