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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1990
Page
1
The USC football program declines a bowl bid for the season, choosing to forgo postseason play. Coaches cite program health and long term planning as reasons for not accepting a postseason invitation.
Danbury Connecticut. Odie the orange tabby may have used up one of his nine lives. The cat vanished from state Rep. Lynn Taborsak’s car on November 13 and appeared four days after his burial. The family digs for the original owners while Odie returns home alive.
Fullerton California teacher Angelita Woodworth’s class sent a wine bottle with a dozen notes in 1987. Ted Gebhardt found the bottle on a Saipan beach, sending a reply to the Sunset Elementary students now in sixth grade. The kids marveled at the long voyage and the return letter.
Death notices list Jack A. Bohning of North Augusta Irene Fulmer Gardner of Aiken Doris Wehant Seabolt of Gloverville and Elizabeth Turner of Aiken. Details appear on page 8A.
The Aiken Standard issues a holiday edition with offices opening at 8:30 a.m. and closing at noon on Friday Thanksgiving week. Normal business hours resume on Monday for the publication.
Spokesmen for two major social service agencies favor using the abandoned Bath textile mill for client services to boost efficiency improve working conditions and save taxpayers money. Horse Creek Partners of Columbia will renovate and lease Bath Mill for public and private use while Aiken County Council considers renting space for at least two agencies. The move would involve the Lower Savannah Health District and the Aiken Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse which both need more space.
The sermon by Pastor Reilly Hammond of Cornerstone Baptist Church frames Thanksgiving as a beacon for human wholeness amid fall holidays. He critiques reducing Thanksgiving to a mere meal or legend, urging focus on gratitude and spiritual meaning beyond Halloween and Christmas.
Aiken merchants gear up for the busiest shopping day of the year by extending hours and adding staff. Belk of Aiken opens 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday with promotions as stores expect strong Christmas sales and early crowds.
Aiken City Councilman Eric M. Radford who serves in the U S Army Reserve 382nd Field Hospital unit near Augusta will be home for Thanksgiving while other reservists face active duty. The unit was activated then downgraded to alert status just before reporting for duty within 30 to 60 days. Radford says many are in limbo waiting for orders as his wife Sally looks forward to family time. Other reservists in the 450th Ordnance Co already deployed to Saudi Arabia will miss Thanksgiving away from loved ones.
Salvation Army volunteers fill the Gayle Avenue banquet hall kitchen preparing for a large community dinner. Captain Jerry Lyles says at least 500 people are expected with meals served 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day and admission is free for all who attend.
A losing candidate in the November 6 general election questions the competence of the Aiken County Election Commission and seeks replacements. Obert M. Oswald cites a 10 point protest list and the panel plans to reconvene November 29 after reviewing voting sheets and registration books in two District 5 precincts. Eugene England chairs the commission with Floria Harris Moses Myers Ben Watson and Melanie Hutto on the panel.
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