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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 2003
Page
2
A letter criticizes past school funding excesses and calls Wake up Aiken urging shared responsibility for adequate school funding. The writer expresses frustration with underfunded schools, questions state legislators pay cuts, and suggests Woodside roads are privately maintained. Ends with Talkback hotline and email for reader feedback.
Circuit Court judge sentences Donald Marcell Hamilton to three years in jail after deputies found cocaine and $12,000 cash at his Fields Road home on August 9, 2001. The case stemmed from an armed intruder who attempted to steal money and drugs. Hamilton apologized, saying he made a mistake and faced a possible 20 year maximum, with a $35,000 mandatory minimum fine reduced to civil judgment.
Bill Smith a 31 year production control veteran and Bill Gross a 62 year former chemical engineer join Christina Shealy and Teresia Prescott in a session on the Program of Alternative Certification for Educators. The Aiken district reports strong turnout for the three year PACE path with regional centers planned and USC Aiken space eyed.
Aiken Corporation seeks 65000 dollars from City Council to craft a land use plan for a half block on Chesterfield Street between Hampton and Edgefield Avenues. The plan includes purchasing vacant parcels, funding appraisal fees, and may attract private development later to revive abandoned Northside blocks.
Aiken County Deputy Superintendent Dr. Bill Gallman reports major renovations at A.L. Corbett Middle School in Wagener should finish next week with an update planned for the Board of Education at 7 pm. Busbee Elementary remains delayed to October or November.
Ellen Gail Rodman Clark was teary eyed as she left the Aiken courthouse after receiving a two year term for theft and forgery. Judge John Kittredge ordered almost 100 dollars restitution to People's Community Bank and noted the state dropped 23 forgery charges. Clark has a long prior record, including a 1986 marijuana manufacturing arrest, and will serve three years on probation after release with substance abuse counseling.
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