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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 2004
Page
2
Letter contrasts Langley Pond funding with state teacher pay. Writer urges $1.4 million pond investment for Langley Pond and criticizes South Carolina teacher salaries arguing long hours and 35 years experience deserve higher pay. Calls for retirees to return and questions pay equity across professions.
Readers debate immigration tax fairness, alleged district insults, neighbor noise from outdoor TVs, and praise for South Aiken’s head coach. The letter column invites public input via Talkback and email while noting editorials may be edited for space and content.
In Monday's Aiken Standard an obituary photo carried the wrong name. Mrs. Pip pen Pippen funeral services are today at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church Wagener. We regret the error.
Aiken police responded to a shooting near the Bellagio Café on Hampton Avenue and York Street early Saturday. An Aiken man aged 25 is hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the head and cooperates with investigators. the shooter is not yet identified. City employee Sheena Doyle was arrested after a parking lot confrontation, facing charges including threatening a public official and disorderly conduct. Officials indicate Bellagio has seen multiple incidents since opening mid last year, with security and police patrols stepped up amid ongoing inquiries.
Jenna Adcox of Kelly Edwards Elementary won a Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award receiving 25000 dollars at a school assembly from State Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum. In 2003 she attended the National Education Conference in Washington with Judy Carey. the pair emphasize early childhood education and family involvement. Adcox and Carey work long hours to implement best practices and promote math and science at home, valuing love and support for students and teachers alike.
Aiken area students are invited to join a national pledge against gun violence in the ninth annual Day of National Concern and Student Pledge Against Gun Violence. Middle and high school students will pledge to never bring a gun to school and to influence peers away from guns.
Aiken County Council plans final reading tonight at 7 at Aiken Technical College to transfer control of the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center from the administrator to Sheriff Michael Hunt under a time limited contract. The move ends the jail’s Citizens Advisory Board and paves the way for LSCOG to run county buses pending approvals on tax deferrals and transit governance.
A three vehicle collision on U S Highway 1 near Reynolds Pond Road in the evening injured at least five people. Five were taken to area hospitals, with one entrapped driver extricated and transported by helicopter. Responding agencies included S C Highway Patrol Center Fire Department Aiken County deputies and airport personnel.
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