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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 2014
Page
3
A number of local topics are touched on including Six Points salvage yard described as the largest in Aiken with concerns about rats and snakes. Readers are urged to consider a University Hospital in Aiken to reduce high medical costs.
Road safety notice from the Aiken Standard urges cyclists to ride single file, not two or three abreast, citing danger to riders and drivers on Whiskey Road. Readers are invited to share comments via TalkBack hotline 803-644-2384 or editorial@aikenstandard.com. Names not required. comments may be edited.
The Aiken County Board of Education approved two ballot questions for the November general election. Voters will decide on a one cent sales tax increase and a bonding option to fund construction and maintenance projects across multiple schools and facilities.
The Board of Education appointed multiple educators as assistant principals on Tuesday. Assignments include part time roles at North Augusta High School, Silver Bluff High School, Scho field Middle School, and North Augusta Middle School, among others, with several incumbents also taking on additional duties.
The Aiken Artist Guild members Conni Purci Arele and Michael Wayne Farmer display works at the Stables Restaurant, Rose Hill Estate, 221 Greenville St. N.W., from Monday through October 20. Events include a Girls Scouts Get Out program for nonregistered girls in grades K to five, a 6 to 8 pm snack and meal session costing 10 dollars, and a call to Heather Hall for allergy concerns or RSVP.
The Aiken County Parks Recreation and Tourism Department and FLEX offer the Silver Sneakers Fitness Program for seniors 65 and older at the Aiken County Recreation Center in Graniteville. Classes include Zumba and tai chi, free to Medicare holders with multiple plans, meeting Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. For details, call Tandra Cooks at 803-663-6142. The Nar-Anon Family group meets Tuesdays in room 119 at St. John's United Methodist Church from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. More information at nar-anon.org.
USC Aiken graduate Chris Leaphart and eight peers studied radiocesium in American coots at the Savannah River Site pond. They project medians dropping to safe levels by 2029, while fellow intern Austin Coleman tested 193 tadpoles for chytridiomycosis with all negative results.
The adviser Stacey Lance stresses the disease is causing mass amphibian extinction globally and highlights the need to understand factors increasing the disease and prevention methods. Derrek Asberry, Aiken Standard reporter, joined in 2013 and is from Vidalia Georgia.
Melissa Hanna serves as executive editor for the Aiken Standard, guiding newsroom operations and editorial strategy for the publication. She coordinates coverage decisions, supervises reporters, and oversees content quality and branding.
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