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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 2004
Page
2
A reader asserts Southern pride and rejects Northern relocation, arguing they exceed the top 100 and emphasizing local identity. The note mentions a four year old’s dog Barbie, praised as safe by two vets, and urges support for SPCA adoptions rather than condemning pets to sleep.
Aiken County hosts strong boys teams South Aiken and Aiken Class AAAA and a top girls squad South Aiken AAAA as local standings rise. The reader urges more week-by-week coverage and notes Sheriff Hunt’s unopposed race and active community presence. Comments welcome via Talkback line and email.
A Mount Pleasant ordinance requiring payment before pumping aims to curb gas thefts but Aiken officials report no surge in drive-offs and no approach from station owners for new laws. City figures show 53 drive-offs from Jan 1 to March 23. Mount Pleasant reductions noted but local trends remain steady.
Aiken County Robotics Team members from Aiken South Aiken and Silver Bluff high schools joined hundreds of students at the Colonial Center for the Palmetto Regional, one of 26 FIRST Robotics Competitions events. The team finished 22nd after a strong Saturday showing and aims for nationals in Atlanta.
Firefighters urge upgrading and testing alarms as daylight saving time arrives. By 1995, about 93 percent of U S homes had alarms, with life expectancy eight to ten years and costs dropping to about ten dollars per unit for owner installed systems.
USC junior Eliza Hesse, a 20 year old Aiken resident, won a national competition and will join about 100 musicians at the Rome Festival in Italy. She began violin as a preschool Suzuki student and has since played with USC Symphony and Augusta Symphony Orchestra.
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