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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 2013
Page
3
A reader asks why the busy road near Aiken Technical College lacks a traffic light citing safety and congestion concerns. The letter notes Roads and Bridges magazine annual top road projects exclude any Aiken project from recognition.
Residents demand faster mosquito control in Aiken County amid West Nile concerns. Questions rise whether authorities will act promptly or risk larger public health impact.
The writer laments lost courtesy in public life noting hats in restaurants open mouths at meals and loud phone chatter. They ask when men stopped opening doors for women and when women stopped expecting it while observing a generational decline in writing skills.
Richard Pearce argues the Powderhouse Road connector has funding but no construction progress. He says the project is needed to relieve congestion and asks why no work has begun.
Readers comment urging voter ID requirements compare obtaining IDs for services to voting. Call 803-644-2384 or email editoriala aikenstandard com with brief, publishable remarks. Names not required and may be edited for space.
The Aiken Standard corrects a misspelled name of United Way volunteer intern Sarah Fox from a Wednesday page 3A item about the Stuff the Bus school supply drive. The newspaper invites readers to report factual errors by calling Melissa Hanna or emailing editorial.
Aiken County undertook personnel restructuring in 2013 2014 leading to about 17 000 in savings while adding and reclassifying positions with a net budget impact near 245 000. New hires include two appraisers and an operations supervisor with substantial related costs. Reclassifications total 108 003.
Aiken County unveils restructuring across Recreation Public Works and the attorney offices with new or redefined roles. Highlights include an assistant director for Public Works and a new buildings and grounds supervisor under Kip Gunter, plus several reclassifications and eliminations. Amy Banton reports.
Katharine Birkett, a mechanical engineering major at USC Aiken and nuclear engineering minor, is a Savannah River Remediation intern at the Savannah River Site. She aims to bridge government and contractors and is inventorying HEPA filters to support SRR’s shift to internal filter testing.
Voters chose the tri panel design by USC Aiken graphic design students over a courthouse tower logo 60 percent to 40 percent in an online poll of 802 votes. County staff and residents weigh final approval at August or September meeting.
A note invites readers to comment on the story at the Aiken Standard website or send opinions by mail to the Opinions desk in Aiken South Carolina. It provides mailing and email contact details and a box number for submission.
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