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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 2012
Page
3
A reader vents frustration at perceived misplaced national priorities. He cites military casualties overseas and objects to public mourning for Whitney Houston while honoring service members. He calls for focusing on those who defend freedom and urges awakening public attention.
A neighborhood watch story notes burglars targeted homes and an 80 year old woman was assaulted during a break in. An officer spotted a suspect with a backpack of stolen items and intervened. Community members are encouraged to join watch programs and report to law enforcement.
Aiken resident Nola Grant was crowned Miss Black South Carolina at Benedict College on Sunday. USC Aiken graduate and Savannah River Remediation staffer Grant says the title lets her urge youth to pursue education and never give up. She will compete in Miss USA in August in a date and venue to be announced.
Unclear OCR fragment shows contact numbers 648-2311 and 648-6052 for Rutland Drive with hours 30 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Monday Friday and an email domain standard.com. No clear event or person details available.
Aiken Standard delivers by 6 a.m. on weekdays and weekends with home delivery areas receiving papers by 7 a.m. on weekdays and weekends. If a paper is missing call 803 648 2311 for re delivery during specified hours.
Aiken County Board of Education weighs federal fund changes affecting staff, adding six tech positions, and a proposed 1 to 1.5 million project to move 11 000 district computers from Novell to Microsoft. The plan would upgrade most PCs to Windows 7 and Office 2010 while replacing aging machines.
Aiken County Council canceled discussion on ordinances tied to Project Bench and Bridgestone incentives, keeping the company behind the project unidentified. Final readings for related bond issues and office complex plans on University Parkway are slated for March 6 amid a $26 million county funding plan. Haley Hughes reports on the county government.
Austin James Harrell, 21, of Glencairn Drive in Aiken, was arrested for shoplifting a shirt and ice cream at Walmart on Richland Avenue while carrying a loaded Hi-Point 9mm pistol. Officers found a magazine and marijuana residue, and the suspect held another’s driver license.
Crews halted traffic on U S 278 over Upper Three Runs Creek at the Savannah River Site on Monday to complete a boring hole cap after artesian pressure from a water leak dated February 14. If 24 hours of monitoring confirm success, the bridge will reopen to traffic mid morning today.
A North Augusta woman reported a shattered window and stolen speakers from her car on Jefferson Davis Highway. Other incidents include a Edgefield Road business window break, items stolen from an apartment drive vehicle, and unlocked cars on Bryan Drive Parker Drive Pickens Avenue N.W Webbs Park Drive. In Clearwater a tan purse and black track phone were stolen from a vehicle on Jefferson Davis Highway. The next day deputies arrested a man after finding the victim’s wallet in his possession and the bank account overdrafted by 273 dollars.
Aiken introduces February as Deference with Tuesday WINNINg Nun tallying Noon Cash 3 5 6 0 and Cash 4 6 6 0 with multiple mid day figures and evening totals. The document lists Fantasy 6 and Millions Mone Bal 37 Megaplier 3 among daily figures.
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