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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 2009
Page
3
Residents express concerns over how hedges are trimmed in Aiken, arguing the practice is uneven and intrusive. An elderly resident, nearing 62, notes she has never had a flu shot and has no plans to receive one now.
In a note on investigative reporting, officials stress that SRS activities require constant scrutiny and oversight to ensure transparency and accountability. The statement underscores vigilance by authorities and the media in monitoring operations.
The note asks why mills aren’t reopened to restore American made products. It criticizes exports to China and its growing economy, and wonders what domestic production remains beyond consumer entertainment like rap videos.
Readers question the need for an alternative school and the expense involved. The message also raises concerns about public viewing of dog fighting videos featuring Michael Vick and asks why uranium movement details were previously classified and should be again. The writer wryly critiques the ACLU and calls for repentance.
Readers invited to call or email the Aiken Standard TalkBack line to express views on Obama and Sanford using planes. Names not required and comments may be edited for space and content.
The paper corrects a Thursday report that Alberici Constructors Inc. is Canadian. Alberici is an American firm and was misidentified as Canadian in relation to the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication facility project.
The Road To Recovery Tour at Savannah River Site informs on Recovery Act job training and opportunities across South Carolina and eastern Georgia. SRS aims to reach small communities with WIA resources and local one stop centers while 13 000 attended prior job fairs and SRS employs 2155 Recovery Act funded workers.
The Aiken County chapter of the American Red Cross hosts its second Toast of the Town tonight at 8 p.m. at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. Seventy two performers from Aiken Wagener Jackson Augusta Grovetown and beyond present acts ranging from singing and dancing to choral groups and martial arts. Tickets cost 25 or 40 with wine and cheese reception. box office and phone numbers listed.
Three Augusta residents Harry Irwin Henry Faulkner and Felisha Pankey were arrested on grand larceny charges after witnesses saw them loading metal from Augusta Air Brake at 1294 Atomic Road Beech Island into a pickup. The sheriff suspects possible links to other local burglaries. A separate crash on I 20 near mile marker 3 sent James Young to Medical College of Georgia in fair condition after he was ejected from his vehicle while trying to pass a tractor trailer.
Contact the Aiken Standard newsroom at 644-2401 for tips or messages. Submissions go to editorial at ai kenstandard com, with managing editor Michael Gibbons reachable at 4281 and Tim O Briant at 644-2380 for information.
Four performances at USC Aiken during the 2009 Youth Concert Series delighted thousands of students from public private and home schools. Students praised the concert with quotes like Awesome Great and noted conductor Shizuo Kuwahara explained instruments tempo and sound while engaging the audience in storm sound effects.
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