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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 2006
Page
1
A reader profile notes interest in "The Company Man" by Joseph Finder and highlights a daily space to spark discussion. The article mentions Lou Aiken and references a book loving theme with a focus on reading in a high tech world.
Obituary notices list Levi Chisolm and Herbert Coleman among area deaths with funeral details in the Aiken region. Both are named in the local notices section of the Abbeville Aiken papers.
Police seek multiple cruelty to children charges against the parents of eight kids aged 9 months to 12 years. Officers found a filthy Abbeville Avenue home with a broken toilet and minimal food, while the Department of Social Services investigates. The children were placed with relatives.
Nine residents ask the Aiken Board of Zoning Appeals to overturn a planning decision licensing Alina Holder to teach the Alexander Technique from her home citing traffic and nuisance concerns. Holder argues the work is educational and not therapeutic, with a Type 1 home occupation license restricting on-site services.
A Summerwood Way dispute centers on Holder teaching the Alexander Technique with hands on instruction. Evans defends it as instructional, while Marolyn Baril gathers neighbors to urge the BIA to reverse a decision and revoke the business license citing traffic and perceived therapy claims. The feud is slated for FEUD, page 16A.
James Albert Duncan Jr. 21 of New Ellenton was jailed on two counts of performing improper acts on a minor and now faces another criminal sexual conduct charge. Police say the incidents occurred during church activities at Foreman Memorial Baptist Church and investigations continue. Call tips to New Ellenton Police 652 7770 or Aiken County Sheriff 1 800 922 3211.
North Augusta man Michael Baskett 36, sought on a felony firearms warrant from Richmond County Georgia, died Tuesday when his stolen 1991 Toyota veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a 2003 Freightliner flatbed driven by Roosevelt A. Jones in Edgefield County South Carolina. The truck driver was injured and treated. No pursuit was in progress at the time.
Forty seven area business leaders from South Carolina and Georgia will meet Congressional leaders in Washington this week during the CSRA Leadership Conference. They will back SRS MIS oxide fuel facility support and highlight Savannah River Site layoffs while outlining regional transport needs and Fort Gordon concerns. The trip, described as a working visit, runs from pre dawn Wednesday to late night Thursday with meetings alongside Rep. Joe Wilson Rep. Gresham Barrett Rep. Bob Inglis Rep. Jim Clyburn Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Jim DeMint among others.
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