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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 2002
Page
3
A schedule of community events includes a Tuesday school board meeting at 7 pm at the district office, an incoming freshmen open house at Aiken High School, and a Ridge Arts Council meeting at Haynes Auditorium. Other items cover talks, exhibitions, clubs, a book group, a gem show, and a pasta of local activities through Sunday.
The second annual Triple Crown Street Fair will be held Friday March 15 from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Newberry Street Festival Center in downtown Aiken. The City of Aiken Parks and Recreation Department hosts live music theater comedy and crafts with multiple stages. The Catalinas perform 8 to 11 p.m. on the main stage while the Aiken Community Playhouse Youth Wing presents two short plays on the Pony Stage at 6:15 and 7 p.m. Admission is 5 in advance 7 at the gate with gates open at 6 p.m. A musical area behind City Hall features local bands 421 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Liquid Squid 9 to 11 p.m. Other acts include Wade Henry MeeMee the Clown Carolina Amusements and a new hot dog eating contest sponsored by Feasters Foods and 95 Rock with a $150 prize. Pre-registration for the pony stage contest is available by calling 642-7631.
Aiken High School hosts an open house this evening at 6 30 in the James Taylor Activity Center gym. The event aims to introduce next year’s freshmen to the school, with details available at 641 2500. WOW invites all women to a retreat March 17 to 22 in the mountains near Highlands North Carolina, for more information call 641 0352.
A Suzuki SUV valued at 27000 with SC tag H1GHY was stolen from a Huckleberry Drive home between 6 30 and 8 45 p m Sunday the car was locked with no forced entry. An ARCA satellite dish valued at 100 was stolen from a Saddlebend Road residence between June 2001 and Saturday.
Aiken Regional Medical Centers earned a silver ADDY for its Newcomers Package in the American Advertising Award. The kit showcases hospital services, a physician directory, the Quality of Life issue, and an invitation to a quarterly Newcomers Luncheon. A tour follows reception by CEO Ricky Satcher and staff members Melissa Summer and Kay Dillon.
The Master Gamma Chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi leads a community service effort in Aiken under Rosie Cooper to collect items for Cumbee Center Open Arms and pull tabs from soda cans for Ronald McDonald House. Carolyn Mitchel and Elain Hillan helped donate gallons of pull tabs as treatment occurs at the Medical College of Georgia.
Sunrise Rotary members learned about Ecuador through Andrea Alarcon a foreign exchange student from Aiken High School. She has lived in the United States since 2001 and will stay through August, saying she enjoys her time making friends and improving English. She described Ecuador as a land of beauty and contrasts with a vibrant democracy and warm people and hopes to study in the United States again.
A storage shed on No Bridge Road in Springfield was broken into between Friday 5:30 a.m. and Sunday 10:15 a.m., with about 200 dollars of tools 9800 dollars of RVs and 1512 dollars of miscellaneous items stolen. A cinder block damaged a Langley business window with 1000 dollars in damages. A Pinegrove Road back door was kicked in Sunday between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. causing 150 dollars in damages. The City of Aiken issued building permits for multiple single and attached residences and commercial alterations from Feb 17 2002 onward. Winning numbers for Monday and Cash 3 Cash 4 and Fantasy 5 lotteries are listed.
Centre South welcomes Martial Arts America at 754 Silver Bluff Road between Heartbeats and the Post Office. Co owners Eric and Aaron Hensley bring a father and son team with a Evans Ga facility expanding services. Aaron plans to live in Aiken while Eric runs the Evans site. The Aiken branch will stress martial arts and personal development.
Alex Tam of Aiken Prep won Clemson University writing prize for the essay A Day at the Farm, earning a $50 award from the Outreach Center. His teacher Mrs. Gurley received $20 for classroom materials. Caitlin Jill Sand of Aiken named to Mary Baldwin College Fall Dean's List.
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