28 Dec 2001
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 2001
Page
1
Fred Humes director of the Economic Development Partnership presented a year in review detailing mixed economic results for Aiken and Edgefield counties. The recap covered the partnership’s efforts to boost industrial growth and job creation in the region.
Census Bureau estimates show Nevada Arizona and Colorado top the list of fastest growing states over the past year. Midwestern and East Coast states lag behind with North Dakota and West Virginia experiencing the sharpest declines as residents continue to leave.
Obituary notices list Norman James Ballard Aiken Ronald Bush J.J. Glover Frances Langford and Larry Donnelle Pope. The notices appear in the 5A death notices section detailing their names and lack of further biographical details in this segment.
Early afternoon fires kept firefighters across the eastern county busy on Thursday. Wagoner Fire Department tackled a on Stone Mill Road blaze threatening structures at about 12 30 p m with two cars destroyed. Mutual aid came from Couch ton Salley Windsor and Hollow Creek as 25 personnel worked with a Forestry Commission tractor to contain the fire. The commission also reported three brush fires in Aiken County amid wind gusts, with statewide activity 106 fires burning 472 acres December 22 26.
Ronald Coleman Jr. was sentenced in Augusta to life in prison after a broad crime spree tied to three killings in 1997 98. Solicitor Barbara Morgan said a meeting with the victim's wife will determine if action is taken in South Carolina including Aiken County. Coleman and Carlston W. Coleman were convicted in June 1998 of kidnapping armed robbery burglary hijacking and a weapons charge in Holt case.
Gen Rashid Dostum warns that former Taliban fighters who have “changed their turban color” remain a risk to Afghanistan and the interim government. The Uzbek warlord, key northern alliance figure, notes possible terrorism and kidnappings despite not waging open war.
As New Year approaches, officials warn fireworks and dry weather threaten area fires. Sgt. David Turno of the Aiken Public Safety Office says fireworks are illegal in the City of Aiken except sparklers and small Chinese crackers, urging caution to prevent yard fires spreading to sheds or homes amid dormant winter vegetation.
Indian and Pakistani troops shelled each other in Kashmir overnight breaking a brief calm, sending villagers fleeing. The two sides traded accusations after a high tension week following a December attack on India's parliament and new sanctions.
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