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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 2003
Page
2
A reader questions the citys preservation of historic sites in Aiken while noting a large historic home is being offered for sale as a business location. The letter also cites high gas bills and critiques a governor candidate who promised transparency. The writer asserts tax burdens and urges action.
Readers criticize city leaders over a $3 million siding project and alleged pork barrelling while questioning checks and balances. Aiken residents demand tougher questions, discuss car lock liability, soccer and baseball fees, road projects, and urge money be directed to teachers in a periodical Talkback offering.
Aiken County Family Court Judge Peter Nuessle ordered a 13-year-old eighth grader held indefinitely in state custody amid a planned school shooting plot involving classmates and a resource officer. The mother pleaded for placement in a Charleston roster home run by her sister, while prosecutors note the boy’s disturbing obsessions.
Ridge Spring Monetta Middle School wins the local Future City competition held at Ruth Patrick Science Education Center with a team create Elypsium from household materials. Laura Storey and Andrea Barr lead teammates Devin Cooks Quintin Evans Danielle Ligons Sally Yon Ben Derrick as they advance to Raleigh on January 18 for the regional event.
Since October more than 30 Aiken County students aged 14 to 18 have joined a Workforce Investment Act youth program. The first group receives Reading Success and skill training three days weekly, with weekend activities and a paid work experience starting this school year. A follow-up year will assess outcomes and behavior changes.
A CSRA Foundation donation of seven thousand dollars will update and modernize Aiken Red Cross computers. Jim Ross, spokesman, notes current PCs fail and staff must transfer data between units. Upgrades will link systems, improve backups, and boost health and safety training and disaster response for the public. The grant followed a March application and multi stage review.
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