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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 2000
Page
2
The Aiken Community Band performs at 7 p.m. on the Roland H. Windham Stage during the Hopelands Gardens Summer Concert Series. Earlier at 6 p.m. the Town of Burnet holds its regular monthly town meeting at Burnettown Municipal.
An Aiken man was arrested for drunken driving at 1 am after an officer found him intoxicated on Richland Avenue and Williamsburg Street. Another man faces hit and run and drunken driving charges after a 6 39 p m incident on Edgefield Avenue involving an unattended vehicle. The ADPS investigates a pistol theft on Berkeley Street, a Williston woman chased through an Aiken shoe store parking lot resulting in a stolen shoes arrest, and a man charged with gas drive off drunken driving and possession of a stolen auto linked to a 15 theft at a Whiskey Road station.
North Augusta hosts Best Fest 2000 at Riverview Park on Monday September 4 starting 3 pm. The event features Rhythm & Class Cloggers Cheyenne Country Kickers Shiloh and Rascal Flatts with a 9 pm fireworks finale. Proceeds from food sales support the North Augusta Youth Scholarship Fund.
Georgia lottery results listed for Sunday include drawings in Evening, Cash 4 and Fantasy 5. Winning numbers show the sequences 5 6 7 for Evening, 8 1 1 4 for Cash 4, and 2 14 30 31 34 for Fantasy 5.
The book A Place that I Call Home Aiken by Thomas Smith and photo artist Ginny Southworth debuted at Rye Patch with a long line of buyers. Aiken 2000 funded a 2000 copy run in two editions leather bound sold out, with 250 books pre reserved and profits to restore the Aiken Railroad Depot.
Turner and Tillie Murphy of North Augusta lead a family legacy at Auburn University. Their grandson Ben graduated as the 16th Auburn scholar in the clan, begun in 1940, with Turner the first Auburn graduate. Fourteen Murphys attended the ceremony to cheer Ben.
A 50 year old lieutenant with 24 years in law enforcement leads the city Mounted Patrol Unit. He patrols on horseback to serve his hometown, enjoys fishing hunting and rollerblading in spare time, and values giving back to the community.
The United Way of Aiken County starts its nine week drive at noon at the North Augusta Community Center with the Planting the Seeds of Hope theme. The effort funds 57 programs across 30 agencies in Aiken County aiming for 2.62 million dollars. Capt Tim Carter of the Salvation Army gives the invocation.
The Governor's Office and the S C Small Business Chamber of Commerce co sponsor a forum Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Learning Resources Center Amphitheater, Aiken Technical College. Business owners can voice concerns on taxes regulation training incentives and retirement needs.
The Town and Country Club of Aiken will gather September 7 at the Etherredge Center, USC Aiken, with registration starting at 9:30 a.m. Guest speaker City Manager Roger LeDue will outline his accomplishments and goals for the city.
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