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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 2016
Page
3
Editorial urges placing the SANS safety pause as a top story criticizing the waste of taxpayers' money on the project. It argues the funds should have been used more prudently and questions accountability.
A letter comments on Congressmembers giving themselves a raise while retirees get nothing. It questions the governor and calls for kicking them out. It notes the 2012 merger of Aiken Preparatory School with Mead Hall and asks why the name was changed to Mead Hall Episcopal School. It mentions banter about Jesse Jackson and discusses the Aiken Republican Club hosting various presidential candidates.
A reader criticizes drivers who use the passing lane to sightsee and ignore speed limits. The note urges police to ticket such behavior and comments that Aiken has many needy residents while TalkBack callers demand attention to needs.
The notice provides TalkBack hotline and email contact for reader comments. It includes lottery results from South Carolina and Georgia games across midday and evening draws, listing multiple game numbers and Powerball details.
The public may comment or request a public meeting on the interim remedial action for Tank 16 at SRS, closed in September after cement grout was poured to reduce risk. The plan calls for annual top surface inspections, maintenance as needed, and visual checks of tank barriers and surrounding water accumulation. Comments are due by March 31 and can be sent to Amy Joslin at Savannah River Remediation or to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Aiken County Habitat affiliate completes the 10th Women Build groundbreaking at St. John's Place in Warren Ridge. Ashley Noel and sons Brendon and Jaden anticipate their own bedroom this summer as Judy Miller and Judy Sennett chair the project with support from Aiken Pest Control Holley Heating and Air Newberry Hall Buzz Rich and the Aiken Board of Realtors. Habitat executive director Richard Church notes the program's decade of community effort and fundraising while Noel and her mother Belinda Knoepfle commit to live in the home and contribute volunteer labor.
Matt Sandusky speaks at Newberry Hall about CAC of Aiken County. Dog Ears reading at Animal Shelter invites children to read to pets with reservations. AAUW book fair at Goody’s site and Agamacon convention at H Odell Weeks with guests Ian McGinty and Nathan Wright run March 4 to 6. Tickets vary. Proceeds benefit local causes.
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