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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 2012
Page
3
Readers share opinions on downtown dining, city fire staffing, school meals, Social Security and Medicare, traffic near Laurens Street, and youth basketball at Odell Weeks. Halloween cemetery parties draw ire while readers encourage bridge aesthetics and park planning.
Local officials discuss urgent facility needs in the district, proposing a 15 year long range plan, citizen input, and new funding methods including tax reform. They stress downsizing class sizes, improving teaching methods, and attracting business through upgraded schools while weighing tax limits and potential bond referendums.
Warner, Edgefield High School graduate and former Wagener resident, ran the Vegetable Bin with her late husband Carrol H. Warner. Active in Republican politics since the 1970s, she held local and state offices, was appointed to the South Carolina Vocational and Technical Education Commission, and served on Aiken County Council District 1 before becoming RMC in 1996. She is a mother and grandmother, attends First Baptist Church of Aiken, and plays violin at Millbrook Baptist Church. The RMC maintains county land records since 1871 with updated software, preserved deed books, and public online access, while some records remain offline to protect privacy.
Absentee voting is allowed in person at the Aiken County Registration and Elections Office on 916 Vaucluse Road and at the satellite office in Kalmia Plaza, 1520 Richland Ave. W. Request ballots by phone or print an application from the website. Call 642-2028 for more information. Mailing address 916 Vaucluse Road, Aiken SC 29801. Fax 642-2029. Applicable voters include those traveling on Election Day, Uniformed Services members and spouses, certain employment conflicts, elderly or disabled voters, jurors, emergency hospital patients within four days before the election, and funeral/ death in the family within three days.
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