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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 2004
Page
2
Letter to the editor discusses opinions on the NAACP boycott and FOIA records. The writer urges action, mentions elections, party lines, and calls for public input via a Talkback hotline and email to the Aiken Standard.
The Aiken Standard corrects that Louise Leguizamon works part time at Spa-Go in Aiken and acknowledges an error in a recent article. Lou Ferrando of Ferrando's Italian Pizzeria discusses canopy pricing and deconstruction efforts citing a cost of about two to three thousand dollars and labor needed to remove the supporting structure.
The Perry caboose donated by Norfolk Southern in 1988 moves to a 10 acre site on Highway 39, funded by a DOT grant to become a museum. The old Center Street depot will also relocate with DOT support, while plans include a new foundation and possible walking track on the old rail line.
Aiken Motorcycle Sales & Service presented Golden Harvest Food Bank executive director Michael Firmin with a 7321.58 check from an auction of a Honda VTX 1800 motorcycle. The buyer was from Michigan, and the donation is expected to boost the food bank’s sevenfold outreach to 51,251 meals.
The Albuquerque CREM unit is under investigation after an accounting discrepancy involving three electronic copies of a classified document. NNSA ordered an immediate inquiry with DOE safety assessors and FBI assistance, following Los Alamos and prior shutdowns of classified operations.
WFXG TV 54 postpones its Aiken Augusta Idol to September 11 at Aiken Mall due to logistical issues. Auditions begin at 10 AM outside Dillard’s with two morning sessions narrowing to finalists and an evening finale. The winner earns a producer look in San Francisco on October 5 ahead of next year’s Idol. Whitney Wells returns as a judge.
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