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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 2010
Page
3
A reader proposes turning the African American museum into a city event facility with a kitchen for catering and notes downtown trees block views at intersections. The letter questions government decisions on Yucca Mountain and criticizes local traffic signals while praising a recent Aiken tour.
Citizens rail about potholes on Banks Mill Road urging paving and compassion for students in South Carolina. Critics discuss eminent domain for a Woodside road and accuse council members of bias while asserting free speech for the KKK rally.
A letter to the Aiken Standard blasts the one-cent sales tax as misused and accuses officials of pocketing funds. The writer ties biblical parallels to Isis of Egypt and invites comments via Talk Back hotline or email, noting readers’ names may be edited for space.
After months of study the Aiken County Board of Education will decide Tuesday whether to call a bond referendum of 184 to 242 million dollars. If approved voters would face a tax increase of 90 to 118 dollars per 100 000 of assessed home value to fund rebuilding or new facilities at six schools including Aiken High North Augusta High and Leavelle McCampbell Middle. The plan targets six campuses with construction and modernization projects and could be on a late May or September ballot depending on timing.
SRP Credit Union celebrated a 50th anniversary with a grand opening of a 90,000 square foot campus in North Augusta off Edgefield Road near Exit 5. The building houses a 6,000-square-foot branch, offices for 150 of 330 employees, a fitness center, food court, power generation and advanced tech, with no mortgage. Local leaders and Representatives Barrett and Wilson attended.
Publication contact details for the Aiken Standard include offices at 326 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29802 and P.O. Box 456. It lists editors Tim O Briant Cam Huffman and various phone fax and email lines plus subscription rates and Sunday Plus delivery dates for 2009.
Seventh grader David Stoner of St. Mary Help of Christians School earned first place at the state Math Counts in Charleston and will join the top scorers to compete nationally in May in Orlando. His performance helped St. Mary place fifth in the team standings. Merriwether Middle also sent a team.
The Sunday Pick 3 and Pick 4 results are listed as 7 4 9 and 9 1 5 7 with Cash 3 Midday 0 1 3 and Cash 4 Midday 4 2 7 2 and Cash 3 Evening 3 0 9. Cash 4 and Fantasy 5 results were not available. see Tuesday's Aiken Standard for the full winning numbers.
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