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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 2014
Page
3
Readers thank site attendants at Aiken County convenience centers for helping the elderly and those needing disposal assistance. The letter also notes hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and supports use of the penny for debt millage reduction. A reader praises a treasurer’s office employee for going beyond to provide information and help.
A reader expresses gratitude to a woman who returned a forgotten purse left in a buggy last Saturday. They invite readers to share messages via the TalkBack hotline 803-644-2384 or email editorial aikenstandard.com. Readers’ names won’t be published and comments should be brief.
The Aiken Standard corrects booking notices printed January 30 2014 which wrongly listed individuals as jailed on January 28 2014. The misprint affected Kari Driggers Daniel Album Steven Jackson Christopher Hicks Derrell Padgett Troy Williams Jr Lavenda Pollock Adam Rozovich Tracy Jordan Clarence Drake Jr Donald Wood Donald Shuler Jr and Hody Mulholland. The correct January 28 bookings appear on page 4A.
Two people remained in the trauma center of Georgia Regents Medical Center after separate collisions. Carlos Sequeira, driver of a white sedan, struck mailboxes and a tree on Chime Bell Church Road and stayed in serious condition. Ralis Tucker, Jeep driver, suffered a brain bleed and arm injury and remained hospitalized. the pickup driver had minor injuries. Investigations by the South Carolina Highway Patrol continued as weather effects were considered.
Savannah River Site trains first operator class in 15 years and hires 40 new trainees. Of these, 17 graduated from Aiken or Augusta Technical Colleges, with nine from Augusta Tech nuclear engineering and eight from the radiation protection program at Aiken Tech. Local hires support new missions as vacancies due to retirements, with Andrew Brown crediting his Aiken Tech studies for securing his operator trainee role.
Brown lauds Savannah River Nuclear Solutions for its operator training at SRS. He notes the program’s safety and conduct of operations as outstanding. The new class will join facilities across the Savannah River Site and Savannah River National Laboratory. Derrek Asberry reports for the Aiken Standard.
The 12th annual Black History Parade is set for February 15 at 2 PM, with entry registration due by Wednesday. Florence Street to Smith Hazel Recreation Center, contact Charonica Pope at 803-641-3888 after 2 PM or Linthia Perry at 803-663-7552 or 803-642-7634 for details. Gregg Park Civic Center in Graniteville offers free blood pressure tests Tuesday and February 18 from 4 to 6 PM. The Pink Ribbonettes meet Tuesday at noon at Millbrook Baptist Church, 1901 Whiskey Road, information at www.pinkribbonettes.org.
Residents in Aiken are invited to a two session public meeting on Thursday to review low and moderate income neighborhood expenditures under the Community Development Block Grant. Sabina Craig notes entitlement city funds come from HUD and support emergency repairs and contractor work up to five thousand dollars for leaky roofs plumbing and heating. Sign language or other assistance can be arranged with 48 hours notice by contacting Neighborhood and Development Services at 803 642 7606. Maayan Schechter, city reporter.
Community Development Block Grant public meeting scheduled Thursday at noon and 6 p.m. in the Smith Hazel Meeting Room at 400 Kershaw Street. For more information call 803 642 7606.
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