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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 2004
Page
2
A reader urges church involvement for a single mother in need while venting anger over unanswered invitations mailed July 26 and postmarked August 10. They call for support for Summerall Station postal service and note frustration over Veterans Day being traded for Martin Luther King Day.
A reader praises Marti Healy for a new feature described as a breath of fresh air in the daily paper. The note invites comments via Talkback hotline (803) 648-2508 or email, and states readers' names are not required or published.
The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center will host two events Saturday November 20. The Science Store opens at 5 p.m. followed by the Fall Family Earth and Sky Night from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. The Aiken Standard apologizes for the earlier error.
Senior writer Philip Lord examines removal windows for political signs. North Augusta demands removal within 48 hours while Aiken County allows two weeks and the City of Aiken 15 days. The piece notes funding tensions between emergency services and tourism projects and details EMS expansion funded by new taxes.
Aiken City Council tabled action on tattoo parlor regulations set for Nov 22, keeping current zoning rules that limit such shops to industrial zones and prohibit near churches schools or playgrounds. Beverly Clyburn and Lessie Price oppose the plan due to district boundaries. The piece notes concerns over funding for the African American History Center and clarifies it is financed by the 3 cent accommodations tax, not the 1 cent sales tax, with the center not listed in the referendum.
Darcy Hammond-Ross and Sharon Nicodemus-Grozd of Aiken organize annual Christmas shoe boxes for Samaritan's Purse. Each box costs 15 to 20 dollars and they encourage families and friends to participate, delivering hopeful gifts to children in impoverished and war torn countries. Boxes are due Sunday and can be dropped at Millbrook Baptist Church First Baptist Church or Haven of Rest Christian Bookstore.
Ed and Judy Barnes, longtime North Augusta residents, returned to Malawi in 1999 as faith missionaries with SIM after ten years with the International Mission Board. They run a clinic serving about 150 patients daily, caring for AIDS and tropical diseases, training church leaders, and mentoring orphans. The couple shared their work at First Baptist Church urging prayer support.
The towns of Jackson Perry and Williston will receive Rural Enhancement Grants from the South Carolina Department of Transportation with ceremonies at each town hall. Commissioner John Hardee will present checks and deliver remarks. Public welcome. contact John Moore for details.
The Aiken County Council will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers 736 Richland Ave Aiken. Public hearings address the Mattie C Hall Health Care Center budget sign variances land rezoning near US Highway 1 Wire Road and Bradley Mill Road and leasing office space to MSE Technology Applications. Agendas are online at aikencountysc.gov.
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