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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1997
Page
11
Wade Brodie, chairman of Aiken Corporation, says the group must continue focusing on creating jobs in Aiken to spur local growth and economic stability.
C-SPAN producers toured South Carolina's Third Congressional District this week to study district history politics and demographics. The visit highlighted second term Republican Congressman Lindsey Graham with an interview by Aiken Standard reporter Carl Langley. The telecast airs February 14 at 7:45 a.m. and 7:55 p.m.
Between Jan 27 and Feb 4 a gun worth 350 was stolen from Laurens Street. On Feb 8 wheels from a 1962 Ford were taken valued at 1200. A Feb 4 burglary on York Street saw a cash register worth 800 stolen with 15 cash inside. Dog teams failed to trace suspects. Viking Freight on Jan 31 had two HP color monitors worth 600 stolen. Feb 2 Honda Cars of Aiken had four cars broken into with ignition switch damage and stereo damage totaling 600. Feb 2 burglary on Whispering Pines Terrace saw tools valued 375 stolen.
The Aiken Fencing Club welcomed an unexpected guest during Tuesday night practice at the Fermata Club. Thibault Riquelme, 13, from Tours, France, is an exchange student at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School and has trained saber for seven years with a champion French team.
Representatives from Aiken Bamberg Barnwell Calhoun Edgefield McCormick Orangeburg and Saluda meet at 6 30 pm to sign a four year in the making joint waste handling agreement. The authority to operate on 1000 acres at the Savannah River Site will dispose of solid waste for 50 years funded by county tonnage shares. The chartered 1992 group aims to solve solid waste issues and promote recycling and new waste technologies including a Solid Waste Technology Center as a demonstration facility.
The Aiken Historic Preservation Committee focused on the Newberry Street bridge replacement with attention to buried cables, transformers, and a concrete encased sidewalk. Funding shares: DOT 80 percent, Norfolk Southern 10 percent, city 10 percent. The panel also debated demolitions at 726 South Boundary Ave SE and approved a new garage at 866 Two Notch Road while a new plan is prepared for 726.
Former Vance mayor Frank Fuller was sentenced by US District Judge Charles E. Simons Jr. to 20 years in prison after being found guilty on four counts of cocaine distribution. Prosecutors described Fuller as obstructing justice and using a self styled anti drug operation to shield his own drug dealing.
City Council and Aiken Corporation members vow to prioritize job creation as they review how to spend 1.2 million dollars once earmarked for Commerce Park. Wade Brodie says the goal is to create jobs while weighing merits of firms that would add jobs and boost tax base.
The council weighed using 1.2 million for industrial parks a scaled back Commerce Village and a Rutland Drive site. It was agreed economic development representatives would be invited to the next work session. The meeting is Monday Feb 17 at 7 pm in City Council Chambers.
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