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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 2009
Page
3
Letter questions why restaurant workers are paid low wages and why tips around 2 dollars exist. The writer argues for 15 to 20 percent tips and urges boycotting restaurants to push owners to pay better. He criticizes the governor for cutting benefits and links voting Republican to negative outcomes for the unemployed.
Attorney referenced as having defended Donney Council in sentencing is identified as failure of original counsel to adequately represent him. The Dec 30 local news notes a court revisit due to defense shortcomings, with debate on sentencing implications.
The Aiken Standard corrects a crossword error from Monday and Saturday puzzles with contact numbers for reporting fact errors. It notes the daily crossword and Jumble appear on page 4A and invites readers to point out inaccuracies in South Carolina and world events reporting.
Aiken Preparatory School has attained both SACS and SAIS accreditation after a two year process. Head of School Deborah Boehner credited the external verification with confirming the school’s quality and readiness for transfer students and out of state colleges. Dottie Andreassen coordinated the SAIS SACS effort and praised community involvement during the review.
Mary Frances Smoak Walde seeks BZA approval to modify a one story stable at 903 Two Notch Road including a 90 square foot size increase and closer proximity to the house. She also requests a variance to set total size at 54.9 percent of the heated floor area and to move paddocks closer to a neighbor’s barbecue area. The board previously denied a prior special exception for a two story barn. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building second floor.
The Aiken County Council set for Tuesday January 6 at 7 p m at 736 Richland Ave will consider a range of items including a resolution honoring Vice Chairman Gary Bunker for 2008 service public hearings on a proposed ordinance to convey part of Langley Pond Park to the Aiken Land Conservancy and various budget and personnel actions such as staffing at the Courtney Senior Center and Roy Warner Park and a reclassification request. The agenda also lists continuation of a previous motion to consider a screen fence project with SCDOT along Highway 1 and the bypass and the approval of community development block grant funds for Seminole Mill site cleanup and a 2009 nonprofit funding allocation from council contingency funds.
Readers are urged to submit items via editorial@aikenstandard.com or call 644-2401 for newsroom contact. Managing Editor Michael Gibbons can be reached at 644-2381 for information, with delivery questions and subscriptions handled by 648-2311 and 326 Rutland Drive.
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