The membership drive will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Aiken Mall. Troops open to girls in K5 through 12th grades will have information tables, Girl Scout cookies, crafts, demonstrations and other activities at the mall.

Area Girl Scout troops are also looking for adult volunteers and troop leaders. Scheduling for adult volunteers is flexible,key rings, according to Bonnie Boucek of the Aiken/Edgefield Girl Scouts. Girls interested in participating in Scouting on an individual basis can join the Juliette program, which is designed to accommodate even the busiest young woman’s schedule.

Aiken and Edgefield troops are part of the Girl Scouts Mountains to Midlands Council, based in Columbia. The Council serves 22 counties in western South Carolina and includes more than 12,300 young women and some 5,200 adults across the state.

Now in its 98th year,pendants, the Girl Scouts of America is the largest organization serving young women in the United States. The program has arms that emphasize science and technology, the arts, outdoor and environmental concerns,cuff Links, business and economic literacy,Charm pendant, and personal ethics and responsibility.

For more information about Saturday’s membership drive or about local Girl Scouting options, contact recruitment manager Melinda Barron by e-mail at brianmylinda@aol.com.

Contact Suzanne Stone at sstone@aikenstandard.com.

MAY 19, 2010

SPEAKERS: FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA

FIRST LADY OF MEXICO MARGARITA ZAVALA

[*] OBAMA: Thank you all for sharing. I mean, one of the reasons we came to this school is because of what you all are doing here. I don’t know if you know, but…

STUDENT: Can you come to Field Day?

OBAMA: You know, I’ll see. I’ll see what day it is and see what else is going on, Return to Tiffany Oval tag pendant it sounds like a lot of fun, and maybe I could wear jeans and sneakers and really get under the house.

But one of the things that I’m doing as First Lady is making sure that kids are healthy and eating right and getting the right kind of exercise, which is why what you’re doing here at your school — the fact that you’ve got such wonderful teachers who are focused on your health and how you eat. We’re going to go into the lunch room, and I don’t know if we’re going to meet with you guys, but some of your classmates.

And we’re going to see how you eat family-style and how you’re learning about how your bodies work, and how exercise is so important for your heart and the system all works together, and how food blends into that, because all of that is going to help you all develop really good habits so that when you’re adults you’re eating healthy. And if you decide to have kids of your own, you can teach them these habits.

But it’s so — you are so blessed to be in a school like this that’s focusing and giving you this kind of information, and making it fun, right, because what you see is that exercise and play — that’s all exercise is, it’s a bunch of play. It’s just games. But you get your heart moving, and you’ve got to do that.

What they say is that kids should get 60 minutes of exercise every day. And you Square cuff links got how many minutes were we…

MR. RYAN: About 25.

OBAMA: You just got 25 minutes already. So if you went home and ran around for another 25 minutes, or rode your bike, and you did that every day, you’d be doing exactly what you need to do as a kid. But you’re fortunate — kind of fitness — but you’re fortunate to be able to get that stuff here at this school.

What do you have to say, sweetie?

STUDENT: When I go somewhere with my mom, I always bring an apple to eat.

OBAMA: That’s right. See, that’s a good example of healthy snacks, right, because you don’t have to have a bag of chips. You don’t have to have — what?

STUDENT: Junk food.

OBAMA: Or junk food, right. You can have nuts or raisins, an apple, Tiffany & Co bangle?

STUDENT: Banana.

OBAMA: Banana, that’s right.

STUDENT: Even I ride my bike…

OBAMA: That’s great. That’s all good stuff.

STUDENT: (inaudible) every weekend (inaudible) when I go to my grandma’s house, we — they play the Wii…

OBAMA: The Wii Fit? Yep, Malia and Sasha have that, too.

STUDENT: — go out and ride our bikes.

OBAMA: That’s it. That’s exactly what…

STUDENT: That’s why I wanted (inaudible)

OBAMA: That’s great. That’s exactly what you should be doing.

What, sweetie?

STUDENT: Does your daughters do exercise?

OBAMA: They do. They do it at school like you do, and they do it at home, because you know what…

STUDENT: Do they ride their bikes?

OBAMA: They do. Yeah, they ride their bikes, they do.

STUDENT: Do you do exercise?

OBAMA: I do. I exercise every single day, unless I’m really…

STUDENT: Barack Obama?

OBAMA: He exercises every morning, every single morning.

STUDENT: I know what his favorite sport is.

OBAMA: What’s his favorite sport?

STUDENT: Basketball.

OBAMA: Basketball, oh yeah. And if he can play that, he’d play that every day.

STUDENT: Mrs. Obama, I have a question.

OBAMA: What’s your question?

STUDENT: I have a question. My mom said — my mom said that — I think that she says that Barack Obama is taking everybody away that doesn’t have papers. OBAMA: Yeah, well, that’s something that we have to work on, right, to make sure that people can be here with the right kind of papers, right? That’s exactly right.

STUDENT: But my mom doesn’t have…

(CROSSTALK)

OBAMA: Yeah, well, we have to work on that. We have to fix that, and that everybody has got to work together in Congress to make sure that that happens. That’s right.

OBAMA: Yes, sweetie.

STUDENT: My mom went to where you all vote. It was so cold. She was standing and she was sleepy.

OBAMA: Oh, but she stayed there and voted, right? That’s good. Tiffany 1837 bangle you’ve got to work hard to vote, you know? That’s part of what we call our democracy, right, that you have to vote to make sure that the people who are in office making laws are representing what you think. And sometimes it’s not easy to vote. Sometimes you have to stand in lines. And that means when you get older, you’re going to vote every time, right, even if it means standing in line in the cold, right? That’s a good thing.

All right, sweetie.

STUDENT: (inaudible)

ZAVALA: I can’t hear you.

OBAMA: Speak up.

STUDENT: I hope you teach your daughters about fitness and health.

OBAMA: We do, we do. At our house, we talk about fitness a lot. One plays soccer, one plays basketball. Both of them take tennis. They go to the gym on a regular basis. They ride their bikes. Being active is part — because the thing about being active is that it helps you with this muscle, too. That’s the most important thing about exercise.

It’s like you wouldn’t think — you’d think that exercise is just about muscles in your arms and legs, but the most important muscle that exercise works is your brain muscle, this thing in your head, you know, and that’s why we know it’s important for kids to eat healthy and get a lot of exercise, because you all learn better, right, because when you come out here for 25 minutes and you run around, then you’re ready to go back to school and in your classrooms and do what?

STUDENT: Exercise.

OBAMA: No, when you go back to the…

STUDENT: Learn.

OBAMA: Listen and learn, that’s right.

But now I’m going to turn it over to Mrs. Zavala who I know might want to say a few words just to you all, as well.

ZAVALA: Thank you. Thank you very much. The President Felipe Calderon is Tiffany 1837 Double cross pendant president of Mexico. And we have three kids. Maria is 13 years old and she likes ballet.

OBAMA: Ballet.

STUDENT: I like ballet.

ZAVALA: And Luis Felipe is the second one, and he loves soccer. It’s a wonderful…

OBAMA: He wants to — how old is Felipe?

ZAVALA: Felipe is 11.

STUDENT: How old is Maria? And Maria, 13. And Juan Pablo…

OBAMA: She has a daughter.

ZAVALA: … he’s seven, and he likes karate.

STUDENT: I like karate.

(LAUGHTER)

ZAVALA: I want to speak in Spanish. I know somebody can understand me. She is going to translate for me and for you.

(THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In Mexico we’re also very preoccupied, the adults, and also that children throughout the world will exercise and be healthy so they can learn better. Because as Mrs. Michelle Obama says, exercise is important for the body and for the brain. It’s important to learn mathematics, history, but also to do exercise so you can learn better.

Michelle and I want your entire generation, our children — we want them to grow Tiffany 1837 Hoop earrings happy and healthy.

But that also depends a lot on you — that you exercise every day and you eat in a more healthy way and you know what foods are healthy and what foods aren’t. And if you prefer the healthy food, it will be better for the world for you to grow healthy and happy, and it’ll be good for the world.

Thank you very much.

Mower County judge Fred Wellmann filed criminal complaints and arrest tiffany sale Wednesday against Shelly Anne Barbian, 32, and Brian Keith Rathbun, 44. Both are charged with felony third-degree burglary and felony theft.

According to the complaints, the incident was first reported to the Mower County Sheriff’s Department on Jan. 3. The manager of the Dexter-based hotel said she had found a number of “ransacked” rooms. She also said the front desk was apparently rifled through and a set of master keys were missing.

Because of slow business, the manager said the hotel was closed at the time to general patronage. She said the only person staying in the hotel was a 56-year-old man who resided at the hotel on a long-term basis.

Authorities spoke with this man. He said as part of his living arrangements, he did nightly inspections. The night before the burglary was reported, he noticed nothing odd at around 7:30 p.m. as he walked around the hotel. He said he did hear a loud noise later that night but did not investigate, the complaint states.

On Jan. 4, a detective from the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Department called Mower County tiffany rings sale. He asked if they happened to be investigating a burglary at the Windmill, because Rathbun had been apprehended with a large number of the hotel’s bar tokens in his possession.

Mower County deputies learned that the other missing items, which included the keys, a video surveillance system, a small TV and a number of bottles of liquor, were also found with Rathbun. A few days after that, Mower County authorities discovered shoe prints outside one of the hotel’s doors that were matched to Rathbun’s boots, the complaint states.

In addition, footage from the recovered surveillance system showed Rathbun and a woman entering the hotel together. Hotel logs also indicated that Rathbun had checked in on Jan. 2, which the manager said she had forgotten about initially.

She said she recalled that he came to the hotel and asked for a room for him and his girlfriend because he was experiencing vehicle problems.

A woman identified as being with Rathbun, Brandi Kay Josselyn, 38, was arrested March 11. However, an incarcerated Rathbun told authorities that they had the wrong person.

He said the woman with him was in fact Barbian, the complaint states.

Rathbun went on to explain that he was at the hotel to buy methamphetamine from another man. He said Barbian was the girlfriend of that other man and that she was monitoring him while the other man went to retrieve the drugs. Rathbun said he and Barbian checked into the hotel together, then later decided to tiffany bracelets sale the various items.

It is unclear whether the drug sale occurred and whether the other man could face any criminal charges.

Tiffany boosted its earning view for the year, saying November is off to a good start and it is hopeful about sales through the rest of the holiday season.

Results improved in many product categories during the third quarter, especially later in the period, investor-relations chief Mark Aaron said in a conference call.

The change largely reflected easier comparisons to last year’s weak sales, “but we think may also reflect some improvement in underlying demand in some markets,” Mr. Aaron said. Tiffany sales are most soft in its highest-priced products.

The Asia-Pacific region, except for Japan, where demand is still weak, and Europe achieved better-than-expected sales. Those overseas results, combined with ongoing expense restraints, contributed to profit above Tiffany’s prior forecast.

Sales in the Americas dropped 9%, with U.S. sales at stores open at least a year down 10% and off 8% at its New York flagship store. The declines were less sharp than experienced earlier this year.

In Europe, sales rose 16% excluding foreign-exchange effects, with same-store sales up 9%. In the Asia-Pacific region, same-store sales declined 3%, with weak sales in Japan offsetting strength elsewhere in the region.

For the quarter ended Oct. 31, Tiffany posted a profit of $43.3 million, or 35 cents a share, from $43.8 million, or 35 cents a share, a year earlier. Earnings from continuing operations fell to 34 cents from 36 cents. Revenue decreased 2.9% to $598.2 million. Excluding currency changes, sales fell 5% and same-store sales tiffany bracelets 6%.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had forecast a profit of 24 cents a share on $575 million in revenue.

For the fourth quarter, Tiffany anticipates a mid-single-digit percentage increase in sales. Analysts’ mean estimate calls for 6% growth to $892 million, according to a survey of analysts by Thomson Reuters.

Tiffany stock, which has almost doubled in 2009, rose 4.9% to $43.89 Wednesday in 4 p.m. composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Tiffany is well-placed to gain market share as the economy improves and other jewelry chains go out of business because Tiffany has kept its cachet with restraint on promotions, said Edward Yruma, retail analyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets.

The jeweler raised its full-year guidance to $1.88 to $1.98 a share with sales down about 8%. The company’s prior forecast, from August, was for a profit of $1.65 to $1.75 on a 10% sales decline.

Gross margin fell to 54.8% from 56.3%. That was largely offset by overhead costs declining 2%, income-tax expenses slumping 43%, and tiffany pendants and other costs falling 22%.

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NAGIS Commander Eugene Williams said at a press conference Wednesday that his unit capped a seven-day roundup by arresting 17 individuals while issuing warrants for the arrest of three more. Investigators also recovered more than $111,000 in cash, eight cars (two had traps for hiding guns and narcotics), jewelry, furs, computers, jet skis and a motorcycle.

“We will be making more arrests and more seizures,” Williams declared while addressing the media at the police department’s Homan Square storage facility. “We’re confident that we’ve eliminated this particular operation,” he said in response to questions about ongoing narcotics trafficking city-wide.

Community, school and political leaders in the North Lawndale area held a press conference in front of the Penn Elementary School near 16th and Avers Avenue to discuss the increase in gang violence and drug sales following the murder of a high-ranking gang member. Later, Supt. Terry G. Hillard directed the NAGIS to address community concerns and improve the quality of life in the area.

After several months, NAGIS was able to identify a principal supplier of drugs to the target area. Williams identified 29-year-old Reginald Smith of the 400 block of North Wabash as the supplier to the narcotics operation.

Smith, along with co-conspirators Marco Smith, 23, of the 19000 block of Marylake Lane in Country Club Hills and 23-year-old Marcus Johnson, of the 300 block of North Pine, face charges that can net them as much as 30 years imprisonment for conspiring to distribute white heroin in the target area.

Evidence of their involvement and roles in the conspiracy has been documented, which includes undercover buys and surveillance videotapes that were presented to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

“Living this so-called good life comes with a stiff price,” said Williams. “First and foremost, you become morally bankrupt when you deal narcotics.

“What price is someone willing to pay to be the `King of the Hood?’ One’s Soul?”

Besides cash, vehicles, including a 1997 Cadillac Catera; 2000 Mitsubishi Montero 4X4; 1999 Mercedes Benz CLK 430; 2000 Range Rover (containing hidden compartment to conceal drugs, cash and weapons); 1997 GMC Savanna Conversion Van; 1999 Range Rover; 1996 Ford Taurus (with hidden compartment); and a 1997 Oldsmobile Ciera were confiscated.

Weapons include two 12 gauge shotgun; Taurus .40 caliber pistol; .40 Smith and Wesson pistol; .45 caliber handgun; .44 caliber Magnum handgun; .38 caliber revolver; .32 caliber five-shot revolver; .45 caliber Ruger semi-automatic pistol; two 9 mm semi-automatic pistols; .25 caliber automatic handgun; and a .357 Magnum handgun.

Along with 52 grams of white heroin with an estimated street value in excess of $9,000, undercover investigators also confiscated six computers, a motorcycle and several items of jewelry including two Cartier watches, a Rolex watch, a Movado watch, diamond earrings and a diamond tennis bracket.

Also seized under the Asset Forfeiture Unit of the Organized Crime Division and Federal agencies were two fur coats, a 50-inch color television with a video cassette recorder, a fax machine and a currency counter.

Investigators concluded that 18-year-old Kenyana Porter, of the 1600 block of South Harding, and 28-year-old Tiffany Harris worked in a capacity similar to that as “bag ladies.”

Runners arrested include 26-year-old Jack Pearson of the 1400 block of South Lawndale; 30-year-old Anthony Burris of the 1400 block of North Lotus; 18-year-old Quinton Charles who has not been captured but a warrant issued for his arrest; 25-year-old Darnell Hudson of the 200 block of North Laporte; 19-year-old Toyious Taylor, who is not in custody; 17-year-old Martay Brown of the 1800 block of South Harding; and 18-year-old George Brown of the 1600 block of South Harding.

The primary sellers of the group include 34-year-old Trainer Cunningham of the 1800 block of South Hamlin; 17-year-old Kenneth Walley of the 1500 block of South Harding; and 33-year-old Ramona Sims. Investigators also arrested a 15-year-old juvenile in possession of firearms. Williams did not disclose his name.

Expressing relief that this narcotics operation was brought down by police was Rev. James Wolfe, pastor of the Lawndale Christian Reform Church. “I was out there last fall when there were hot tempers and people were trying to jump all over the commander,” he said.

“Lawndale is a good neighborhood and I just want to say thank you to the police for a job well done,” he concluded.

“This is about the fourth operation that yielded positive results,” said community activist Michael James. “We’d like to thank the agencies involved that help make our community better.

“We hope this will encourage residents to partner with the police to improve the quality of life in our community,” he concluded.

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Photo (The westside bust recovered $111,000 in cash, guns and computers.)