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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 2000
Page
2
The calendar notes a 7 p.m. Hopelands Gardens Summer Concert featuring Aiken Brass at the Roland H Windham Performance Stage, followed by a 7:30 p.m. Aiken City Council meeting. City residents are advised to attend or follow the council agenda.
Aiken man broke into his former girlfriend s Abbeville Avenue residence Wednesday and threatened her with a pistol. He fled before officers arrived and is charged with first degree burglary criminal domestic violence second offense and pointing or presenting a firearm. An Aiken man and woman faced other incidents including DUI and driving under suspension during Wednesday calls.
Georgia lottery results list Wednesday draw outcomes with Cash 3 Evening numbers 9 and 18 Cash 4 8 10 5 and Fantasy 5 drawing 6 16 18 30 33 for players and record-keeping across the state.
Nancy Knowles, an Aiken County resident and Savannah River Site employee, manages civil and criminal process servings with aid from her eight year old guide dog Tilly. She uses JAWS software and a computer with scanning to perform tasks while enjoying travel, Lions Club activity, and Leader Dogs outreach. Leader Dogs for the Blind trains dogs in Rochester Michigan, supporting its mission with funds from the Lions Club over six decades.
Local ACTPPC officials affiliated with United Way press ongoing efforts to reduce teen pregnancy in Aiken County. Margaret Key notes eagerness for new government statistics to measure program impact while counting an ongoing rate of adolescent pregnancies roughly every 26 hours.
Mrs. Key warns teen pregnancy strains families and raises crime risks, noting sons of teen mothers are 2.7 times likelier to end up in prison. She cites a need to curb teen pregnancies and aims to cut rates by 25 percent in two years.
Linda Eldridge notes 78 percent of students ready for first grade in the past year, up from 61.2 percent in 1994, with classes kept to one teacher and an aide per 22 students. Clearwater Elementary praised. Ann Campbell joins the team as Patsy Watford departs. Statewide study cited by AP backs richer learning with smaller classes. SC has 2,071 full day kindergartens since 1996 law.
Regions Financial Corporation reached a merger agreement with Heritage Bancorp Inc of Hutto Texas. Regions Bank in Aiken won stockholder approval at a special meeting. Heritage Bancorp operates Texas Heritage Bank with six offices in Williamson County and northern Travis County. Heritage assets total 109 million dollars. Regions is a 43 billion bank holding company with over 700 offices across eight southern states.
Shawn Hicks, hiding under a Cushman Arms bed, was sentenced in absentia to 15 years after a June trial in Aiken criminal court for distributing drugs linked to a February 1998 narcotics operation. The incident involved an undercover informant, a wire, and a raid that turned chaotic at the crack house with two co-defendants also jailed.
A free screening for children up to 5 years old to identify possible problems with talking seeing hearing thinking playing or moving will be offered Friday Aug 18 at the Wagener Health Department on Selvern Road. Qualified professionals conduct the screenings and appointments can be made by calling 643-4012 or 1-800-450-1687.
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