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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1998
Page
6
The New Ellenton City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers on Main Street. For more information call 652 2214.
A teacher at Leavelle McCampbell Middle School reported two students for threatening remarks. A threatening letter to a North Augusta resident, postmarked Fayetteville NC, arrived in her maiden name. A Beech Island man attempted to pay with a $50, then $100 bill, stealing $50 from the clerk. A burglar left behind beer and a burn mark after a boy hid in Griffin Road mobile home. CDs stolen from Bryant Avenue, Belvedere. A man found in a mayoral town truck’s passenger seat. radar detector and handgun missing. Residence on Green Road lost two televisions. A 1996 Dodge van stolen from Tri-Development Center. Roses Run car break-in yielded 20 CDs. hood damage and transmission left in park. A motor home at Kelly’s Paint and Body Shop lost a 12‑volt TV and VCR. (Updated 5/16/98).
At the 29th annual State Convention of the South Carolina Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses Mayor Fred Cavanaugh faced an unusual request. He asked LPN Richard Parks if he could avoid singing solo but joined the group to sing the hymn with Aiken Regional Medical Center nurses.
A Beech Island drill staged a tractor trailer crash into a bus at Redcliffe Elementary. Local rescue and fire departments SAS Haz Mat and emergency officials led 18 simulated injuries, with volunteers acting as victims and a make shift hospital set up on site.
Christians from many denominations plan a May 30 march starting at 8:30 a.m. at H. Odell Weeks Activities Center and proceeding to the Wal-Mart lot for a parade ending at Weeks Center. A later Concert of Prayer follows, with a May 23 Praise Rally at New Covenant Praise Church for early participants.
Dozens of senior citizens joined a Foster Grandparents gathering at the Aiken Mall for Older Americans Month. Toni Brunson says volunteers mentor at risk children in Aiken and Barnwell counties while the Ken Dukes Band provided Big Band tunes and health screenings were offered to attendees.
The City of Aiken plans to hire a new marketing firm after voting to terminate its contract with Edens and Avant which expired in February. The Columbia firm, hired in 1997 to market Verenes Industrial Park, showed limited results with only one sale initiated by an owner rather than marketing efforts. The Aiken Corporation and officials cited performance and overlap concerns. Interviews for new firms will begin soon.
A columnist critiques the June 9 Democratic and Republican primaries in Columbia. They question a proposed state run lottery for schools and a vehicle sales tax repeal, recalling past lobbying efforts and warning of tax-revenue shifts and road funding impacts. They frame the issue as populist manipulation.
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