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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 2005
Page
1
Horses and people dressed in costumes at Jasmine Farms Halloween Show. Festival participants enjoyed food and friends at Ridge Spring’s 24th Harvest Festival. The month saw the release of The Complete Calvin but its creator remains unseen.
Literacy is essential in today's fast paced high tech world. The Aiken Standard highlights readers and reading to spark discussions about literature. Ken Callahan notes Sea of Glory by Nathaniel Philbrick for discussion.
Obituaries list Gregory Davis of Wagoner and Lucille T Johnson and Lucille P Smith, plus H Ted Hammond, all noted in the area deaths notices. Funeral details are summarized in the 6A Deaths and Funerals listing.
Perfect weather Saturday brought hundreds to the Western Carolina State Fair and the R W Commerford & Sons Wild Animal Petting Zoo. Jeff Keith described the stop in Aiken as new with elephants, zebras, birds, and rides drawing family visitors and animal lovers.
Gasoline prices drop after weeks of hovering around $3. Regular unleaded sold below $2.40 at several stations on Saturday for the first time since Katrina. AAA Carolinas notes South Carolina average at $3.15 during Labor Day weekend, with state average at $2.67 on Saturday, down from Friday.
Heavy rain from Wilma's outer bands lashes Florida as Keys residents evacuate under a mandatory order. Forecasters issue a hurricane watch for the southern peninsula while Mexico faces a separate tropical storm impact.
David and Bethany Reesor organized the first Its Spooky to be Hungry food drive in Willow Woods with Cub Scout Pack 121 helpers. By day’s end they collected about 315 pounds of food and 150 dollars in donations, seen as a strong first-year effort.
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