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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1998
Page
13
ATC commencement exercises in the Student Center Friday at 7 pm will honor 303 graduates receiving a total of 482 diplomas certificates and degrees. Speaker Sen Thomas Moore from Clearwater is the event's main address. awards will honor ATC faculty staff and administration.
A carpet cleaner and vacuum cleaner were stolen Monday from a business on Woodwardia Glenn in Aiken. Tuesday a home on Shetland Drive in Jackson lost two televisions a VCR a microwave and a telephone. A windshield was broken on a 1984 Datsun at Wal Mart Tuesday. A 1993 Cadillac had an SRP Federal Credit Union check book taken at month end. two checks appeared at a grocer on York Street. A wallet was stolen at Amigo's Restaurant on Richland Avenue Wednesday. Investigation ongoing by Aiken Department of Public Safety.
Cindy Hall, sixth grade science and social studies teacher at Ridge Spring Monetta Elementary Middle School, was selected to attend a NASA Kennedy Space Center workshop this summer, signaling regional recognition.
Aiken Area Council on Aging held training to teach staff how to assist low income seniors with Medicare Part B payments. Beasley’s office announced 228 local eligible for about 525 dollars per year, with 50 in Barnwell and 35 in Edgefield on a first come, first served basis. Applications are taken through county aging offices and validated by state social services with five day signup.
Randy D. Salter of Edgefield County was jailed on narcotics and weapons charges tied to a May 2 arrest in Corpus Christi Texas. Investigators from multiple agencies searched Salter’s West Martintown home and the Seven Gables Restaurant and Motel in North Augusta as part of the probe.
About 50 seniors heard ADPS Detective Wendell Hall and others explain common schemes such as pigeon drop, Jamaican switch and telephone scams. They outlined how scammers lure victims, emphasize stopping at the first phase, and the risk of sharing financial details during a scam ploy.
The Aiken Choral Society presents a spring concert Sunday at 4 p.m. in St. Pauls Lutheran Church Hitchcock Parkway. The program features Rossini Willcocks and Bach with Betty Groh Katherine Brooks Joe Laurenza Joanne Greene and Mary Grefenstette as soloists. The event also previews the groups Spoleto Festival appearance in Charleston May 24 at 5 p.m. at St. Patricks Church.
Adel and Salwa Bakr, Egyptian natives living in Aiken, spoke to the Aiken International Club about Islam. They described its monotheism, egalitarianism, key texts, and prophets, noting Islam’s global presence and the mosque in Augusta with Friday services.
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