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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 2002
Page
2
Letters to the editor condemn arson and urge financial responsibility for those who started the fire and their families. Readers praise local coverage, defend newsroom balance, and critique public figures, schools, and media favoritism while inviting reader feedback.
NRC staff and anti nuke groups will meet in North Augusta tonight from 7 to 10 at the North Augusta Community Center to review the environmental impact of the planned MOX facility. The session follows a DOE contractor report and will include questions from the public amid support and opposition. Similar meetings are planned in Savannah and Charlotte later this week with contact information for general environmental review details.
Richard and Barbara Phillips fly a five by eight foot United States flag alongside a South Carolina flag in their front yard. A flood light keeps it visible at night with a timer. Neighbors say the display fits current mood and represents freedom and patriotism a year after the attacks.
City leader James Sutherland asks Aiken County Administrator Clay Killian to permit collection of 25000 in dual taxation funding to avert a cash shortfall caused by former town clerk Kimberly Ashley Bledsoe, who faces charges for stealing nearly 100000. County discussants weigh bond status and recovery options.
Voters in Jackson go to the polls to choose a mayor for the remaining two years of Pat Sullivan’s unexpired term. Candidates Marty Landrum Todd Etheredge and Kenny ters head to the polls. By 8 30 a m 48 ballots cast at Town Hall according to Pansy Witt of the municipal election commission. Ten absentee ballots filed at the Pike County Registration and Elections Commission noted by Deputy Director Frances Pennington. The race aims to fill the two year remaining on Sullivan’s term.
The Aiken Standard calls readers to share local news on any interest from riverbank life to peach orchards. Citizens are urged to submit onscene reports, human interest stories, features, and photos with contact details for editors Tim O Briant Melissa Hanna and Sw Wallace at the Aiken Standard offices and via mail email or fax.
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