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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 2014
Page
3
A reader urges moving children who ride bikes during Hopelands concerts to another park, preferably in San Francisco, to avoid disturbing others. The letter questions union dues and calls for focus on IRS, Iraq, and border issues while criticizing a new election office building and voting rights.
The Aiken Standard acknowledges errors in Civil Rights Act related wording and a pay increase note. It states the corrected sentence about residents living here 50 years ago when the Act became law. It also notes an editor's note error about the Senate voting down a pay increase. Call or email to report factual problems.
Wal-Mart seeks 300 sales associates for its new North Augusta location with a temporary hiring center at 517 Edgefield Road operating Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. Online applications are available at careers.walmart.com. Store manager Daniel La Dow says full and part time positions will create jobs, shopping options, and low prices near Highway 25 off exit 5.
A temporary hiring center at 517 Edgefield Road accepts applications Monday to Friday 8 am to 6 pm and Saturday 8 am to noon. Online applications are at careers.walmart.com with a fall opening planned. Most new associates start in September to prepare for the grand opening. The Veterans Welcome Home Commitment offers qualified honorably discharged veterans within 12 months of active duty a job, subject to standard hiring criteria. For details visit walmart.com or careerswithamission.
Bruce Duchossois, longtime figure in Aiken’s horse world, died at 64 at his Wellington Florida winter home. He shaped U S equestrian groups and led locally with Aiken Hounds and the Aiken Horse Park, admired for generosity and enthusiasm by peers including Cot Campbell and Linda Knox McLean.
Wealthy Illinois horseman and philanthropist Duchossois, inducted into the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame in 2014, earned an Equestrian Aid Foundation Luminary Award last year. His horses included Hannigan Connaught Mighty Nice and Kim's Song who was Horse of the Year in 1973. Survivors include his father Richard L. Duchossois, Arlington Park chairman. Dede Biles reports from the Aiken Standard.
Police searched Thursday after a 911 call described a man assaulting a woman in a Richland Avenue Wal Mart parking lot. The caller followed in a red pickup and said he was shot in the Quality Inn parking lot. No suspect, victim, or vehicles were located and no hospital victims were confirmed.
Center Fire Department claimed two EMS stations were closed indefinitely but officials say the posts were misleading. Thompson explains staffing gaps trigger temporary stand downs with mutual aid from Capital City South Star Aiken Rescue and Jackson First Alert Rescue to maintain county wide coverage while a salary boost aims to improve staffing.
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