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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1983
Page
7
Aiken's Rakin is an annual city cleanup by the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce planned for Saturday with a rain date next week. Cochairs Derrick Lee and Mickey Kerce challenge individuals churches and groups to join and sign up at 400 Laurens St. N.W. Trash bags will be available at the Chamber through Saturday.
A variety show is set for Midland Valley High auditorium on Saturday February 26 at 7 30 p m Admission is 2 with tickets sold in advance at the school or at the door The program features the Aiken Civic Ballet The Clogging Rebels ventriloquist Anita Reeves and David The Stevensons Tappettes Senior Company and the Midland Valley Ensemble Louis Wall will be master of ceremonies.
The Aiken County Planning Commission will discuss appointing an acting planning director at its Thursday meeting at 8 p.m. in the Planning Commission conference room. Current director Steve Szablewski will resign effective Feb. 18, per a Feb. 1 letter to County Administrator W Scott Barnes. An executive session will review applications for the planning director position.
Francis Raymond Rainey aged 37 of 334 Fairfield St NE was arrested and charged with sale and distribution of marijuana after Aiken Public Safety Detective B F Thomas bought a 4.42 gram bag for ten dollars at The Ponderosa on Richard Avenue East Monday night.
An Aiken man, 18 year old David Jerome Williams of 504 Red Oak Drive, was released on 10000 bond after being charged with distributing marijuana to a minor at A.L. Corbett Middle School in Wagener. Two 14 year old students at the school were arrested and charged with simple possession of marijuana and released to their parents.
Augusta inmate Frank Wills, former security guard who uncovered the Watergate break in, was sentenced to 12 months in the Richmond County Correctional Institution for stealing a pair of $12 tennis shoes from Sky City on Broad Street. He testified he intended to pay and hid the shoes in a knapsack to spare his son from seeing the surprise.
Four Aiken County men from Wagener and Windsor were arrested in a year long burglary ring case. Donald Wooten 20 Lindy Yon 26 Walter Jackson 23 and Hester Prescott Jr 19 face charges including burglary and grand larceny while Jackson is charged with receiving stolen goods. About $20 000 worth of goods were stolen since last March.
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