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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 2002
Page
2
Readers urge the City of Aiken to invest more in youth soccer development and public courtesy. They criticize the Aiken Soccer Club for limited team slots and outside players, call for broader city resources, condemn poor public service responses, and urge a boycott of ABC programming amid regional tensions.
NRC officials and local residents debated MOX plant safety, quality assurance and fire protection at a North Augusta meeting. Mel Leach led a Washington based team as citizens questioned NRC records and French facilities while officials urged caution and continued public input ahead of a decision.
Arthur Bradley Jr. 81 of 398 Independent Blvd was missing since 7 40 a m Tuesday and located about half a mile from his home at 1 10 a m today. He was found in a wooded area and taken to University Hospital in Augusta with scratches and bruises.
Aiken County deputies arrested Larry Proctor after he allegedly crashed a truck into his mobile home and tried to ignite it with grease on a stove. His wife Laurie Proctor reported the incident at about 2:08 a.m. Police found a small fire at the scene and the suspect fled in his wife’s car.
Windsor man Charles R. Sharpe I, 35, was stabbed in the chest during a domestic dispute and taken to Aiken Regional Medical Centers with a collapsed lung. His wife Carol Sharpe is jailed on assault with intent to kill charges with bail set at 20000. The couple had married about 30 days amid an apparent alcohol related incident.
The Aiken County Coroner's Office asks for help locating family of Marion "Pipe" Edwards 61 who died June 17 2002 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers from natural causes. Edwards may have ties to Thomson or Swainsboro Georgia. Call 803-642-1740 with any information.
Jimmy Riley age 31 of Maher Road North Augusta died Tuesday from injuries sustained in a May 16 single vehicle wreck on Burgen Road. He was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Michael Lee Brown 39 of North Augusta. Brown lost control, the car hit trees, Riley was ejected and rolled down a 200 foot embankment. He was in a coma at the Medical College of Georgia and died after transfer home by family.
Douglas Myles West 31 of North Augusta is held on kidnapping charges after a pregnant Augusta woman, Stephanie Glisson, thwarted an attempted abduction on Greene Street. West allegedly offered a ride in a red Toyota pickup, returned twice, and grabbed her arm before she escaped. He awaits extradition to Richmond County.
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