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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1998
Page
17
Local boosters of the S.C. Heritage Corridor are invited to a 7 p.m. meeting on Wednesday February 18 at the Holiday Inn Express on Whiskey Road. For more information call tourism coordinator Mary Ann Mellor at 642 7550.
Police blotter reports a juvenile on a bicycle damaging washing machines at Bath Coin Laundry on S C 421. Glass cracked on one machine and rims broken on two others. Also listed: auto tools stolen from a truck on Burnette Street and a shed burglary on Cedar Road with damage but nothing missing.
Edward Jones analyst Greg Paschal provides closing stock roundup with highlighted movers and market tone as of February 10 1998.
Northland Cable has removed all adult programming from its system. Divisional vice president Lee Johnson says they received only one complaint but would not adjust the schedule.
The board discussed Goals 2000 funds totaling about 151000 over two years and debated distribution with 70 percent to schools and 30 percent retained. An HIV AIDS mini grant of 500 was planned for Wagener Salley High health education and a 7000 grant for character education was approved for several schools. Cody Redd, eighth grade Corbett Middle, won the county spelling bee and will advance to the statewide competition.
Jefferson Elementary hosted a stationary parade with career vehicles including a Burnettown Police squad car and a new Caterpillar dump truck. Dixie Clay mine superintendent Greg Norris described the truck’s 30 ton capacity and ore transport use while students asked about costs and operations. Guidance counselor Betty Thomason said the event aimed to broaden career awareness beyond family trades.
Lonnie McCarthy, Aiken County Detention Center administrator, and four suspended workers expect to be cleared after an investigation by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office and State Law Enforcement Division. He cites no wrongdoing and notes the suspensions have hurt his family.
February marks Black History Month and honors Josie Hazel, longtime Aiken educator and community advocate. She helped organize eight community branches and served with the Services Council of Aiken County from 1961, retiring in 1968.
Joe Dowling director of the Aiken County Career Center is named Vocational Educator of the Year by the South Carolina Vocational Association for 1996 97 Peers praise his leadership and curriculum focus The board of education supports major expansions to modernize the aging facility in Mullins area
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