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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1998
Page
14
A thief struck a Silver Dollar employee at 750 East Martintown Road and fled with a money pouch around 9:20 p.m. A bloodhound team searched the trail but no arrest yet. The clerk was uninjured and police seek tips to ACSO lines and Crime Stoppers.
Police report two Barnwell men were charged with shoplifting at an Aiken department store after buying two shirts and concealing two more in the same sack. A DPS officer responding to a disturbance on Hampton Avenue found one fighter hospitalized but neither involved party wanted police action. A north-side trailer park burglary was reported mid day Wednesday with an unknown theft. In South Aiken High School parking lot a Thursday morning theft saw $320 in audio gear taken and $150 in window damage. A Wednesday breaking and entering on Huron Drive involved electronics stolen from a car.
Aiken resident James Jackson faced a first degree burglary charge tied to a Sept. 1, 1997 break-in at a mobile home on Old Camp Long Road. The case was dispensed with on Feb. 27, 1998 due to lack of evidence.
Josh Estep 17 a first grade level student at Silver Bluff High School won a place in the Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus. He will perform with the group for 25 days across five European countries this summer. Parents Dennis and Margaret Estep live in Beech Island.
Aiken County jurors found Townsend not guilty of simple assault after a two day trial. The suspended USC Aiken dean thanked family and friends and said the nightmare is over. Accuser Julie Ann Bellotti Griffin testified amid harassing behavior, while prosecutors called it a two witness case.
Hammond Hill Elementary's Habitat for Hammond Hill project creates an outdoor classroom with gardens a small pond and a weather station. DHEC named the school one of Februarys Champions of the Environment joining Sanders-Clyde Elementary while second grade teacher Jan Holt guides students to lead and learn through hands on ecological lessons.
SRS Citizens Advisory Board Risk Management and Future Use Subcommittee met at the North Augusta Community Center to review Fiscal Year 2000 priorities and the Accelerating Cleanup: Paths to Closure plan with a 2006 target. DOE and Westinghouse Savannah River Company representatives led discussions on risk management, budgets, and potential new missions while urging broader public participation.
Sherry Waters, mother of two with a background in speech communication nursing and addiction counseling, was named community outreach coordinator at Helping Hands. She collects volunteer applications with minimal solicitation, impressed by community support for the shelter for abused and abandoned children.
Langley invites child care givers to a one day workshop at Aiken Technical College on Saturday. The event runs from 7 30 am with lectures and presentations across the campus focusing on ideas trends and strategies in meeting young children's needs. Admission is 25 per person.
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