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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 2014
Page
3
Aiken residents weigh in on the Steeplechase future and the 1 percent sales tax approved to fund athletic facilities at Aiken High. Voters question timing, tax impact on energy costs, and nonprofit lottery proceeds while praising local figures and raising concerns about campaign funding and ethics.
The Aiken Standard corrects the November 10 article errors. It notes Hitchcock Healthcare's sixth annual Gameday Down Under luncheon is this Thursday at 11 45 a m and fixes misidentified captions of Betty Ryberg and Janet Morris. Readers asked to report factual errors by phone or email.
Wagener-Salley High School JROTC hosts a Veterans Day program led by retired Col. Ernest Duncan who emphasizes that freedom comes at a cost. Vietnam veteran Gene Brown shares his post war respect for veterans as students lay roses for fallen soldiers from major wars and honor those who served.
Retired Col. Maxie Joye praised student leaders Cadet Jennifer Jones for organizing a school driven Veterans Day event. Trumpeter performed Taps while students honored veterans, stressing learning by doing and high standards in the JROTC program. Derrek Asberry is the Aiken Standard reporter.
AARP meets at Auten’s on Pine Log Road this Thursday at 11 30 a.m. bring an unwrapped toy for Secret Santa. Bernard E Bee Camp No 1575 Sons of Confederate Veterans gathers at Bobby’s BBQ Thursday at 6 p.m. Roy Vandegrift guest speaker. Floyd & Green Jewelers holds Night of Giving Thursday 5 30 to 8 30 p.m. purchases over 100 donate 10 percent to charity and receive 10 percent back. VFW Post 10601 turkey shoot every Friday at 7 30 p.m. call 803 649 5781.
School Board Attorney William Burkhalter swore in three returning and two new members to the Aiken County School Board. New members Cecil Atchley and Jeremy Mace join Districts 6 and 5, replacing Dwight Smith and Ray Fleming who did not seek re-election. Existing members Rose mary English, Levi Green, and Wesley High tower were reelected. English welcomed the new members and praised local officials and voters for supporting a 1 percent sales tax referendum funded school renovations at five campuses including Aiken High and North Augusta High.
The Augusta Ballet Guild stages a Holiday House Tour in West Lake Country Club with Tina and Rusty Kelley DaNelle and Julian Murphey and Paige and Brad Bertram featured homes. Tour hours run Friday and Saturday 11 am to 6 pm and Sunday 1 to 6 pm with $20 tickets. A Thursday preview party runs 7 to 10 pm at $65 per person.
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