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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 2002
Page
9
A brief power outage in Aiken affected about 3,500 residents for slightly over 30 minutes Tuesday evening. SCE&G reports a squirrel grounding in a substation near Houndslake caused the circuit to trip, a common risk when wildlife contact wires.
Charlotte Holly lauds Murff Vee as an exemplary marketer of Aiken County. Jeff Spears former Chamber chairman praises her for promoting the area and calls her the best marketer the county will ever have. McDonald Law credits her with expanding the Chamber’s regional professionalism and success. Steve Sucher notes her skill in getting things done and people not saying no to June.
Roberson pushes for term expected growth to reflect year progress and questions the high school criteria in the improvement report card. Aiken High earned excellent performance a year earlier with 3.4, then good in 2002 with 3.3, while the improvement grade remained unsatisfactory.
County and city leaders gathered to break ground for a new road and connecting bridge extending I-520 from Augusta to the Aiken Augusta Highway. A second phase, unfunded, would continue Edgefield Road to link with I-20. Funding for Phase 2 is the key to maintaining momentum. Local officials credited the State Infrastructure Bank and regional delegation for making the project possible.
South Aiken and Berkeley High faced off while North Augusta prepared to host Conway or Battery Creek. Coach Long argued against Friday games as Conway loomed, and Pippin stressed readiness. League ban potential could prompt further attorney action from Marlboro County schools.
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