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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 2004
Page
2
A customer complains of a debit card mismatch at a local Aiken gas station. An employee allegedly rang as cash by mistake, refused card payment, and threatened to remember the customer if they left without paying. The shopper incurred ATM fees and extra costs to complete the purchase.
A shopper notes fumes near a garden center doors affect employees and urges centers to improve ventilation and safety. The writer supports healthful workplaces and asks operators to act. The second fragment praises government efforts to photograph and fingerprint foreigners.
A reader asks where the reporter will be next, urging the newspaper to publish the reporter's next location so readers can submit opinions and participate in future coverage. The note emphasizes travel and gifts as personal desires if given wealth.
Call the Talkback hotline at (803) 648-2508 or email editorial at aik enstandard.com to leave remarks. Names are optional and will not be published. comments may be edited for space and content.
The Aiken Standard corrects a Dec 16 2003 photo that misidentified Warrenville Elementary School student Dylan Greer. He is shown reading a book at school in the corrected image.
The City of Aiken is replacing old fields at Old Airport Road with a $2.3 million Citizens Park Phase IV complex. The four new baseball fields for ages 11 and 12 will have 200 foot fences and meet Dixie Youth standards. Construction continues on a connector road linking all Citizens Park facilities to ease access. play is expected to begin in spring 2005.
Wagener Busbee Elementary students return to a brand new building connected to the renovated A L Corbett Middle School. The 50 year old campus replaces the old Busbee facility and offers spacious classrooms and a new playground. Local officials and parents toured the site praising the community effort and smooth opening.
Forecasters expect a return to cooler, near record lows midweek with arctic high pressure sliding into the Southeast. Overnight readings dip to mid 20s and Wednesday may reach the mid 40s with a frigid night in the upper teens. A weak upper level disturbance Friday carries a small snow flurry risk, though most models show little moisture. Weekend warms to the upper 40s Saturday and lower 50s Sunday.
Plans for the new third leg of the Aiken Triple Crown are shaping up for March 27 at Powderhouse Field. The Round Robin Polo Tour nament features three local teams over nine periods with intermissions offering polo demos to grow local interest. Local players, not pros, compete in a family friendly two hour event sponsored by USC Aiken Pacer Club.
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