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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 2002
Page
2
A reader recalls three birds in the local SUPER store broccoli area and warns customers to wash produce due to potential disease. The letter also vents about unfamiliar foods like hash and rice serving style, urging readers to share views via the Talkback hotline or email.
The Aiken Standard plans a Thurmond birthday section and asks readers for remembrances of Strom Thurmond and his office over the past 48 years. Send stories to Strom Thurmond Recollection, PO Box 456, Aiken SC 29801 or via email, fax.
The Tuesday edition corrected a headline about Aiken redistricting noting the plan adds a fifth single member district and increases minority population in the two existing minority districts. The Aiken Standard regrets the error.
Dr Christine Sanders, recently retired Chukker Creek Elementary principal, joined the District 6 seat on the Aiken County Board of Education and pledged to work with educators. Valerie Towles also joined District 2, succeeding Vice Chairman Art Hadden. The new trustees took oath as incumbents were re-elected. Sanders plans to use her experience to manage budget cuts and improve teacher student ratios amid pressures from PACT exams and report cards.
The Festival of Trees opened with a Preview Gala at the Aiken Center for the Arts. Winners include Aiken Preparatory School for Kids A Christmas and Sand River Women’s Club plus Aiken Junior Women’s Club for Visions of Sugar Plums. Proceeds benefit the arts center and charities. trees stay on display through Nov. 30.
A chamber music recital will fill USC Aiken's Etherredge Center Thursday with a trio of musicians Douglas Owens Thomas Cremer and Gabe Margiante performing oboe euphonium and piano. The event runs 7 p.m. with tickets five dollars for the public and three dollars for students. Other dates January 23 and February 6 are planned. For more information contact 641 8305.
Fire crews arrived at Aiken Regional Medical Centers Tuesday after noon to find heavy smoke but no flame. Captain Wendell Hall said a firefighter found the source on the third floor and determined a computer had overheated, causing the false alarm with minimal disruption to hospital activity.
Eartha Johnson, 45, of 142 Rice Ave, is charged with filing a false police report after authorities traced a claimed abduction to her. A 911 call spurred the investigation, and officers located a late-model green Infiniti linked to the report. Johnson is in custody at the Aiken County Detention Center.
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