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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 2008
Page
3
The message provides a phone number 503 644 2384 and an email address editorial aikenstandard com for editorial inquiries. It lists contact details without additional context or story content.
It notes that in Aiken the quality of sidewalks varies by area with the gentrified part having good sidewalks while the poorer area suffers from severe disrepair making them unusable.
A resident questions why the Aiken Mall lacks handicapped accessible doors and entry options. She notes difficulties for wheelchair users and parents with strollers and suggests public places are required to be accessible by law.
A reader argues for tighter gun laws while criticizing ivory tower complacency. They praise Aiken High students and their fall concert at Etherredge Center and anticipate the December 15 Christmas concert. The note questions health care coverage for 60,000 South Carolina children and calls for parental responsibility.
Readers vent about food stamp limits and perceived lack of grocery store policing. The letter urges readers to call or email the debate, notes comments may be edited, and that names need not be published.
Kenneth Wayne Tindal, 40, changed his trial plea minutes before the start, admitting to attempting to manufacture methamphetamine at his home and a neighbor's. Deputies uncovered the process, with toxic residues cleaned by a DEA team. He received four years in prison. A Windsor teen, Terry Caldwell, 17, also pled guilty to second degree burglary for ransacking a Sandstone subdivision home to host parties, with guns stolen and one never recovered, drawing victims’ pleas for no leniency.
Chad Hamilton of Aiken pleaded guilty to second degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. He admitted molesting a boy aged 8 to 14 while he was 14 to 20. Judge Cordell Maddox gave a sentence of 12 years with eight years suspended, plus five years probation.
Contact information for submitting tips and letters to the Aiken Standard includes phone numbers for the newsroom and managing editor, email addresses for editorial submissions, and office hours. It notes subscriptions, rates, mail details, and delivery dates for 2008 Sundays and holidays.
In Aiken County Gamma Omega chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha and Dick Smith Chrysler Jeep partnered with Operation Gratitude to ship 60 boxes to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, surpassing the prior three year total. Volunteers collected 270 letters and numerous items while planning continued support and fundraising for shipping costs at 10 dollars per box.
In the wake of Paula Phillips death, Scott Phillips and family receive widespread support from the Aiken community. A 13 year old Rachel Hutto organized kindness, a charity dinner at a Southside O Charleys raised funds, and a memorial fund was opened at First Citizens Bank.
The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education study committee will host a public hearing in Aiken on Thursday November 20 at 4 p.m. in the USC Aiken Convocation Center VIP Room. The event is open to the public as one of four statewide hearings to gather input for a statewide action plan.
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