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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 2000
Page
13
The narrator plans a raised vegetable bed to fix a clay gravel corner, tests tools like a circular saw and hammer, narrowly misses injury, and learns dirt buying is a chaotic quest with super dirt options and bizarre soil additives. The piece blends humor with garden misadventures and practical lessons.
The narrator details choosing peppers cucumbers tomatoes and watermelons for a timber container garden. Seedlings are planted in rows with labels, and the gardener plans daily care and conversations with dogs to prevent digging. If plants fail, a lesson about hammering safely remains.
The National Association of Letter Carriers announces its annual food drive for May 13 to aid hungry families. Citizens should leave non-perishable items by their mailbox before mail delivery. local food banks will collect and transport donations. Sylvia Moses notes the drive’s easy participation and cites past totals of 58.4 million pounds nationally and 328.1 million since the eight year start.
The Aiken Running Club and Veterinary Services sponsor the first Paws for Cancer Race on Whiskey Road at the O'Dell Weeks Recreation Center. A certified 5K starts at 7:30 am for $12, a two mile relay at 8:15 am for $8, and a one mile dog walk at 8:45 am for $6. Proceeds go to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Trophies awarded. Call Jeriat at 803 643-0998 for registration.
Dear Abby letters discuss whether publicly correcting strangers teaches courtesy or humiliation. Readers recall grandmothers who scolded etiquette lapses with cheerful “You’re welcome.” The exchange expands to gender and broader acts of kindness beyond thanks.
Belvedere Elementary students care for 62 cups of Painted Lady caterpillars from Carolina Biological Supply. Students plant sunflowers, observe chrysalis to butterfly transformation, and learn flight skills and risks as releases approach at Belvedere and partner schools.
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