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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 2002
Page
2
A reader claims the wrong ballot was provided during last Tuesday’s voting denying Sunday alcohol sales referendum. The caller urges accountability for poll managers and questions how many residents were affected. The note also comments on bus speeds and electoral outcomes while urging readers to participate.
The Aiken Standard invites readers to share remembrances of Strom Thurmond as he nears his 100th birthday and plans to leave the Senate after 48 years of service. Send stories to Strom Thurmond Recollection, Aiken Standard, PO Box 456, Aiken SC 29801 or via email or fax.
Wayne Alderson, a World War II veteran and Medal of Honor candidate, visited South African High School for Veterans Day. He shared combat experiences in the Rhineland Campaign, 1945, and discussed surviving injuries, Army service, and his peacekeeping perspective. Students including Anna Farrow and NJROTC leaders engaged after the talk.
Authorities investigate a Saturday evening hit and run that killed 18 year old Steven Greene in Langley. A motorist found the body along Ludlow Lake Road near Rainbow Falls Road Sunday morning. Autopsy confirms death from a vehicle strike. Call tips to authorities offer up to a thousand dollars reward.
Golden Harvest Food Bank collects hams and turkeys for needy families in a six county area. Donations of 10 dollars buy a turkey or ham while 25 dollars buys three. Turkeys accepted at 13 Enterprise Ave in Aiken through November 29. hams through December 20. Rusty Marsh urges donations as a hand up not a hand out.
City of Aiken hosts its 32nd annual Christmas craft show with exhibitors from the Southeast. Crafts include wood furniture paintings jewelry ceramics and more. Food and children's rides available. Hours Friday 10am to 6pm Saturday 9am to 5pm. Free admission and parking. Call 642 7631 for information.
Twenty year old Aikenman Aiken is charged with failure to stop for blue light and siren and reckless driving after a Sunday night crash on US 278. Michael Tabor 1985 pickup crossed center line colliding with a Douglas Milledge driven 2002 International. Both drivers were hospitalized and the highway closed several hours for fuel cleanup.
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