Aiken Police Blotter Reports DUI Stop and Thefts
A 52 year old man was arrested at 1 22 a m after a white Mercedes Benz was clocked at 63 mph in a 35 zone near Pine Log Road and Whiskey Road. He failed sobriety tests and was charged with driving under the influence. A theft of 300 in CD tape equipment from a Fairway Ridge car was reported. An Arizona man who collapsed at Virginia Acres City Park was resuscitated by CPR and a defibrillator and hospitalized. An employee at a local department store was charged with breach of trust for giving away 150 in clothes. A suspicious activity report followed wild weather and a Hemlock Drive resident heard a voice from an answering machine during power outages.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Pine Log Road
Whiskey Road
Fairway Ridge
ADPS
Arizona
Virginia Acres City Park
Scottsdale
Aiken
Hemlock Drive
AARP Aiken Chapter Set Meeting at Wisteria Manor
The Aiken chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons will hold a meeting May 10 at Wisteria Manor across from Palmetto Golf Club on Whiskey Road. The session starts at 3 p.m. and will address problems facing retired people. Anyone 55 or older is welcome. details by calling 648 0734.
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AARP
Aiken
American Association For Retired Persons
Wisteria Manor
Palmetto Golf Club
Whiskey Road
Lobster Race Sparks Special Award for Losers
Report notes a humorous prize called drawn butter for all entrants who lose the lobster race. Many of the participants are expected to finish wearing slim coats after the event.
Aiken Holds National Day of Prayer Luncheon
City officials and residents from many churches gathered in the Aiken Municipal Building for the Mayor’s Prayer Luncheon as part of the National Day of Prayer. Harry Dent spoke of Watergate lessons and the power of prayer amid remarks about leadership and faith.
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Aiken
Scott Webster
Harry Dent
Nixon White House
Student gets off with lecture and probation in holdup
A college student in Warrenville received a lecture and a five year probated sentence for a Sept 25 1998 holdup at Gurleys Supermarket. Tory Mims 23 pleaded to strong arm robbery avoiding a harsher armed robbery charge. The case involved Flowers Morton both Augusta awaiting trials.
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Gurley
Warrenville
Gary Clary
Tory Mims
Antonio Flowers
Timothy Morton
Patricia Corey
Flowers
Morton
Michael Gresham
Memorial Day Parade Moves Through Aiken With Symbolic Coffin
Memorial Day events in downtown Aiken on May 29 include a solemn coffin carried by Marines under a flag draped bier. Organizers say the display conveys the meaning of Memorial Day as Marines, scouts, and Shriners participate, with a flyover by jets and a wreath laying at the Veterans Memorial Park. Project Graduation events follow on June 4 at Odell Weeks Recreation Center with alcohol free celebrations.
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Aiken
Sizemore
Ed Hammons
Marine Corps League
Hammons
Marine Corps League of
South Aiken
Odell Weeks Recreation Center
Aloha
Call
Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park
Richland Avenue
Estill
S.C
Aiken County
South Carolina
Stan Spears
Williams pleads guilty to forgery in Augusta case
Augustus Williams, 50, main witness in the murder trial of William Lumpkin, pleaded guilty in Aiken to four counts of forgery and received a two year sentence with credit for two years already served. Lumpkin, an Augusta attorney, later received a life term for the murder of Stan White, a Savannah real estate dealer.
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Augusta
Nan Aiken
Augustus Williams
Gary Clary
Williams
William Lumpkin
Lumpkin
Stan White
White
Savannah
Georgia
Aiken
Barbara Morgan
Roman J. Kelly
Daryl Johnson
Clary
Johnson
Bob Besley
Aiken County Forms NCTM Chapter
The Math teachers of Aiken County establish a local chapter of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The group, with 50 members, has pursued affiliation for two years with backing from public school administrators. Meetings planned twice yearly begin with an event on Tuesday May 11 at 4 p.m. at the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center.
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Math Teachers Forn
Ruth Patrick
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Acts of Caring Clinic
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Bernard E. Lee
Bobby's
Fred Cavanaugh
Nixon Whitehouse
Watergate
Dent
Nixon
Cavanas
ECHO
Lighthouse
Mims
Robert Harte
Harte
Corey
Greshams
Gurley’s
F.6 Jets
Marine Corps Band of
Parris Island
Boy Scouts
Smokey Bear
Miss
Frida
Lisher
Scott B. Hunter
Nail
Iken Communications Inc
Rutland Drive
Faberge
Windsor
Jewelers
Washington Rd
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