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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1998
Page
15
The Cedar Creek Turkey Trot, in Aiken County, features a 1/2 mile Fun Run for 9 and under, a 1 mile Fun Run for 15 and under, and a 5K race for all ages. Registration starts with events at 1:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. Call Steve Smith at 642-7559 for details and entry forms.
In Aiken three families received donated vehicles through Help Line House to aid the move from welfare to work. Donor program coordinators, volunteer mechanics, and a community committee match cars to applicants, with ongoing calls for more tax deductible vehicle donations to sustain the effort.
Ms Bentley urges people to seek help for smoking in a nonjudgmental way, stressing health concerns. She cites that over 420,000 deaths yearly are linked to smoking, noting tobacco deaths exceed those from alcohol, auto accidents, AIDS, fires, homicides, and substance abuse combined.
The Aiken Standard notes corrections to a police blotter item claiming a field found microwave and dishwasher came from Aiken Electric Wholesalers and to a church column with an incorrect date. The paper regrets the errors.
Oysters priced at 15 crickets for the Oyster Roast at 20 in advance or 25 at the door. Children half price. Ms. Presley notes the event is nonprofit with volunteers handling operations and no paid positions. The fundraiser includes pork and turkey, beer and wine with a cash bar and DJ Calvin Henderson. STAR Riding and Driving sponsors include downtown merchants. information at 641-7878.
Police report a break in at a business front door with a stolen TV, a graveyard stone knocked over on Laurens Street and Hampton Avenue, and a failed attempt to pass a counterfeit $50 bill at the Depot on Richland Avenue. A strong arm robbery in Winn Dixie’s York Street lot saw a man snatch a $20 from a woman’s hand, described as a Black man in a black hooded jacket.
Aiken Downtown Development Association votes to have the Aiken Corporation place a six month $12,000 option on a Newberry Street movie theater and adjoining lot for the Aiken Community Playhouse. If purchased the cost could reach about $500,000 with funding from city and grants explored.
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