20 May 1996
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1996
Page
1
Brief item notes no new sections debuting this week in the Aiken Standard. This week adds Home a weekly section on local homes and real estate starting Friday with local news and ads. CSRA Wheels will begin Saturday featuring new cars and automotive content.
The Hopeland Gardens series continues at 7 p.m. with the Southland Express Cloggers at Hopelands between Berrie Road and Dupree Place on Whiskey Road. Parking in Rye Patch lot. disabled parking in Hopeland Garden lot. In bad weather, the concert moves to South Aiken High School.
Obituary notices for Adele Fisher Aiken John Mulvihill Jr Aiken Charles Parker Salisbury NC and Bryan H Spence Beech Island are listed on Page 6A. The notices publish death announcements and related family details as standard classifieds.
A fierce heat wave grips the region driving temperatures toward the upper 90s. Forecasters expect some relief later in the week as a gulf disturbance may bring cloud cover and possible rain. The Bermuda high drives the heat while the National Weather Service notes a mild rest of the week with scattered thunderstorms possible.
The St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church soup kitchen, two years old, serves Saturdays from 1 30 to 12 30 offering fried chicken green beans mashed potatoes and dessert. Volunteers aim to grow the ministry beyond 60 weekly attendees and emphasize community warmth and recognition of needs.
In Aiken County and nationwide police urge seat belt use during the annual Buckle Up America program. Vince and Larry visited North Augusta Middle School to promote buckling up, while Sgt. Tim Pearson notes strong enforcement and high local usage at 89 percent versus the state 61 percent.
Aiken 20/20 investors will learn how funds are spent at the first meeting of the year. Ambrose Schwalbe will host a 5 to 6 p.m. session at the Aiken Municipal Center to review accomplishments and report on the City of Aiken the Economic Development Partnership GALEF and Shop Aiken First.
A lone gunman boarded a Marrington Middle School band bus at the South Carolina Welcome Center near North Augusta around 11 p.m. Saturday, beating driver Theodore Miller with a pistol while stealing money from students and teachers. The suspect, a six foot five Black man in his early 20s, wore a brown shirt, blue shorts and white sneakers. he fled in a light blue Camaro headed east on I-20 toward Aiken, with about 40 students and chaperones later escorted off the bus.
After leaving a rest area the bus driver was hospitalized with minor injuries and later released. Police interviewed students at a gas station while waiting for another bus. Principal Alan Wilson said counselors would assist students and parents, with eight of 34 students absent and counselors remaining on site to watch for signs of distress.
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