SAHS basketball team to be honored by board
The Board of Education will honor the state championship SAHS basketball team at tonight’s meeting. Also on the agenda are home instruction approvals, expulsions ratifications, and several renovation projects. The board will discuss a required Hepatitis B immunization for seventh graders and broad schematic plans for J D Lever Elementary work. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at district headquarters. public invited. For more information call 621 2428.
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SAHS
South Aikien High School
Board of Education
J.D. Lever
Burglary at Golden Pantry. cash stolen and alarm damaged
A burglar kicked in the Golden Pantry door on University Parkway damaged the alarm, cut lines, removed the safe with a dolly, later found empty between stores. About $1,000 cash was taken. Also an assault at Opening Break on Whiskey Road left the woman hospitalized. Counterfeit bill passed at Zaxby’s on Whiskey Road by two men who fled. A white 1996 Toyota pickup was stolen from Wal‑Mart, described as white with a blue stripe.
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Golden Pantry
University Parkway
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Whiskey Road
Aiken
Zaxby's
Wal-Mart
Lander Dancers Member Kristy Walling Plans Student Choreographed Program
Aiken High School graduate Kristy Walling, a Lander University student and member of the Lander Dancers, is planning a student choreographed program at Greenwood University starting at 8 p.m. Monday April 6.
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Aiken High School
Kristy Walling
Lander University
Lander Dancers
Greenwood University
Corrections issued for USC Aiken Circle K club obituary notice
The Aiken Standard corrects reporting on Vickie Ann Parrot’s death and the Circle K club memorial. Parrot was killed by a drunk driver in an auto accident. the other vehicle’s driver was not charged with driving under the influence. The Eulalie Salley presentation at USC Aiken is noted for today at 7:30 p.m. in room 140 within the Business and Education Building.
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Circle K
University of South Carolina Aiken
Vickie Ann Parrot
Miss Parrot
Eulalie Salley
Business and Education
Judges pick science’s best at 42nd CSRA fair
The 1997 CSRA Regional Science and Engineering Fair showcased about 500 projects judged by 300 volunteers. Grand and director’s awards highlighted top students from schools including Lakeside, John S Davidson, and Batesburg Leesville. Public showings run 10 am to 6 pm today and tomorrow. awards Thursday at 6 pm.
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CSRA
Richard Hane
Fairs Board of
University of South Carolina Aiken
Hane
SRS
USC
Eun ¥. Oh
A.R. Johnson Health Professions High School
Kavyn M. Sebastian
Lakeside High School
Melinda D. Baker
John S. Davidson Fine Arts High
Tia Robertson
Chuan-Fang Lin
South Aiken High School
Westinghouse
Brian M. Shealy
Batesburg-Leesville High School
Freeman Self
SRS Faces Critical Time in Plutonium Disposition Efforts
Verenes told Aiken City Council that the Savannah River Site is under consideration by the DOE for a mission to dispose of excess weapons grade plutonium. He warned that in the coming months key decisions will affect the CSRA and community morale as DOE chooses the best site for plutonium disposition and tritium production projects.
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Savannah River
Department of Energy
Chris Verenes
Aiken
Verenes
SRS
DOE
CSRA
Council
Federice Pena
South Carolina
Georgia
Sas
Former EMS worker has sentence reduced
Former Aiken County Emergency Medical Services worker Harry Waters, 48, had his 10 year sentence for lewd act upon a child cut to 18 months with three years probation and mandatory alcohol treatment. He was convicted January 16 by an Aiken County jury.
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Aiken County
Ms. Moody
Waters
Aiken
James Whittle
Aiken County Ems
Rick Powell
Emergency Medical Service
Newsome remembered as dedicated former county auditor
Former Aiken County Auditor Jean Newsome, long active in Republican politics and community service, died Sunday at age. Residing at 544 Corley Road, she will be laid to rest Wednesday at Woodridge Baptist Church with burial at Pineview Memorial Gardens. She left politics after twelve years as auditor and was noted for helping taxpayers.
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Aiken County
Jean Newsome
Republian
Oth
Peggy Whitman
Newsome
Corley Road
Woodridge Baptist Church
Ronald Hasty
Pineview Memorial Gardens
Whitman
Ladies of the Nobles of Aiken Shrine Club
Order of the Eastern Star
Harold Wilson Gandy
Elzie Brown Gandy
Hartsville
Ronald W. Newsome
Michael Kelly Newsome
North Augusta
Bobby Newsome
Dawsonville
Deborah Whatley
Heyward Gandy
Frank Reichart
Gerald Attaway
Tommy
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