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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 2005
Page
2
A reader asserts bicyclists owe no personal property tax license or insurance costs while critiquing a new Park Avenue condo and a suggested downtown restaurant. The letter urges readers to fund a franchise instead of criticizing others and laments the growing skyline.
Local pump prices jump from 1.79 to 1.72 and back to 1.83 at midweek on the Southside. The page features reader comments on gas costs, school calendar, physical education, sheriff's administration, and a call for letters to the Aiken Standard Talkback hotline.
The Aiken Standard corrects two errors from Thursday edition. The misspelling of Calvary Scouts is corrected and the Savannah River Site size is fixed to 310 square miles or about 198 000 acres across Aiken Barnwell and Allendale counties.
The Aiken Standard staff earned four honors at the South Carolina Press Association banquet in Spartanburg for photography writing and page design in the under 26,000 circulation class. Chief photographer Ginny Southworth won two firsts for Lighting the Night and a Best of the Best feature, plus a front page design award for Kimberley Kirkey. City Editor Michael Gibbons earned a third for humor writing.
Shoppers flocked to the second day of the Spring Sidewalk Sale in downtown Aiken. About 40 businesses from Laurens Street and nearby spots joined the three day event sponsored by the Aiken Downtown Development Association. Vendors including Swan Antique Mall and Beads & Baubles filled sidewalks with discounted items while others restocked after Thursday. The event runs through Saturday with sun and clear skies drawing crowds.
Wilson Coleman Miles II, son of Coleman Miles and Camiles of Aiken, has secured an appointment to the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis after visiting four service academies last summer. The 17 year old homeschooler, Eagle Scout and USC Aiken entrant eyes a future as a systems engineer or Navy SEAL, with plans to serve and potentially deploy in wartime if needed.
A crowded opening day at the AAUW Book Fair drew excited adults and families to Belk store area in Kalmia Plaza. Brigitte Wilson said the 44th annual event may be the largest yet as shoppers rushed to buy thousands of books across multiple sections. Most hardcover books sold for $1 and paperbacks for 50 cents with rare items priced higher.
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