Don’t Sell State Parks and Worries of Industry Shifts
A reader argues against privatizing state parks, saying taxes already support state parks and private charges could rise. They warn about textile jobs moving to Mexico and urge focus on broader South Carolina issues while praising teachers and local officials.
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Aiken
Aiken County
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Mexico
China
SRS
Sen. Graham
Williston Woman Dies After Vehicle Hits Church In Fog
Rebecca E. Davis 28 of Williston died from blunt force head trauma after a 1994 Suburban driven by Davis ran a Beck Road Center Wood Road intersection in dense fog and struck a church building. Davis wore a seat belt. speed and weather contributed to the fatality, marking the county's 18th traffic death this year.
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Williston
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Rebecca E. Davis
White Tail Drive
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Townsend
Davis
Beck Road
Center Wood Road
South Carolina
Lance Cpl. Green
Green
Police trading cards grow in popularity in Aiken
The Aiken Department of Public Safety has issued a growing set of public safety trading cards featuring 20 officers including Sgt. Wilson Dandy Lt. Mark Farmer and Master Public Safety Officers Ricky Brown and Herbert Schofield. Cards funded by sponsors promote community relations and are distributed at headquarters on Laurens Street.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Wilson Dandy
Dandy
David Turno
Aiken Public Safety
North Augusta
Mark Farmer
Public Safety
Ricky Brown
Herbert Schofield
Farmer
Brown
Aiken Stan
Laurens Street
Karen
Kdaily
Aikenstandard
Lawsuit Claims Catholic School Humiliated Student
An Aiken couple sue St. Mary Help of Christians School and the Diocese of Charleston for 6 million dollars alleging their seventh grade son Nicholas faced humiliation after a classroom incident in August 2001. The suit cites racial slurs and ongoing discrimination throughout the year.
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St. Mary Help of Christian Catholic School
Regina
Dennis Hurshman
Diocese of Charleston
Nicholas
Columbia
Gloria Leevy
Hurshmans
Kris Elgar
Leevy
Maria Aselage
Jean Cook
Elgar
Rob Novit
Movit
Aikenstandard
Business owner upset after his art denied at Aiken's Makin
Thom Abbott owner of Southside Gallery in Aiken complains after his original golf course photographs were rejected though he personally shoots develops edits and frames them. Libby Taylor says jurors select participants and Abbott's local business status is not the reason. Abbott notes local sales decline during Aiken's Makin and contrasts with out of town entries.
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Aiken’s
Makin
Aiken
Thom Abbott
Southside
Pine Log Road
Abbott
Taylor
Chamber Board of Directors
Philip Lord
Plord
Aikenstandard
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Schofield Middle
Nix
David Nix
Aiken Standard
Aih
Lard
Aikenstandard.com
Dard
Ginny Southworth
Turno
Carl Langley
James Boehner
Carter Orthodontics
Greg
Betty Ryberg
Sgt
Indas Bistro
I Loy
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