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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 2009
Page
1
Aiken Standards guides readers to the Lawn and Garden web section. It offers watering and lawn care advice as temperatures rise and plants respond to warmer conditions.
Somali pirates seize vessels and take about 60 sailors as hostages in ongoing piracy activity. The incident underscores rising maritime security concerns in the region.
Georgianna Mae Brown and Aiken Harvey Ryder Delaney Jr. are named among recent notices. Summerville, Dixon Dwight Plyler, Martinez and Stanley Stroman of Aiken, and David H. Welch of Salley are listed with funeral updates in this 6A deaths and funerals column.
University officials return to Aiken with a reduced plan after City Council previously rejected a three building proposal. The current plan asks Planning Commission to approve a single story 17 000 square foot building on Silver Bluff Road across from Centre South Shopping Center. If approved, construction could start next year.
Gov. Mark Sanford tours Beech Island and Silver Bluff after a tornado damages Beech Island and Silver Bluff. He commends local volunteers and officials while noting FEMA aid hinges on unmet criteria and home damage thresholds. Rep. Roland Smith lauds cooperation.
Savannah River Site Retiree Association members met at St Mary Help of Christians School to press for continued medical and dental coverage and pensions with cost of living adjustments. Congressmen Joe Wilson and Paul Broun pledged support, urging fulfillment of postwar promises to retirees.
Public Education Partners launches Citizens Paying Responsibly to urge homeowners to donate part of saved property tax rebates to the Aiken County Public School District. The district faces an $11 million shortfall this year with more expected in 2009 10, and checks are to be presented at the school board meeting.
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