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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 2004
Page
2
Readers debate the appropriateness of boycotting South Carolina over the Confederate flag display, with support for moving the NAACP convention and calls to stop state funding for individuals. A separate note requests action on a long red light at SC bypass 118 and 302.
The Aiken Standard apologizes for a misspelled Scott Patterson cutline in the Saturday August 21 edition and notes the correction.
The Burckle family nears a $4000 goal to cover Alex Burckle’s custody battle legal expenses after a Saturday benefit at the H Odell Weeks Center. Local businesses donated items for auction and many volunteers helped with games and raffles to support the effort.
Aiken City Council will hold a 6:30 p.m. work session at the Municipal Complex to review business license fees that fund about 25 percent of the city budget. About 3,000 licenses are issued yearly generating roughly 5.6 million dollars. options include maintaining the system, minor rate changes, switching to a national code, or scrapping licenses for other taxation.
Hopelands Gardens hosts a Monday evening concert at 7 p.m. featuring Aiken Brass and Die Umpach Spielen. The show, sponsor funded by Aiken Regional Medical Centers, includes classic to swing pieces and a debut by Die Umpach Spielern with guest musicians, plus a vocal interlude during the switch.
Rep. Joe Wilson R S C stops by Wagener area Tuesday meeting residents at Quick Carry Restaurant in Tyler at 12 15 p m and visiting Tyler Hardware at 12 45 p m He is seeking to hear local concerns during his unopposed bid for a second full term in Congress Wilson represents parts of Richland Lexington Aiken Calhoun Orangeburg Barnwell Allendale Hampton Jasper and Beaufort counties.
The James L. Hammonds Marine Corps League Detachment 939 invites local organizations businesses and civic groups to adopt a downtown intersection to place American flags, expanding community patriotic display and volunteer involvement.
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