27 Oct 1996
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1996
Page
1
Sunday October 27 1996 item reports Storm Song dominating a major race or event highlighted on Page 1B. Details show victory by Storm Song with strong performance, positioning it as a standout feature of the edition.
Sports begins on page 1B with details across teams including Vanderbilt Kentucky Georgia Alabama Miami West Virginia Florida State Virginia and Georgia Tech Central Florida.
USA Weekend announces its 10th Annual Teen Survey on Teens and Freedom Rights and Responsibilities. Readers explore curfews dress codes and prayer in schools with results to be published April 27. Two respondents win Hootie and the Blowfish concert meet and a Washington trip prize.
Chester Cockrell Batesbury and others such as Leo Easterlin Johnston Kimberly Ford Maddox Charleston Willie Mae Murray Sorgee Graniteville Robert Clinch Stumf Columbia Frances Jeffcoat Whetstone Lexington Louie Heyward Whitehead appear in a fragmented page 10A listing. The readable segments confirm several named individuals and places without full context or dates.
Aiken County voters will get summaries of state constitutional amendments and a local option question at the polls. Denton Johnson, executive director, says one sheet covers statewide issues on yellow, the other local items on white. Yes means keep current hours. No means loosen hours. Local actions depend on majority. Absentee voting extended 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. next Saturday.
Bus drivers in Aiken County, serving 14,500 customers and logging about 13,000 daily miles, stress the life and death stakes of stopping for flashing school bus lights. Iris Carter, a driver for North Augusta Middle, North Augusta High, and the Aiken County Career Center, cites broad travel routes and daily duties to illustrate the ongoing danger and need for strict compliance with state law.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 am today. If you forgot to set your clock back before bed, do so now to return to Eastern Standard Time and align with Sunday worship schedules.
Deborah Williams and Margaret Troutman, two women from different worlds, form a strong bond after Troutman, a single mother, faces financial strain with her third child Justin, born December 1993, threatening to push them toward starvation.
Beginning today the Aiken Standard presents a three part look at adoption in South Carolina. The first part covers adoption statistics and the special story of two mothers. The second part surveys lawyers who help couples complete their families through adoption. The final part reviews agencies handling adoptions.
Ms. Troutman states that pregnancy was not an option nor abortion, and after reflection and advice she chooses adoption for her unborn child. She engages a lawyer to begin the process, initiating formal steps toward relinquishment and placement.
Adoption serves varied motives from infertility to placing orphans in loving homes. The S C Department of Social Services reports 1995 adoptions totaling 1 241, with 936 under age 9 and 25 percent nonwhite. Public and private agencies handled many cases, plus family related adoptions by relatives and foster parents.
Volunteers gathered Saturday in Aiken for Make A Difference Day helping the Helping Hands Children’s Shelter. About 70 kids from the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club collected toiletries and goods while USC Aiken students joined with local businesses and neighborhoods to support those in need.
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