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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 2008
Page
3
The Aiken Standard condemns ongoing bias in Silver Bluff Road coverage. Readers note persistent favoritism and urge impartial reporting to restore trust and fairness in local transportation coverage.
The speaker rails against cyclists for safety concerns and accuses them of hypocrisy. They argue motorists should be prioritized, claim the stimulus money was taken and should be returned to the IR, and urge opponents to send funds back. The tone is confrontational and political.
Emergency coordinators David Ruth and Paul Matthews outline a plan to prepare for ice storms, chemical spills, and other disasters. They note a volunteer shortage and call for Red Cross and Salvation Army aid, inviting people to train and help in any capacity before disasters strike.
Readers urged lawmakers to raise minimum sentences for rapists and murderers and criticized release of sex offenders. Aiken Standard invites public comments via TalkBack providing a hotline number and email while noting names are not required and edits may occur for space.
Local historian Owen Clary will speak at the Aiken County Historical Society winter general meeting this Sunday at 2 30 p m in the Aiken County Historical Museum. The program includes a violin performance by Lindsey Hubbs and refreshments after.
The Aiken Standard lists slight rate differences outside home delivery zones and provides contact for mail dispensed office rates. It also details Sunday delivery dates for subscribers in 2008 and prints lottery results including Pick 3 and Pick 4 midday and evening numbers, Palmetto Cash 5, and Fantasy 5 draws.
Betty Gyles notes a decade long tennis program for ages seven to eighteen at Smith Hazel Recreation Center. Leonard Bush coaches several days weekly with five regular participants led by standout Fredericka Tucker, age 49, who recently won a Fischbach Family Medicine Jr. Open consolation title and ranks eighteenth in her state. Tucker aims to become a professional or veterinarian, while giving back to the community. Contact Smith Hazel Recreation Center at 642-7634 for information.
Leadership Aiken County selects two 2007 2008 year projects to benefit Aiken County residents. The Suzanne Messick Library at the Cancer Care Institute of Carolina will provide shelving and books for patient education and entertainment. The Helping Hands makeover will refresh a children dorm to aid abused children. Key members include Shirley Abney James Allen Shirley Aschen Stephen Bailey Jacquelyn Barron Joyce Brady and Lynn Burkes. Donations requested include construction supplies hardcover books improvement items and money. Books may be dropped at the Aiken Area Council on Aging 159 Morgans at Manpower 152 Rudy Mason Parkway N E or the Cancer Care Institute 111 Miracle Drive. For information contact Lynn Burkes Robert Keenan or Joyce Brady.
The Aiken Lions Club, part of Lions Clubs International, meets on the first and third Mondays each month at 6 pm in Cumberland Village for dinner and a guest speaker. Members welcome donations of old eyeglasses at Wal-Mart Vision Center on Whiskey Road and Spec's Vision Center on Silver Bluff Road.
The Aiken AAUW chapter continues accepting books for the Books N Things Fair with three final collection days. Donations drop at the former Club Fitness building Hitchcock Plaza. The sale runs February 29 9 am 6 pm and March 1 9 am to 4 pm with proceeds funding local grants and projects. For details contact Ben Peyser at 642-7170.
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