Public Parking Etiquette and City Planning Suggestions
A reader apologizes for failing to display a handicapped pass at Tractor Supply and asks for calm handling. They propose underground expressways to ease Whiskey Road traffic, suggest local restaurant openings, and urge cleanup of Langley Dam Road and Langley Pond areas near USC Aiken and Langley Dam Road.
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Tractor Supply
Aiken County
Langley Dam Road
Langley Pond
Gem Lakes annexation sparks blunt community call to action
Readers urged to phone or email Aiken Standard comment on Gem Lakes annexation. Hotline 803 644 2384 or editorial at ai kenstandard com. Names not required and comments may be edited for space. TalkBack submissions about candidates will not be published.
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Lottery results snapshot from South Carolina and Georgia drawings
The report lists midday and evening draws across multiple games. South Carolina Pick 3 2 4 2 and 4 7 7 9, Pick 3 evening 4 1 7, Pick 4 0 9 1 5, Palmetto Cash 5 17 18 25 28 29 and Power-Up 3. Georgia Cash 3 midday 5 1 4, Cash 4 midday 0 6 4 1, FIVE midday 8 6 3 5 0, Cash 3 evening 9 6 9, FIVE evening 4 9 2 5, Cash 4 evening 5 9 4 6, Fantasy 5 5 15 20 24 35.
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Georgia Cash
Cash
Safe Side of the Fence highlights nuclear workers and waste
Independent filmmaker Tony West screens The Safe Side of the Fence in Aiken focusing on Manhattan Project waste at West Lake Landfill and denied compensation for cancer stricken workers. The film also cites a GAO report on whistle blower treatment and cites the Savannah River Site and Dow Chemical workers in St. Louis.
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Tony West
St. Louis
Missouri
Aiken West
West Lake
West
Aiken
Savannah River
Department of Energy
Chalk Bed
Ontario
Canada
SAS
Palmetto
Nikki Haley
S.C
Mallinckrodt Chemical Company
Dow Chemical
Energy
McClatchy Newspa
Pers
DOE
U.S
GAO
SRS
Sandra Black
Margaret Murray
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Tory Perry
Vickie Beacoat
Paula Bowers
Lisa Lockwood
Ponita Hotchkiss
Historic stable and barn tour at Aiken Training Track
A historic stable and barn tour will be held at the Aiken Training Track and nearby area from 9:00 to 11:15 a.m. on September 10. The event, a collaboration of the Aiken Training Track and the Ai ken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum, starts at Legacy Stable and visits four or five sites. The $25 tour includes photo opportunities and transport from Rye Patch to the training area. Registration closes September 8 with a rain date of September 17.
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Aiken
Aiken Training Track
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum
Legacy Stable
William Post & Sons
Kelso
Swale
Pleasant Colony
Tom Fool
Gallorette
Claiborne Farm
Greentree Stable
Buckland Farm
Rokeby Stable
Dogwood Stable
H. Odell Weeks
Whiskey Road
Rye Patch
Berrie Road
Aiken County NAACP to Hold Officer Election
The Aiken County NAACP will hold officer elections on November 1 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Smith Hazel Recreation Center, with a general membership meeting at 7 p.m. The Nomination Committee was elected September 6 and reports and petitions occur October 4. For details contact 803-502-0170.
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Aiken County
NAACP
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
Smith-Hazel
Smith Hazel
Impact America gets grant to support eye screenings in Aiken
Impact America-South Carolina Focus First, serving Aiken County, is among six recipients of strategic grants from the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina. The $240,000 award funds free vision screenings for children 6 months to 5 years at Head Start and daycare centers using digital optic scan cameras. Children who fail screenings receive follow up care coordinated by Sight-Savers America.
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Impact America
South Carolina
Sisters of Charity Foundation of
Columbia
Focus First
Sight Savers America
Aiken County
Caregiver seminars and local arts events in Aiken
Hitchcock Place and Tri County Hospice offer eight week caregiver seminars starting Sept 6 at Hitchcock Place 102 Crepe Myrtle Court from 6 30 to 7 30 pm with speakers Sen Tom Young and Dr Mark Meyer. Free and open to public seating limited to 25. Register at 803 641 1127. Birds and Butterflies hosts seventh Amateur Photography Contest Sept 10 16 at downtown Aiken store 117 Laurens St NW with themes South Carolina Reflections of Creation three categories Critters Scenery Youth entry fee 5 per photo two per person 8x10 prints matted to roughly 4x6 inches no digital edits. Prizes for first and second in each category and a People’s Choice Award voting Sept 17 23 with reception Sept 24. Call 803 649 7999 or visit birdsandbutterfliesaiken com. Stewards of Children training and tour Sept 14 1 30 to 4 30 pm at Child Advocacy Center of Aiken County 4231 Trolley Line Rd free for those concerned with child welfare and safety.
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Hitchcock Place
Hospice Care
Tri County
South Carolina
Tom Young
R-Aiken
Mark Meyer
Crepe Myrtle Court
Aiken
Birds & Butterflies
Birdsandbutterfliesaiken
Laurens St
Stewards of Children
Child Advocacy Center
Aiken County
Children of Stewards
Trolley Line Rd
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