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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 2015
Page
3
A collection of reader comments from the Aiken Standard urging action on litter, taxes, and road conditions. Contributions discuss adopting highways, bicycle use on public roads, praise for a litter picker, and responses to TalkBack submissions, with contact details for submissions.
USCA Convocation Center hosted Beth Spangler, invited to perform before the men's home basketball game against UNC Pembroke. Randy Warrick, USCA athletic director, praised the appearance. Spangler mingled with fans, signed autographs, and was escorted onto the court by Richard Swearingen. She is based in Atlanta and Aiken and is working on an EP and a March 19 URS Center concert.
Regional MathCounts competition at Aiken Technical College on Saturday pits six schools in morning written rounds for team and individual winners. Top 16 individuals advance to an open countdown in the Student Activities Center at 1 p.m. Jeff Pike, a Savannah River Site engineer, coordinates the event to promote engineering, math, and science. Kennedy Middle School and Schofield Middle School led last year’s results with individual winner Frankie Reid and runner-up John Lu, who also finished first and second in the countdown.
East Aiken Elementary School of the Arts held a Black History Month program in which first graders sang about Martin Luther King Jr to This Old Man. Fifth graders Tristan Russell and Sophie Redd emceed, with student reflections on flexibility during segregation and a story about two girls, one black and one white, finding friendship.
Sophie noted how blaming others or adopting a poor attitude when plans fail mirrors the civil rights era. Speaker cited Martin Luther King Jr’s honorable fight for change. Program directed by Kathy Linton featured students Anna Stancel, Alivia Egbert, Ryan Durden, and others. Rob Novit is the education reporter.
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