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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 2010
Page
1
Aiken Standard advertises a Business Card Directory to help readers locate local services. Visit www.aikenstandard.com and click the Business Card Directory icon on the homepage for listings.
Josh Fields received sponsorship for the travel baseball team he coaches by winning a contest held by Prilosec OTC. The Academy of Country Music Awards opened with a scorching all star performance and Lady Antebellum led with seven nominations and the first Song of the Year award.
The plan allocates 6 billion dollars over five years to create 2,500 jobs and push toward Mars. It includes developing a heavy lift rocket with a 2015 decision, increasing astronaut days by 3,500 in a decade, extending ISS operations beyond 2020, and building the Orion capsule for emergency escape. It also aims to grow a commercial space transport sector that could add 10,000 jobs in five years.
Drew Allen Aiken Margaret Stuart Cook Aiken Ruby Mason Bath Michael Gary Smith Aiken Shelburne Chub Temple Wadmalaw Island are listed in this death notices column detailing recent passings and funeral arrangements.
State and City of Aiken documents show the downtown signal system upgrade cost 396,406.36 for the state and 86.86 for the city. Correspondence from 2007 shows safety director Pete Frommer urging modernization to ease congestion and improve synchronization.
June 2009 emails from Jones to Frommer discuss impending traffic signal upgrades and a contingency plan B. The tone warns the change will be big and affects visitors and new residents. Details appear in TRAFFIC on page 7A.
Brent McGee leads Yahweh Wilderness Expeditions a nonprofit volunteer faith based program providing family and youth wilderness outings to strengthen relationships. McGee a Camp Long teacher cites the impact of strained families and aims to help families reconnect through outdoor adventures.
Douglas Drew Allen, 20, of Vanderbilt Drive, died at 4:55 a.m. at the Medical College of Georgia after a single-vehicle crash near Marlboro Street and Park Avenue in Aiken. Coroner Tim Carlton said the rider failed to realize the street ends at train tracks.
The marsh tacky bill S 1030 to designate the marsh tacky as the state heritage horse gains momentum in the South Carolina Senate. It passed the Judiciary Committee 18 0 on second reading and moved to a third reading amid rising support from the Carolina Marsh Tacky Association. The horses descended from the early colonial stock.
South Carolina lawmakers consider revoking driving privileges of students who are chronically absent or drop out until age 18. The bill would keep the attendance age at 17 while tying licenses to school performance, with Education Department officials weighing potential benefits against budgets. The discussion comes as the state's on time graduation rate sits around 74 percent.
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