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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 2014
Page
3
A collection of reader notes urge action on potholes and street mowing, praise for wakeful Aiken residents seeking a new hospital, critique the Homeowners Association for storm cleanup costs, and call for tax resistance until repairs occur. Topics touch gas prices, political ads, and transparency after a political figure’s arrest. Readers urge researching gubernatorial candidates online.
A Monday hit-and-run incident left a victim thanking a kind gentleman who stayed with them until police arrived. The message also extends gratitude to the litter program on Toolebeck Road and invites readers to share comments via TalkBack, email, or telephone, noting anonymity.
The Aiken Senior Extravaganza marks its seventh year offering free services to seniors with 84 vendors including AAA vacations hospice eye care and YMCA. The resource fair runs 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at H. Odell Weeks Activities Center. Those with tickets but not picked up may forfeit spots, handed out at 8 a.m. event day.
A Zumba demonstration at H Odell Weeks Activities Center on Whiskey Road promotes senior fitness. The event runs Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and features Trinity on Laurens residents. admission is free. For details call 803-642-7631.
Aiken County Council will decide today whether to terminate KMJ Enterprises lease for the Monetta Oak Grove Magistrate space. The office handles overweight ticket collections from the nearby weight station off I-20 and operates five days weekly with a full time clerk. The lease runs 1000 dollars monthly totaling 12000 dollars per year. Last month the Judicial and Public Safety committee discussed it.
The Committee of County Council recommended terminating the Monetta office lease due to a lack of cases. The meeting in the Council Chambers on the third floor of the Aiken County Government Center at 1930 University Parkway also covered the Wagener Magistrate Office and the Monetta Oak Grove situation.
The Aiken County Council considers terminating the magistrate office lease, forcing fines payments 12 to 15 miles away in Wagener. They will allocate 3000 to Olde Towne Preservation Association Living History Park and 7000 to the Sons of Confederate Veterans Bee Camp Battle of Aiken. First reading on redeveloping the Animal Control Advisory Committee. Meeting at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers.
Hitchcock Woods Foundation hosts the sixth Festival of the Woods at the Aiken Horse Show site on September 26 with wine bar, silent auction, music by Derelict String Band, and a talk by Dana Beach on One Hundred Years of Environmental Conservation. Proceeds support the foundation and youth hikes replace Saturday activities this year.
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