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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 2005
Page
2
A reader questions the absence of an accountants and tax services category and urges the award revision. The message also condemns child neglect and comments on racism, calling for accountability and a prominent front page piece on race tensions involving both blacks and whites.
Community members urge Bur nettown businesses to support new licenses arguing it benefits the town and residents while noting not all locals share opposition. Callers may leave messages on the Talkback hotline or email to the Aiken Standard with brief comments to be edited for space.
Undercover narcotics deputies arrested Clifton Young 26 of Pine Log Road Warrenville on trafficking crack cocaine charges after a pursuit on Pine Street. Police say an undercover buy of about an ounce occurred before Young fled in a 1997 Pathfinder. bloodhound tracking helped locate him two hours later. He was previously arrested in mid March with cocaine marijuana and related charges and held on $120,000 bond.
The York Street blood center, open since 2004, will close this summer due to dwindling donations. The Red Cross will shift to mobile drives and community blood drives while maintaining hospital support and a continued presence through blood mobiles. Volunteers are sought and donations can be scheduled by calling 1-800 GIVE LIFE.
Aiken County will distribute at least 160000 in the first allocation of its new local accommodations tax for 2005 2006 with nine months of current year collections. Nonprofit groups may apply for funds for tourism projects including civic centers roads access and sewer upgrades. Priority to groups outside Aiken and North Augusta with in kind matching funds. Deadline June 3 and contact Robbie Bellamy at 642 7557 or tourism aikencountysc.gov.
James Kilgo's son says Deep Enough for Ivory Bills gathers his father's essays hunting stories and birding trips, not a bird atlas. The piece notes rumors of the ivory billed woodpecker surviving in the southeast and details habitat loss in bottomland swamps, with local context from Allendale County and Savannah River Swamp.
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