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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 2003
Page
2
A reader argues Sunday alcohol sales won t matter due to Saturday purchases and criticizes noise from outdoor TV systems and loud mufflers. They call for stricter enforcement of decibel rules and traffic safety tickets, citing aggressive driving and late event notices. They urge timely concert announcements and invite further comments.
Readers are invited to send vacation pictures from any destination. Include a description of people and location, bring prints to 326 Rutland Drive 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, or email JPEGs to editorial at aikenstandard.com with note. Include self addressed stamped envelope if prints should be returned.
Aiken County Council trimmed 2009 2010 budget spending while denying a tax hike. Aiken Technical College won a 9 mill increase and board representation after requesting 1.4 mills to fund maintenance. About 200000 came from USC Aiken funds. 421000 moved from Mattie C Hall funds to cover indigent care. Christmas bonuses were trimmed, with funds redirected to a performance fund and a pay program overhaul.
City of Aiken Parks and Recreation runs Summer Adventures Day Camp at H. Odell Weeks Activities Center for ages 5-12 with crafts sports swimming and 3 pm pickups. Theme days include Awesome Art Day with artist Sharon Padgett and field trips to Richardson’s Lake and the Ice Forum in Augusta. Sessions run two weeks through August with other age specific camps available. info at Odell Weeks Center 642 7630.
City projects slow traffic on Whiskey Road with resurfacing crews using heavy equipment. SCDOT official Jeff Terry notes lanes and signals will be adjusted as in May while traffic backs up briefly. funding relies on the state gas tax via fuel purchases. Additional resurfacing and widening are planned for I-20 and US278 with concrete repairs near the state line.
A Swansea administrator will become principal at North Aiken Elementary replacing Rhonda Ray who resigned effective June 30. Kristin Abernathy becomes Chukker Creek Elementary assistant principal, Larry Dennis moves to Millbrook Elementary, replacing Hammond Still who died. Delorise Childs named North Aiken curriculum coordinator. position cut previously. Board also discussed 2003-04 budget based on 1643 per pupil instead of 1772, with most new funds placed in contingency and 350000 to raise teacher pay to 1.0 percent.
The Hitchcock Foundation will conduct a two week management thinning in portions of Hitchcock Woods starting as early as today. A 60 acre tract will be harvested, removing mature and dead trees killed by drought and beetle infestation. Signs mark the area near Mrs Allen's Ride by Foxchase, riders and walkers warned to avoid the logging zone. Hitchcock Woods, an urban forest over 2000 acres, is managed by the Hitchcock Foundation.
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