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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 2003
Page
2
Reader comments compare Aiken to Mart and advise alternatives to living abroad. They urge prayer and reflect on protest, urging boycott of products from certain countries and caution about where to buy gas and groceries.
Readers criticize budget cuts in Aiken County South Carolina while administrators attend expensive conferences and hotels in Myrtle Beach. They urge better school staffing and call for improvements to Hayti Avenue and local infrastructure. A letter asks about the effect of terror threats and urges Christian vigilance amid ongoing concerns.
Lewis Riley Jr., 27, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a two day trial in Aiken Circuit Court for criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. The victim cried at verdict as Riley’s attorney denied the crime and a judge denied a new trial.
Eighth graders at Schofield Middle School embrace Catherine Ryan Hyde's Pay It Forward theme through group roles and personal reflection. The novel inspires random acts of kindness, strengthens friendships, and even sparks a small international foundation effort as students share meals, help neighbors, and support family.
Scott Singer, longtime Aiken County Red Cross leader and Regions Financial manager, was honored at the Carolinas Conference in Myrtle Beach with the Clara Barton Award. He has chaired the Aiken Chapter and Triple Crown Golf Classic, served on the SC State Service Council, and represented South Carolina at the Red Cross national convention. He credited former chapter manager Mike Burkhart for inspiring his service.
A Lexington Aiken county crime spree ended with a guilty plea from a coupled pair. Donald Storey and Rhonda Kight faced multiple charges including burglary first degree, armed robbery, larceny and conspiracy. Judge John Kittredge sentenced Storey to twenty years and Kight to fifteen with credit for time served. Both had long criminal histories and faced possible life terms.
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