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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 2004
Page
2
Readers debate playground safety with wandering animals, preserve tradition by not moving the Girl Scout hut, and oppose paving dirt roads. A reader praises the March 4 road editorial while criticizing influence and calling for visible improvements. Callers urged byline anonymity and editorial edits for space.
Milliken Barnwell Plant sponsors a March of Dimes beauty pageant at 4 p.m. March 13 in Barnwell Elementary School Auditorium for entrants 0 and up. Proceeds benefit March of Dimes. Call Shirley Fail or Patty Cooper at 803 259 4215 or email on milliken.com for details.
Bob Hauver saw his 1963 Ford Falcon station wagon burn on I-20 north of Aiken in an electrical fire while returning from Columbia. He saved few possessions, escaped unharmed, and notes parts interchange with a Mustang kept for future use. Hauver previously drove the car across Texas Maryland and Virginia before settling in Aiken.
Fourteen volunteers from Montmorenci Couchton and Monetta fire departments completed a CPR and defibrillation training course in Aiken County. The session covered airway checks chest compressions and use of auto external defibrillators on manikins including infant and full-body baby dummies. Chief Tad Coleman seeks at least 10 more volunteers to ensure on-call coverage while a new course starts in April.
The Aiken City Council will consider an excess of 25000 to match FEMA and state funds for debris cleanup after the January ice storm. A six week effort has been largely completed and a large commercial chipping operation will be hired to process about 100000 cubic yards of fallen trees and limbs.
General admission tickets cost 10 in advance and 15 at the gate while infield parking is 25. Gates open at 9 a.m. post time 1 p.m. at Ford Conger Field with limited general admission parking and sold out Guarantors Tent Party. Tickets available at local vendors. event is second leg of the Aiken Triple Crown on the east coast circuit.
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