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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1993
Page
13
The Aiken SPCA Tailwaggin Walk returns May 8 at H Odell Weeks Center with age divisions for 0-12 13-54 and 55 plus. Check in 8 30 a m walk starts 9 a m 9 30 a m pledges 1 per lap with a 15 dollar minimum free T shirts dogs must have current rabies vaccines on a leash.
North Augusta Councilman Bill Gray announced Clemson football coach Ken Hatfield as the speaker for the May 6 annual Mayors' Prayer Breakfast. Gray noted Hatfield's Tigers finished 5-6 last season and could use prayers for the coming year.
Clarence Key, 31, of Cedar Road, was held at the Aiken County Detention Center on charges including assault with intent to kill and discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling. A 12 car manhunt with bloodhounds and a helicopter recovered him after he fled from deputies following a verbal confrontation over a land deal.
A missing two-year-old girl wandered from home near Windsor and was found asleep on tires along a dirt trail about three quarters of a mile from the yard. Great-grandfather L J Thomas located her after joining the four hour search with volunteers and police.
Author Alison Lurie read her humorous story Highboy at USC Aiken as the final 1993 Writers Series author. The tale centers on a tall chest of drawers believed by its owner to be alive. Readers debated whether the highboy acted on its own or if events arose from imagination. Lurie noted listeners might read a supernatural element or not depending on interpretation. Laughter followed the performance and audience called it wonderful.
Ai ken marks Earth Day as Mayor Fred B. Cavanaugh unveils expanded recycling including cardboard. ceremony at Red Lobster highlighted city efforts and two Governor’s grants totaling 16000 to support new cardboard and apartment recycling centers.
The Aiken Rescue Squad earned the 1993 South Carolina EMS Small System of the Year with praise from EMS coordinator Phil Clarke. County employee Donald Steve Robinson was named Employee of the Quarter for January through March. Aiken High senior Jesse Roach III placed second on Jeopardy! Six elementary students received tornado safety poster citations and cups for a countywide contest.
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