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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1988

Page

12

Community Calendar Enumerates Local Meetings and Activities

A dense list of events across Aiken and surrounding areas includes Alcoholics Anonymous style groups, computer and genealogy clubs, Rotary and Toastmasters meetings, library hours, hobby circles, garden clubs, and public notices. Notable entries mention adult children of alcoholics support, Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame events, and various civic association gatherings with times and venues.

Charter Counseling Center Lancaster St. SW Aiken Apple Computer Users Group Pine Log Road Aiken County Public Library Aiken County Rescue Squad Aiken Lions Club Lions’ Hut Aiken Sertoma Club Houndslake Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame Hopeland Gardens Aiken Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol Federal York Street Barnwell Avenue Body Dynamics Crosland Drive Ryan Bruorton Crosland Park Kalmia Court Order of the Amaranth Masonic Temple Laurens Street Kalmia Toastmasters North Augusta Mental Health Association Carol Jennings Billy Finley Trenton National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Cherbourg Place Jimmy A. Widener J.W. Mercke Martha Mercke Aiken Board of Realtors Houndstake Country Club Aiken County Council Richland Ave Aiken County Historical Museum Newberry Aiken Optimist Club Mattie C. Hall Health Co Center Joyce Riddick R.N Ambucs Aiken-Barmwell H. Odell Weeks Center Wilcox Inn Ginny Sherman Center Fire Department CSRA American Society For Quality Control Houndslake Country Club Russ Holloman Berrie Road Ikebana International Scott's Way Augusta Scott Nixon G.H. Weisemann Savannah Jaycees Jaycee Hut Mental Retardation Board Aiken County Senior Citizens Club Aiken County Recreation Center St Alumnae Panhellenic Friendship Baptist Church American Society of Safety Engineers Red Lobster Gordon Highway H. Odell Weeks Country Gardeners Robert C. Jones A.C. Butterbaugh Roy Stein Paul McCreery Garden Makers Garden Club Graniteville Exchange Club Midland Valley Country Club Waterloo St Grace Woodhead Keith Parker Ponce de Leon Ave

Area 4 Council Plans Thursday Meeting

The Area 4 Advisory Council will meet Thursday at the Area 4 Office in New Holland. The regular session begins at 7 30 p m. Area 4 schools include Ridge Spring Monetta High Wagner Salley High A L Corbett Middle Ridge Spring Monetta Elementary and Busbee Elementary.

New Holland Aiken Area 4 Ringe Spring- Monetta Wagner-Salley High A.L. Corbett Ridge Spring-Monetta Busbee

Turn of the Century Dreams and 2000 World Series Dread

A speaker imagines living to the year 2000 and hosting a lunar party, pondering the logistics of calling a future World Series. He notes turning sixty in 2060 and muses on the awkwardness of naming events in the new century while reflecting on life expectancy and possibilities beyond Earth.

Moon

Predictions for the year 2000 from Lewis Grizzard

A humorous spoof imagining the turn of the millennium cites checks replaced by bank tubes at home, ultra fast airliners, dental lasers, goat burgers at McDonald’s, and talking dogs. It notes Elvis and the Falcons remaining dead, with other absurdities and economic woes forecast.

Wall Street Journal USA Today McDonald’s North Dakota Montana Idaho Elvis The Atlanta Falcons

Erma on Marriage as the Relationship Super Bowl

An Erma column argues marriage signals distinct intimacy versus living together. It notes the challenge of defining commitment and responsibility, contrasts shared routines with deeper unity, and cites a TV show example of a widowed father seeking marriage for ongoing partnership.

Marriage as a lifelong game with no guarantees

Erma Bombeck reflects on marriage as a permanent career not a casual partnership. She argues that marriage brings defined duties and shared rights, not guarantees, and compares it to a high stakes game where surprises arise and fear of perfection is misguided.

Rural South urged to press candidates on economy

Washington AP report notes MDC Inc and Sunbelt Institute lead a bipartisan effort by Southern lawmakers to press presidential candidates to address the rural South's widening economic gaps. Sen. Wyche Fowler Rep. Ed Jenkins and Rep. Sonny Callahan back the push.

Washington Congress South MDC Inc Sunbelt Institute Wyche Fowler D-Ga Ed Jenkins Sonny Callahan R-Ala Fowler Jenkins Homer Georgia MDC Chapel Hill N.C Sunbelt

Nine Die On South Carolina Roads In Weekend Toll

The Highway Patrol reports nine fatalities from weekend traffic crashes across South Carolina. Victims include Karen Ann McLane and Richard A. McLane in an Orangeburg County head on collision on U S 321, along with Harold A. Dowling in Cheraw, Harold Sanders in Forest Acres, Keith Gillespie, Phillip Shillinglaw, Paul Milton Baine, Dawn Amanda Carter, and others in Berkeley York Dillon and Darlington counties. The Associated Press tally covers 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.

South Carolina Orangeburg County State Highway Patrol Karen Ann McLane Richard A. McLane North William H. Dunbar Blackville U.S Columbia Harold A. Dowling Uneraw Cheraw Harold Sanders Forest Acres Keith Gillespie Dillon Florence County Phillip O. Shillinglaw St. Stephen Berkeley County Paul Milton Baine Sharon York South Carolina Highway 49 Dawn Amanda Carter Lamar Darlington Associated Press

Aiken DSS Announces Surplus Food Distribution Schedule

Aiken County Department of Social Services releases dates for USDA surplus foods including butter cheese honey corn meal and rice. Eligibility requires food stamp certification or income below 130 percent of poverty with ID and county residency.

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