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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 2009
Page
3
A reader argues lawmakers should have salaries docked if they miss votes. The letter compares legislative attendance to ordinary job pay, insisting voting is essential to their duties and unpaid absence signals a problem.
Aiken earns remark as a place famed for intense neighbor envy with locals described as unusually suspicious of one another. The quote highlights social tensions as a defining local characteristic.
Readers applaud a feature on outstanding seniors. a brief note questions travel funding for a presidential trip, expressing taxpayer concern about costs and governance.
A concise statement praises Habitat for Humanity as a model of success achieved without government interference highlighting private initiative and community effort.
Letter argues Town Creek Road SilverBluff Road intersection has over 300 feet of visibility in both directions while Richardson's Lake Road end has none. Letter dismisses Woodside link and urges trimmed medians to prevent head on collisions. Call to action via TalkBack hotline and email to editor.
Police seek a black man in his 40s after a Wachovia robbery at Georgia and Buena Vista avenues. Dye from a money bag smeared a sidewalk. the lookout is for a burgundy older-model Buick or Oldsmobile and a 5 6 to 6 foot suspect in a red golf shirt with white stripes. No injuries or weapon seen.
Randy and Bobbi Beckum open The Jewelry Doctor at 957-B Dougherty Road in Aiken, offering repair and design services with next day turnaround on most repairs. The couple bring decades of jewelry trade experience and emphasize affordable prices, retail sales, special orders, and occasional gold buying or consignments. Their shop hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Contact details for The Aiken Standard staff, publisher and managing editor, plus a list of Sunday Plus delivery dates for 2008. It includes office addresses, phone numbers, and email, with notes on delivery zones and EZ Pay rates.
The City of Aiken will accept bids on Oct 19 for a 3.3 million dollar green infrastructure project funded by a federal stimulus grant from DHEC. The plan adds rain gardens bioswales underground cisterns and permeable pavement along Park Avenue Newberry and Fairfield streets to reduce storm water runoff and capture the first inch of rainfall downtown with Clemson University researchers monitoring results.
Wednesday results show Cash 3 Evening 1 5 8 Cash 4 Evening 7 5 6 5 Fantasy 5 8 12 16 30 39 Win For Life 9 10 13 20 23 26 Free Ball 25. Thursday draws list Pick 3 Midday 6 3 9 Pick 4 Midday 5 1 6 3 Pick 3 Evening 1 0 2 Pick 4 Evening 8 4 3 2 Palmetto Cash 5 20 28 22 15 29 Multiplier 2.
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