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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 2003
Page
2
Readers call for urgent fixes in Aiken County. Pave Hedge Road to stop flooding and install a weigh station on Highway 278. They urge better highway maintenance, debate healthcare priorities, discuss coach bonuses, and praise the Aiken Standard while urging civic action.
City county and state officials study stormwater drainage affecting Aiken’s 2,200 acre Hitchcock Woods. Sedimentation erodes banks harming vegetation and canopy. Woolport to craft options with Dibble Road precedent guiding cost sharing among city, county, and state. Detention ponds or off-site water routing may be explored to reduce runoff.
In Redcliffe Elementary Leanne Shealy leads fifth graders using Bubble Maps to describe characters and themes from C S Lewis. Teachers statewide adopt Thinking Maps to teach critical thinking with federal Title II funding backing a training program that includes Midland Valley Prep and several private and charter schools.
Local Korean War Veterans Association chapter 255 plans a July 24 to July 28 convoy to Washington D C to commemorate the war ending and honor those who served. Clyde Hooks, who enlisted at 15 and served in Korea after a later reenlistment, leads the group with spouses invited and participation in ceremonies noted. For details contact Judith Knight Blake Hill or Clyde Hooks.
A man was shot Friday evening near Edgefield Road and Wal-Mart in North Augusta and taken to the Medical College of Georgia after seeking help at a Huddle House. The victim, unnamed, said he was shot in the leg while walking near Georgia Avenue as two men entered the restaurant. A suspect was being questioned. Also described is a search for Walter George Houlse, 52, last seen in Barnwell County, and a driver who fled a traffic stop on US Highway 1 with a chase ending near Garrett Road.
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