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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1997
Page
11
The USC Aiken natatorium provides memberships for individuals and families. Staff offer preschool swimming lessons, a master swim team, water aerobics, and other programs. Open swim is Monday to Friday 6:30 to 8:00 am, 4:00 and 7:00 pm, and weekend hours 1:25 pm. For membership fees and other details, contact USCA nata.
A Pizza House employee was robbed Monday delivering to Heart of Aiken Motel. A counterfeit $20 bill found Friday at Winn Dixie, turned to the Aiken Police. An attempted burglary at Pinecrest Elementary involved a broken classroom plate glass and alarm. A light blue Econo Van stolen from Pat's Restaurant after a meal. A 1987 Nissan 300 ZX stolen from Aiken Mall Sunday. Burglary on Forest Hill Drive Tuesday. Residence break-in through basement window with TV and VCR taken.
Aiken County Parks Recreation and Tourism schedules a December 30 excursion to Greenville for ice skating and a zoo visit. Call 642-7558 for details.
A photo outline in Monday's edition misidentified a local pageant winner. Nikia Pheonix was named Miss Aiken High. The Aiken Stanaara regrets the error.
Construction began on a new roof for the Aiken Center for the Arts at 122 Laurens St. SW funded by Aiken 20/20 with an estimated 60 000 to 80 000 dollars. A crane lifted joists for a pitched roof atop a leaky flat roof while the old insulation remains. The center also fixed an elevator as part of a broader renovation plan designed by architect Mike Holland of Aiken.
Jackson residents brightened the holidays through a Christmas Decorating Contest sponsored by Pine Needle and Sandy Acres garden clubs. Judges toured neighborhoods naming winners in three categories with first place in yard decorating awarded to Larry and Shirley Connolly of 611 Fourth St.
Former South Carolina state treasurer Grady L. Patterson Jr. announced Monday he will seek the office again in 1998 after 28 years in the post. A Clemson graduate and Abbeville native, he credited fiscal safeguards, reserve funds, and pension protections he championed, while noting his military service from World War II through Korea. Patterson, a Democrat, touted a record of fiscal discipline and said he has broad encouragement from supporters in Columbia. He highlighted constitutional adoption of his recommended debt limits and reserve funds as evidence of the state’s fiscal strength. He and his wife Marjorie have six children, including Amy Shumpert, an attorney in Aiken.
As Christmas nears, Salvation Army and United Way volunteers appear more visible in Aiken County. Capt Timothy Carter notes increased kettles and public presence while staff sort toys, canned goods, and clothing at Belk building in Kalmia Plaza. Volunteers assist at the Citadel and shelter, spreading holiday cheer.
North Augusta City Council gave third reading to a license ordinance raising video poker device fees from 150 to 180 dollars annually, the maximum under state law. The panel also approved a 1.3 million Riverside Boulevard contract and a 10 thousand tourism promotion outlay via the Augusta Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Aiken Barnwell Community Action Commission confirms two of three women arrested last week for shoplifting are its employees Kayla Adams Robinson 30 of North Augusta suspended and Deborah Ann Moore 40 under investigation. The third suspect Sandra Denise Mathis 32 was a J B White store employee. Bonds set at 845 each. all jailed at Aiken County Detention Center prior to bail hearings.
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