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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 2012
Page
3
A caller reports constant Republican outreach at their residence and expresses frustration over frequent telemarketing attempts. The caller says they have no time to listen and want the practice to stop.
Aiken residents discuss turn signals and headlights as supposed Yankee inventions and illegal in South Carolina. A lifelong Aikenite claims locals could be cited by a group called Red Necks R Us for using these devices. He also alleges Spartanburg BMWs lack signals unless exported.
A reader urges Florida over New Hampshire as a better license path for SC carry permit holders and backs a national carry license. The letter promotes volunteer trash cleanup, criticizes litterers, and suggests cigarette butt and beer–price levies, inviting reader feedback via the TalkBack line.
The passage lists a weekday work window from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 326 Butland Drive with phone and fax numbers 648-2311 and 648-6052. It also provides contact lines for executive editor Michael Gibbons and sports editor Cam Huffman including newsroom lines.
Aiken High School student Teddy Hoel, active in Naval Junior ROTC as executive officer, received nominations from U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan to West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy. Hoel aims for West Point with plans to study mechanical engineering and likes the academies' challenge and hands on programs.
Aspiring singers from across the United States compete in Columbia College for a chance to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The 42-city Met auditions include 35 young vocalists ages 20 to 30 and are free to attend from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Judges include Burchinal Churchwell and Gibson. Five national winners win 15 000 prizes, with one finalist heading to the Met stage.
A North Augusta man Quincy O Wright aged 20 is arrested on charges including armed robbery kidnapping and multiple assault counts. Police say he held victims at gunpoint during a home robbery taking a woman's purse and electronics and assaulted a woman in a July car break in injuring a 5 month old boy. He was picked up January 20 by public safety and jailed in Aiken County.
A break-in at Showtime Dance and Activewear is under investigation. Aiken Public Safety reports a car break-in near Newberry Street and St Johns United Methodist Church after a window was shattered and a purse stolen. A 19-year-old man was hospitalized after an assault on Sommers Avenue. Jewelry theft valued at about $10,000 occurred at Porky Bradberry's with two employees as witnesses. Identity theft and wire theft from an AT&T substation on Silver Bluff Road are also being investigated.
In response to two officers slain in the line of duty in Aiken and Augusta a new charity is organized. Chris Chavous a deputy with the Aiken County Sheriff's Office recalled the recent line of duty deaths of Richmond County Sheriff's Deputy.
Chavous and Scotty Richardson describe the challenges their departments face in aiding responders after traumatic events. Melanie and Augusta volunteer fireman Michael Ford discuss CISM psychological first aid and continuing family support beyond official protocols. Support networks like 3 Network Support aid the effort, with more information at support.org.
Public notice details for the Aiken Standard including mailing address P O Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802 and a contact telephone number 005 646 2517 for information. The notice reiterates ISSN 0893 2557 and publication details including its founding in 1867 and postal handling.
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