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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 2005
Page
2
A reader reports the Christmas tree at a daughter's grave was not stolen but removed and kept safe at Sunset Memorial Gardens office near the Montmorenci railroad tracks. The note laments unsafe crossings and calls for action before further accidents occur.
Readers urged to avoid unkind remarks about Michael Gibbons and note Dave Barry will take a year off from his column. The Aiken Standard invites brief comments via Talkback or email and may edit for space.
Graniteville’s Blue Top Grill reopened to a hungry lunch crowd after 13 days closed for evacuation and cleanup from a train collision and chemical spill. Owner Linda Smith said regulars are slow to return but customers from nearby neighborhoods and schools are coming back and she expects Norfolk Southern to cover losses.
The Norfolk Southern Assistance Center relocates to the Community Services Building at 124 Ascauga Lake Road Graniteville from First Presbyterian Church in Aiken to be closer to residents affected by the derailment and chlorine spill. Appointments required to file claims. hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office will hire its own polygraph examiner, filling a decade long void. The officer will administer investigational testing for victims witnesses and suspects and eventually pre employment tests. The position starts January 28 and will use a federal block grant for gear costing ten to fifteen thousand dollars.
About 1,500 Graniteville residents displaced by a January train wreck and chemical leak receive a temporary extension on 2005 property tax payments. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom says extensions depend on return dates, potentially shifting deadlines by the number of evacuation days. Aiken County Council meanwhile leases land to the U.S. Forest Service for a new lab at Savannah River Research Campus for $1 yearly.
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