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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1989
Page
11
The Wagener town council held a ceremony to install the new police chief and his assistant, outlining duties and expected community safety improvements as residents attended the meeting. An accompanying note lists the event on page 4B alongside the New Ellenton water system expansion details.
Wackenhut Services Inc the security contractor at the Savannah River Site received an 86 out of 100 in a quarterly DOE evaluation Aug 4. The firm ranked excellent in four categories with security rated satisfactory overall earning a 504560 bonus covering Dec 1 1988 to Mar 31 1989. DOE urged improvements in security including more explosive detection dogs and expanded dog team training.
Ai ken Jaycees host George Bushs Community Volunteerism director J Terryl Bechtel as guest speaker at 6 30 pm in the Ai ken nae Fair Building. Bechtel is a former national Jaycee president and laureate of the George Washington Honor Medal. He will also address Love for Life suicide prevention at area high schools with proceeds from dinner to support the program.
A weekend fire at Schofield Middle School damaged a classroom S-19 on the northeast side. The blaze began Friday afternoon after a window was broken and a flammable liquid set aflame. No classes interrupted on Monday. two juvenile suspects are being investigated by the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
Norman Evans, 41, of Waynesboro Georgia, pled guilty in U S District Court in Aiken to four counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. He agrees to cooperate with prosecutors in related cases in South Carolina and Georgia. Trials for co defendants were scheduled for September with a large multi agency drug raid yielding nine parcels of real estate, $405 000 in cash, 33 weapons and 20 luxury cars.
Twenty one months after a December 1987 fire destroyed the Ai ken thrift shop the Salvation Army will open a 6500 square foot store at 120 York St N E with a 10 a m ribbon cutting by Aiken Mayor H Odell Weeks and County Council Chairman Carrol H Warner The new location will vastly expand space enabling more clothing furniture and appliances to be sold and donations stored profits support utilities and food programs The store will employ two full time and two part time workers and will run drives to pick up donations while continuing to aid the needy with clothing and emergency items when genuine need is shown
Former U.S. Attorney Henry D. McMaster announces as a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. He pledges to crack down on hazardous waste burial and prison crowding while touring the state and highlighting his law enforcement record including Operation Jackpot. He would be the first GOP nominee for the post.
Senator Hollings secured about 250000 dollars for a regional perinatal care information network to be housed at the Medical University of South Carolina. The project aims to improve prenatal birth and neonatal care and will be approved by the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services. The system will help 11 regional hospitals analyze trends and identify problem areas, potentially reducing South Carolina infant mortality rates.
KoKo the Clown from Nashville headlines Aiken's Makin Festival with Friday 10 45 to 11 30 a m show. The event spans two days with bands vocalists and youths performances and closes with Saturday minstrels and clowns roaming The Alley courtyard setup by The Greater Riker Chamber of Commerce.
Wagener Town Council unanimously approves first reading of an ordinance to restrict loudspeakers and sound amplifiers in town limits. Final passage likely next Monday at 7 30 p m with amendments to the Offenses Against the Public Peace code.
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