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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 2000
Page
2
Aiken County sheriff deputies seek 24 year old Jonathan Frank Kitchings of Aiken on charges of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and first degree burglary after a Feb 14 home entry left a resident hospitalised. Tips to 642 1761 or 922 9211 or Crime Stoppers at 642 1798 may yield up to 1000 dollars in reward.
Calendar lists 1 p.m. Smashing Dragons Celtic set at Hopelands Gardens on the Windham Stage, 7 p.m. North Augusta Concerts in the Park with Augusta Concert Band at Creighton Living History Park, 8 p.m. Aiken Choral Society at St Marys Help of Christians Church, and a 3 p.m. Memorial Day Parade in downtown Aiken.
Four incumbent trustees were re elected at the Aiken Electric Cooperative annual business meeting. Gloria Busch Johnson won the Trustee at Large seat with 61 percent defeating former trustee Gloria Staples. Other three year terms began May 20 for Roy A. Steed Jr in District 6, Edward Swartz in District 8, and Dewitt Livingston in District 9. Special guests included Lindsey Graham, Tommy Moore, Roland Smith, Ronnie Young, Hector Rodriguez, Steve Carver, and June Murff. Lois Walker, of Gloverville, won a 1994 Chevrolet C 150 pickup in the meeting’s drawing and planned to drive it.
An Aiken man was stopped Saturday for speeding on Whiskey Road and was arrested for possession of marijuana. Another man was arrested Thursday for breaking into a Pepsi Cola delivery truck in the Hitchcock Plaza parking lot.
A marker honoring 12 Confederate veterans buried at Gilga Baptist Church will be dedicated at the site today at 3 p.m. Sponsored by the Berry Benson and Edgefield chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and related groups, the ceremony invites descendants to attend and participate. The organizers seek family members of listed veterans, all infantrymen, for contact via Theresa Pittman or Donna Harris.
Georgia lottery results show Cash 3 Midday 9 3 8, Cash 3 Evening 4 9 7, Cash 4 4 7 6 3, Fantasy 5 21 3 7 17 16, and Lotto Georgia numbers 9 10 13 26 44 45.
Aiken High School's Class of 1955 held its 45th reunion at Misty Lake where Mayor Fred Cavanaugh welcomed classmates who returned from across the country. George Wilson, now in Concord, NH, recalled Aiken's growth and credited a local reporter with shaping his journalism career. The group spoke of a comforting sense of home and lasting friendships.
Auditions will be held Monday and Tuesday May 29 30 at 7 pm for the Studio Two production Me and Jezebel by Elizabeth L Fuller directed by Angie Fitzgerald. Two women of various ages needed plus backstage and tech help. Open July 14 and run two weekends July 14 16 and 21 22. Located at Price Ave and Two Notch Roa d near Whiskey Road Pine Log Rd.
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