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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 2009
Page
3
The reader asks how many teacher work days the half days will replace and warns that if none the combined days could exceed actual teaching days. The concern notes selecting the first Wednesday of the month for early release and suggests Fridays would be more convenient for parents.
District officials eye a 50 000 funding line for the International Baccalaureate program for juniors and propose negotiating the salaries of two district office directors who are returning after retirement. The plan relies on allowing retirees to return at reduced pay as a special arrangement.
A reader accuses a white sedan driver of crossing a double solid yellow line to pass two bicycle riders from the Aiken Bicycle Club during a 100 mile ride. The writer says the act endangered lives and urges obeying road laws and bicycle as vehicles.
A correction in the Aiken Standard clarifies that University of South Carolina basketball coach Darrin Horn was previously misidentified as the baseball coach. The newspaper regrets the mistake and issues the proper attribution.
Schofield Middle School bands, directed by Stephanie Threlkeld, won first place in Division I and earned the middle school Grand Champion trophy at the Fiesta Val Invitational in Myrtle Beach. Jazz soloists Sydney Wright and Carla Derrick and rhythm section members Brody Harper Jewel Eckmyre Victor Frontroth and Wesley Heaton received distinctions.
Aiken residents can travel back to the 1920s with a Fashion Show and Tea at the Aiken County Historical Museum. The event features vintage ensembles, models needed, and a tea menu with finger sandwiches and sweets. Admission is 15 dollars at the door, includes a year’s Friends membership. free for current Friends members and staff. Seating limited to 100. advance signups required.
The notice lists newsroom contacts for tips and submissions at the Aiken Standard, including phone lines 644-2401 for tips, 644-2380 for Tim O Briant, 644-2381 for Michael Gibbons, and 644-2396 for Cam Huffman. It provides email addresses and office hours and notes publication details and subscription prices.
A new free website created by Victoria Foulkes-Pyle and Wes Funderberg to list lost or found pets for countywide reunions. The site, opened April 17, pulls data from the Aiken SPCA and the Aiken County Shelter with daily updates and unlimited pages for animals, including photos or written descriptions when photos aren’t available.
Georgia Sunday draws released Cash 3 Evening 7 6 6 Cash 4 Evening 2 6 0 0 and Fantasy 5 28 8 5 1 25 with no additional details or winners announced.
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