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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1999
Page
3
Fire safety officials urge caution planning yard waste fires in South Carolina. Wind and dry conditions heighten danger as homes burn and lives are at risk. Follow permits and bans, build a fire break, supervise the blaze, keep hoses ready, and call 911 if control is lost. Public safety campaign promotes Stop Drop and Roll as needed.
Workers respond to a child's plea for help in the Letters to Santa drive. A ten year old writes that his family faces hardship after his dad’s accident and asks Santa for a letter of greeting and prayers. Staff cry and vow to help, noting the letter asked for nothing in return.
In a spirit of Christmas, postal workers collected donations from all letters, sending a gift certificate to a generously chosen family for Christmas shopping. The carrier urged letter senders to include a return address so Santa can reply.
Applications are being taken in Jackson for a door decorating contest sponsored by the Pine Needle Garden Club and the Sandy Acres Garden Club. Three categories include best door best overall house and through the eyes of a child. Applications available at Jackson Town Hall and selected merchants. Judges from outside Jackson will evaluate on December 14 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Two area residents have graduated as Probation Parole agents for the South Carolina Department of Probation Parole and Pardon Services. Father Hunter of Jackson will serve Edgefield County and Bernard Freeman of Augusta will serve Aiken County. They join about 600 agents statewide supervising around 38 000 offenders. Agents complete four weeks of training plus six weeks on the job. Robert Perry, agent in charge in Aiken, praised the new agents and anticipated great results.
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