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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 2005
Page
2
A reader praises Ben Baugh’s Paradise Farms Horse Trials coverage in the Aiken Standard calling him the best writer the paper has seen and urging recognition. The letter invites readers to leave comments via Talkback or email, noting names need not be published.
The Aiken Horsepower Association hosts a Sunday Cruise-In from 1 to 5 p.m. on Laurens Street in downtown Aiken to raise funds for the Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons. Raffle tickets support the charity. call 803 648 4761 for details.
The city approves sale of a 50 000 square foot speculative building at Ventures Industrial Park for 890000 to an unnamed Company X relocating from the north. The deal aims to create 30 to 35 jobs and fund new investments at the park and airport. Work would start this spring with production later this season.
The American Association of University Women hosts its 44th annual Book Fair Friday 9 am to 6 pm and Saturday 9 am to 2 pm at the old Belk store in Kalmia Plaza Richland Avenue. Brigitte Wilson notes vast categories from best sellers to biographies with many hardbacks a dollar and paperbacks fifty cents. Proceeds fund scholarships for women and girls. attic treasures offer cookware jewelry and linens.
Aiken City Council, in two unanimous votes, advanced Hopelands Gardens and Rye Patch toward historic status under the preservation ordinance. Readings set for March will grant these Whiskey Road sites extra protections, including the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and related structures at Hopelands, and the Guest House and stables at Rye Patch.
Aiken County proposes raising Langley Pond per row charges from two to three dollars with a 300 dollar per event minimum to cover regatta costs. The plan accompanies a five-event schedule drawing teams from Carnegie Mellon, Robert Morris, and other programs, plus a public hearing tonight.
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