21 Apr 2006
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 2006
Page
1
The South Carolina House unanimously approved a bill to close loopholes in tax increment finance district laws. Lead sponsor Rep. Robert S. "Skipper" Perry of Aiken County announced the measure, with Senate consideration upcoming.
A brief note in the Aiken Standard highlights readers and reading with a mention of Midnight Voices by John Saul. The page also lists 50 area deaths and a Deaths and Funerals section for Omedia Turner Wells of Brooklyn New York.
Section rundown shows classifieds puzzles obituaries sports and listings across pages 5B 6A 1B 2c 3c 5c 11A with entertainment and world features. The fragmentary header hints at a retro newspaper layout and miscellaneous items across the day’s edition.
Vernon J Ryans Jr. of Jackson is charged in Georgia for a January homicide of a semi pro Beech Island player and now faces a voluntary manslaughter charge in a December 2005 shooting that killed 16 year old Justin Brown in Jackson.
About 35 to 40 walkers bearing blue balloons and wearing ribbons marched from Laurens Street to the Aiken County Judicial Center for the Breaking the Silence walk organized by the Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons. The Walk In My Shoes display featured donated shoes from rape and sexual assault victims lining the courthouse steps.
Steven Wayne Gunter, 52, of Columbia, received 15 years for criminal sexual conduct with a minor with 15 additional years for attempted conduct and 10 for criminal solicitation all to run concurrently. Sanghoon Lee, 29, Cayce, drew 10 years with five years probation after a suspended sentence for criminal solicitation of a minor. Lee is ordered to depart the country.
Abel P. Nivens, 88, received a standing ovation at the Aiken Branch NAACP Freedom Fund banquet at USC Aiken for lifelong service as an educator. She still runs the Minnie Palmore House in Graniteville, a center for 32 kindergarten students.
Thousands join the Global Night Commute to Bethlehem Luther an Church on Whiskey Road April 29. David Neira of South Aiken High School organized the local effort with Sherry Shipes and other teens and adults. Participants will write letters to northern Uganda children and to President Bush and Congress, sleep outdoors to show support, and join a nationwide campaign led by Invisible Children, creators of a documentary on child soldiers.
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