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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 2003
Page
2
Community voices condemn a proposed zoning ordinance that would require building fronts to face streets with parking to rear. Residents worry about higher costs and aesthetics, urging officials to reconsider and keep building fronts visible. A separate editorial cites concerns over local crime, governance, and a Best of the Best feature.
Aiken readers vent about locating the post office 800 number and complain of service hurdles. The talkback topic also asks if selling alcohol on Sundays should be allowed seven days a week, noting contrasts with cigarette sales and church timetables.
Aiken County teachers collected a mix of wildlife including a baby cotton mouse, a green frog, a southern toad, a wolf spider, beetles, centipedes and a large eastern rat along a rift fence near the University of Georgia Conference Center. The group, from Midland Valley Preparatory School, joined a three day Savannah River Ecology Lab workshop led by Tony Mills, Scottie Moore and Sean Poppy to study habitats such as sandhills, bottomland hardwood and wetlands for ecological awareness.
Susan Jordan oversees 177 buses in Aiken County as summer work to inspect and repair buses continues. With three mechanics instead of five due to a Kuwait deployment and an open position, four extra workers assist two days weekly. Regular safeties occur every 365 days and every six weeks, with drivers reporting issues. Some buses exceed 100,000 miles and parts are scarce, requiring junkyard searches and dealer jokes before repairs.
A $196 800 Rural Development loan will fund water mains and two fire hydrants for the Deodar subdivision on Woodward Drive and Pine Log Road. Montmorenci Couchton District will supply water while Aiken will handle sewer service for the new split‑service subdivision.
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