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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 2009
Page
1
Aiken County voters rate bringing new industry to the county as the top priority for 2009 with 69.49 percent support. Other options include securing EMS funding 12.05 percent and cleaning city entrances 6.97 percent. Aiken Standard invites further input via aikenstandard.com poll.
After more than two decades with the Atlanta Braves, John Smoltz is set to end his Hall of Fame caliber career with the Boston Red Sox joining as a veteran pitcher. 1B Accountant has Brown.
Hamp Culbreath Jr of North Augusta Willie J Dunbar of Aiken Regina Lynn Huffman Eubanks of Summerville Ruth Ann Meachem of Batesburg Jack L Mooneyhan Sr of Easley Stephen Wesley Sinclair of Dubth Ga listed in death notices with brief funeral details and memorial notices.
City officials plan to modify a resolution to place MLK Jr. Memorial Highway signs along Highway 19 from the north city limits to Park Avenue. The bill seeks to avoid having two memorial designations in the same spot while detailing historic ties to Brinkley Memorial Highway named in 1939 for Dr. Fred C. Brinkley.
Aiken Board of Zoning Appeals approved Mary Frances Smoak Walde's special exception to enlarge the pleasure stable by 90 square feet and move it 20 feet farther from the house. The BZA also granted a variance to allow the building to occupy 54.9 percent of the heated floor area, up from 50 percent. The one story stable was approved, not the earlier two story barn proposal, marking the third BZA hearing on the issue.
Hitchcock Woods officials plan a cold weather prescribed burn season aiming to cover about 600 acres this year and push a catch up from last year’s short burn. The 2100 acre urban forest emphasizes hazard reduction to lessen accidental fires and protect nearby homes while benefiting plants and wildlife.
The Aiken Standard launches Create a Caption focusing on Eric Mangini's puzzled expression. Readers are invited to submit witty lines imagining what the Browns coach might be thinking, a lighthearted web feature amid playful bragging rights.
A quirky anonymous poster contest ends with a dog and a monkey face off in India. Steve C. riffs on taunting a dog with a snooty French taunt. Paul notes the County Council meeting turning ugly. Jane Monkey and Lance Armstrong win Dancing with the Stars Season 13.
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