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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1985
Page
18
The Italian Girl in Algiers will be staged in English by the National Opera Company on Tuesday January 22 at 8 p.m. in USCA Student Activities Center. Tickets are seven dollars at the door. open to Cultural Series members.
Warrants were expected today in an armed robbery and burglary case in Aiken involving a black female and a black male. They allegedly burst into a home at 224 Park Avenue West around 11 15 p m last night, stole 250 dollars, and tied the victim with a cord and belt while the female carried a knife and the male a broker bottle. They searched for money and found a wallet behind a chair said to hold the cash.
John Connelly deputy director of operation and maintenance at the V C Summer nuclear plant will speak at the Savannah River Section American Nuclear Society meeting on January 15. The event at Holiday Inn I 20 in Aiken includes social hour 6 p.m. dinner 7 p.m. program 7 45 p.m. Reservations due by Thursday with meal preferences. Contact Kathy Moore at 450-9460 to reserve.
The Tri Development Center calls for volunteers with carpentry painting or odd jobs to remodel the former Eustis Park Elementary School. A workday starts Saturday at 9 a.m. with tasks including removing shelves partitions floor tile and wiring. Call Renee Busbee at 648 2153 for details.
The Aiken County Board of Education will meet at the Educational Center at 843 Edgefield Ave at 7 30 p m. The agenda includes renovation projects at North Augusta Senior High and Byrd Elementary schools. The public is invited.
The Lower Savannah Council of Governments board will hold a business meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Village Inn Restaurant on S.C. 301 in Allendale. The public is invited.
The International Management Council will hold a dinner meeting Thursday at Palmers Restaurant in the Ramada Inn in Aiken. Fellowship hour starts at 6 15 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.
The Aiken Community Playhouse opens On Golden Pond Friday at 8 p.m with shows Friday Saturday and Sunday and two more performances January 18 and 19. Cast includes John Temple as Norman and Lynne Katonak as Chelsea with newcomer Kay-Lynn Christon in a lead role. Reservations 648 1438. tickets 5 3 2. memberships 15.
Aiken Prep School undergoes renovations to improve living and study spaces while preserving its historic auditorium. Headmaster R J Harringen notes the aim to attract families with a refreshed environment and ongoing capital plans. The campus, founded in 1916, now serves mainly Carolinas Georgia and Florida students with a few international attendees.
Charleston AP reports Rivers Middle School officials face reassignment after a December 19 strip search of 10 students following a missing $40 from aide Lynette Johnson. Principal Marshall Wineglass, Vice Principal Evelyn Workman, and PE teacher Helen Mackabee were reassigned. no criminal charges filed.
Georgetown Steel officials contest an EPA report on plant pollution as potentially inaccurate. They say no immediate plans exist to buy new air pollution control equipment after a September inspection by EPA’s Bruce Miller found violations from plant modifications in high carbon steel production.
Aiken County Administrator W. Scott Barnes announced a 10 point plan to create a humane, cost effective detention center operated by the county with Sheriff Carrol Heath. The goals include merit based staffing, proper prisoner commitments, daily reviews for possible release, limited meals, a career ladder for staff, accreditation by ACA and AMA, advisory board feasibility, reduced idleness, counseling and education for long term prisoners, expanded inmate recreation, volunteer work crews, skilled trustee incentives, and detox and psychiatric services.
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