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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1999
Page
1
The Aiken Community Band played at Hopeland Gardens at 7 pm to a packed crowd. The group formed 20 years ago to perform there and now numbers over members, with many USCA students. The concert featured 10 songs and lasted about an hour as attendees enjoyed picnics and blankets.
The Merging Traffic rock group reunites for a one night event at Aiken's Alley during Lobster Race festivities. 15 year old Austin Bouknight joins his father Bill Bouknight and former members Terry and Jordan Bouknight along with Steve Moore and Bert Townsend. The band formed in the late 1960s and practiced under carports in New Ellenton before relocating.
Two 13 year olds at Leavelle McCampbell Middle School were recommended for expulsion after separate bomb threats on April 26 and April 28. Each boy was arrested by an Aiken County deputy, charged with making a bomb threat, and released to guardians. If convicted, they face 1 to 10 years in a juvenile facility.
In Aiken County residents debate gun control as national talk centers on school violence. President Clinton proposes curbs on juvenile semiautomatic rifles, high capacity clips, monthly handgun purchases, and Brady background checks for explosives buyers. Local youth flag family issues and peer pressure as larger causes.
Investigators expect five to ten days before they can search the burned Bath Grammar School ruins for the cause after asbestos halts the inquiry. Lt. Michael Frank of the Aiken County Sheriff's Office cites unsafe air quality and notes the district takes over. Fire began Sunday in two locations of the abandoned building and arson is suspected.
Ambrose Schwallie, president of Westinghouse Savannah River Company, spoke to Aiken Chamber members at Newberry Hall about SRS history and bright prospects for the new millennium. He recalled the 1950 selection of 300 square miles, 1951 construction of the plant, and DuPont’s long role, noting post cold war downsizing and the community’s support for new missions such as nonproliferation and environmental management.
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