Editorial urges vigilance against scams and fraud
The piece warns of rising investment, Ponzi, and advance fee scams in South Carolina. It cites FBI warnings from Columbia and Aiken officials about grandparent scams targeting seniors and notes social media aiding fraud. Tips from the SC Attorney General include verifying callers, avoiding strangers, and demanding performance reports.
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Columbia
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Aiken Standard Staff Roles and Contact Details
Publisher and editor Scott B. Hunter leads the Aiken Standard with executive editor Timothy E. O Briant and production director Phillip Yates. Advertising director Dee Taylor and business manager Terri Cheek also serve on the leadership team with managing editor Michael W. Gibbons and classified advertising manager Letitia Jefferson.
Education Matters column highlights Alexis Williams community impact
A local column lauds Alexis Williams for returning to Aiken to mentor at risk youth, work as a prevention specialist, lead youth ministry, teach swimming, and organize anti violence rallies. It urges united action at a May 2 forum at River of Life Church and promotes related broadcasts and programs.
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Aiken Center
Friendship Baptist Church
River of Life
U.S. Highway 1
Donna Moore
Wesley
Obama and Rogers push for funding amid debt and spill debates
Barack Obama told UNC students he and Michelle paid off debt eight years after college and law school while Harold Rogers urged bipartisan funding for government programs. David Uhlmann noted prosecutors charging a former BP engineer over deleting texts about Gulf spill estimates.
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Barack Obama
University of North Carolina
Michelle Obama
David Uhlmann
University of Michigan
Kudos for April Letter to Aiken Standard Spars Leftward Shift
Paul D. Hopkins of Aiken laments the Aiken Standard bending left over a decade and recounts his rejected letter challenging a retirement bureaucrat. He claims denial of a guest column and accuses the paper of bias versus conservative voices.
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Carol Miller
Obama
Anthony Distefano
Aiken Standard
Paul D. Hopkins
Aiken
Blame misplaced on federal funding
Letter writer Charlie Staffa argues that Republicans and Tea Party hypocrisy over accepting Federal Emergency Relief Fund money for Laurens Street bridge is due to not controlling the Senate and White House. He says future control would let states keep more money and shrink federal power.
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Federal Emergency Relief Fund
Laurens Street Bridge
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House
Washington
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National Day of Prayer criticized for Christian wording
A reader objects to the 2012 National Day of Prayer ending with a Christian prayer and argues it excludes non Christians. She urges a final passage to welcome Jews Muslims Buddhists and other neighbors at the H Odell Weeks Activity Center and Laurens Street.
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Laurens Street
Joan Sundt Aiken
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