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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1986
Page
7
The Aiken County Arts Council festival opened with foods from Egypt, China, Indonesia, France, Mexico and more at the International Food Tent. About 750 attendees sampled dishes and enjoyed performances from Filipino American, Irish and other groups amid flower displays and live music.
The festival runs Oct 6 to Oct 11 in the Etherredge Center main theater with multiple events. Concerts films lectures and workshops feature Dr Warren Apple the 21st Century Steel Band Alpine Picnic Lunch Adliswiler Stubemusig Japanese Israeli films guitar workshops the Neihardt Bentley Duo and Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats. Tickets vary by event with some free sessions and sold out shows. Exhibits accompany the festival in the Etherredge Center and USCA library showcasing art photography and cultural items from several countries.
USCA music professor Dr Warren Apple will perform at the Aiken County Arts Council International Arts Festival at the Etherredge Center on Monday Oct 6 at 7 30 p m. He will play Bach Handel Hindemith Young Vierne with a reception to follow admission is 3 for adults 1 for students.
Elaine W. Marks president of the S C Education Association will speak at South Airicn High tomorrow at 4 p.m. ACEA SCEA members administrators and interested non members are invited. A reception will follow. For information call Bruce Hancock president at 648 8315.
A Slide show travelogue titled Nepal: Southern Hospitality Asian Style will be shown Wednesday at noon in Room 107 as part of the Sandwich Seminars at USC Aiken. Dr. Davis Folsom will present slides from a visit to the Hindu nation between India and China and discuss its history geography religion politics and economy.
State and local agencies discuss mandatory drug testing for officers as a potential policy. The Highway Patrol weighs a policy for 800+ officers while the Wildlife and Marine Resources Department considers options. National Guard already test 1400 air division members and eyes future army division testing.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Department probes an armed robbery at Interstate Gas on U S 25 in North Augusta last night. A gas station attendant lost 355 dollars. Two black men in a compact Georgia plate MEP 540 vehicle fled after one approached the pay booth with a .22 rifle while the other kept watch outside.
Weekend break ins across Aiken County led to about 4000 dollars in stolen goods per sheriff reports. Walter Wintrow on Whiskey Road reported tires a car radio a stereo a color TV a VCR tools and more taken from his home. Belvedere resident Franklin McClattie reported ceiling entry with 950 dollars in items stolen including a TV and gold chains. Catherine Carroll’s Beech Island home lost a 900 dollar color TV after a forced window entry.
Wagener Town Council will meet at 7 30 p m in Town Hall to hear an audit report and conduct second readings on an annexation ordinance for Carriage Lane Apartments a budget ordinance and a land exchange ordinance Town Clerk Gayle Kirkland said
The Clemson Extension Service will run Expanded Food and Nutrition Education classes tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Salley Head Start Center. Instructor Blond E. Simmons from the Extension office will lead the session.
Aiken police arrested Bobby Arndel Jackson 32 on simple assault and battery after a stabbing at 711 Hampton Ave. Ray Charles reported a man stabbed him in the back with a knife. Stanley Charles Henry 39 and Thomas V. Moore 28 were also held on separate charges over the weekend.
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