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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1998
Page
13
A 68 year old resident of B S Drive near Petticoat Junction was found dead in a Green Road backyard about 10 30 a m Wednesday. Aiken County Coroner E L Bo Rearden said foul play is suspected but would not comment. An autopsy was scheduled. The Aiken County Sheriff s Office is investigating.
Police blotter items note a prowler assault on Augusta Road Langley with a masked suspect. a Pinecrest Avenue burglary taking clothes TV and tools. vandalism on Banks Mill Road costing 500. Eden Street Bath burglary with jewelry and cash stolen. car stolen from Old Ninety Six with gold bracelet left inside. Storm Court North Augusta car break in with stereo parts taken. two saws stolen from a Belvedere carport. 1990 Chevy truck stolen on Bell Drive Beech Island with rifle and job ID. 1992 red Jeep Laredo stolen from JB White lot on Whiskey Road.
The Byrd Elementary School PTO will hold a can drive on Friday with aluminum cans dropped at the Graniteville school from 7:15 to 7:45 a.m. A donation bin will be available all day and proceeds support PTO projects.
Sixty SC National Guard unit members from Graniteville Barnwell Eastover Saluda McCormick and Batesburg join 16 from Company C 122nd Engineering Battalion for a 10 day air assault course at Fort Jackson in Columbia. The program teaches rappelling and sling loading helicopters with flights from Fort Bragg and personnel from South Carolina.
In Aiken Crosland Park a widow organized with the Aiken Department of Public Safety a Crime Watch group. The first meeting is Friday Sept 18 at 5 pm at the Senior Citizens Club House on Crosland Drive with ADPS Inspector David Turno as guest.
Equipment upgrades at Aiken Municipal Airport progress on schedule while a barn hangar project is paused pending site and planning decisions. An AWOS weather system should be operational in about three weeks pending FCC approval. A new runway lighting system, funded largely by emergency FAA funds, is planned to replace a deteriorating old setup. The Wyatt Development barn hangar is on hold awaiting site plan evaluation.
South Carolina Electric and Gas crews were sent to Goldsboro area, North Carolina, to restore power after Hurricane Bonnie. Families stay informed and on call, with multiple cell phones and emergency contacts coordinating communications as crews work amid memories of past storms.
Aiken city officials welcomed Ferguson Industries from Lexington NC to Verones Industrial Park with a 1.5 million investment, creating 30 jobs. Mayor Fred Cavanaugh credited Owens Corning for linking the firms and noted plans for future expansion including a possible additional shift and 10 to 15 new employees.
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