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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 2008
Page
3
Sunday TalkBack comments touch elections and gun sales while praising The Laramie Project at Aiken Community Playhouse. Youth Wing earns praise for tackling a difficult subject and prompting emotional responses. tissues recommended for audience members.
A reader rant targets Midiana Valley High for a Veterans Day pledge in English and Spanish, criticizes Aiken High coaches, questions health care coverage, and calls for action on Whiskey Road flooding. The letter urges public input via TalkBack and email, noting reader names need not be published.
Legacy Stable trainer Ron Stevens led a Monday session on equine conformation attended by nearly 30 people. The talk covered desirable physical features across breeds, practical sale selection steps, and included Duke, Stevens’s pony example from the 2008 Aiken Trials Pony race, analyzed from nose to tail.
Readers may submit items to the Aiken Standard via email at editorial aikenstandard.com or call the newsroom at 644 2401. Managing Editor Michael Gibbons is reachable at 644 2381, with Tim O Briant and Cam Huffman in editorial roles. office hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The address is 326 Rutland Drive, Aiken SC 29802, with postal and subscription details listed.
North Augusta officials move to set April 28 as the election date for City Council. The first two readings of the ordinance approved include January 5 as the opening date and January 12 as the closing date for candidates to file. The council also gave final reading to a 2009 budget with no tax increase and discussed annexation for a RaceTrac site at U S and Revco Road amid traffic safety concerns.
The Aiken Community Playhouse Youth Wing Black Box Productions presents The Laramie Project on November 20 21 and 22 at 730 p.m. Tickets available online. USC Aiken production of The Emperor's New Clothes hosts a coloring contest at Chick fil A today from 5 to 7 p.m. Open to Grades K 5. First and second place win two tickets to the Etherredge Center show on November 25 at 7 p.m. Cast members will appear in costume at the restaurant.
Aiken County Council meets at 7 p.m. to hear public hearings including a $600,000 state loan for a hydrogen fueling station at Sage Mill Park and boundary changes for Beech Island and Jackson water/sewer districts. Other items include drive name changes, rezoning actions across multiple parcels, a signs moratorium, and consent agenda approvals.
Monday winning numbers include Pick 3 Midday 5 4 0 and Pick 4 Midday 2 9 3 0. Evening draws list Pick 3 2 0 3 and Pick 4 9 2 6 6 with Palmetto Cash 5 9 23 25 27 36 and Multiplier 2.
Georgia Lottery results list Cash 4 Evening 5 6 1 7 Fantasy 5 5 7 18 19 29 Cash 3 Midday 1 6 0 Cash 4 Midday 9 5 7 5 Cash 3 Evening 3 4 7 Cash 4 Evening and Fantasy 5 numbers unavailable at presstime Readers urged to check Wednesday's Aiken Standard.
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