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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 2002
Page
2
A reader imagines a friendlier DMV with seating, reading racks, a baby changing station and vending, drawing on Maine and Aiken Social Security models. They praise helpful staff, urge downtown focus, and defend Talk Back comments while urging accountability and signed letters to editors.
Aiken County Open Land Trust leaders celebrated the long awaited Carolina Bay Nature Reserve near Price Avenue with a lawn party attended by about 200 boosters. Dr Harry Shealy and Savannah River Ecology Lab staff backed the effort as a conservation easement is pursued. Lee Dane and Tim Simmons led fundraising to about $650,000 for the project benefiting local wildlife and future science education.
The North Augusta Chamber of Commerce annual Business Expo attracted 64 area businesses at the North Augusta Country Club. Dawn Hatfield of Seretta Maddocks Evans and Co. led the event, calling it a great success with sold out Small Business Person luncheon and Expo tickets, more workshops, and a fresh venue at the Country Club after Riverview Park and the Community Center in prior years.
Several homes funded by the City of Aiken remain empty while awaiting residents. City Manager Roger LeDuc notes plans for future affordable housing, including 25 lots at the former Camellia Trailer Park built by H.G. Reynolds, with new homes featuring porches and open floor plans.
Former South Carolina governor and MUSC president emeritus Dr. James B. Edwards spoke at the Aiken County Dental Society meeting to back a proposed College of Dental Medicine on the MUSC Charleston campus. They aim to raise 10 million from private entities toward a 29 million project, with about 19 million pledged by the General Assembly. The college has graduated over 1,000 dentists, with 75 percent practicing in South Carolina.
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