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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 2011
Page
3
A reader criticizes lawmakers for cutting retirement benefits for others while maintaining a generous, taxpayer funded retirement system for themselves. The message condemns the Republican primary as a taxpayer funded gimmick and accuses state leaders of political agendas and corruption in Columbia.
North Augusta Public Safety searches for 25 year old Brandon Wesley Tucker who escaped from a police car after a shoplifting call at Walmart. He fled across Knox Avenue toward Lowe's after officers spotted him. loss prevention had seen him throw something over a fence before the escape. A perimeter was set as investigators continue the search.
Redcliffe Plantation hosts Christmas in the Quarters with tours of the Hammond mansion and slave quarters, a Kessie reenactment, crafts, and family activities. Park staff discuss plantation labor, slave holidays, gifts, rations, and the power dynamics of Christmas observances.
Chaugan, a new Indian restaurant at 235 Richland Ave W in Aiken, opened with Sunny Kalra and Dori Langley as managers. The menu features vegetables, beef, lamb, seafood and tandoori specialties with fresh local ingredients and imported spices. Open Mon 11 am to 2 pm. Tue–Fri 11 am–2 pm and 5–9 pm. Sat 5–9 pm. Catering and takeout available. staff applications welcome. For orders call 335-1455.
Shepeard Community Blood Center will host a blood drive at Walmart on Richland Avenue this Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information call 706 737 4551 ext 317.
Aiken County solid waste will close all convenience centers and the Barden Landfill on Saturday December 24 Sunday December 25 and Monday December 26. For more information call 642-1533.
The Palmetto State Parents of Multiples and Greater Columbia Area Mothers of Twins Club host a convention themed The Great Escape at the Clarion Hotel on Gervais Street in downtown Columbia March 2 and 3. Registration is 50 dollars per person through December 31, then 65 dollars after January 1, including meals on Saturday gift bags and access to classes and discussions. For details call 622 1877 or email sarabarr sc rr com.
Town and Country Club meets January 5 at Etherredge Center USC Aiken for the first Antiques Road Show. Members and guests urged to bring silver cut crystal older glassware porcelain oil paintings dolls pre 1920 vintage jewelry clocks and prints. Informational call 648-3227.
Sutton Marine will hold its annual Sportsman's Swap Meet on January 2 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call 648 6141.
The Barn of the Friends of the Gaston Library Stable will host a breakfast fundraiser at Fatz Cafe on Pine Log Road from 8 to 10 a.m. on February 25. Volunteers are needed to sell tickets and work the morning of the event.
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