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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 2013
Page
3
A reader argues that raising the gas tax is ineffective, citing northern liberal politicians and noting bad roads alongside high taxes. The letter targets local policymakers and urges reconsideration of tax plans amid infrastructure concerns.
Community notes frustration over missing traffic signals at a busy Ai ken Tech intersection due to alleged fatality thresholds not met. Readers blame political leaders while criticizing the Postal Service as a government entity and noting mail misrouting.
Reader comments cover government shutdown reaction, sympathy for furloughed workers, gratitude for a donated Tonka truck, concerns about train wreck contamination in Gran It eville, a new reclamation industry releasing hazardous chemicals, requests for paper-shell pecans and local gas price trends, noise at South Aiken High School, a night shift worker disturbance, a stun gun used in a local drug debt incident, and reader instructions for submitting TalkBack messages to the Aiken Standard.
Aiken County will receive 65 154 dollars from the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program via United Way of Aiken County. The National Board, chaired by FEMA with partners The Salvation Army Red Cross United Jewish Communities Catholic Charities USA National Council of Churches in the USA and United Way, will distribute funds to local agencies meeting nonprofit and accountability requirements. Applications for funding are due by November 1 at the United Way office 235 Barnwell Ave NW with hours 8 30 am to 5 pm. Call 803 648 8331 for details.
The sixth annual Hook and Cook in Jackson showcased barbecue by the S C Barbeque Association with veterans like Danny Haywood, a fishing tournament, a car cruise in, vendor booths, a karaoke contest with prizes up to 1 000, an Elvis impersonator and a boat show and antique tractor display at Town Pavilion.
Dozens of first through fifth grade scouts attend an energy and STEM themed event at Aiken Technical College for National Nuclear Science Week. Volunteers from Southern Nuclear, Shaw Areva, Nuclear Literacy Project, and Georgia Power lead hands on activities including a race car cup demonstration and atom painting.
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