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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 2015
Page
3
Local reader in Aiken invites residents to photograph their pickup truck seen around town bearing a Missing Village Idiot bumper sticker, expressing appreciation for the positive reception and indicating openness to photo opportunities.
A reader compiles civic grievances and political observations about waste cleanup, pipeline influence, campaign finance, same sex marriage, abortion, taxation, school governance, and charity funds. asks for public comment via hotline and email, noting anonymity and editorial editing.
The Aiken Standard corrects an error from Wednesday page 110 stating Karen Tempel’s beef and barley soup recipe lacked 1/2 cup barley uncooked. The paper apologizes and invites readers to report factual errors to Melissa Hanna by phone or email to editorial.
Dr Deidre Martin ends 27 year tenure at USC Aiken with a campus farewell. Colleagues praise her service as Circle K adviser and community leader. A bench in Eulalie’s Garden honors her career, plus a $10,000 donation funds the Deidre Mercer Martin Leadership Scholarship in Communications.
The South Carolina House approved H. 3191 by a 90 to 16 margin, cutting FOI request response time from 15 to 10 days and enabling disputes to be resolved without circuit court suits. Supportive lawmakers from Aiken cited greater government transparency while some cautioned about staffing costs for agencies.
Elliott Levy, former Aiken County Historical Museum executive, told the audience that the diverse local horse industry makes Aiken special. He cited carriage driving, polo, eventing, and racing, noting notable figures like Thomas Hitchcock Sr and Will Rogers, and highlighted a 2008 USC Aiken study pegging economic impact at over 72 million dollars, while insisting the true effect is far larger.
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