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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 2009

Page

11

Crape Myrtle Pruning Costs Prompt City Debate

Editorial questions the $3,200 cost for replanting over pruned Crape Myrtles and urges the City to reexamine rules. It suggests to reclassify Crape Myrtles and apply a different standard for trimming to ease burdens on local businesses.

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South Carolina faces reform after lenient child injury case

In March 2008 seven month old Kendra Gaddie bled from brain injury after a slap by day care operator Talisha Lavette Smith. Smith pled guilty to inflicting great bodily injury on a child, received a suspended sentence of five years probation, and avoided jail. Critics note at least ten similar cases where prison was avoided despite grievous harm or death, urging legislators to act on Columbia.

Kendra Gaddie Talisha Lavette Smith Smith South Carolina Columbia Spartanburg Herald Journal

Aiken Standard Staff Directory Details for Publication

The article lists key personnel at the Aiken Standard including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace News Director Timothy E. O Briant Production Director Phillip Yates and others with contact handles. It outlines roles such as Advertising Director and Circulation Director and provides corporate contacts.

Aiken County Red Cross aids tornado survivors

Executive Director thanks residents for support after a April 10 tornado along Highway 278 New Ellenton to Beech Island. The Red Cross dispatched ERV supplies, delivered meals for first responders, tarps, clean up kits, and shelter, serving over 1,600 meals and coordinating with partners during a 12 day relief effort.

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Letter to the editor targets pensions and political self interest

A reader accuses Davis and Ryberg of self serving politics and hiding retirement funds. The letter alleges large state funded slush funds, improper subsidies, and no public audits, urging full disclosure and redirected funds to education and teacher retirement. The writer signs F. Glenn Smith from Aiken.

Davis Ryberg General Assembly South Caro Tom Greg F. Glenn Smith Aiken

Blue Jeans and Black Tie event supports Child Advocacy Center

The Blue Jeans and Black Tie committee thanks the community for April 18 support for the Child Advocacy Center. Attendees, sponsors, donors and Sheriff’s Jailhouse Café and Friends provided a larger crowd and barbecue dinner, helping fund services with no government funding. Tommie Culligan chairs the effort.

Committee of Blue Jeans Black Tie Dwayne Courtney Sheriff's Jailhouse Café Child Advocacy Center Tommie Culligan

CIA enhanced interrogations: congressional approval and memos emerge

Declassified memos show CIA leaders reported the use of enhanced techniques from 2002 to 2006 with approval from executive policymakers and Congress. Admiral Dennis Blair says the interrogations worked while critics claim falsehoods and coverups by Democrats and the media persist. Representative Mary Beth Shea?

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Spuhter Switches Sides From Republicans To Democrats

Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania announces at a news conference that he is switching parties. He cites growing disagreement with the Republican philosophy and alignment with the Democratic Party after 29 years in the Senate.

United States Senate Pennsylvania Arlen Spucter

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