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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 2007
Page
2
Aiken County Sheriff Michael Hunt told the Republican Club growth brings more crime and the 2007 2008 budget will include requests to expand his about 250 member department. He noted 385 inmates were behind bars and daily inmate costs average 55 dollars. The department seeks reaccreditation in three years.
Sheriff Michael Hunt says gangs are active in Aiken County with activity on the outskirts of Aiken and North Augusta. He discusses weekly talks with local officials to monitor gang activity and cites federal immigration policy as a national issue requiring funding and action.
Aiken County students from grades 7 to 9 joined Junior Leadership Aiken, trading two school holidays for team building on a teacher workday. They toured Graniteville and the Aiken Museum, visited the Aiken Standard, and discussed the African American Heritage Center project under coordinator Capt. Maryann Burgess.
South Aiken High School students in Sally Tice’s Success class spent three days repainting and renovating a South Aiken apartment for a teen center run by the Boys & Girls Club, with funding donated by Aiken High School spirit organizers. Antwan Frazier and Delilah Simmons praised the project as a positive community space for local youth. Norman Ray of the club and Patty Toepke of Aiken High aided the effort. The center will include a study room, computers, and a lounge, with volunteers to follow.
The Lower Savannah Council of Governments will get a 300000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to design a model Travel Management Coordination Center serving six counties Aiken Allendale Bamberg Barnwell Calhoun and Orangeburg. The center will coordinate transportation services linking riders with rides and share scheduling and dispatching technology. Information will be available online and via mobility staff as rural residents gain access to improved transit options and coordinated services.
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