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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1990
Page
7
On this day in 1986 the Aiken City Council denied a request to permit seasonal housing at the Aiken Mile Track located on Banks Mill Road. The ruling halted proposed temporary housing near the racecourse, reflecting local zoning considerations.
Relief supervisor Charles Story from Owens-Corning Fiberglas returned from a business trip to Taiwan. He sampled several native foods and noted five items he would not try: chicken, BBC pork, Chinese green vegetal, fish eye soup, and duck heads.
A comical incident at the Lambert home ends with Fudge head first in the bathroom toilet. Erica notes the pup was embarrassed and now jumps more carefully. Nearby, J&N Hair Designers decorates for a birthday with balloons and a black dressed staffer as a sign reads 50 Is Nifty. A man is seen sprinting around the H Odell Weeks Center track during a heavy rain.
The Medical University of South Carolina and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will create a 24 million biomedical research center in downtown Charleston. Construction starts March 1992, taking 24 to 30 months to complete. The seven story facility will focus on heart disease diabetes cancer and other conditions and will be partly leased by the VA.
Altman, missing his left hand from a 1967 accident, seeks to start a small appliance and small engine repair business. Though health setbacks and financial trouble slowed him, training in the Army and mechanical skill support a plan to grow into front end alignment and radiator work. His wife Bertie and his faith bolster his drive as he searches for funding and opportunities.
South Carolina Young Woman of the Year contestants shined in two groups in the Etherredge Center, with preliminary awards in fitness and creative arts. Notable winners include Dana Schwalbert, Lynn Rutland, Carla Grose, Pinny Bowers, Holly Palmer, Gina Lynn Brown, Michelle Blosser, and Christine O’Reilly. Final night follows with a 7:30 p.m. show and $15 tickets. Ginger Black will crown the 1991 winner.
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