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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 2008
Page
9
An editorial warns underage drinking is a nationwide epidemic with profound lifelong brain effects and thousands of youth deaths annually. Citing Surgeon General and Attorney General data, it urges local families and groups in Aiken County to unite in a town hall meeting to heighten awareness and action.
A Lexington area couple describe relocating from the city to rural South Carolina. They praise land with horses and hunting but condemn roadside litter and animal abandonment since 2001. They urge reporting litterbugs to 877 7-LITTER and supporting spay neuter laws.
Aiken Standard lists staff roles including publisher Scott B. Hunter editor Jeffrey B. Wallace advertising director Arthur Zappa business manager Stephen Bailey and managing editor Michael Gibbons with contact emails. The page records several misprints and formatting inconsistencies in the bylines and contact lines.
Column reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr’s impact, comparing eras of upheaval from Pearl Harbor to Kennedy’s assassination. It notes riots in 1968, the ongoing fight against racism, and King’s call for unarmed truth and unconditional love as guiding ideals. It honors his enduring influence on American history and civic progress.
Cited remarks from C T Vivian on nonviolence mark the civil rights legacy as the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination passes. Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey discusses deploying drones to locate marijuana growers in remote California woodland areas.
Readers are invited to submit opinion letters about topics of concern. The notice notes that letters must be 200 words or less and are subject to editing. Submissions should be sent to Letters to the Editor at Alten Standard, Box 456, Aiken, SC 29802. Email and fax contact lines are provided for convenience.
Dr Abelle Palmore Nivens retires from public schools after 43 years to pursue her mother Mrs Minn ie Palmore’s private kindergarten project. She taught 81 years of community children and, at 101, remained devoted to reading instruction and education. Her family roots trace to Freedmen School founders and Myrtle Palmore’s legacy in South Carolina education.
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