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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 2006
Page
3
A reader condemns childish online attacks that pressured a Wal-Mart closure. They tell fellow gamers to mature, stop the petty games, and drop the paperless blame. The message also includes the writer’s frustration with ongoing online abuse and calls for grown up behavior.
The writer argues the city ignores broader needs while protecting a small downtown enclave with strict ordinances. They claim officials push progress at no cost to daily life outside the downtown area and express frustration with perceived selective enforcement.
A reader defends public street tours through the Aiken Horse District arguing they aid growth and tourism, while downtown revenue depends on such events. The message praises volunteers and performers from a recent kidney benefit, questions ORA sales, and invites comments via the TalkBack hotline and editorial email.
The 11 year old Labrador Retriever Shooter, once a drug sniffing asset in Augusta, received the 2006 Casie Ritchart Memorial Award from the Augusta Humane Society. Despite retirement due to retinal degeneration, Shooter helped seize drugs and cash totaling over a million dollars in value during his service with Master Cpl. Clark Smith.
North Augusta council approved a timeline with an April 24 election date and a February 6 primary. Incumbents Jimmy Adams Carolyn Baggott and Ken McDowell said they plan to run again. The meeting also honored Eloise Clements on retirement after 28 years and John Potter for 24 years of excellence awards from the Government Finance Officers Association.
Dr. Harry Shealy of the Hitchcock Woods Foundation outlined managed burns as the best tool to restore the woods toward a precolonial ecosystem. He noted the goal to resemble conditions from 1492, citing the longleaf pine and wiregrass landscape once spanning Virginia to the Southeast, and emphasized fuel reduction for safety. He traced Hitchcock Woods history from the 1,191 donation covering about 2,100 acres and praised its value to Aiken residents, while welcoming new member Jason Stewart, Cumberland’s executive director, to the Rotary Club of Aiken.
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