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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 2008
Page
3
A College Acres resident, long-time with 51 years in the area, states they have always paid their bill on time and never incurred a late fee, calling into question billing practices. The note includes contact lines for the Aiken Standard editorial desk.
A concerned speaker notes that their granddaughter is in the fourth grade and faced with $84 in school supply costs. They question how poorer families obtain supplies and mention that many youths lack pagers and cell phones.
The writer praises tipping for waitstaff and counter service and notes a clean up. They argue school tax increases are tied to gas prices and propose longer hours or a four day week to save electricity.
A reader praises Dr Andrea for the column while noting a preference for Thursday publication. The letter expresses gratitude and says the column recharges the reader’s spiritual battery.
A resident reports a visiting woman delivering a petition about road issues and ditch cleaning. She has called but no one has appeared. The yard floods during rain, and she asks for status on Graniteville class action suit.
Readers discuss identity across places. The exchange questions authenticity in Key West San Francisco and why it differs from Aiken. The remarks reflect cultural expectations and personal expression in varied locales.
A reader thanks the person who returned a purse left in a shopping cart at the new Wal-Mart and Rhonda who called to report it. The message invites further comments via the TalkBack hotline 644-2384 or editorial@aikenstandard.com.
Aiken County district with about 1 100 non native English learners trains teachers and principals in Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol to make content understandable. The program promotes peer mentoring and cooperative learning to help ESL students pass exit exams and graduate.
The notice lists office hours and contact info for editors and departments of the Aiken Standard. It also includes subscription rates, mailing details, past dates for Sunday Plus issues, August character trait, and winning lottery numbers for Pick 3, Pick 4, Palmetto Cash 5, Cash 3 and 4, and Fantasy 5. It provides the newspaper's ISSN, mailing address, and postmaster information.
North Augusta honors Chris DeCamp as Employee of the Quarter for April through June. The planning department assistant is praised for processing development applications and code enforcement work. The council discusses an anti smoking ordinance and Greeneway status with officials noting open space allows smoking unless amended.
Master of Fox Hounds Epp Wilson of Belle Meade Hunt in Thomson Georgia criticizes national animal rights organizations as based on hate and deception. He argues trapping hunting and fishing are part of heritage and notes beagle rabbit fox hunting could have been banned by state lawmakers after the Vick case.
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