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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 2002
Page
2
The Aiken City Council debated a four percent water and sewer rate increase set for July. Members Lessie Price and Pat Canning urged further study, while the ordinance passed 5-2 with Beverly Clyburn and Don Sprawls opposed.
North Augusta will add 1.5 miles to its Greeneway along the Savannah River thanks to a $250,000 state grant. The project, creating 34 acres of riverfront space, will lengthen the Greeneway to eight miles with a possible future link to 40 miles via collaborations with Columbia and Richmond counties. The RELT and LWCF grants provide a 50 percent match for outdoor recreation development.
The American Cancer Society Celebrations Bus visits the North Augusta Community Center from 4 45 to 5 45 p m with Mayor Lark Jones officiating. The bus, from New York City, has traveled through 47 states collecting signatures from cancer survivors and supporters. It will end in Washington D C on September 19 for Relay for Life Celebration on the Hill and includes luminaria bags for dusk ceremonies at the Capitol Reflecting Pool.
The Department of Natural Resources will run the annual Woodsman ship Hunter Education Day Camp from July 29 to August 2, 8 am to 4 pm daily, for participants 12 and up. The program covers outdoor skills, wildlife management, and hunting of deer and wild turkey with firearm practice at a separate site. each participant earns hunter safety certification. The $100 fee includes a $25 nonrefundable deposit, with possible financial scholarships. Contact Jody Childs at 7258712 or Debra Lindsay at 7250070 for details.
Aiken author Marty Youmans has been named winner of the 2001 Michael Shara Award for excellence in Civil War fiction. The $1,500 prize, funded by Jeff Shara and the US Civil War Center at LSU, will be presented June 26 in St. Louis. Youmans is known for Little Jordan and Catherwood and has several works scheduled for publication next year.
The Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site poured its five millionth log of glassified high level waste over the weekend. DWPF turns radioactive liquid waste into glass, is the largest of its kind, and officials credit cross‑site teamwork for the milestone.
The Aiken Standard Advertising Department earned several honors at the South Carolina Press Association banquet in Columbia on May 9. Awards included first place for the Now Traditional Special Section Niche Publication and recognition for various ads and departments, with attendees Art Zappa Nancy Hedin and Wanda Tarrant among them.
Revival services run tonight through Thursday at Windsor church located at 641 Genterwood Road. Guest speaker Burt Baynham appears each evening at 7 pm with Ernest Webb as pastor. For more information contact Frances Neeley at 648-2770.
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