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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 2004

Page

8

Mayfield Warns on Coastal Growth and Hurricane Forecasts

Mayfield notes nearly 50 million people live in coastal counties and warns growth increases risk. He discusses five day hurricane forecasts and a 10 year plan to improve intensity predictions, stressing public education and media collaboration for planning.

Mayfield South Carolina Texas Maine National Hurricane Center

Aiken County sales tax plans shape EMS station and roads

County proceeds from sales tax funds may replace EMS and sheriff vehicles and help start an EMS station on the Southside. The connector linking Whiskey and Silver Bluff Roads could receive rights‑of‑way acquisition and engineering, with an estimated 2.5 million needed. Five residents were named to the sales tax commission to represent county and municipal interests.

Sheriff’s Department Aiken Whiskey Silver Bluff Esti Aiken County Sales Tax Commission Robert Bell County Council North Augusta J.C. Lexow Flexow Aikenstandard

Inflation Indexed Home Stead Exemption Heads to Committee

The House Ways and Means Sales and Income Tax Subcommittee approved a bill to index the 50 000 home stead tax exemption to inflation. It benefits permanent disability legal blindness and seniors 65 plus uses fair market value for property tax. The exemption would rise yearly with inflation per federal brackets and moves to the full committee.

Columbia House Ways and Means Full Ways and Means Committee

Debris clutter delays Ellenton cleanup efforts

In New Ellenton debris makes yards hazardous as residents struggle to clear fallen limbs. Officials cite slow FEMA approval for funding and town staffing problems, including a broken truck and staff illness, as delays impede progress.

Betty Thorne Smith Federal Emergency Management Agency J.C. Lexow Flexow Aikenstandard

Polo Event Draws Crowds as Tickets Sell Out

Warrick says advanced sales strong and overflow crowds expected for Powderhouse Polo Field event. General admission tickets remain available at 8 for adults in advance and 10 on day, with 5 parking and program included. Gates open 11 a.m. for 2 p.m. start.

Warrick Powderhouse Polo Field Aiken Drug Leminick’s Pharmacy H. Odell Weeks Activities Center Floyd and Green Jewelers USC Aiken Athletic Department Powderhouse Road Powderhouse John Moore Imoore Aikenstandard.com

Diaries as Treasures Preserve Family History Across Generations

Readers defend keeping diaries as historical records and personal archives. An archivist argues against destroying writings, sharing that diaries reveal intimate histories and major cultural shifts from 1855 to modern times, including technology and social change.

Abby Stacey C. Peeples Riverside N.J Stacey Pennsylvania

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