Aiken Standard Publisher and Staff Listings
The Aiken Standard lists key personnel including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Executive Editor Timothy E O Briant Advertising Director Dee Taylor Internet Sales Director Phil Yates Production Director Terri Cheek Business Manager Laura Tiedman Delivery Director Letitia Jefferson and Classified Advertising Manager.
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Scott B. Hunter
Timothy E. O'Briant
Dee Taylor
Melanie Smith
Laura Tiedman
Letitia Jefferson
Friday Night Lights Drive Local High School Football Start
Friday night marks the official start of high school football with local teams in action. The piece also notes PGA Tour coverage from the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro North Carolina and highlights North Augusta High School graduate Matt NeSmith joining the University of South Carolina golf team.
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Greensboro
N.C
NeSmith
University of South Carolina
Matt NeSmith
North Augusta High School
Mudslinging and rising prices air in July reflection
The piece notes political mudslinging as the election nears and criticizes decision makers for guessing while voters pay the price. It also mentions gas prices fluctuating and records a record heat claim that July was the hottest month on record in the continental United States.
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United States
Letters on Obama Constitutionality and Voters’ Dismay
A long reader letter questions why Congress and media ignored Obama’s natural born status while McCain’s birthplace was debated. It accuses officials of double standards, cites Arizona’s ballot challenge, and contrasts government spending with private enterprise amid public policy concerns.
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Joerette Seward
Obama
Congress
John McCain
USS. Naval
McCain
Panama Canal Zone
U.S. Senate
John Sidney McCain
III
United States
Aaron Klein
Senate
U.S
Connecticut
Supreme Court
Arizona
Janice Taylor Aiker
Romney plan promises to extend Medicare solvency
Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul says restoring Medicare funding is not a path to bankruptcy and attacks ObamaCare with patient centered reforms aimed at cost control across health care to extend Medicare solvency. A separate quote highlights Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals as thousands seek work rights. Human Rights Watch reports Syrian airstrikes killed over 40 in a rebel town and wounded about 100 others.
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Gov Romney
Mitt Romney
Andrea Saul Ying
Rom
Barack Obama
Nathaly Uribe
America
Obama
Anna Neistat
Human Rights Watch
Birth control rights clash with funding debates
Cindi Ross Scoppe argues the birth control funding fight mirrors broader battles over who pays for medical care and who benefits from private schooling subsidies. She contends politicians frame access as a right while masking the cost, urging clear distinctions between rights and subsidies in policy debates.
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Supreme Court
Colorado
Sandra Fluke
Congress
Obama
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites readers to send signed letters with the writer’s address and daytime phone for verification. Letters must be under 300 words and may be edited for length, libel, and taste. Anonymous or organized-cause letters will not be published.
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Aiken
P.O. Box
Aikenstandard.com
Jennifer Miller
Jmiller
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Phil Yates
Terri Cheek
Academy Sports and
Big Box Sporting Goods
Stein Mart
Silver Bluff Road
Elvis Presley
Memphis
Graceland
Lisa Marie
Priscilla
Aiken County
NASA
Curiosity Rover
Mars
Europe
California
Romney
Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Cindi Ross Scoppe
Columbia
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