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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 2011
Page
3
A reader thanks the front door receptionist at Walmart on Richland Avenue for staying with them until keys lost in the parking lot were found and returned, expressing deep gratitude for the kindness shown.
A reader criticizes funding for schools and the sports section of the Aiken Standard. The letter urges more MLB NFL and PGA coverage and suggests moving ads to the back page. Readers are invited to call or email TalkBack with brief comments.
Gregg Park Civic Center will host its annual yard sale on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. Table space costs 5 dollars. Registration deadline is 4 p.m. Thursday. Call 663-7552 to sign up.
The Aiken County Board of Disabilities will convene on Thursday October 6 at 7 p.m. at 1016 Vaucluse Road. For more information, call 642-8800.
The Langley-Bath-Clearwater Historical Society will meet on Thursday Oct 6 at 7 p.m. at the LBC Lions Club in Bath. Speaker Christian Morton will discuss the Clearwater Finishing Plant and Seminole Mill site past present and future. Refreshments served. Public invited. Call 593-3034 for more information.
Aiken man David J. Maple 23 died at Aiken Regional Medical Center after a Dallas Circle shooting around 9 45 p m. London Devonta Wooden 17 of Aiken was arrested at his home and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. A witness described a black male in a light blue jacket firing multiple shots. The weapon was recovered near a fence along Dallas Circle. The case remains under investigation.
At St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church the Blessing of the Animals featured Bogart the beagle mix and other dogs, cats, two hermit crabs, and a cockatiel named Crockatiel Dundee. Families foster puppies for the Aiken County Animal Shelter while attendees share prayers and pet tales.
A North Augusta resident reported a vehicle theft from his Hampton Avenue home. A Wagener man said a hammer drill junk box welder lead drop cord copper battery and gas can were stolen from his New Holland Road shop. In Salley Starwood Drive a window was broken and 50 metal chairs and an electric stove taken.
Augusta State University professor Dr Walter Evans donated about 3000 eight hour story DVDs to Aiken County and Richmond and Columbia schools. Each DVD includes 50 stories and illustrated text read aloud by volunteers to help pre literacy and English learners.
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