Survival readiness urged for three day disaster window
A letter urges Aiken County residents to prepare emergency survival kits for the first 72 hours after a disaster. It cites Graniteville events in 2004 05 and an ice storm as reasons to stock food water flashlights batteries and NOAA radios. The piece emphasizes planning for three days without power or supplies and notes NOAA alerts could aid in timely information.
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Thappen
Graniteville
NOAA
Federal Emergency Alert System
Aiken County
Names and a Choice for Aiken’s New Baseball Team
The editor urges residents of Aiken to suggest names for the county’s upcoming baseball team. Options like Aiken Atoms Stallions and Aviators are floated, with a call to visit wwwaikenbaseball.com to submit ideas.
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Moses
Aiken
Aiken Atoms
Aiken Stallions
Aiken Aviators
Igo
Wwwaikenbaseball.com
Aiken Standard Staff Contact and Role Listings
A list of staff positions and corresponding names at the Aiken Standard, including editor Jeffrey B. Wallace, advertising director Arthur Zappa, business manager Ellen C. Priest, news director Timothy E. O Briant, production director Prup Yates, circulation director Scot Newcom, systems manager J David Boyd, and customer service manager Letitia Jefferson Vefferson.
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Letitia Jefferson Vefferson
Aikenstandard.com
It is time for the US to go on the offensive
A column urges the United States to attack Islamic fascism rather than defend. It criticizes British media and courts, calls for deporting extremist preachers, freezing funds, and fewer civil liberties constraints, arguing a deadly threat requires proactive, smash-mouth action. The piece questions whether harsher measures and bombing responses would deter terrorism.
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United States
Bush
Britain
Tony Blair
London
Blair
Bank of England
FBI
Joseph Billy Jr
Afghanistan
Iraq
Property tax reform faces criticism in South Carolina
Hilton Head Island Packet reports state Senator Larry Martin of Pickens questions the year used for school district funding and accuses districts of padding budgets to gain more under next year’s property tax reform. Lawmakers cap tax rate increases to infla tion plus population, requiring two thirds to override. Critics warn districts may rush finances this year to position for the new rules.
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Larry Martin
Pickens
Sen. Martin
Hilton Head
Island
Hospice Workers Stay With Family Amid Change
Judith Knight of Warrenville thanks Liberty Home Care and Hospice after Hitchcock Home Health and Hospice was sold, praising nurse Lynn Edwards aide Regina Dukes social worker Katrina Rodgers chaplain Cathy Cole and unseen nurse Tonya for compassionate care guiding her 95 year old mother through the transition.
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Hitchcock Hospice
Hitchcock Home Health
Liberty Home Care
Lynn Edwards
Regina Dukes
Katrina Rodgers
Cathy Cole
Liberty
Judith Knight Warrenville
Swint Lake tragedy column sparks reader response
On Wednesday Aug 9 Robert McCartney penned a powerful column about the Swint Lake tragedy. The piece lauds Bill Lott and Sam Swint Sr for developing the property and laments its destruction as a travesty. The Swint family had owned the lake and surrounding land and later sold it to The Graniteville Company in the late 1970s for safekeeping.
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Robert McCartney
Swint Lake
Bill Lott
Sam Swint Sr
Swint
Graniteville ‘Company
Place more trust in intelligence agencies
Dean Wood Aiken argues that government intelligence agencies are quietly monitoring bank accounts and millions of telephone calls and sharing this information with foreign governments, a stance that stirs concern among Congress members, media, and citizens. He urges faith in the agencies’ work.
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U.S. Congress
Dean Wood
Aiken
Horticulture team shines in Aiken’s summer heat
Aiken residents praise city horticulturist Tom Rapp and his staff for keeping the town’s greenery vibrant in heat. The speaker commends the team’s daily work and the town’s beauty, expressing hometown pride.
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Aiken
Tom Rapp
Letters to the Editor Address Residents in Aken SC
The notice invites readers to send opinions on local issues to the Letters to the Editor desk at Aken Standard Box 456 Aken SC 29802 or via email and fax at 648-6052 for submission and publication consideration.
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Aiken
Aiken, S.C
Aikenstandard
Aken
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