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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1990
Page
13
Incase Williamson owner of Wagener Insurance Agency and Realty Inc and a member of the Aiken County Board of Education says leisure is rare. She enjoys time with grandchildren gardening cooking and family. Even in downtime she says she is working.
Graham Rich, director of the Aiken County PSA, described a sequence of hard luck including a Clemson game loss, Hurricane Hugo, an eight inch snowstorm, and a deep freeze. He spoke to AIKEN ROTARIANS about a Florida shipment arrival and noted a box marked Hello Aiken with a joking weather reference.
The city marks milestone birthdays for James Seigler William M Hanly Joe Yanek Margaret Goggans Michael Meyers Ruth Morris Carol Ryder Gene Lockhart Mickey Smith Leonard Price Alma Holston Alma Cumbee Catherine C Chapman with well wishes from neighbors and local groups.
The Horse Creek Valley Republican Party will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Melvin Wisham Center on S.C. 421.
The Aiken Standard regrets an error in labeling a group of military women in the October 14 story and clarifies the correct identity of the group.
The 22nd Ai ken Jaycee County Fair opens tonight at the Jaycee Fair Grounds on U.S. 1 North with gates at 6 p.m. Admission is 2 dollars for adults and free for children 5 and under. The event runs through Sunday featuring rides, games, shows, nightly entertainment, and special events including a petting zoo.
North Augusta City Council approved a management agreement with Montgomery Management Corporation to operate Georgetown Villas as the complex is for sale. The vote also adopted a personnel policy amendment, set Bergen Frontage Road speed limits, and rezoned a West Avenue parcel to C-2. Councilmember Harris resigned effective Nov. 5.
Aiken Board of Realtors members presented a puppet show to J D Lever Elementary students from kindergarten to fifth grade titled Someone To Talk To. The program from S C Cares for Children covered physical and sexual abuse neglect and home problems to educate children and the public on prevention.
On this day in 1988 the Aiken County Metro Narcotics Squad arrested more than 40 people in an undercover operation in Graniteville.
Gates open at 6 p.m. nightly and 1 p.m. on Saturday for the Jaycee Fair. Admission is 2 dollars for adults with free entry for children five and under. The event offers rides carnival games and shows with nightly entertainment beginning Wednesday.
The Thurmond campaign signals readiness for a 1990 U.S. Senate race as Strom Thurmond and wife Nancy maintain activity. A confidant says early ads and spending over $1 million aimed to deter rivals, with three long shots remaining.
Robert Cunningham Marion C Metts and William H Griffin run against Senator Strom Thurmond for the U S Senate as invisible candidates lacking Thurmonds financial heft Cunningham a retired intelligence officer and former CIA operative now campaigns as a Democrat after leaving the GOP Metts belongs to the American Party a fringe group and the piece notes Cunningham expects a closer result but not victory
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