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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 2004
Page
2
Aiken County residents are urged to reject a seven year one-cent grocery tax. The notice questions the pork barrel politics and appeals for a no vote in November. Also queries which churches distribute Angel Food of Ministry amid local traffic and regional tensions.
A reader thanks officers for patrolling the H O Odell Weeks Activities Center, saying they have spoken with them and appreciate the protection and visibility provided during visits.
A reader criticizes the South Carolina DOT for a problematic light change at Park Avenue and Williamsburg Street and laments the risk of accidents. The letter also references a broader opinion debate about leftist intelligence and geopolitics.
Letters cite a family in a subdivision enjoying free cable for seven or eight years and question why the cable company has not acted. The note estimates paying customers lose 35 to 45 dollars monthly, and urges action from providers. Potential political references and reader feedback follow.
The Aiken Planning Commission will consider a proposal to regulate tattoo parlors as adult businesses, limiting them to industrial zones and banning locations within 1,000 feet of schools, churches or playgrounds. The move follows similar 1990s restrictions affecting adult businesses.
The Aiken Planning Commission meets Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Complex to consider adding Light Industrial zones to possible tattoo parlor sites. Action hinges on Sanford signing the bill by Tuesday noon. earliest enactment would be Aug. 9 after two readings and a public hearing.
An 18 year old Aiken County resident Justin Reed was trapped about a half hour after his 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 collided with a 1999 Chevy at the Ascauga Lake Road Howard Mill Road intersection. Reed, a driver from Aiken, was taken to the Medical Center of Georgia along with the Chevy driver E Earl Lockhart III and an unidentified passenger. GVW directed traffic around the scene as investigators looked into the crash.
Soprano Maureen Simpson headlines the Hopelands Gardens concert tonight at 7 p.m. with Jessica Weigle and other students supporting on stage. She performs works by Handel Brahms Kern Rodgers and Hart and Berlin with Ken Courtney at the piano. Admission is free. rain info via 643-4661 and 642-7631.
South Carolina gardeners face heat and pests that threaten plants. Mike Reed of Cold Creek Nursery advises deep watering two to three times weekly and daily for container plants, noting hydrangeas and annuals need extra moisture. Palmetto Nursery warns of spider mites and recommends treatments like Dysiston Granular and Kelthane to prevent and control invasions.
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