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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 2014
Page
3
Aiken residents vent in letters about rising millage and utility taxes, police raises, and busier times ahead. They demand better road maintenance on Pine Log Road, questioning ESL funding and school costs while urging safety and responsible growth with local job creation.
Readers praise Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Center founder Monsignor George Smith and the ongoing community support in Aiken. A note thanks a generous breakfast donor at Golden Corral and compliments Emily the groomer for Cutie. Readers are invited to comment via TalkBack.
Aiken County seeks a one-cent sales tax to fund school construction with ten percent for property tax relief. The bill passed House and conference committee but must clear the Senate on June 17. any senator can block it, possibly delaying votes until 2016. Senator Tom Young stays optimistic about passage.
Levi Allen, 14, celebrated with a Sno-Cap Drive-in birthday bash joined by the Aiken Horsepower Association and CSRA Road Angels. Family members say his late mother Regina Lynn Allen died in a May motorcycle crash on Washington Road Augusta, and organizers aimed to bring joy to Levi with classic cars, wrestlers gifts, and life member honors.
Applications are open for the next Leadership Aiken County class with a $650 program fee. The 10 month schedule runs September to June covering history, culture, diversity, human services, economic development, health care, government, education, law enforcement and quality of life. An opening retreat is planned September 14 to 16 with limited half scholarships. For details call 803-443-4533 or email director@campgravatt.org, or apply online at LeadershipAikenCounty.com. An art exhibit by Judy Adamick and Anne Rauton Smith runs until August at The Stables Restaurant, Rose Hill Estate, 221 Greenville St. N.W., with hours 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. CES Cheer seeks late members. evaluations ongoing. Email Heather Still at cescheer@gmail.com or call 803-640-6066 or visit cescheer.com.
Aiken native Maureen Simpson will perform with the Aiken Choral Society on Monday at 7 p.m. on the Roland H. Windham Performing Arts Stage at Hopelands. The free concert is part of the 40th Hopelands Summer Concert Series presented by Friends of Hopelands and Rye Patch Inc and supported by the South Carolina Arts Commission.
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