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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1996
Page
6
The Town of Jackson will hold a Regular Council meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The agenda includes a second reading of the Fiscal Year 1996/97 budget, first readings of Ordinance 96-02 revising building codes and an antenna siting program, plus discussions on naming roads in R.J. Foreman Mobile Home Park and animal ordinances.
USC Aiken students trained by Antoine Cordahl perform dramatic singing Monday at 7 p.m. with Hope Bates, Amanda Glover, April Sturgell, and Damian Baer. Nathan Baer joins with airs by Mozart and others in a concert at USC Aiken. Aiken Technical College to hold Practical Nursing Entrance Exam Wednesday at 1 and 5 p.m. in Room AUB with a $20 fee payable to Psychological Corporation. Fashion show Friday June 21 at the Aiken Municipal Building tickets $10 with information from BusyBee Beauty Shop, Positive K Services, and Gene's Hair Salon. Miracle Christian Academy of Worth Augusta held Commencement May 29 1996 at Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church. Graduates include Airon Aden Blessing Sheryl Lorraine Gattis Christopher Wade Gould Adam Hansen Laura Lee Harrison Stacie Pierce Reynolds Leah Kay Waters. Hansen was valedictorian.
Local Southern Baptist leaders review the New Orleans gathering with 14 000 delegates. They cite emphasis on missions, internships for seminarians, and debate over a Disney boycott amid protests of alleged homosexual content in films and family branding. The surge in funds for burned churches and discussions on denominational leadership are noted.
Local Shriners welcomed families for a sign up day that added eight children to the local candidates list. Visitors included a purple dinosaur a sailor suited duck and a bat winged crimefighter to entertain youngsters while parents met with the Shriner group. Hospital chairman Bob Jorden noted 22 Shriner hospitals nationwide with a daily cost of 1.2 million and highlighted weekend signups to aid working parents. Carrie Hutson praised the organization saying she is thankful for the Shriners and hopes they continue their work.
The Sierra Club asks federal officials for details on INS Inc. shipping radioactive clothing from the Savannah River Site near Aiken to Columbia. Residents blocked a local plan, fearing environmental and health risks, while INS says volumes and radioactivity remain unchanged and the move is due to cost.
Ed Sheldon recalls his uncle Hudson Heney a Merchant Marine radio operator on the SS Stephen Hopkins sunk in September 1942 off South America. Heney born in Winchendon Mass joined the fleet in 1922 and died at 43 while aiding his ship during a battle with German raiders. Ed moved to Aiken in 1977 and honors his mother and family memory with plans to memorialize Uncle Adoc, who inspired his own Navy service.
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