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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 2010
Page
1
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Aiken County Council has named local attorney Lawrence Brown as the county's new attorney. Brown, a longtime resident and practitioner in the area, will oversee legal affairs and advise on county matters.
The report details current party divisions in Congress and identifies members who have announced plans to leave office at year end. It notes independents caucus with the majority and cites graphics by Judy Treible from 2010 provided by House and Senate press gasons.
An obituary list presents brief death notices for Michael Dinkins Victorville Calif Robert Louis Fisher Aiken Perrina Mae Guyton Blackville Herbert Boyd Hall Belvedere Mattie Lybrand Hallman Aiken Thomas W Kitchings Jr Williston Gladys Beatty Miller Rockport Maine Edith Kneece Moore Jackson Sallie Mae Strom Edgefield Annie Bertha Sullivan North Augusta Purvis D Ward North Augusta deceased persons. Each entry notes name and residence with no further biographical detail.
An Aiken man Trayko Ontario Marshall did not appear in court for a July armed robbery and kidnapping. A bench warrant was issued for Marshall for $95,000 bond breach as police continue the search alongside his bonding company. A juvenile and Marshall were suspected in the Northside Bait & Tackle hold up on York Street, with a gun pointed at a woman and duct tape used to restrain her. Police learned of the assault after the woman’s boyfriend reported her missing and confronted two men inside the store. Warrants were issued for both suspects. Marshall was detained later while also being sought on another warrant. The case continues, with further details on WANTED page 5A.
Forecasters expect a 50 percent chance of precipitation with temperatures near 25 degrees tonight and possible snow as an Arctic front moves through Thursday night. Jim Kilmer of the National Weather Service in Columbia notes subfreezing slopes around midnight with a warming trend by early next week. Aiken County Public School District monitors conditions and prepares for winter weather.
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson says the nation remains less safe than ideal citing a Christmas Day incident near Detroit where a Nigerian passenger's bomb failed. He urges stronger full-body searches and notes progress in Afghanistan where he cites 6,500 schools and health access for 85 percent of the population.
One Aiken resident will celebrate Aiken’s 175th anniversary by wearing period costumes each Saturday in 2010 at the Farmer’s Market. Coleen Reed, director of the Farmer’s Market, recreates a woman’s 1835 wardrobe with six outfits completed and plans for a seventh. She studied 1875 fashions revealing layered garments, durable fabrics, and frequent dyeing to black for worn dresses.
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