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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 2005
Page
2
Readers debate school taxes in Aiken County and criticize ads while praising local responders and programs. A caller asks for Ginny Southworth’s photo and shares concerns over disability cases, elections, and local leadership.
A Mead Hall 50th anniversary dinner honored teacher and Hall of Fame inductee Diane Toole Miller. Founding rector Rev. George Murphy and early board members including Ben Toole helped establish the St. Thaddeus parish day school on the Aiken estate in 1955.
Two headline comedians performed at the Laughter is the Best Medicine fund raiser in the Aiken County Municipal Building to aid nursing scholarships at USC Aiken and Aiken Tech and support the Aiken Free Medical Clinic. Jerry Farber and Scott Francis headlined with local doctors serving as waiters.
The United Way of Aiken County has ended its contract with Childcare by Choice, part of the early childhood initiative, as the grant from the South Carolina DSS is transferred to Interfaith Community Services. The eight months left in the grant will be handled by Interfaith, with Success by 6 continuing under United Way staff. The change follows the resignation of program director Michelle Harper and involves coordination to keep services available for parents and children in nine counties.
Ann Whitten of East Aiken Elementary was named one of five finalists for the 2005 South Carolina Exceptional Educator of the Year award. Tara Gregori of Boulder Bluff Elementary won at the State Department of Education and CEC conference. Whitten trains teachers in reading methods and leads a multi sensory approach for learning disabled students.
City Editor Michael Gibbons explains the Aiken Standard shows both G-Force Cable in Aiken and Comcast in North Augusta. On G-Force ABC is channel 8 and NBC is channel 2, while on Comcast ABC is 2 and NBC is 8. The Travel Channel is 28 on G-Force in the daily grid.
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