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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 2009
Page
1
Readers weigh in on Confederate Memorial Day and state agency closings while a Formosa restaurant closes and a family restaurant rises. The South Aiken High School boys golf team won the Lower State title at Woodside Plantation by 11 strokes over St James High.
The Lady Mustangs outlast St. James in an elimination game to advance to the Class AAA Lower State softball championship bracket. If Midland Valley wins, they claim a spot in the Lower State title game.
Death notices list Donald Wayne Barclay Sr. and others including Aiken based residents Aiken Ruby Moseley Corley Barbara Ann Heins Surfside Beach Robert E Hord Sr Naples Fla Martha Jackson Wagener Thomas E Mikell Sr Ranger Ga Erett Kent Sutton Williston and Anne W Wheeler Aiken. Funeral details are summarized as part of the 6A Deaths and Funerals section.
Three Graniteville women jailed over a scheme that drained more than 150000 dollars from an elderly man. Mimi Lee Jeff, 70, faces exploitation of a vulnerable adult counts and allegedly forced the 78 year old Elisa Earl to live in a shed without plumbing. Earl is in protective custody.
Local and federal investigators seized roughly 44 ounces of cocaine 6 ounces of crack cocaine 7 pounds of marijuana along with 12200 in cash a Hi Point pistol a 2001 Suzuki street bike and a Ford Explorer from an Augusta home in a raid tied to a year long undercover investigation conducted by the ATF RAGE unit and Aiken Public Safety authorities.
Officials from ATF North Augusta Public Safety and other agencies recovered about 44 ounces of cocaine 6 ounces of crack 7 pounds of marijuana 12200 dollars cash a Hi Point pistol a 2001 Suzuki street bike and a 2001 Ford Explorer in a bid to cut drug flow into Aiken. No suspects detained and several arrests expected.
Sheriff Hospital News: Sheriff says Michael Hunt status as Clearwater assistant fire chief did not influence delay in arrest of Clearwater Fire Chief Jerry Michael Toole on a two year old simple assault warrant. Capt. Troy Elwell stated Hunt did not favor Toole and the sheriff’s office would not appoint Hunt as chief. Toole, 53, was arrested for simple assault and battery after allegations from 2007 involving a 17 year old. The warrant existed since 2007 but was served only last week after an employee was reviewing warrants for another person.
In Columbia lawmakers edge toward a possible compromise on payday lending limits as Georgia and North Carolina move to ban the practice. The Senate measure would cap loans at 500 dollars with a two day wait, one loan at a time, and a real time online reporting database, while opponents push for stricter terms. Time is running out with four days left in the legislative session.
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