Waffle House disturbance leads to pepper spray and arrest
A year old man at Waffle House on Richland Avenue caused a disturbance and refused to pay for his meal. Police sprayed him with pepper spray after he refused to enter a patrol car twice. He was taken to headquarters and again refused first aid. He faces charges of gross intoxication and disorderly conduct.
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Waffle House
Richland Avenue
Richland County
Jones Crossroads
Wagoner
Rosie Berry Joins State Education Oversight Committee
ROSIE BERRY, principal of PAUL KNOX MIDDLE SCHOOL, has won a three year appointment to the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee. The panel will help implement the Education Accountability Act of 1998 and review its progress across schools in the state.
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Rosie Berry
Paul Knox Middle School
S.C
Best Doctors Halts America Volume Series
Best Doctors will stop publishing the Best Doctors in America volumes though the company continues to operate. The 30,000 doctor database will be continually updated and officials say the action will improve access to services through various health care systems.
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Best Doctors
Best Doctors In
America
Usta
Corrections Acknowledges School District Assignment Errors
The Aiken Standard corrects two items from previous reports. William Osborne is hired as a new assistant principal at Aiken High School. A July 7 AP story on the School Safety Act of 1998 misstated penalties for improper gun storage. the felony conviction for a child finding a weapon was from an earlier bill version, not the final signed act.
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William Osborne
Aiken High School
David Beasley
Associated Press
Pride program at Camp Long mentors youths through PRIDE
Operation PRIDE at Camp Long sponsored by Omega Psi Phi and Clemson Extension helps at risk youths, mainly young African American men, learn perseverance respect integrity determination and enthusiasm while meeting role models. Dr Romando James notes sub themes Your Roots Control Your Fruits and pride in heritage as counselors stress kings and queens lineage.
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Camp Long
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Clemson Extension Service
Romando James
Operation Pride
James
Martin Luther King Jr
Michael Jordan
Jerry Johnson
James Gallman
The
S.C
NAACP
Cleveland Thomas Jr
Equal Opportunity
Office of the Governor
Marian Williams
Federal indictments handed down by federal grand jury
Aiken County man Steven D. Gade was indicted for illegal possession of five hand guns as a convicted felon. Gregory Mark Taylor, 39, was indicted under the Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act for failing to pay child support after a 1996 payment. he owes about $20,000 despite prior orders of $100 weekly. Guns were found during a search of Gade’s home by ATF agents acting on a warrant. Gade faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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Aiken County
Steven D. Gade
Gregory Mark Taylor
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Gade
U.S
Taylor
Clinton
Judge Denies Change of Venue in N E Suit
Circuit Judge Rodney Peeples refused a venue change for Jackson contractor Louis Whitlaw in a damage suit against New Ellenton defendants. Attorney Francis Draine argued pretrial publicity could taint jurors by citing articles and comments by Henderson Johnson. Peeples said such remarks are not enough to move the trial and jurors can be vetted for bias during jury selection.
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Rodney Peeples
Jackson
Louis Whitlaw
New Ellenton
Francis Draine
Whitlaw
Aiken County
Jury Pool Whitlaw
Randy Shaw
Draine
Peeples
Aiken
Henderson Johnson
Talent next event for Miss Aiken pageant winners
Spartanburg report on preliminary Miss South Carolina results. Christin Owens Miss Greater Greer led talent with La Traviata. Marci Thompson Miss Myrtle Beach won swimsuit. Florence winner Kelly Cass. Liberty winner Holly Brown took swimsuit. Moton from Miss Aiken County competed evening gown then swimsuit.
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Spartanburg
South Carolina
Christin Michelle Owens
Greater Greer
Myrtle Beach
Marci Dianne Thompson
Teachers upgrade on physics with classroom toys
University of South Carolina Aiken instructor Harriet Hare leads a July 27 to August 7 graduate course for teachers titled Teaching Physics with Toys. The program, funded by an Eisenhower grant, aligns with local standards and uses toys like Delta kite planes Hot Wheels and Legos to teach kinetic energy velocity and basic physics concepts to K-8 educators.
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Harriet Hare
University of South Carolina Aiken
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center
Aiken County
Ms. Hare
Million Dollar Hole In One Contest Draws Golfers to Aiken
The Help Line of Aiken County hosts a $1 million hole in one contest to benefit its 24 hour crisis hotline. July 18 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Operations Recreation Association Complex on Silver Bluff Road. Three rounds include a 150 yard qualifying hole and a final shot for the million. Proceeds fund the hotline. Regions Bank and Aiken Regional Medical Centers sponsor.
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Aiken County
Operations Recreation Association
Savannah River
Silver Bluff Road
Aiken
Ron Grooms
Indi
Regions Bank
Help Line
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
North Augusta Chamber of Commerce
ORA
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Legion Road
Warrenville
Edgefield Road
North Augusta
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Wire Road
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N.E
Miss Aiken
Ginny Southworth
Kimyada Moton
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