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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1999
Page
2
Rowers from Georgia North Carolina and Tennessee competed at Langley Pond during a Spring Regatta drawing 622 participants and 300 spectators. Vendors food and plans for amenities were noted while organizers hopeful for regional economic benefits and future development to enhance spectator options.
National Letter Carriers Association and the U S Postal Service ran their annual food drive in Aiken. Residents filled mailbox bins with nonperishable items, trucks delivered crates and barrels of food, and volunteers sorted packed 25 pound boxes for agencies and churches. By afternoon 72 boxes equaled about 1800 pounds.
An Aiken DPS officer spotted a stolen 1991 Ford Ranger on Rutland Avenue near Food Lion and found it abandoned behind North Side Plaza. Bloodhound tracking led to an apartment at Pace's Run and store video from Food Lion was taken as evidence. Also reported: May 1 theft of a refrigerator, love seat, and couch from a Ted Parker lot mobile home. A pickup truck crash on Busby Drive near Moneta sent three people to hospital. injuries not life threatening. (Updated 5/8/99)
Aiken partners invite residents on a June 28 departure to Rome and onward to Orvieto for a nine day tour of Umbria and Tuscany. The trip includes train car and pedestrian travel with visits to hill towns. Contact Elizabeth Benton at 649-6902 for details. Rotary Foundation update includes program outlines and ways to support, presented by Rich Waugh. The Rotary club meets Thursdays at 7:15 a.m. at Houndslake Country Club. Greg Paschal is president.
At Midland Valley High School the Graniteville Exchange Club recognized six former students of the month and named Yolanda Vinson February 1999 Student of the Year. Vinson, a leader in multiple activities, serves as Academic Team captain, editor in chief of the school newspaper, and president of the French Club.
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