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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1998
Page
13
Silver Bluff High School will host a Veterans Day program at 6 p.m. in the school gym. The Silver Bluff Wind Assembly will perform patriotic music and the SBHS ROTC drill team will take part. 152 Aiken County veterans killed in action will be named during the event along with memorials on display. The public is invited.
A 12 year old boy was taken into protective custody after telling school officials he feared going home due to his father’s girlfriend smoking marijuana. ACB radio was found in bushes by Belvedere Elementary and turned in to the sheriff. Items stolen include two bicycles and four tires from Shenandoah Street, a Winchester 305 rifle with scope from a vehicle at Valley Video, a black and gold go cart from Langley, and a home burglary on Edgefield Road with a TV VCR stereo and receiver taken. A Graniteville man was assaulted on the bypass by three men in a ride. Updated 11 11 98.
Local educators invite parents to visit schools during American Education Week with meals and promotional events. Dr Linda Eldridge, superintendent of Aiken County public schools, says the week feels like an open house across the district.
The Aiken City Council approved 34 703.61 for 10 area groups from accommodations tax funds to boost tourism. Recipients include Aiken Chamber of Commerce meeting facilities promotion 3350, City Parks and Recreation Citizens Park bid fees 4000, ADDA Internation at Festival decorations 2000, Aiken Soccer Club Classic Soccer Tournament 9000, County Sports Council sporting event promotion 3000, Steeplechase Association advertising 4000, Battle of Aiken advertising 3000, and Aiken Center for the Arts building operations 2000.
A BellSouth wiring worker collapsed through the ceiling at SMS Sportsworld on Laurens Street Tuesday around 4 pm. Manager Mike Journey and Patti Sineath described the incident as a moaning figure buried under insulation after a ceiling hole collapsed. Wyatt Tarrant reported the roof's collapse and entrapment. Paramedics treated the man at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. he was released with minor injuries and expected back at work tomorrow.
A $1,000 reward is offered for information on the whereabouts of a Brown and Associates van and its driver. Mark Brown said 42-year-old Elliot Harris, an employee for about two months, took the burgundy 1991 Plymouth Voyager to cash a paycheck on Oct 15 and did not return. Elliot is described as a 5'11" black man, 170 pounds, with SC plate 38-SGE and three Kirby vacuums in the van. Call Deputy Jeff Club at 642-1761 or Mark or Bonnie at 502-0076 with tips.
Tim Carlton, after nine and a half years with the University of South Carolina Aiken Department of Public Safety, becomes the new Aiken County Deputy Coroner replacing Stacey Coleman. He cites law enforcement and medical training, Army service, EMT status, and crisis intervention work as assets to the office.
Aiken County riders and drivers are invited to join the Equestrian Procession part of A Holly Day in Aiken. The event, sponsored by the Aiken Downtown Development Association CableVantage and the Aiken Standard, runs from Nov 27 to 28 with photos, crafts, and a town wide open house. To enter a horse or carriage, call Janet Augeri Morris at 649 2221.
Report cards for Aiken County Public Schools were issued recently. Susan Deason, reading coordinator at Aiken Technical College, says parents can help children learn to study effectively. She notes good study habits are keys to success in school and the working world and that studying is a skill most people must learn.
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