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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 2015
Page
3
A reader voices frustration over litter and governance in Aiken with calls to end grant dependence and expand services. They urge relocation of county offices, critique after hours animal care, oppose landlord neglect, question coroner payments, and condemn local flag restrictions while urging civic pride and better funding.
Savannah River Site officials and supporters press ahead with the Tank 16H Closure Module amid funding cuts to the liquid waste program. Ernie Chaput argues for prioritizing waste removal over tank closures while SCDHEC weighs schedule impacts and public input. The Tank 16H closure date was extended by 27 days, with a 30 day public comment window running through April 9.
Booster groups in Aiken plan spring sale of fifty banners repurposed into pillows to raise about eight thousand dollars for new Seasons of Character flags. The effort honors traits like sincerity and courage with banners signed by Mayor Fred Cavanaugh and produced with local artist Linda Prior Hunley.
Aiken Downtown Development Association sells all-weather pillows made from Character First program banners for 100 each. Donors of 100 or more to the association can pick up at 208 The Alley Unit A. Sponsorship options include flags for intersections, similar to Women of Woodside and Joint Women's Club efforts. Bill Bengtson, longtime Florence native, provides local coverage for Aiken Standard and The North Augusta Star.
USC Aiken hosts a hands dedication ceremony with 64 student nurses to symbolize healing and care before clinicals held in February. Dr. Julia Ball, a USCA professor, founded the ritual about ten years ago and then extended it to the University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg, Germany. Dr. Thayer McGahee and others attended, emphasizing the unity of nurses worldwide in a chain of light initiated by Jean Watson.
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