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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1998
Page
11
Public schools in Aiken County will close for several vacation days in November. No classes on November 2 due to a teacher work day and November 3 for Election Day. Thanksgiving is November 26 with no classes, and November 27 is also a free day per tradition.
A New Ellenton woman left her 1987 Nissan on Hill and Whiskey roads overnight after a breakdown. The car was vandalized with a shattered rear window scratched initials and poured sugar. A Greenbrush Road home was burglarized Oct 21 with electronics stolen. Deputies arrested a West Palm Beach man for disorderly conduct after he climbed fences and ignored orders at a business. Additional incidents include burglaries on Rita Avenue and Brown Lane, a car broken into on Richland Avenue West, threats at a Bath mobile home park, two fires there, and vandalism at a Park Avenue liquor store. Updated 10/29/98.
The Langley Pond Fall Expo telephone for more information is 642 7558. Kay Bryden is named as a loaned executive with the United Way of Aiken County program this year. The Aiken Standard apologizes for the errors in earlier reports.
Fifteen writers from the Aiken chapter of the South Carolina Writer's Workshop contributed to Horizons, the workshop's 1998 anthology, more than any other chapter. Copies may be available mid November at the Center for the Arts.
Former New Ellenton town engineer George E Cantelou filed a retaliatory lawsuit in Columbia naming nearly two dozen defendants including United We Stand America and William E Bell. He alleges these parties caused him to lose work by spreading criticism tied to the towns 5 million sewer project that led to theft charges against Mayor Randy Shaw. The suit follows earlier actions in 1995 against the town attorney John Harte and the McNair law firm. Harte was later dismissed and an appellate court upheld that ruling. Darryl L Williams now represents Cantelou in the Richland County action.
Kathleen Noble, president of Aiken Technical College, visits the Center Library to read Tony Johnston’s Very Scary to 3- and 5-year-olds. Children sit in a circle as they discuss jack-o lanterns and costumes, then chase more Halloween books and treats.
United States Senator Ernest Fritz Hollings D South Carolina announced a Department of Energy grant totaling 6.2 million to the Savannah River Regional Diversification Initiative to offset downsizing at the Savannah River Site. The program from the DOE Office of Worker Transition and Community Assistance aims to diversify the Central Savannah River Area economy and retain skilled workers. Of the amount, 1.5 million is immediately available for assistance.
Downtown Aiken gears up for trick or treaters with 20 participating businesses from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Safe downtown party aims to provide places for children to collect treats at venues including the Aiken Center for the Arts and the H Odell Weeks Center.
The One Stop Career Center at Aiken Technical College received a placement partnership grant from the Savannah River Site. The funds will broaden job placement services for SRS employees and the general public, aiding those changing or starting careers at the center.
About 30 volunteers at Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park on Richland Avenue lined up engraved bricks to be laid in memory of or in honor of local veterans. CR Jordan, 21 years in service, helped move heavy bricks while Marine Corps League members organized names for the wall memorial alongside 150 local residents honored by the park.
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