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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 2009
Page
3
Letter to the editor commends the Aiken Department of Public Safety for more DUI arrests and questions how many cases were pled down to lesser charges, urging transparency about court outcomes.
Citizens question ongoing federal employee raises as the public faces spending cuts. Some workers reportedly receive higher increases than the average wage growth, prompting criticism of budget priorities and equity across government and private sectors.
A resident reports an American flag flown upside down on Cherry Hills Drive signaling distress. The act appears to express a perceived dire situation in the country and personal protest or concern.
The postal service keeps discussing cutting delivery to five days and argues higher junk mail charges could offset costs. Critics warn of broader impact on customers and mail fairness.
A reader letter argues that smoking harms others through medical costs for the elderly on Medicare and urges concise comments to the Aiken Standard TalkBack line. The notice invites messages via phone or email and states names will not be published.
The Aiken Standard corrects a misidentified Serena M. McDaniel as assistant solicitor and an incorrect post office phone number in a passport renewal article. The correct number is 649 9211. Readers may report errors to Mike Gibbons or Jeff Wallace or via email.
Youth from the One Voice Choir of First Baptist Huntersville traveled on a mystery trip to Aiken to teach and sing with Christ Central's youth. They held harmonizing sessions and introduced new songs for the Christ Central Festival Choir. Andrew McCaskill urged volunteer leadership and provided contact details.
About 16 Aiken County Career and Technology Center health science students presented Plantation Medicine at Redcliffe Plantation. Visitors viewed displays on medicine and home remedies from the 19th century and spoke with students about childbirth folklore, surgical tools, and African medicine bowls. The event drew about 25 attendees and will become an annual, ongoing park center collaboration with Redcliffe.
Contact information for submitting reader items, newsroom phone numbers, and staff emails. Includes office hours, editorial contacts Michael Gibbons and Tim O Briant, sports editor Cam Huffman, and notice of EZ Pay rates and delivery dates for 2008.
Harold Crawford Jr announces a town hall on underage drinking at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center Monday at 6 p.m. Panelists from law enforcement, the coroner, juvenile justice, and other groups will discuss prevention and consequences. A related Anti-Drug and Creative Arts Festival is planned for April 4 in gym 7.
Aiken proclaims Sincerity as its character trait for March. Lottery results from Saturdays include Pick 3 Midday 4-4-0 Pick 4 Midday 8-2-0-5 Pick 3 Evening 6-7-3 Pick 4 Evening 8-7-4-4 Powerball 2-3-16-41-48 Powerball 19 Powerplay 3 Cash 3 Midday 7-9-9 Cash 4 Midday 5-9-3 Cash 3 Evening 2-9-9 Win For Life 5-11-26-30-39-42 Free Ball 34. Saturday Cash 4 Evening and Fantasy 5 numbers unavailable at presstime.
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