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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1998
Page
11
A minor was charged with careless driving after veering around a curve crossing a median and hitting a school bus in North Augusta. The accident at Womrath Road and Sycamore Drive sent a North Augusta High student to St Joseph Hospital with minor injuries.
An incident at Aiken Regional Medical Centers involved a 16 year old who escaped a mental health worker, climbed to the roof loading area and threatened to jump. Officers talked him down and turned him over to Social Services.
Tara Gail Bost Wick earned a birthday win at the Progressive Show Jumping Spring Show at McGhee’s Mile. She claimed two first place ribbons and a fourth place ribbon in the competition held Saturday.
In Beech Island Freeman's Barbecue earns the title of South's best through word of mouth. James Freeman Jr. notes his father started in 1975 and the family runs the place when not serving as Richmond County Fire Chief. Locals, visitors from Austria, California, and Cuba praise its pork and ribs. Presidents and dignitaries have eaten there, drawing steady crowds from nearby states.
Carl Langley reports a contract awarded to Mazidji Group Engineering by Southeastern Technology Center to demonstrate microfiltration and ozonation at the Horse Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant near Beech Island. The five month project aims to lower water color and turbidity before discharge into Horse Creek and Savannah River. Dr. Regina Porter notes no current color limit and that removal will improve downstream quality for local users.
Celestine Eustis helped found Aiken’s Winter Colony and recently moved back to live there. Renewal of Columbia restored a pastel on parchment portrait from 1857 by Francois Bernard, delivered to the Aiken County Historical Museum. Weights were used to flatten wrinkles over two months aided by Friends of the Museum donors.
Aiken County Council will hold third reading tonight on an ordinance for relocating video game machines with relocation only by consent of the county administrator. The measure also sets non prorated licenses and nonrefundable fees while consent agenda items include a budget amendment for Sage Mill Industrial Park grants. The council meets at 7 pm in Council Chambers on Richland Avenue.
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