Community Letter Questions Traffic Safety and School Funding
A reader asks why law enforcement tickets pickups with children in back yet ignores such violations in pickups. They question school bus seat belts, free breakfast programs, lunch menu variety, tax waste, and zoning rules for children run ventures in Aiken.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Leave the Hawaiian ice stand fellow alone
A reader argues that a boy running a Hawaiian ice stand on Whiskey Road should be left alone and not hindered by planning rules. The comment suggests Mr. Mitchell must follow laws including child labor and OSHA when operating the business. Readers are invited to comment via hotline or email.
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Mitchell
OSHA
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Aiken
Highway 118 bypass upgrade nears completion
Alice Tindall lives beside the soon to be completed Highway 118 bypass that will connect S C Highway 4 to U S Highway 1. The project, due Oct 30, has required selling two acres of her Wire Road property and shifting her home’s outlook to a landscape of clay and construction. She hopes to stay, but if noise becomes unbearable she plans to move.
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Alice Tindall
Tindall
Wire Road
S.C. Highway 4
U.S. Highway 1
Johnny
Larry
Mike Gibbons
Highway 118
Robberies in Warrenville and Aiken area linked by investigators
Sheriff and public safety officers pursue tips on back to back robberies early Sunday in Warrenville and at Kent's Korner in Aiken. A white male, 22 to 30, gray clothing, and a potential tire iron weapon are described. Reward offered for information and tips can remain anonymous.
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Aiken
Warrenville
Joey Addie
Graniteville
Gurley’s
Augusta Road
Addie
Michael
Kent
Korner
Pine Log Road
Silver Bluff Road
Turno
South Carolina
Kathy Jetcoats
Kjefcoats
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People's Community Capital Corp Posts Earnings Rise
People's Community Capital Corp the bank holding company for People's Community Bank of South Carolina in Aiken reported for the quarter ended June 30 2003 net income of 296 494 or 0 27 per share up from 249 150 or 0 23 in 2002 a 19 percent gain For the six months ended June 30 2003 net income was 528 672 or 0 48 per share versus 442 443 or 0 40 in 2002 a 20 percent rise Total assets reached 109 million up 7 percent from year end 2002 and 15 percent from June 30 2002 Loans grew to 62 million up 4 percent from year end and 12 percent from June 30 2002 Deposits stood at 94 million up 8 percent from December 31 2002 and 17 percent from last year’s quarter Non performing loans totaled 1 861 at June 30 2003 versus 511 707 a year earlier The company’s stock trades on the OTC Bulletin Board under PPLM with three offices in Aiken and North Augusta South Carolina.
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People’s Community Capital Corporation
People’s Community Bank
People’s Community Bank of South Carolina
Aiken
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