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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1999
Page
13
Heritage Corridor grants fund community groups to develop historic cultural and natural attractions across 14 counties. March 15 deadline, awards planned for May. Q A session on cash Feb 18 2 to 3 30 pm at St George United Methodist Church in St George. Call (843) 853-8000 for details.
Two Rottweilers were stolen from a Cornish Street backyard after the chain was unhooked. A dinner bell and post vanished from a Simms Street front yard in Graniteville. Burglary on Kellog Drive Feb 9 saw a TV and VCR stolen. Willis Court home burglarized, refrigerator taken. Suzuki 4 wheeler stolen from Old Friar Road. Sheriff notes two sets of footprints away from a home across the street.
Sophomores at South Aiken High School organized the Sweet Sixteen Stadium Benefit Ball, raising 4000 for the new stadium. A photo in Thursday's Aiken Standard shows the principal and involved students. The drive now includes 300000 in donated and tax funds.
Angela Moore and her six month old daughter Ariel were involved in a February wreck in Aiken County when their Geo Tracker overturned on a dirt road. Ariel was secured in a child seat but Moore was ejected and not wearing a belt. She credits the safety class from Tri Development Center with saving the infant. Bowen of the center urges proper use and free seat checks at Wal-Mart on February 20. National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week highlights buckling up and warranties.
Bechtel Savannah River Inc donated 30000 to USDA to equip a Ruth Patrick Science Education Center observatory at the University of South Carolina Aiken. A 16 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope will feed video output to monitors across the center, boosting public and student astronomy programs.
The South Carolina Bottle Club announces its 1999 Bottle Show and Sale February 19 and 20 at Cayce/West Columbia Boys and Girls Club Gym. Admission is a donation to the club. hours are 2 to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Graniteville teen Alisa Moyer credits a weekend 4 wheeler accident for teaching the importance of a helmet. She was a passenger on a 4 wheeler with boyfriend Ozzie Vargas when it flipped on Rainbow Falls Road. Alisa suffered a head wound and bruising, was treated at University Hospital in Augusta, kept overnight, and released. She and Vargas plan to continue 4 wheeling and will wear helmets next time.
City Manager Roger LeDuc previews a two day planning session with the mayor and council to tackle taxes infrastructure planning and zoning and to address a shortage of office space at city hall. The agenda includes moving departments expanding storage and possibly relocating some offices while examining neighborhood improvements and stronger county city cooperation on the airport and three industrial parks.
Aiken public defender Gina Poteat spoke at AMBACS about preventing crime in firms. She urged up front measures like random drug testing cameras and audits to curb employee theft and noted that pursuing charges may not always be in an employer's best interest due to costs and court time.
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