25 Nov 1999
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1999
Page
1
Youngsters in four kindergarten classes at J D Lever Elementary School performed a Thanksgiving skit about Plymouth 1621. Students, aided by parents and teachers, discussed gratitude and shared memories of family and home during a classroom feast.
James Richard Fillgan 37, of North Augusta, was sentenced by Judge Dennis W. Shedd to five months in prison plus six months home detention with electronic monitoring and three years supervised release for attempting to rob First Citizens Bank on November 17, 1998 while dressed in female clothing. The FBI says he carried a purse with a gun but changed his mind. tellers alerted authorities and he was arrested nearby.
After inspectors quarantined 2 million pounds of potentially contaminated food, Charleston area volunteers and donors flood Harvest Hope Food Bank with aid. Dr. Richard Watts credits the surge to a miracle of community giving as residents, Fort Jackson soldiers, and City Year participants mobilize to resupply five South Carolina food banks and one in Charlotte.
Target plans a new store behind the Super 8 and Waffle House on Whiskey Road in Aiken. The company seeks two variances on sidewalk placement and landscaping amid lot subdivision, with Target headquartered in Minneapolis and active in Take Charge of Education program donations.
A columnist argues that wealth and hardship do not determine happiness or thankfulness. Through a nurse daughter’s patients, the piece asserts character and spirit shape gratitude more than external circumstances. It urges readers to reflect on God’s love beyond good days as Thanksgiving approaches.
Obituary notices on page 5A list Margaret S. Eubanks Warrenville Napier Funeral Home. Wilson Johnson Jr. Columbia Tobin Funeral Home. Lillian Kwok Aiken Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home. James Thomas Seigler Aiken George Funeral Homes. Edith Rebello Walker Warrenville Napier Funeral Home. Beatrice Williams Aiken Davis Funeral Home. Clarence W. Yonce Graniteville Napier Funeral Home.
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