Tax free weekend boosts sales in South Carolina
Editorial lauds Hodges tax free weekend as a successful initiative aiding back to school shoppers. It notes neighboring states copying the plan to curb cross border shopping and highlights added store savings and increased business for local merchants. It urges Aiken Countians to participate and keep spending in the community.
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South Carolina
Jim Hodges
Georgia
North Carolina
Palmetto
Savannah River
Aiken Standard Staff Listing
The Aiken Standard lists key personnel including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace Advertising Director Art Zappa Business Manager Ellen C. Priest Managing Editor Timothy E. OBrien Production Director Phillip Yates Deborah Dyches Systems Manager J. David Boyd Letitia Jefferson for the newsroom and operations.
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
Ellen C. Priest
Timothy E. O'Brian
Phillip Yates
Deborah Dyches Systems
J. David Boyd
Letitia Jefferson
Democrats side with unions over national security concerns
The piece argues Democrats favored public employee union rights over national security in a House debate on creating a Homeland Security Department. It cites union political influence, mandatory dues, and fears that union contracts hinder removing underperforming federal workers and reshaping law enforcement roles, urging strong presidential override powers.
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House
Department of Homeland Security
Senate
Woody Guthrie
Harlan County
Center For Public Integrity
Tnions
American Federation of State
Democratic Party
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Border Patrol
Jimmy Carter
Bush
Homeland Security Department
County Council aid helps find lost four wheeler
Aiken residents thank County Council member Joe Randall for solving a theft case. After their four wheeler disappeared on Thursday morning, police investigated but delayed. Randall arranged an investigator contact, leading to the bike being recovered 30 miles away later that day.
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Joe Randall
Albright
Joel Randall
John
Becky Albright
Aiken
Fans petition to restore ABC Family Channel
Viewers urge revival of the Family Channel now branded ABC Family. They praise its family friendly lineup, cartoons, teen shows, and movies and call for removing competing sports channels to bring back wholesome entertainment.
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ABC Family
Policy Note on Letters to the Editor at Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites Letters to the Editor addressed to Letters to the Editor at the Aiken Standard PO Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802 Email iwallace aikenstandard com Fax 803-648-6052 for submissions and contact.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken Stanard
Aiken, S.C
Iwallace
Aikenstandard
Hamas declares ethnic cleansing and Israel’s destruction
A Hamas spokesman and Palestinian leadership demand Jews quit Israel while praising attacks like the Hebrew University massacre in Jerusalem. The piece links such violence to a broader Palestinian-Israeli conflict and questions Western support for peace efforts amid analyzed links between education and terrorism.
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Hamas
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
Israel
United States
America
Palestinian Authority
Amas
Yasser Arafat
Salah Shehadeh
Gaza
Shehadeh
National Bureau of Economic Research
Hizbullah
Lebanon
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