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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 2003
Page
2
Readers react with disappointment over Seabiscuit's absence from Aiken and critique local venues and media. Commenters also defend hospital nurses and lament job losses, while some accuse the paper of yellow journalism and fault county laws on property upkeep.
The renovated Rose Hill estate in downtown Aiken opened to the public led by Eva and Stephen Mueller. City officials praised the event as a historic reveal with the chapel, gardens, and 34-room manor attracting interest for events, retreats, weddings, and long term stays.
Hugh Boggs and his wife Angie rebuilt a 1967 Trade Wind-Land Yacht over nine months after discovering it in a yard sale. The couple then refurbished their Jasper Street cottage and collected antiques, proving their love of restoration and quality.
At Fort Discovery Augusta a new exhibit features paper dinosaurs and cookie like props. The weekend program includes coloring pages dinosaur making and temporary tattoos with kids enjoying eggs hatching and baby dinos as animatronic habitats loom in the background. The special activities run only through today at 5 pm though the exhibit continues through September.
The James L. Hammons Marine Corps League will lower flags to half staff at the Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park on Richland Avenue to honor National Korean War Armistice Day. Veterans highlight the war as forgotten but pivotal, noting 35000 U.S. casualties and POWs missing.
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