City allocates funds for water conservation program
The city sets aside $25,000 in the coming year for water conservation efforts aimed at reducing well drilling, lowering resident bills, and protecting the environment. City Manager Roger LeDuc notes the program will lean on education to curb lawn and garden watering at peak times.
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Roger LeDuc
Bush and the environment agenda under the Bush administration
The article defends President Bush environmental policies as meaningful moves such as treaty action on dangerous chemicals, wetlands regulation, lead and mercury emission limits, and increased national park funding, while noting criticism over CO2 standards, mining rules, logging roads, and Endangered Species Act changes. It urges evaluating content over ideology and seeks reasoned discourse.
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Bush
Clinton
Aiken Standard Staff Roster Details Editorial Team
The Aiken Standard lists key personnel including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace Business Manager Ellen C. Priest Circulation Director Garth R. Groshans Managing Editor Timothy E. O Briant Pressroom Supervisor James R. Bennett Jr. Systems Manager J David Boyd.
Two American Baptists Die in Peru Drug War Air Strike
A missionary Veronica Bowers and her seven month old daughter Charity were killed when a Peruvian fighter downed their single engine plane mistaken for a drug carrier. Husband James, son Cory, and pilot Kevin Donaldson were injured. The incident highlights U.S. drug war aid to Peru and questions liability and policy.
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Veronica Bowers
Charity
Iquitos
Peru
Amazon
Colombia
Veronica
James
Cory
Kevin Donaldson
Bowerses
Donaldson
Association of Baptists For World Evangelism
United States
South
America
Asia
U.S
New York Times
Congress
CIA
Amazon Jungle
Letter defending sheriff seminar Refuse to Be a Victim work shop
A reader rebuts Lorin Hammond-Ross April letter arguing the upcoming Refuse to be a Victim seminar at the Sheriff’s Office on May 19 aims to raise awareness and reduce personal risk. The writer asserts instructors volunteer, oppose NRA promotion, and that using public facilities can help prevent crime, urging factual, objective critique instead of reckless attacks.
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Lorin Hammond-Ross
NRA
Bush’s First 100 Days Highlight Early Wins and Media Mockery
The piece argues that President Bush has had an excellent first 100 days with notable gains in tax policy, defense promises to Taiwan, Arctic drilling, and judicial reform. It contrasts media treatment of Bush with criticism of Clinton, noting double standards and urging momentum to continue through a full term.
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Bush
Bill Clinton
Capitol Hill
Clinton
United States
China
Taiwan
U.S
Alaska
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
America
Middle East
American Bar Association
Dan Quayle
Harvard
Yale
Ted Koppel
Jay Leno
Leno
Media
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Timothy E. O’briant
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J. David Boyd
Latin America