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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 2001
Page
3
United Way invites volunteers for Project VISION, the annual community work day. More than 90 project requests have been received and volunteers are needed to complete approved tasks. Call 648-8331, visit www.uwaiken.org, or stop by the United Way Office to pick up a form. Bottio A.
The Aiken County Home Builders Association establishes a yearly $1000 scholarship at Aiken Technical College in memory of Maurice Williams. It aids full-time ATC students who are incoming high school graduates or first-time freshmen, with preference to members’ relatives or employees. Minimum 2.5 GPA. Applications via ATC Financial Aid Office. Deadline August 31.
Jeanette Bush has spent her life in the family Bush Flower Shop, now celebrating 80 years. The Augusta Alabama GA area florist began after her father bought property post World War I, built on Pine Grove, amid a changing industry and generations of family devotion. She became manager in 1948 and earned national design honors while guiding the shop into the digital era. Her family remains engaged, with sister Bee, Larry Anderson, and Zachary training in flower arranging as the business passes to the next generation.
A series of weekend crimes across Aiken and North Augusta includes a Silver Bluff Road burglary with $400 damage, a stolen Auntie trailer valued at $788, a deliberate gas light break on Waters Edge Road causing about $500 damage, a Pineview Drive burglary with $425 cash taken and $200 damage, a 1994 four wheeler stolen on Old Camp Long Road, Aiken, and vandalism damages on Edgefield Highway and Evans Drive totaling about $3,600, plus a Graniteville vehicle window shatter likely from a bullet. Correction notes cite updated ACTS client figures and bylaw changes.
Warren Safter of the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory will be honored with the Distinguished Service to Safety Award from the National Safety Council. The ceremony occurs September 24 during the 89th Congress and Exposition in Atlanta.
The Aiken Standard lists office hours from 8 30 am to 5 30 pm Monday through Friday with extensions for Local News Features and Sports. It provides contact numbers for publisher Scott B Hunter and customer service and includes subscription rates and mail delivery timelines.
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