Notable figures reflect on careers and community events
Quotes capture reactions to Peter Jennings’s death, law enforcement accreditation, flood rescues, USC Aiken golf rise to No 21, a school rebuilding with a new building, and Oakwood Windsor Elementary’s opening day. Mentions include Dr. Fred Andrea Sheriff Michael Hunt Sgt David Turno USCA coach Michael Carlisle Chelsea Reid and Dr. Alice Sheehan.
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USC Aiken
USCA
Michael Carlisle
Golf Digest
Chelsea Reid
Oakwood-Windsor
Oakwood-Windsor Elementary School
Alice Sheehan
South Carolina Must Restore Funds to Grow Jobs
The state faces Moody's negative outlook after a downgrade by Standard and Poor's from AAA to AA plus. With unemployment at 6.3 percent, lawmakers must restore reserve and trust funds to avoid tax hikes and budget cuts while creating new jobs to replace lost ones.
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Moody’s Investors Service
Standard and Poor’s
South Carolina
Advertising Directors and Staff Roles Listed for Aiken Standard
A list of organizational leaders for the Aiken Standard includes Advertising Director Arthur T. Zappa and Business Manager Ellen C. Priest. Production Director Phillip Yates, Circulation Director Scot Newcom, Systems Manager J. David Boyd, and Customer Service Manager Letitia Jefferson are also named.
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Letitia Jefferson Jefferson
Aikenstandard.com
Opposites and inconsistencies spark reader letter storm
Aiken Standard readers critique mixed reporting on Pacers signings and a fatal motorcycle crash article. The letter disperses opinions on helmet law repeal data, fiscal impacts, and public policy, praising local figures and urging voters to consider candidates' vision for Aiken.
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Aiken Standard
Pacers
Karen Daily
Washington, D.C
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Florida
Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Rocky Napier Emerges as Aiken Pediatric Dentist Candidate
The letter lauds Kay Brohl while introducing Dr. Rocky Napier as a strong city council contender. Napier, raised in Graniteville, trained at USC Aiken and the Medical University of South Carolina, founded Aiken’s first dedicated pediatric dentistry practice and chairs the South Carolina Dental Association Children’s Dental Health Month program. He has led the First Smiles program from local roots to a statewide initiative involving many dentists.
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Rocky Napier
Aiken
Usda Alumni Association
USC Aiken
Waltz
Kay Brohl
Jane Vaughters
Marianne Pecoraro
Holly Woltz
Woltz
Kay
Napier
Graniteville
USC Columbia
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
Usca Alumni Council
Greater Aiken
Aiken County Dental Society
Rocky
Aiken County
First Steps
Cindy Sheehan asks Bush for noble cause explanation in Crawford
Cindy Sheehan, mother of Army Spc Casey Sheehan killed in Iraq, travels to Crawford Texas to press President Bush for the reasons behind the war. She notes the high American casualties and questions the justification, calling for an honest answer about the war’s purpose.
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Cindy Sheehan
Army Spc
Casey Sheehan
Iraq
Cindy
Crawford
Texas
Bush
America
Twin Towers
Saddam
Hard work and self reliance trump Kennedy’s tax stance
A critic argues that Edward Kennedy uses class warfare to push welfare and higher taxes on the rich. The writer claims the economy prospers when people work, spend, and become self sufficient, and condemns government handouts and redistribution as ineffective. The piece ends with a call for Kennedy to abandon entitlements and respect individual effort.
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Sen
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
League
Treasury
John Snow
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Snow
U.S
France
Germany
Benjamin Franklin
Richard
Sen. Kennedy
Senator
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Arthur T. Zappa
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Ellen C. Priestpriest
Timothy E. O’briant Tobriant
Phillip Yates Byates
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J. David Boyd
Gulf Coast
Ba Leena Tly
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Bill O'Reilly
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