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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 2005
Page
2
A letter notes that a lot near Old Town Creek Baptist Church formerly served as a trash dump and reflects residents bidding for new homes nearby. The writer urges accountability for the site’s history and future development.
A correction in the Aiken Standard sets straight membership details for the Mothers of Military Servicepeople group. It names Pat Cook as a member whose son Matt serves in the Calvary Scouts at Fort Carson Colorado Springs, deployed to Iraq later this year.
Aiken Standard asks readers about the Supreme Court ruling banning death penalty for minors with choices ranging from opposing all death penalties to supporting harsher penalties for adults. Prior poll results show 64 percent say caps on damages are needed, 24 percent oppose limits, and 12 percent want higher awards than proposed.
Lloyd Kennedy Charter School director Keisha Lloyd Kennedy says the school cooperates with Aiken Public Safety after a minor reported being touched inappropriately by a disciplinarian. Police investigations continue with juvenile detectives, and no charges have been filed.
The Brothers and Sisters of Aiken County program hosts five twin pairs from first to sixth grade including Ivory and Ebony Kennion and Yolanda and Shaquana Walker. Ivory and Ebony, sixth graders at Kennedy Middle School, are the oldest. Program director Charoni ca Pope notes varied personalities and that parents separate twins into different classes for independence. Ebony and Ivory have attended for about three years and describe the after school space as a nice place to hang out.
The Aiken City Council plans a March 14 first reading to annex about 332 properties in the 500 home Gem Lakes development. The action centers on residents served by the troubled private sewer system SC Utilities as the council weighs whether to require all owners to sign annexation petitions or allow donut hole exemptions. SCU has faced repeated health and environmental citations and a 350 percent fee hike later reduced to about 100 percent.
Aiken County investigators seek 16 year old Dennis Floyd in the January 31 shooting at Timberlane Apartments that left Reginald Young wounded. Floyd may have left for Columbia area after a rideshare. he is described as 6 foot 1, 160 pounds, black male with black brown eyes. Call (800) 922-9709 with tips.
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