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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 2007
Page
3
Jeff Wallace argues in today's edition that gas at three dollars a gallon remains a bargain when compared with older prices such as milk at a quarter per quart and a new car at twelve hundred dollars. He notes the town's spending on a rail depot despite lacking rail service.
Local residents thank area businesses including True Value and Farmers Furniture for resolving delivery problems during a move. Special appreciation goes to the supervisor at the Silver Bluff Post Office for locating the wife’s medicine sent to the old address. The note calls the town full of caring people.
A city proposal suggests routing traffic to the Woodside gates for the Woodside Development Commercial Center. Critics warn it could turn Silver Bluff into a five lane expressway while keeping the roadway from becoming a beautified through street.
Readers vent at Moore for alleged misdeeds and money issues urging action against loan sharks. The letter invites comment on local finance and political fixes while praising a beloved figure and calling for accountability.
The Aiken County School Board opened five community input sessions for the superintendent search following the resignation of Dr. Linda Eldridge. Retired teacher Sarah Sullivan and Area 5 officials urged locally familiar leaders. The committee, now chaired by Dr. Randy Stowe, plans to screen applicants and present about 10 candidates to the board.
In Aiken South Carolina the postmaster modifies postage charges to the Abn Standard, sending notices to PO Box 436. Details list 8c and 29002 as reference numbers for the rate change.
Southern Nights, formed in 2003 by members of the Aiken Community Band and sponsored by Friends of Hopelands and Rye Patch, delivered smooth big band rhythms at the Hopelands Summer Concert Series. Led by W. A. Foss, the group performed arrangements of Willow Weep For Me and Tuxedo Junction and echoed a New Orleans style funeral band on The Saints Go Marching In.
The Faith Riders present a 7 p m seminar on October 26 at Sand Run Arena 615 John Scott Road led by Wild Horse Ministries founder Paul Daily. Attendees can watch a horse training method and may attend a faith commitment. admission is free and spectators should bring a chair. Concessions available. call Cindy Ray at (803) 266-3591 for details.
Police recovered four knives a red bandana and a red and black beaded necklace after a disturbance between two large groups near Abbeville Avenue and Pendleton Street last weekend. One man claimed another threatened him with a gun but no gun was found. Two suspects were charged with failure to comply.
Daniel L. Thompson 21 of Edgefield died in a single vehicle crash Saturday near Sweetwater Road. State troopers say his 2001 Dodge veered left then overcorrected, struck a tree, careened down an embankment, overturned and caught fire.
The Weye Traesen Company Foundation awards 2000 dollars to Public Education Partners for a Synergistic Modules Lab at North Augusta Middle School. The hands on modules cover water management environmental issues and alternative energy.
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