19 Nov 1998
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1998
Page
1
Sixteen Aiken merchants in the downtown area will stay open later through December 23 to aid holiday gift buying. The two block system begins with Thursday and Friday extended hours until 7 p m through November 25, with additional after Thanksgiving hours to follow.
Clemson athletic director Bobby Robinson dismissed football coach Tommy West after a weakened season, ending a 23 year low. West will coach his final Clemson game Saturday night as fans react to a 2 9 season and a 30-28 career record at Clemson.
Silver Bluff High School's NJROTC unit dominated a Hilton Head meet winning 15 trophies this weekend to push their yearly total to 40. Cadets led by Lt Cmdr Ron Freeman and retired Marine Sgt Darrell Jones drew praise for discipline and a drive to reach nationals in Great Lakes IL the first week of April.
A Belvedere mobile home fire killed Alisa Marie Kardos, an infant asleep in her room on Kerr Street. Neighbors pulled her mother Lawanna Washington from the dwelling but could not reach the baby's room. Investigators consider an electrical short or a lamp knocked from a bedside table as possible causes. The fire, reported just before 8 pm, engulfed the home before responders arrived.
An early morning fire at Carlisle Tire and Rubber in the Verenes Industrial Park began at 7:15 a.m. in a large storage area. Firefighters extinguished it in 15 minutes, then returned at about 9 a.m. for renewed flames and heavy smoke as multiple departments assisted. Cause under investigation.
Obituaries list Wygeon Buggs Johnston Garland Watson Hite Sidney Tindall Pelion Frances June Hall Young Aiken. Also shown are Tottery Wednesdays winning numbers with Cash 3 Midday 9.07 Cash 3 Evening 8 10 Cash 4 87 748 Pantaay 8 2916 20 21.
Cooler upper 50s to 60s forecast for Saturday as the Aiken Fall Steeplechase returns to Ford Conger Field. Five races start at 1 pm with gates at 10 am and a pre race performance by the Aiken Community Band. Village of Shops lines the infield with vendors from Aiken Page 9A Sports Council Sunflower Trading Company Walkabout Hats English Country Classics Ecleptique and more. Proceeds benefit Hitchcock Woods Foundation and the Aiken Steeplechase Association.
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