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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1995
Page
11
Students who ordered South Aiken high school yearbooks must pick them up today between 11 and 2 pm at the Student Store. A separate event at 7 p.m. Friday at the Family Life Center in North Augusta features a guest speaker from Aiken County School District. Call 598-9401 for details.
Grace United Methodist Church at 639 Georgia Avenue hosts the Seeds of Hope for a sixth year with fresh produce sold Saturdays 8 to 10 a.m. through August in the church parking lot. Three area farmers will donate a portion monthly to the needy.
A summer dinner dance will be held from 7 to 11 30 p m Friday at the Sheraton Hotel in Augusta. Entertainment will be provided by the Ken Dukes Band. Call 706 854-8888.
The Savannah River Regional Diversification Initiative plans a five county cross state program to offset layoffs at Savannah River Site. After public meetings in Aiken County and Augusta the group will ask the Department of Energy to release 4.7 million in a one to one match to fund four projects including a 24 million tech development fund and a 2 million R and D enterprise fund. Awards could come within six months.
Six year old Byron Geiger, a second grade student at East Aiken Elementary, volunteers as the youngest pet therapist for the Aiken Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He visits patients at Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center with his Pekinese Peanut, supervised by his grandmother Betty Craps.
Tommy Wessinger longtime NationsBank senior banking executive plans retirement by June and to pursue other business in Aiken. He will remain active in regional economic efforts while Jeff Spears is named senior banking executive for Aiken, with a career at NationsBank dating to 1982 and advancement to senior vice president last year. Wessinger helped found the Economic Development Partnership of Aiken and Edgefield Counties, earning the Palmetto Order and Man of the Year honors.
An agreement between Aiken Technical College and the Aiken County School District enables high school students bound for ATC to earn college credit for many related courses. The Tech Prep School-To-Work Executive Board approved the plan during a meeting led by Dr. Joseph Brooks and Dr. Kathleen Noble, signaling a major step under the 1994 Act. Trainers, internships, and college credit path the program ties district and college curricula, aiming to boost student completion and options after high school.
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